The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-16
RIVER NEWS.

Steamer Glencoe, New Orleans
" K 7 Bryarly, Louisville.
huntsville, Evansville
Colorado, Vicksburg
st. Luke, Memphis
Estelle Block, Louisville
Illinois, Columbus,
DEPARTED.
Steamer Glencoe, st. Louis
=" RT Bryarly, New Orleans
huntsville, Evansville
Colorado, st. Louis
st. Luke, st. Louis
Estelle Block, Camden
Crescent City, New Orleans
Illinois, Columbus,
BIO MUDDY COAL.
Steamboats, supplied at any time, both
day and night, with either lump or chest
nut coal, in any quantity, and on usual
terms, at the yard at Grand Tower, Ills
Special contracts offered on favorable
terms upon application.
II. V. OLYPHAST,
d. A. BoxEE, Gen'l. supt.
Sales Ager. 3-l5-ly.
BOATS LEAVING TODAY.
The fine City of Vicksburg is the
Anchor line packet leaving for Memphis
Vicksburg and way landings this evening
at 6 o'clock. The Capital City will leave
here at six o'clock this evening for St
Louis and way landings The jim. Fisk
Jr, is the 4! o'clock p. m, mail packet for
Paducah and all way landings. The
Henry Amcs leaves al ten clock this
morning for New Orleans. The regular
Evansville packet leaves a, half past four
o'clock for Evansville.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The fall in the Ohio during the past
"a hours was nearly 2 inches. Packets
report only 22 inches on Henderson bar
At Plttsburg the river Is falling. At
Cincinnati the river is still on the decline.
At Louisville the river is lower than at any
time this season, there is less than feet
at the foot of the canal, and inches in
the pass on the falls.
BUSINESS AND WEATHER.
Business was very quiet on the land
ing yesterday. The wind and dust held
high caroussl yesterday, much to the
detrment of steamers and pedestrians
GENERAL NEWS.
The Glencoe discharged ] 1903 bars rail-
road iron at Mound city, for the Cairo
and Vincennes X. K She worked thir-
teen hours at the John +. Tole aground
at head OF island No. 30, and got her off.
The r. T. Bryarly is a new boat, | uilt
for Red river by Capt. Noah scoval.
She is high between decks and will carry
about 300 tons of freight.
The Burksvilles charter up Tennessee
river has expired and she will run between
here and Evansville during low water.
She arrived with good trip of reship-
ping freight.
The Mallie Rsgon is reported aground
above Evansville.
The little towboat Mountain Oak with
a couple OF barges is picking up trip be-
tween Evansville and here for this port.
A deck passenger on board the John
Kyle while asleep bad his pocket picked Of
twenty-five dollars just before she reached
this place. The thief escaped.
The Stella Block built by Samuel
Block, her captain, will be used for trad
ing boat in the lower waters. She will
carry about 200 tons, and has counter
and shelves on, each side Of her cabin
filled with assorted goods.
Our large family Of which our local
editor made mention in yesterdays is
sue numbers only one more than bis own,
but We suppose that in less time than one
year be will catch up. May success at
tend him.
The St. Luke had one hundred and
foriy.fve bales Of cotton for this place.
The New Bon Accord is laying down at
the Kentucky ferry landing loading lum-
Der for the st. Louis saw mills.
The Msllie Rsgon could hardly ge.
over Henderson's bar light.
The Dick johnson has re-entered the
Tennessee river trade.
The Shannon has laid up here, and paid
her crew of.
The Crescent City left here at noon yes.
:erday, but got wind-bound below
Bird 8 point, and had to lay all afternoon.
The repairs TO the barge Maggie in
Birds bend were finished and left in her
Tow. No freight was damaged by the ac-
c,dent.
The r. 7. Bryarly filled out here and
left with a good trip. Christ s,ogull is
her head engineer.