The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-10
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NEIEoN GolOM
Sergeant Signal Service, Z. s. A.
Tur WEATHER Is lovely Mt present
Picnics and fishing parties are fashion
able Get your linesand baskets ready,
Fly time along the river front Just
now.
Some Of our steamboat friends talk OF
uicking their way to the Centennial.
DO ahead. boys. but couine yourselves
to berries
business is fcarfully dull, but then
il IS alwaV SO ut this season Of the year.
so what s the use Of making such n fuss
about it? Better keep cool. boys, while
YOU can. for next month you won t be
able TO- even If you try.
DEPARTURES. The Katie. for Vieks
burg ST Mary. for Red River. Smokey
CITY. for the Ohio: Mary Ida aud Jose
phine. for Upper Coast Oriole, Waloon
and Frazer. for Lower Coast. left port
Yesterday.
The Bastrop is receiving to leave Sat
urdny fot Camden.
.. L. Shearer, ESD. is river editor OF
the Vicksburg 1rjbine.
The Ouaohita packet Lessie Taylor
has deferred her departure to Z. III.
tomorrow.
At last accounts lower Ouachita and
Black rivers were rising fast.
STEAMERS LEAVING THIS DAY.
FoR OPElousAs - IN Place of the 81.
MarV The light draft passenger packet
Robt Young. W II. Daniels. master.
leaves for Washington and all landings
intermediate on Bayou Buuf and the
Atchaialaya Can't. Daniels commands.
and our-and, in fact. .everybodys $
friend. J u. Schmidt. will be found in
the office.
FoR RED RIVER line Pdcket. The
Col A. T. kouns, Mart. Kouns. master,
/. II. kouns, clerk, leaves to-day at = y.
m. for Jefferson, Shreveport and all
way landings.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The st. John left at noon to-day with
a good trip.
The Bertha. Hec. Broad. master.
leaves for Opelousas this evening ut
o'clock.
'
inc Mt the head of Canal street, upper
side to leave for Greenville. Nieksburg
and all landings Intermediate She con
meets mt Nicksburg with the Parlsot
line for all landings on 1azoo aud Ial-
lahatchio rivers.
Capt Gus. Richards will have q boat
i'm the Grand Isle trade. via Harvey
Canal. this summer. all reports to the
contrary notwithstanding.
cline" Entrken leaves on the Lessie
Taylor this evening. to meet the Willie.
Of which steamer he will be first clerk.
The last we saw Of him he was hum
ming. willie. we have missed YOU
We inspected those extensive repairs
referred TO by our confrerc of the Pic. u
day or two ago. in regard 10 the Canal
street ferry landing. We found plenty
Of openings there yet for nice young
mon either to fall into or TO 60 TO work
and repair them.
HIsroRlCAL.-Ou remarks about old
time fast boats brought Billy Patterson
and George Haggcrty. two solid Nold
unR.' to the surface. and the achieve
ments Of the old steamer Hard Times
(what beautiful name that would he
for a boat now Northern Line please
make note onto was related to us
This old boat had remarkable career.
She was built for the Yazoo River She
run across Lake Pontchartrain and car
ried the mail for some time. ran over
the Bob betcher at Twelve Mile Island.
above Louisville, made fourteen trips
for six months from st. Louis to New
Orleans. beat the Old Missouri and Old
Hickory. and was the first boat to bring
the news Of the battle of Buena Vista.
in Mexico. to st. Louis. How that FOR
an old boat? And with such name
,rt t,,tf ~
the man the brick was thrown at, but
cold Bill"-was mate Of her. and that
accounts for it all. St Louis Times,
May7
The hull Of the Bosser broke in two
on Monday morning. when within three
miles Of Capt. Ruiz place her destina-
tion.
When old Swayhack left hero yester
day she was turning that brush heap
of hers with such frightfuI velocity that
il actually knocked dust out of the
water. Old Tom went off singing
Ladies. git your pardners.
Fidders. grease your how.
Move the chairs an tables
An let the music Eo:
Step this way. Miss Jenkins,
Josh, you grab Miss Fail.
Everybody snatch u gal,
And go n-"balance ALL
Officer Tom Slater goes around hunt
ing up negroes asleep on the leyee. and
his partner, Dode Salvage. comes along
and squirts cayenne pepper up their
noses with a tin bellows. IT the negro
amt dead he turns n hand spring and
goes on sneezing, and the people will
tell us that the police don't earn their
money and see fun.
The Thomas Sherlock, from Cincin-
natl. will arrive to-day and leave
Saturday on return trip.
For list of arrivals see marine column.
THE RIVER.
Unusual Rise at st. Louis-River still
swelling.
ST. LOUIS. May 9.-The river rose with
unusual rapldity and is Still swelling an
inch and a half an hour The leYee is