The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-06-18

says: "Capt. Juo. WOODBURY.. new
| steamer was launched at Freedom on SAT-
urday and was taken to Pittsburg. II Is
100 feet IN length. go feet beam, and !
feet hold draws q inches. and Captain
Woo burn thinks she will not draw over
IL inches when completed. Captain T.
j. Darragh, late clerk of the Paragon.
has taken an interest in thi. new boat of
Captain Woodburn's and will De clerk of
her Captain Darraeh il here aud will
remain until the boat /, completed"
The following items are from the St.
| Louis Times:
Capt. Tom Shields Commonwealth is
being painted up and looks a' fresh a.
a bride.
The j. H. johnson was caught in the
storm ut Quincy on Tuesday
and for time wa In imminent danger
OF beng torn to pieces by the wind;
| and IN add to the terror she had Oh board
100 persons who were enjoying picnic
excursion Capt Hamilton and his OIL
GERS, however, stood To their posts like
SpartanS and brought the steamer
through gallantly. When the johnson
returned 10 Quincy the leycc was cover
ed with anxious relatives.
The Cincinnati Commercial says: y
prominent coal merchant in Cincinnati
received letter from Pittsburg, ycstcr-
day, announcing the sad intelligence that
the we'll known and extensive coal oper-
ator. Mr.. W. ii. Brown, was an inmate
of AN insane asylum. Mr.. Brown has
been in feeble health for several months.
which l. attributable to overtaNcd brain
work.
There are fully sixteen million bushels
of coal loaded at Pittsburg. and ready to
come out on the first rise, which viii
doubtless come before many days.
&. +. Dumont. who built several steam
cr- for the Magdalena river, South Amer
lea, and who shipped the machinery o
the new steamer Triumph To the sam'
destination by vessel from New lorl
some time since. will to-day send two o
his skilled artisans to Baranluilla. SOutl
America, via steamer from New York
Charles lIofmcister and Henry Shout, q
Cincinnati, are the parties who Will 50
up the Triumph machinery. Dumont
new machine works, rebuilt, VIII he
Charles l.. Macowitzky. a Chicago il
ventor, has just patented a contriyano
for propelling steam vessels. which u
feels confident will In time take the plaC
| of the wheels and screws now IN use, an
which can be used in the shallowest a
| well rs the deepest water. IL j. n cnriou
II piece of machinery. Ia say the least.
= consists of a double set of fans on cac
side of the vessel, which are made 10 &C
rs oars, only that they are never LITE
ont of the water. being so arranged tina
they close mp against the hull whc
!, moved forward. Both sets are pr,
PEELED by u direct stroke OF I'll
l. piston-rod of single engine
p which draws one set on eth,
o side backward while the other set is
ia operation, thus giving continuous pr
y pclling pressure. Besides this they a
y 81 arranged ~ To be opened and close
Ne reversed or turned in any direction
ne will. thus enabling the pilot to use the
as part of the steering apparatus IN ca
It should be desirable. The invent'
claims that great saving ofpower can
secured that his engines occupy IL
space than in other propellcrs: that t
y machinery affords greater safety than q
other kind in use, and that boats usi
N, it can be operated in canals witht
" washing ont the banks any more. or ey
a. much as those propelled by the
'ht fashioned mule power