Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-16

D
cinnati Saturday evening......Somebody
has stolen Jimmy M'Meen's shirt, con-
tanning a valuable set OF shirt. studs.
Fiend, fetch back that shirt; touch not
single stud. JimmY's on the war. path,
| aud will have that shirt or blood ......
st. Louis Times, Wednesday: "Peter
Lehman, the well known steamboat
butcher, is large owner in the st. Louis
Union stock yards. He began his ca
reer as a cabin boy on the river, and by
industry and perseverance has gained a
handsome competency. Captain w.
III. Blake is again in command OF the
Julia, and Ell. Gray is restiCating III
Scott county, Missouri. Commodore
John A. Scudder, accompanied by his
two sons, Masters Charley and James,
aged respectively ten and fourteen, left
last evening for Lake ManatompBa, to
be absent till the first of 4 Ugust. During
the presidents absence, Captains Keiser
and Love will manage the old Anchor
line. The Northern line packet COM
paDy has stopped paying wharfage on its
boats landing at Keokuk. This action
on the part Of the packet company is
based on the recent decision in favor of
Commodore Davidson at St. Paul. The
Gate City presumes that the city will at
tach one Of the boats Of the company,
and that the matter will be taken into
the courts at an early day. Commodore
Davidson recently recovered seven thou
sand dollars from the city Of st. Paul for
wharfage paid under protest since 1871"
Cincinnati Enquirer, Wednesday,:
ION the last trip of the Julia No. 2,
when short distance below Charleston,
8 fire broke out on the hUrricane-deck,
~, IL
tresses, which, by timely discovery, Oc-
casioned less damage than fright."......
The band Of the steamer Illinois, led 10y
Mat Reynolds, tae head porter, all in
charge OF Captain Speers, hOnOred the
APPEAL marine department with a SER
enade last night. We cannot speak too
highly Of the eXcellentma in which
the band executed the difficult selec.
tions, aud particularly the andante and
waltz. Besides the excellent brass band,
Mat Reynolds is also leader Of splendid
quadrille band, and those who travel on
the Illinois will be RECALLED with eX sell
lent music. The mayor was also seTe-
naded by the IllinOis band last night,
and Judging from the happy
mood in which everybody APP
peared, the mayor appreciated
the visit right substantially.
The Julia, from st. Louis for Vicksburg,
discharged here yesterday about three
hundred tons Of miscellaneous freight,
and added one hundred and six tons for
VicksbUrg and the bends......The Shan
non passed up from New Orleans to
Cincinnati yesterday ...... The Cons
Millar left Cincinnati Wednesday for
Memphis, one item Of her freight being
fifty tons of bulk meat for this market.
flames Hooper, mate Of the Wild
wood, rescued a boy from drowning at
Cincinnati Tuesday evening, by jump
ing into the river after him......A Gin
cinnati paper says that DR.. George d.
Blakey, Of Bowling Green, Kentucky,
who married the widow of Captain s.
M. Harner, has silver cup presented te
this pioneer boatman by II. r. w. Hill,
as a testimonial compliment for fast
trip the Rifleman made from New Or
leans to Nashville in 1920, in the
remarkably quick time Of four
teen days ana tWenty-three hours.
The New Orleans Times editorially re-
plies thusly to the assertion that Mail
Contractor Draper had been imposed
upon by steamboat owners: Poppy.
Draper didn't try to buy any boats.
Why didn't he have the boats ready
when the bid was awarded to him?
The truth is, he is not a steamboat man
at all. He thought by the aid of Win
dom, senator from Minnesota, he would
get this contract, and sUb-let it to our
river men. He got badly left. Our
people are tired of this 'divvy' business,
and what they earn they mean to keep
for themselves. Nobody questions the
right OF Draper, or anyone else, to bid
for the mail contract if he wants to, but
how was it that this bid was made by
man who knew when he made it that he
had no means to carry it out! Maybe
Senator West could explain this. viii
he kindly rise and do sO?" Mrs. Jen-
ME Morris, No. 152 Madison avenue,
Indianapolis, would like to know Of the
whereabouts of William, Jeb, George.
OF James Kimber, all of whom are
engineers or clerks, and were last
heard from in the lower trade.
TIE Weekly Times, of Metropolis, Illi-
nOis, where Captain Hicks's big Mary
Belle is being built, contains q graphic
description OF the great ffeshwater
wonder, from which we excerpt the fol.
lowing: "The extreme length is 325
feet, breadth Sc feet, floor so f ct, depth
Of hold ii feet. Add to this shur OF
feet from amid, ship fore and aft, and
Sd0Lu 10 lCCS an GAAOhilhi lhCh SOlhS IuCd
Of the proportions OF this gigantic vessel
may be formed. There are 300 floors in
the boat skill inches, one main kelsOn
I0x20 inches, two bilge nelson's ska
inches, clamps, pointers and IA floor
streak. The bottom and knuckle plank
are inches thick, and from 50 to 20 feet
long. In no other shipyard in this cOun-
try, perhaps, could these immense tim
bers be handled. In the construction Of
this over q million feet of water
seasoned oak hiss been used, and rs, 900
feet Of Florida pine consumed in laying
the main deck, besides great quantity
Of other kinds of timber. For fasten-
ings over 100 tons Of iron have been
used, 1900 drift bolts driven,
besides nails innumerable. The tonnage
is estimated at $500 tons, and storage
capacity 10, 600 bales Of cotton. Draft
eft, feet; forward, 8 feet. They have
contracted for a battery of eight steel
boilers, having three times the tensile
strength of iron, thus assuring entire
immunity from explosion. The engines
will be thirty-four feet in diameter, with
8 feet stroke. Wheels IS feet diameter,
with 163 feet buckets. The boat will
cost, when completed, $40, coo, and will
unquestionably be regarded as a marvel
OF marine architecture. The Mary Bell
is being built by Captain J. 2. HICKS ex-
pressiy for the Memphis and New Or
leans cotton trade, and will be the sen-
sation Of the southern trade"