Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-23

City Of Chester, st. Louis; City o
Vicksburg, Vicksturg; City OF Augusta
White river; Geo. W. Cheek, Helena
Poll AIlin, FdsIs Point; Belle Of Texas
Ashport.
6. II. Long (8nog6oaO, A. J. White
Quickstep, Ruth.
LEAVING THIS DAY.
For ST. LoUIs-Grand Tower, Cap
tain Geo. Lenox, five pm.
| For CINCINNATI - Kittie Hegler
Captain Hegler, five pm.
For HOUIH WHITE RIvER-Quick
step, Captain Stack Lee, five pm.
For NAPOLEoN-A. ]. White, Cap
tain George Malone, five pm.
FoR NEW ORLEANs-Mary Bell
Captain, J. F. Hicks, four pm.
For WHITE RIvER-Ruth, Captain
Ed. Postst, five pm.
FoR ST. FRANCIS RIvER-Era No.
Captain s. Basket, 5 pm.
BOATS DUE TODAY.
Grand TIwer, City of Helena, Mary
Bell, Kitue Hegler.
BY TELEGRAPH.
LITTLE Rock, October p River
very lJw. Weather clear and pleasant
PITTsBURo, October 22-Noon-Riv-
er 8 feet ! inch, aud falling slowly
Weather clear.
CINCINNATI, October 22- Moor
River falling very slowly. Weather Clesl
aud pleasant.
New ORLEANS, October % Weather
clear aud warm. Arrived: Bee ard
bsrges, st, Louis. No departures.
NASHVILLE, October 22.--River still
falling, with 2 feet 9 inches ON the
shoals Weather clear and pleasant.
VIcKsBURa, October 22.-River fell
2 inches. Weather clear aud pleasant.
Up: Commonwealth, Illinois, Thomp-
son Dean. No boats down.
EVANSVILLE, October 22.-River 5
feet inches and rising slowly. Mer-
curry As to 4S. Weather cloudy and
cool. Port list: Down-Vint Shinkle, 9
pm. Up: Vint Shinkle, 10 am.
ST. LOUIS, October 22.-River falling.
Westber clear and warm. Arrived 4:
Capitol City, Vicksburg; Belle Mem
phis, Memphis. Departed: Whitesides,
VicksbuTg; Belle Memphis, Ida Stock.
ton, Arkansas river.
CAIRO, October 22-Noon.-River
feet inches and falling. Mercury, $50.
Weather clear and pleasant. Arrived:
Grand lower, st. Louis, midnight;
Mary Miller, New Orleans, am.
Kittie Hegler, Cincinnati, 10 an. De-
parted: Grand Tower, Memphis a M. !;
LiOness, St. Louis, 8 a NJ; Mary Miller,
Cincinnati, 8 AIM. Night-Arrived !:
Mary Bell and City of Quincy, st. Louis,
3 pm; FODtsnelle, st. Louis, 4 pm. !;
Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, pm, De-
parted Kit lie HegIer, Memphis,l p. m. :;
Mountain Oak, south, and Mary Bell,
New Orleans, pm.
LeVee Paragraphs.
The City Of Augusta departed yester.
day evening for Write river.
Heavy fugs the past few nights have
thrown ell steamers out OF s3hsGule
time.
The Tensas is reported bard aground
at Cumberland Island, in the Ohio, with
one hog-chsin broken.
The local packets brought in yesterday
632 bsles cotton, 81 bags seed cotton and
1926 sacks cotton seed.
"Up-tbe.sL 0 1tic" is what they call a
marine when he appears on lhe streets
little hOW-cOme-yOu.S
The Belle of Texas, from AshpoTti
brought into port yesterday IS bales cot
ton, II bags seed cotton and 26l sacks of
cotton seed.
The Phil Allin had 23I bales cotton,
ST. sacks cotton seed and Is packages.
ShelefC last evening for Friars Point with
a splendid trip.
dYou here againg' That's what dis
penser Of liquid comforts said to we'll
known aquatic who had sWorn off only
a day or two ago.
The Geo. w. Cheek came in with SO
bales cotton, 8 bags seed cotton, 47O sacks
cotton seed, and left last evening for Hell
ena with good trip.
Jim Durtf says We are the handsomest
river reporter in town, but We don't
know it. All right, Jeams, we will
work for you for nothing.
The Ella, undergoing repairs up White
river, will be completed and put in the
trade about Tuesday week, in command
of Captain William Elliott.
The Cons Millsr, for Memphis; Fan
chon, for ARKANSAS river, and Robert
Mitchell, for New Orleans, are prepar-
ing to leave Cincinnati.
The bar at Twin Hollows, where the
Mary Bel got stuck, is making trouble
with every steamer passing there. The
Ligless is reported hard aground there.
Owing to the crowded state of our col
umUs, we have to omit our usual notices
of steamers departing to-day, and must
refer our readers to advertisements and
notices elsewhere.
The James D. Parker, en- route to
Cincinnati, buried two deck passengers
at Evansville, who had died on the
boat. They were from Arkansas, re-
turning to COvingtOn, Kentucky.
The Quickstep, from the mouth Of
White river, came in with ia bales cot
ton, 8 bags seed cotton and 1904 sacks OF
cotton seed. She leaves this evening for
the mouth Of White river at five o'clock.
Baker and FsrrOn carried the marines
by storm last night in the new play of
Heinrich and Hettie in which their
rare and original Chris and Lena spe.
cialties were introduced Our friend
Ketchum incrg ssed his popularity also.
Toe A. J. White arrived Yesterday
evening from Nap oleon with good trip
She had 1877 bales cotton, SO bags seed
cotton and 1854 sacks cotton seed. She
returns to Napoleon and the bends this
evening, at five O'clock.
Complaint is made by pilots that the
government light at Plumb Point is
half mile too high up thu river to az
ford any benefit at the present crossing,
and that the one at Charley Morris is
the same distance too low down. These
lights should be placed at proper points.
The Kittie Hrgler, Captain Hegler,
passed Cairo at noon yesterday, we
learn from Captain R. P. Glenn, her
agent in this city, and will srrive here
in time to leave on her return to Louis
vile and Cincinnati at five O'Clock this
evening. Captain Glenn will receive
for her at his wharfbOat.
A Louisville dispatch says that the
United States local steamboat inspectors
have concluded their investigation into
the causes of the late collision of the
I. Hillman and Vint Shinkle. The yer.
dict is that the collision was caused by
an error of both pilots-Hsrvey Thomn-
son, of the HiIlman, and Taylor Mills,
of the Shinkle-eacn Of whom is enti-
tied to the highest ceneure for careless
ness.
Improvement of River Navigation.
In the report of the chief OF engineers
submitted to the secretary of war last
week, we fiud the following plan of op-
eratiOns for the coming season: "These
must necessarily be much restricted,
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