Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-24

News DrtEt.
A st. Louis telegram states That the
dead body Of Francis II. Moore, an old
steamboat engineer, was found near the
Iron Mountain railroad track sewer in
the lower part of the city yesterday.
His body when found was frozen still,
and the presumption Is that he diet
from debility and exposure TO the cold
of Friday night.....The big james
Howard Is on her way SOUTH The
Mollse Moore leaves st. Louis to-day
and the Susie Silver to morrow, for New
Orleans......T The New Orleans Picayia1s
SAYS that the diver has been unable to
penetrate sufficiently into the interior OF
the Empires hull so az % make 70
thorough inspection relative 10 the
cause OF sinking. Twenty. human
bodies are supposed to be in the hall.
Phe st. Louis Republican thinks the
Empire was sunk By the expl sion OF q
Invsterious turpeda....The Belle Lee
ana Common a'eai D left New Orleans
with good trips.... some individual has
been writing from a southern port to the
government authorities informing them
that steamers were carrying coal-oil
loosely. The Anchor line refused to
take oil at s. Louis, Friday.
Navigation IN the Missouri Is about
closed ...... The Diamond 10 COM
pany's six steamers and twenty
seven barges will winter at Dubuque.
......... Osceola, the aquatic traveller,
started south from st. Louis yesterday.
......... The Knights TemplRr excursion
60 New Orleans is q big thing. The
knights Templar of WinODa, Illinois,
viii spend Saturday in st. Louis. The
special train from Chicago will consist
Of eight Pullman palace ears. The
Thompson Dean, Idlewild, Great Re-
public, Thomas Sherlock and City of
Alton are coming from above. The
Belle Lee will take the knights of this
city mist Louis Globe; CDR. Sim
mons, who has for some time ably man.
agei the commercial and river depart
ments OF the Dispatch, leaves to-day
for new fields of journalistic sentiment
that is, he goes to Texas, and will no
doubt find pleasant and profitable pO-
aitiOn there, both of which he deserves.
He will be succeeded by Mr.. VIM. j.
Rhodes, one of tie most popular news
paper men in the city,. Philo
Young is clerk, James Davis and julie
Douglass are pilots of the Great Repub'
iic......... Dick Kennett and John Scales
are at the wheel of the James Howard.
.........St LOUIS Republican; "a twenty
dollar bet that the present Emma G.
Elliott was built from the old Adam
c. Jacobs was yesterday decided
in favor of the negative"
THE Joe Kinney leaves st.
Louis for Vicksburg Saturday. .........
Cincinnati Gazette: "The line Oh steam
ers that will ply between Cincinnati and
New Orleans the coming season, will
differ in number, character and officers
from that started last season. There
will be only nine steamers, namely; The
Thomas Sherlock, commanded by Cap
tsin u. U. Hart, same as last year;
Charles Morgan, new steamer, COM
manded by Captain Albert Stein, who
last year had the John Kilgour; Charles
Bodmann, Captain o. p. Shinkle, same
as last year; Nick Longworth, Captain
Ben. NJ. Merrielees, instead OF Captain
Lew Hates, as last year; Louisville,
Captain A. f. Power, same as last year /;
Charles B. Church, Captain john s.
Patterson, same as last year; Indiana,
Captain w. J. Rusk, instead of Captain
Reub. Neal, as last year, when Captain
Rusk commanded the II. S. Turner,
nOw withdrawn from the trade; Robert
Mitchell, which will enter the trade IN
der command of Captain Lew Hates;
Cherokee, which mas joined the line,
under Captain Geo. Wolf, and the Ex-
porter, Captain Jas. Rees, jr....... The
Memphis line this year will consist OF
the Arlington, Captain Dan. Moore;
Andy Baum, Captain Hiram Vinton;
Vint Shinkle, Captain Jos. Remission
an addition since last year. James ID.
Parker, Captain r. w. Wise; Minneola,
Captain John N. Skunk, aud II. s.
Turner, captain not named ian addition)
The Pat Rogers and Ben. franklin were
in the line last year. The former was
burned, and the latter WAS Withdrawn
from the Memphis trade.". Cairo
dispatch Of yesterday says: Gal. High
tower shot Pilot Bud Smedley this after
noon in a personal quarrel. The bullet
passed through his coat, lodging ID his
vest, and did no injury. Both were ar
rested.n The Ella will arrive from
White river, this morning, with big trip
CT cotton, and leave at night on return
trip to the above stream.