The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-01-26
RIVER NEWS.
PORT or CAIRO.
ARRIYED.

ARRIVED.
steamer CITY of Chester, Memphis.
- John kilgour. Cincinnati.
Z" Robert Mitchell. Louisville.
" | lewild, Memphis.
i" Northwestern, Columbus.
4" DeXtern, New Orleans.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Joe X nncy. New orleans.
4" John kiiguur +"
Robert Mitchell. "
=" John Lumsden. Nashville.
BIG SUppY COAL.
Steamboats, supplied ut any time. both day
and night with either Lump or Chestnut
Coal. in any quantity an ON usual terms,
at the yard at Grand Tower. Illinois. Spc.
cal contracts offered ON favorable terms.
upon application.
IL. V. OLYrHANr, Gen. Supt.
DO. BOkEE. Sales Agent.
CONDITION ur rms RIVERS,
The Ice in the Ohio increased in quantity
and strength ui-ht before last aud all day
yesterday. The river was ull Of sharp
hinty Ice which made a grating noise as it
passed against the sides OF the floating crafts
in, tn harbur The Ohio is ri.ing fat at
TIN, point and the rise will probably be
sufficient to release the steamer Illinois from
her confinement at Island No. =. Very
heavy and usy lookin Ice went out OF the
Mississippi yesterday, and the ferry boat
mad" one trip during the afternoon. Boats
out of the ono yesterday reported the ice
above laducah coming down very
heavy, and experienced considerable dun.
a.
night before last parted the head chain OF
one Of the wbariboats. Navigation is Nir-
tualy suspended in boat rivers Tor the pre-
sent. More ice Ia, passed out of
The Ohio thi, wiuter than was eve: known
before 10y our o dc>t residents.
Special dispatches to The BULLETIN re-
poit the condition )f the Ohio and Mis,is-
,ippi rivers at variou, places.
BUSINESS AND WEATHER.
There was considerable lite and animation
about the lcvce, and tonnage was equal to
the demand. The weather was cloudy and
! somewhat moderated. 1t commenced snow
ing at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. and was
coming down with hearty good will when
we closed our report.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
! The John Kilgour and Mitchell. out OF the
Ohio, had all the freight they could carry,
and reported running through very heavy
ice above Paducah,
The towboat Peytona was unable to pro-
ccednp the Ohio with her tow. on account
of the ice, and has gone into a safe ice har.
Dor below the coal yard.
The barge Cora was broken loose from the
dry dock by the ice yesterday, and wa.
landed below the coal yard by the tug
Cache.
The City of Chester brought up seyera
hundred bales Of cotton. She il now load
Ing for Memphis and all way points, an,
will leave with dispatch.
The John Lumsden left for Nashville viii
a full trip.
The ldlewild arrived yesterday with he
wheels badly crippled, one-halr of one O
them beng entirely gone. She had to la
up at Point Pleasant some time r, pairin
them. She has laid up here on a,
{ 'unt OF the Ice and in the meantime wi
repair her wheels.
3 The Northwestern went down last nigl
70 pull the Illinois oil Island TO. .. III
Illinois had her engineers on board and WI
raising steam yesterday afternoon, and il
u very probable that she succeeded in gettin
oil.
The Dexter left Columbus after tho Idl
wild yesterday with her wheels badly use
up by the ice, and will be found in port tn
morning.