The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-08-04
RIVER AND WEATHER.

The river last evening was " ieet . 7,
inches OH the gauge, having risen 10 10 !
inches during the previous ~ hours. The |
rise was just double that of the day pre-
vious, but j. caused by the spur, from
st. Louis and side streams below there.
and cannot last long. Many are OF opin.
ion IL will come TO Il stand to-day. The
condition Of the rivers elsewhere AT 3 p.
M, yesterday, a. shown by the signal Of
flee report, was rs follows Pittsburg,
II feet, rose feet inches Cincinnati
80 feet. rose 3 feet : inches: Louisville,
% feet . inches. rose feet o inches
Nashville. IL feet. tell inches ~. Louis.
20 feet II inches, rose 10 inches.
GENERAL ITEMS.
They had Il little rain in New Orleans
last Sunday.
There Is still Il sprinkllng of DRIFT IN
the Ohio and the Mississippi is full OF it.
The water has reached the yard in
front of the house Of Mr.. Cox opposite
the foot of Sixth street, and will reach
his corn if it rises one foot more.
Capt. X. w. Dugan is suffering from
a slight attack Of sore throat, but is pro-
nounced convalescnt by DR.. Rexford.
who administered whisky sweat night
before last.
Capt. James johnson has great
time OF ii trying to keep his grandson
out of the sipe water. He takes To- it "a
naturally as duck. And 1t takes the
whole family to keep n watch over him.
We have had two days of dry wealth
er and one day OF bright sunshine. The
streets are sho wing some signs of be-
coming dusty. ana our people speak OF
the prospect a. though dust vas lux.
ury.
-Wharimas,er 4. J.. EIurd makes the
following report Of arrivals at this por'
during the month of July:
SteamDOats.............
Iow.boats. .....'..4'
Registered barge-. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Tonnage, hull measurement. 81 ZIG tons
The steamers st. Johns and Il. l
!. Hodge, running between New Orlcau
, and Baton Rouge, carry a large whit
| hat between the chimneys. The embleI
was adopted by the late Capt. W. II
Greathouse, and is still observed in hor
or to his memory.
The river rose six inches night bcfor
last at ST. Louis, and at II o'clock ycster
: day commenced to decline again. Tn
news was very gladly received here, a
:. our people are largely in sympathy will
a the people In the low lands who vii
suffer greatly if the rise continues mncl
T. longer.
--Thad L. Gibson, well known here Il
p having in other years been rattlin!
clerk in the Cumberland river trade. i
n running farm back Of Paducah Tn
: Paducah News says Thad was in Pad,
cab the other day. and in describing tn
/ storm of last Sunday week. he said tina
f it blew lot of cows into his cornfeld
9 and carried the calves into Il neighbor
i fields, several miles away. When III
4 storm was over Thad says that the cor
J. was so tangled up that it took five day
5 to find the cattle.
+ The st. Louis Commercial list, speal
It ing Of tic boiler and sheet iron works ,
n Bohan Brothers, says: "Thcir bushes
S is now in the full tide OF success, thcr
c bein. at present in course Of constru,
It ton at their works no less than forty-on
boilers. Among them are eight boiler
L g., II.
known as Capt. Hicks big Bonanza,
d which is also to have smoke stacks
d galvanized iron, a new invention, an
j. destined, as We were Informed by Nj
!. Bohan, to supcrsedc all Others"
II WAN DEPARTMENT, RIVER REPORT, !
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