Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-29
MARINE CHRONICLE.


Inc TIuVlatlC wave continues TO mover
around this latitude, but managed YES
terday to steer clear Of these bluffs. The
temperature, too, continues at high
figure, but is considerably modified by
the stiff breezes that wait the clouds
about in space. The weather observer
notes the highest altitude OF the Their
mometer yesterday at ninety-one and a
half, nisety-one being the figure at the
last observation taken at forty-three
minutes after three O'Clock in the after.
noon. Shreveport was sweltering under
Dinety-nine; Cairo, ninety-fOur; Fort
Sully, Dakota Territory, ninety-four;
Galveston, Texas, ninety-three, and all
other points down among the eighties.
Rains are quoted at Davenport, KeokuB +,
Lesvenworth, Cairo and st. Louis.
The following is SUM mary OF the
signal officers reports of the condition of
rivers at all points up to six o'clock
last night: Cairo, SO feet II inches; fall
2 inches. Cincinnati, 81 feet IL inches;
fall l foot l inch. Keokuk, 5 feet 7
inches; stationary. LeavenwOrth, u feet
inches; Use 4 inches. Louisville, 10 feet
inches; falling. Memphis, 30 feet 4
inches; stationary. New Orleans, Z feet
below bench mark; rise inches. Pitts.
burg, feet l inch; fall 4 inches. s..
Louis, 20 feet inches; fall II inches.
Vicksburg, SO feet; rise 3 inches.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NAsHvILLE, July 28.-River on q
stand, with 26 feet inches on the shoals.
Weather threatening.
PITTsBURG, July 28.-River falling,
with 3 feet in the channel. Weather
cloudy, with indications of rain.
CINCINNATI, July 2S.-Noon-River
falling, with "a feet inches water in
the channel. Weather cloudy, with
rain. No arrivals. Departed: Cons
Millar, Memphis.
LITTLE Rock, July 28.-Weather
clear and pleasant. River on a stand,
with y feet water in the channel by
tine government gauge. No arrivals or
departures except local boats.
LOUISVILLE, July 2S.-River rising,
with Is feet inches in the canal and IA
feet inches in the Indiana chute.
Weather rainy, with prospects of a
storm. No arrivals or departures, except
local packets.
81. LOUIS, July 2S.-River fell -
inches. Very heavy rains fell all last
night and great quantity of water has
fallen to-day. Arrived: City of VIcks-
burg, Vicksburg. Departed: Grand
Tower, Memphis.
CAIRO, July 2S-Noon.-Weather
clear and warm. River falling, with 80
feet inch in the channel. Arrived:
Indiana, Cincinnati, IL am; Belle
Memphis, Memphis, 2 am; Bee, New
Orleans, 3 am; James D, Parker, Gin
1innati, s am. Departed: Indiana,
New Orleans, midnight; Belle Memphis,
st. Louie, 4 am; James D. Parker,
Memphis, 8 AUTOMATICALLY Weather
cloudy, with heavy rain at pm.
Arrived: st. Genevieve, st. Louis, |
IN. Departed: Ste. Genevieve, Yicks-
)urg, pm.
Movements at the LeVee.
ARRIVED.
John A. Scudder, New Orleans: City
If Chester, st. Louis; Illinois, Vicks-
burg; James d. Parker, Cincinnati.
DEPARTED.
John A. Soudder, st. Louis; Phil
Allin, Friars Point.
IN PORT.
City of Chester, Illinois, Ruth, J. D.
Parker.
BOATS LEAVING TODAY.
ST LoUIs,-Tke City OF Chester, Cap
ain Isigler, at five pm.
FoR VICKsBURG-The st. Genevieve,
captain VIckers, at five pm.
Levee Paragraphs.
Arkansas river is reported skipping
lp to high water-mark.
The Commonwealth is undergoing re-
airs at St. Louis, pending the dull |
easOn.
Commodore John A. Scudder and his |
wO sons, who have been spending few |
weeks on 2 tour IN the northwest, re- |
urned to st. Louis Sunday.
Captain John p. KeiseF has been pre-. |
ented with a bloOded bull, Captain |
.eigler, of the Chester, being the donor.
lis bullship will be hiyed on Captain |
Eeiser's farm up the Missouri.
The Charles Morgan left New Or
cans last night, according to the Times; |
ut the Bulletin is holding her over till
his evening. The question arises, viii |
be be here on her regular day, Sunday |
corning, or not?
Msjor c. D. Comstock has been de-
allied by the wsr department to watch
he work Of Captain Eads in deepening
he mouth Of The Mississippi, and see
nat the contract is promptly fulfilled.
The rivers altitude at three O'Clock
esterdsy was just two feet six inches
Glow the highest water Of 1874 which /
las noted on the twenty-ninth Of April
I thirty-four feet ten inches; yesterday
ne gauge stood thirty-tWO feet four /
lches, and stationary.
Go away from home to hear the news.
his is from the Paducsh Herald, Of |
tuesday,: "The floating docks, which
ave lain at Memphis for eight years,
rc to be beached and burned when the
ver falls They formerly belonged to
aytain W. Z. Walker"
The steamboat excursion this evening
u board the James D. Parker, promises
D bs delightful affair. None but in
tied guests will be permitted ON board. |
he committee OF arrangements is COM
Osed OF Captain r w. Wise, John K.
tanley, L. w. Gibson and Charles A.
burr.
a negro rouster on the levee was dis |
using the political situation with an
Their cOlOred rousteT yesterday after |
Don, and got loose from the following |
ertinent opinion: III desc white men |
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