Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-01

Cincinnati; Indiana, CINCINNATI h. u.
Yaeger, New Orleans.
IN PORT.
Belle OF Texas, Frank Forrest, D'ihois'
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
For ST. LoUIs-The City OF Chester,
Captain Zsigler, at five pm
For VICKsBURG-The City OF Helena,
Captain M'Kee, at six pm
Levee Reflections.
Although the weather architects pre-
dicted Uc0olern weather for this locality
Yesterday, the denizens hereaboLt failed
10 perceive it, and shOofiy ice-Tixins were
as Inuch in demand as on shy previous
day this season.. Captain VIM. Main
pault, formerly OF the II. &. M'Nutt,
has been appointed superintendent OF
the Memphis and Little Rock railway.
Captain Joseph Elliott, OF the City
Of Augusta, has been in the city the
past few days. He has been rusticsting
on his farm q few miles out on the
Charleston railway THE City Of Hell
ena, for Vicksburg, and City OF Chester,
for st. Louis, are the Anchor-Liners
leaving the elevator this evening......A
steamboat excursion is talked Of among
the marines on Monday in celebration
Of the GLORIOUS Fourth of July. Jim
Durff will deliver the oratlOn, while two
or three local agents will compete for
the honor Of reading the Declaration OF
Independence and amendments to the
constitution, including the defunct civil
rights bill.M Mr.. n. NJ. Jones, Of the
coal firm of Brown & Jones, re, urned to
the city yesterday from a trip to st.
Louis, and all along theTe......A st. Louis
telegram yesterday says: "About one
o'clocB.this morning the steam-tug Sam
Club, lying at the EastSt. Louis wharf,
caught On fire, and after being cut loose
fioated down stream and stuck Oh a
-bsr, where she burned TO the waters
edge. Loss not sscertained." ......-.
We hear Tracy's Mammoth Cave ex-
cursion discussed among the marines,
and we opine some Of them will keep
talking about it until the day Of depart.
ure, and then go buy ticket and Pitch
out with the first crowd that emb1rks.
An excellent opportunity is afforded for
pleasant trip during fiy-time.
Clippings,
The DEATH OF news in marine circles
here yesterday makes room for the fol-
lowing cOnfab with our exchanges: st.
Louis Times, Monday: "C0lOnel n. NJ.
Jones, the coal king of Memphis, ar
rived in the city Saturday, and is stop
ping at the Lindell. The colonel is one
Of the livest business men of the south,
and is very popular with b0atmen. They
never think of buying coal from anyone
else, or if they do they hadn't 'Orto.'
Captain Jake Swivel, of the Maude, is
still in the SOUTH THE Pittsburg
Commercial says: "On the wharf the
other day we heard eambOatman-
one of the most ubstantial-mSke the
following remarks: IF l was to st am
boat for twenty years, would never lay
my boat alongside one whose name be-
gan with M We asked him why. He
gave as a reason that they were pretty
certain to come to grief. The following
Is a liat Of boats whose names began
with 'M' that have been destroyed:
MOselle, Majestic, Missouri (3), Mep-
ham, Mississippi, Missouri Mail, Mag
noIia, Memphis, Miami, Milton, MoIlie
Ebert, Moderator, Mediator, MOgui, Mo-
hawk (2), Metropolis, Melnotte, Min
now, Mayflower, Minnetonka, Moliie
Able, Mary z. Poe, Mary E Forsyth,
Monsoon, Mendoza, MGmeluke, Messen-
ger, Magenta, Maggie Hays, Mary PeIl,
Monarch, Mediterranean, MOuntSineer,
M'D0nald, Mung0 Park, Mentor, Mary
Davage, Mary Alice, MOllie Gath, Me-
ridsn, Music, Malta. After reading the
above list, We don't wonder at the view
our river friend took of the letter NJ. "......
Louisville Co&Tj6r-JO Journal, Tuesday:
"George Burnett and John Taylor, pi-
lots, have gone to Cairo to take the
Charlie Brown to Memphis. The j. 3.
Neel, with tow for Memphis, met the
f. n. Norton and tow, coming up, at
Flint island. They swapped lows, the
Neel passing up yesterday for POmeroy
with the NOrtOn's empty barges.
Parties in Memphis shook twelve thou
Sand dollars cash at the owners of the
Shannon for their boat while she was at
Cincinnati, but they couldn't see it; four
thousand dollars better would have seen
them,' and the Shannon would have
changed hands" ..... Pittsburg CODlTaeT-
ciGL Saturday; "In January, 1913,
Waterman on the Legal Tender named
Shoffner, also sailor on the same boat,
were injured while the boat lay aground
near Indian Bay, White river. The
Augusta was at work pulling the Tender
off, when the lines Eprung and parted,
bIeaking the jaw Of one and the arm Of
the other. After suing Captain Joe FL
lott for damages, and having it before
tf}e courts ever since, a jury decided in
favor Of Elliott before Judge Halsey, the
other day, as to one OF the parties. In
the case of the other there was mis-
trial, one of the jurors sticking cut for
damages against the other eleven, who
desired to render verdict for EiliOtt."..
James bearing, who shipped as steward
on the Benton last spring at st. Louis,
and who was reported to have commit
ted suicide, arrived in st. Louis the
other day, in perfect health. 1t was the