Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-22

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3 feet and inches scaut, and about sta
tionary. Weather clear and pleasant.
......... Night-Riyer 3 feet inches, and
rising slowly. Weather clear and
pleasant.
CAIRO, July 21.-Noon.-Arrived
Baker, Ohio, am. Weather fair ard
warm. ... Night-Arrived: Grand Re-
public, New Orleans, 5 pm; Ste. &c.
nevieve, St. Louis, p m. Departed:
Ste. Geuevieve, Vicksburg, s pm.
River 81 feet II inches and falling. The
weather Is clesr and cooler. Mercu-
ry, 800.
Movements at the LeVee.
ARRIVALS.
George w. Cheek, Friars Point; Gov
ernor Garland, Arkansas river.
DEPARTURES.
City of Heleua, Vicksburg; CaDitol
City, st. Louis; james D. Parker, Gin
cinnat'; G. w. Cheek. Frisrs Point.
IN PORT.
Governor Garland.
BOATS DUE.
Pail AIlin.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
GREENvILLE-Phil Allip, Stack Lee,
master, five pm.
WHITE RIvER-Rutb, Milt r. Harry,
master, five pm.
ARKANSAS RIvER-GOvernOr Gar
land, Ed Rowland, master, five pm.
Receipts Yesterday.
G, w. Cheek-27 bales cotton, 392 SKIS
cottou.seed.
Governor GarIand-27 bsles cotton,
229I SKIS cotton-seed.
City of HeIena-950 brls -four, 300 brls
meal, $50 rolls bagging, 81 SKIS oats,
cs,ks bacon and lot of sundries.
Marine Miracles.
A big rain yesterday.
Drift was sgain floating ia the river
yesterday afternoon.
The John B. Maude put off three
thousand packages at Vicksburg.
An old man named Michael Conway
was drowned at Vicksburg a few days
ago.
The Ruth, Captain Mllt Harry in
command, is the regular White river
mail packet leaving this evening.
The st. Louis Republican thinks that
Captain Cannon Will take the Bob Lee
to st. Louis to fill out her first load.
Captain Tom Darragh and his young
bride have returned to Little Rock, and
are receiving the congratulations Of
friends.
The Fellows of Vicksburg en-.
loved all excursion on board the p. +.
Guiesse, the ferryboat at that point, last
Wednesday.
The Governor Garland arrived yes er-
day evening, with fiOe trip OF cotton.
seed. She reshipped 80 bales at the
mouth of White river.
The James D. Parker departed for the
Ohio last evening with 157 bales cotton,
% bales of paper stock, 1873 barrels oil,
and so cabin passengers.
A number of prominent gentlemen OF
Phillips county, Arkansas, have pro-
iect on foot to build substantial levees &c
protect the lowlaDds in that county.
The Geo. w. Cheek left last evening
for Friars Point. When she returns 81 {
will 90 to Paducah to bs Overhauled and
put in good order for the fall business.
The Vicksburg Tribune says that the
marine hospital Of that city 10 closed fol
want of funds, and warns that no more
INDECENT mariners be sent to that port
for treatment.
A st. Louis dispatch says that Cap.
tain James Lowry, OF PiLtsbuTg, died
there Thursday night, from the efectf
| Of heat, His remains left for PittsbuTg
yesterday evening.
The Governor Gaflard Ia the regular
Arksnsas river packet leaving this even
ing for the above stream. Captain Ed
Rowland is in command, and Walter
Outlaw attends to the affairs OF the
| office.
The suspension Of the signal service
reports from several important stations
is becoming very Fr, at inconvenience
especially to the yer fraternity, who
have learned to regard these repor's 81
| Indispensable.
Straight out they laid him on two
| chairs Tor bed, and famed him anC
rubbed him-put ice on his head; no eff
forts could rouse him, no sign Of life die
be make, and his friends gave him up
| fit subject for "wake" The name o
the hero of the above incident cannot b
given at present; but we Ieserve thu
! privilege of exposing him il any MGR
slang is flung a. US from certain quar-
tiers. Look out.
| st. Louis Republican, Thursday: "Mr
James L. Huse, the ice merchant OF s.
Louis, is in Racine, Wisconsin. H
went up with his wife TO stand upde
the tree on bluff, the very spot they
stood upon when they were married siI
or seven years ago. II was romantic
marriage, according to the local paper
| of the time, and the union has prOve'
one of the happiest on record. Til
steamer Minneapolis had narrow es
cape at the Keokuk bridge on her tril
down. The Gate City says: 'Mr. LEI
Ter, the engineer. had come up town 70
something, and left the draw in charg
of Mr.. Bremen, the fireman. The latte
could not work the draw, but he had tn
presercs Ct mind to signal the boat t
stop, which he did four separate times
The steamer wss coming at q goo
speed, and it was with much difficult.
that she was checked up. Carson, tn
pilot, noticing that the draw had no