The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-09-22

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. OLYPnAsT,
d. A. BoKEE, Gen'l Supt.
Sales Agent. 3-l5-ly.
BOATS TO LEAVE TODAY.
The steamer II. ). Turner will leave TO-
day at 10 am. for New Orleans and all
way points. The comfortable steamer
Capitol City is the regular packet, depart
ing for Memphis, :vicksburg and way
landings, ate o'clock this evening. The
regular Evansville packet leaves at
o'clock this evening. The Grand Tower
will be mp at G o'clock this evening, bound
far st. Louis and way points. The Chas.
Bodmann Is advertised ~ leave for all
southern ports this day at noon.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river was rising very slowly yes
terday. The total rise last week was lGs
inches. Tho following is the accurate
depth of water al the different named
places. At Coltonw wood, 3 feet shawnee
town bar, 80 inches Henderson,, 81
inches, and the worst place in the lower
Ohio. Boats report seven feet water below
here. The Mississippi lie still on the fall
with probably feet scant at Powers Is
land. Pilots have no Partially for Birds
bend.
BUSINESS AND WEATHER.
There was considerable doing on the
levee during yesterday. There is not
much freight on hand this morning.
The weather was smoky and il we were
an slmanacist we should say that Indian
summer had put in an appearance.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Illinois took her place in her trade
yesterday morning. She is now in splen-
did order. The Idlewild has gone to
Mound City and will be taken out on the
ways and her hull caulked.
The Glasgow did not succeed in getting
a load for Memphis and had TO leave hy-
ing light She will enter the Memphis
anu w HItc river trhue.
The Susie Silver discharged 400 tons rail-
road iron at Memphis. Among the
freight she discharged here was six hun
dred barrels of -four shipped from New
Orleans to Peoria.
The Nashville succeeded in getting a
fair Memphis trip and left for tina. port
yesterday evening.
The Susie Silver will have new Chin
neys erected at st. Louis
Captain Rush, Of the II. 5. Turner,
came from St. Louis by rail to engage
freight for his steamer.
The new steamer Frank p. Gracey
made her debut yesterday forenoon. She
is very roomy and good looking steamer
and is well adopted for the trade for
which she:was built, that between here
and Nashville. She is under charter to
the Evansville and Cairo packet:company
during low water. She was detained
several hours BY fog, and while coming
over Grand Chain her fore and aft hog
chain parted, letting her stem down sew
eral inches. The George w. Thoms i:
hard aground at Hamletsburg, and so fa
away from the channel that her nam,
can hardly be read with spy glass. TIL
Jennie Howell is reported aground a
Montezuma. Charlie Quesncll secont
clerk Of the Colorado has been appointed
first clerk of the City Of Chester vice
w. Buskette who is on the sick list again
The snag puller Long is doing good worl
removing snags in Birds bend.
The Colorado came out from st. Loui
in 81 hours drawing over five feet. Sh
rubbed very hard at Powers Island ART
had to 60 into it twice before she go
through.
Fred Jones late second clerk of the Idle
wild is now first clerk of the Frank l
Gracy. Several car loads Of poultry ar
on the levee waiting for through boat I
New Orleans.
Frank Hundley was presented with
pct coon few days ago. He will 500
have enough animals to start manageri,
The Shannon has concluded to tr
again to get to Cairo. She got her barg
, of Henderson, and picked up anoths
, barge and lightened up, but whether sh
, will get out, remains to be seen.
The Tom Jasper had taken the place {
3 the S. S. Merrille, recently destroyed b
0 fire.
S The hull of the j. G. Swan, now used a
r Columbus, Ky, as a wharfboat, will b
;. brought up to Mound City in day @
1; two for repairs.
J, Another circus man was here trying
u charter boat.
The Paducah packet Jim. Fisk brougf
IN fair trip of people and freight st
done a good business last week. The
Q H. Long came into port for coal an
n stores. Tho Mollie moor is aground
n tween here and st. Louis.
PHIL, HOW ADn