The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1872-11-27
RIVER NEWS.
ARRIVED.

ARRIVED.
Steamer City OF Alton, New Orlesns
WI Lewis, Nicksburg
Exchange, st. Louis
L II Duriee,
Ccquet,e, Ohio River
CV Kountz, st. Louis
Butksville, Hickman
jim Fisk Jr., Psducsh
Illinois, Columbus
Jas Howard, New Orleans
DEPARTED.
Steamer City of Alton, laid upi
W Lewis, ST Louis
d" Geo c Wolff Vicksburg
" Susie Silver. New Orleans
Exchange, Pit,sburg
" L II Durfee, Memphis
CC4ueite, South
" Jim Fisk Jr., Paaucsh
Illinois, Columbus
BIO MUDDY COAL.
S.esmbos supplied =, any time, both
day ard night, With either lump or chest.
M, ccsl, in any quantity, and on usual
terms, a; the yard q. grand Tower, Ills.
Special contracts Offered on favorable
term: vr9n application.
H.. V. OLrPBAIr,
ID. 4 BoEEE Genl Supt.
Ssles Agent 3-l3.ly.
BoATs,LEAyiSG TO-DAY.
The beautiful "Anchcr Line steamer,
City 0. Chester. 10 the regular packe,
leaving 20 Memphis and sill way poin,s
~. day :. { c.ock p. n. TIE fs,, and
s.~sAoI -Ii.s~iii will Ie.ys At pm. to-
cay, 20: Memphis and ali way landings.
TIE sp.e-3.i steamer Jim. Fax Jr, is
tie Pscke: f., P.dUe.h ana all Way
poia;s, Leaving a; hsl:pa.: four m.
ooSDITIoS OF THE HivERs
Daring the pas. - hours tie river has
'issr ineh=s. Five fee, Is reported a.
Devils Island, b.: 8; the barracks ,he.e il
s.zrcel! feet.
Special dispatches 20 The BrLLrrry
.spo:: the condition o: the Ohio and Mis-.
sia.ipp! river. =: various places.
BUSINESS AND WEATHER
On tie landing. every thing VAS brisk
And active. Southern freish, uas shipped
il large lots. Weather a.. clear ant
Pleasantly cool.
MISCELLANEOUS.
TIE Belle Of Shreveport: is sbou
through taking her treigh. OF and will e
70 Mousi City and 60 Oh. on the Ways
The extern: OF the break in Der hull can
no. te sscerlsiuei until taken on the way.
Il begins a. the bow and 10 though, to e,
AZ. nearly - the middle hs,ches. At ID
time Of the accident, she we, drawing siv
tee: and under full Roadway, and whel
she hi: The obstruction il raised her u
ne,rly eighteen inches, and had her hui
no. been well made i. would hav
torn her whole bottom of. She did nc
leak much until she reached here, an
then no. enough 20 ge. over the dunsg,
and not package Of freight Is damaged
The obstruction she hit is just abreast {
the bunch Of white trees below Price
landing, ant is about l25 yards out fror
! the bank and had only 81 feet water owe
1 II. When she hit it, Capt. Rea made tn
n remark thst tina. was tho came snag th,
|, cost Kim $4,000 about one year ago, fc
he is of the opinion that it 10 the iden,ic
/, snag which sunk the Silver Bow. 30,
II Of her pilots, Cole Bsren and Bob Baldwi
;, were in the pilot house, and did not s,
any signs of tho snsg before she struck
:. The City of Chester brought 7l5 bal
1t Of cotton for the East.
rs The John Kyle, Dexter and CITY OF A
&c ton have laid up here on account Of 10
water. The Alton has 1000 bars railro,
o iron and is drawing A feet.
It Tho Susie Silver came into port vii
Y. her chimneys down, caused by the lowe
ing apparatus which is attached to Il
chmneys breaking while Captain Shiel,
,s was showing what nice thing it Wa,
have on boat. The fault Of the app
b ratus is that it works too thunderir
quick for the good of the chmneys.
10 Steamers arriving at this port arc no
IL closely watched, to see that they lea,
10 no smallpox cases here. OF late the
has been several cases landed here /
(. boats arriving from St. Louis
An old hatboat on the bank below Il
fort was consumed by fire night befo
last. In was unoccupied.
4 The Glencoe left last night with a Fl,
/ load.
NJ The James Howard brought 1900 ba
Of railroad iron for the Cairo and VII
cennes railroad. This is tho last install
ment Of iron for that road.