Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-11

cholera in that city on the third instant.
Mr.. G. d. Miller, of the Cincinnati
Commercial, has recovered from his re-
cent attack of chOlera-mOrbUs, and made
his appearance on the levee There
are among the river fraternity here sew
eral aspirants for favOrs at the hands Of
the dear people, at the ensuing election,
and no doubt all will be elected......W
copy the following from Tuesdays New
Orleans Times, and would be pleased to
know the name of the gentleman who
so kindly waited upon and served MIR.
Murphy: -. ]. Murphy, q native of
New York city, and for thirty years
clerk on our river steamers, died at the
Hotel Dieu on Sunday afternoon.
He was taken there by a young
gentleman who rOOmed in the
same house with him; found him
sick; and though almost a stranger to
him, took the sick man where he could
receive proper nursing and attention.
To prevent the body from being buried
in the epotter's-field, this same young gen.
tleman went out on Monday morning
among the steambOatmen, promptly
raised the funds to give the deceased
clerk decent funeral, and then persuad-
ed a friend of his to open his family
vault and allow the body to be placed
therein. This benevolent young man
does not know Mr.. Murphy's family or
friends. He has been informed that the
deceased had sister in st. Louis, and
the papers there are requested to give
publicity to these facts. One of the last
boats Mr.. Murphy served on was the
GarryOwen Mr.. q. F. Huls, Of the
City of Vicksburg, will shortly start on a
pleasure trip westward with his family.
News Drift.
The Arlington will be heightened
thirty five feet. This will make a good
sized steamboat of her, There is a re-
port that the R. w. Dugan will enter
the Cairo and Cincinnati trade as low
water packet. The steamers Elk Horn
and Ella will be sold at private sale be-
fore the fifteenth instant, or at auction
on that day, at st. Joseph. Captain
Jack Grammer has bought two-thirds of
the steamer Frank P. Gracey of Captain
Gennett, at the rate of twenty-One thou
sand dollars for the whole boat The
amount of coal which has left Pitts
burg on the present rise ag-
gregates over five millions Of
bushels, more than three millions
being for Cincinnati. Several accidents
are reported to the cOal-fleet. The Dex-
ter and Stella each stuck their barges on
the foot Of Brunot's Island. There are
three barges aground at Whites Ripple,
one a coal-barge There is a marvel
GUS story current at Washington of the
discovery Of a new motive power at
Philadelphia by the use of water, which
is to supercede steam on railroads, steam
vessels, etc. 1t is said that Tom Scott
and Edgar Thompson have investigated
the matter. and regard the invention
as d success. Monday was the first
day, for a week or more, that it did not
rain in Central Illinois. Sunday and
for several days previous it rainedlin
torrents. In Southern and Central Ill
inois the country is almost deluged with
water. Great damage has been done to
wheat, oats and hay, which, in the
southern part Of the State, had just been
harvested and was still in the field,
while in Central Illinois harvesting has
just begun. The grain in Southern Illi-
nOis is reported sprouting, and in the
center it is blown down, so that much
will be lost, as it will be impossible to
harvest it. Although the streams are
much swollen, no injuries to property
are reported. of the Chas. Bod
ma1nis ToustabCuts was arrested at
Cincinnati the other day for stealing
crOckery from a crate on the boat.
Three months in the wOrkhOuse was his
just deserts......The Jefferson Texas
Tribune is working to have the wharfage
tax abolished at that place. The City
of Chester, of the Anchor line, is quite
a long boat, but the City of Chester, of
the Inman line, is few feet longer, and
ranks next to the Great Eastern in size.
She is said to be one of the best speei-
mems of naval architecture ever turned
out by any ship builder, yet everything
is in due proportion, and her buOyancy
in all respects is perfect. The vessel is
four hundred and fifty feet long over all,
fOrty-fOUr feet in beam, and thirty-six
feet in depth. her tonnage being five
thousand, nominal horsepower eight
hundred and fifty, but capable of being
worked up to four thousand two hundred
and fifty. Like the rest of the steamers
of this line she is full-rigged. First-class
passenger accommodation is provided
for one hundred and fifty persons, and
for steerage passengers twelve hundred.
On each of her decks there is a range
of stringer-plate of extra width
and thickness securely riveted to
each beam entirely around the
ship. She is divided into eight COM
partmeuts by means of seven water
ight bIikheads. In case of fire, she
carries with her a hose of large calibre,
provided with pumps which may be
worked by steam or hand, and there is
a tire-annihilatOr among the stores Of
the vessel. She is also provided with
large life-boats. For the same liIle,
another vessel, of the same tonnage, is
building, to be ramed City of Rici.-
moDd. She will be three feet longer
than the one above described....Th The
Bobbie Lee gets new pair of chimneys
at st. Louis. When the gale parted
the MOuDtaineer's haWsers at ct. Joseph
one day last week, she was blown half a
mile in five minutes, and it wasn't much
of gale either......The crews of the Ma
ry Alice and Crescent City have eX-
changed steamers. The Mary Alice,
on her last trip, took into New Orleans
tWenty-fOur thousand seven hundred
and forty-three packages, sixteen hun
dred and fifty bricks, one hundred and
twenty-four wagons, and sixteen thou
sand one hundred and twenty-five BUSH
els bulk The Mississippi Valley
transportation eompany's landing at
New Orleans, says the New Orleans
PjcdyllRe, is in very bad condition.
To repair it the officers of the line have
offered to advance to the city from two
to five Thousand dollars, without inter-
est, the city to return it by charging the
regular wharfage on their barges.....
During the storm last Monday
night, the Great Republic had her
two eight-inch headlines parted, her
chimneys wrecked, and came near GO
ing adrift......The K. n. line offer for
sale the steamers Muscatine, Davenport,
Keokuk, Victory, Damsel, Jennie Bald
win Annio JohESOn and New DUStUu.
the st. Louis Democrat: "Cap. |
tain A. NJ. Hutchinson's family leaves |
to-day for Sioux City and st. Paul, and |
will spend most of the time of their alb |
scence in Minnesota, returning when |
cooler weather sets in. Captain II. will |
remain here wishing for a John Kyle |
stage of low water" Very seldom are
second clerks robbed, but Bob Adams, |
of the Mary Ament, was relieved last |
Friday of all the money he had-a cen
siderable amount, by burglars. 1t was |
not the advent of a Modoc in his family /
that made a certain river man of this /
city repair to his dOmicile, a day or two
since, and tumble the parlOr and dining
room furniture, as well as vases, clocks
and everything else he could lay his
hands on into the street through the
open windows, nor was it because he
drew a capital prize in the lottery and /
wanted new outfit for his little home,
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