Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-16

The river is now about stationary,
having fallen but one inch since our
last report, and now stands two feet nine
inches above low water mark. There is
scant six feet three inches over Bulletin
and Island No. q above, and scarcely
seven feet over Reeves's and Shoofly be-
low here, and the channel in both direc-
tons is poorly defined and ragged. The
Arkansas has twenty inches or more
over all the bars below Little Rock, and
White river has thirty inches below
JacksOnport. The weather Yesterday
was clear and pleasant, but at night the
wind changed from the southwest to the
northwest, and lowered the temperature
considerably. Business at the landing
was some better than on the day pre-
vious, there having been, all told, six
arrivals and departures The local pack
cts, especially, had good trips.
River Changes Elsewhere.
The changes in the streams above and
below, as reported by the signal service
kilograms last night, were as follows: At
Davenport stationary, with two feet six
inches above low water. Keokuk sta
tionary, two feet six. Cairo declined
two inches, four feet five inches. St.
Louis stationary, five feet six. Pitts
burg stationary, two feet four. Cinein-
natl stationary, three feet one. Louis
vile fell four inches, one foot eleven.
fNicksburg fell two inches, four feet three.
Shreveport fell one inch, two feet four.
Nashville fell six inches, and nine inches
above low water.
BY Telegraph.
New ORLEANS, October l5.-No ar
rivals or departures.
VICKsBURG, Boats down /:
Frank Pargoud, Natchez, Common
wealth and City Of Helena. RiFer fall
ing.
ST.LoUIs, October l5.-Arrived Chas.
POdmann, from New Orleans; Grand
Tower, fromMemphis. Departed: Belle
of Pike, for Memphis; H. S. Turner and
Atlantic, for New Orleans; City of
Vicksburg, for Vicksburg. River falling.
Weather clear and warm.
CINCINNATI, October I5.-The river
has fallen l inches with 3 feet in the
channel.
LOUISVILLE, October 15.-The river is
still receding with % inches at Puppy
creek, "a inches at Flint Island, and
scant 30 inches to Cincinnati. Weather
clear and cool.
PITTsBURG, October 15.-The Monon-
gahals river is stationary, with 80 inches
water in the channel by the stone marks,
which is s inches less than the old metal
marks indicate.
EVANSVILLE, October l5.-Weather
clear and cold, with high wind all day.
Mercury ranged from 32e to $50. River
unchanged. Business active.
CAIRO, October 15.-Arrived: Colora-
do, from Vicksburg, IL pm; st. Luke,
from Memphis, s am. Departed: St.
Luke, for st. Louis, 10 pm; Crescent
City, for New Orleans, pm; r. T..
Bryerly, for Red river, 3 pm. River
stationary. Weather clear and cool.
MIsceIlRneous.
The James Howard is coming up with
two thousand six hundred and eleven
bars of railroad iron and three hundred
tons Of miscellaneous freight, making in
all eight hundred and sixty-two tons.
About two weeks ago, the wind on
Lake Erie was 80 strong and lasted so
long that it blew nearly all the water
out of the Maumee river, leaving the
steamer Cora Lock on high land.
A rise OF one or two feet is expected at
Pittsburg.
The furniture, machinery, etc, of the
J. II. Groesbeck have ali been taken
out, and nothing but the shell remains.
Mr.. NJ. NJ Deem, chief clerk Of the
G. B. Church, writes TO Cincinnati that
he is rapidly regaining his health at
Catlettsburg. He amuses himself by
watching the "push-boats las he calls
them) walk up Sandy on stills.
There was tried in the United States
Circuit Court in st. Louis, last week, a
very important case, which involved
the question of the liabilities of employ
ers TO employees in respect TO machinery
in use, and accidents therefrom. The
case was entitled Mary Jones Us Henry
G. Yaeger-suit brought to recover five
thousand dollars damages for the death
Of husband Of plaintiff, in August, 1871,
through the explosion of a boiler in de-
fendant's mill, the deceased acting as