The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-11

| RIVER, WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
The river last evening was ~ feet
III 2-5 inches upon the gauge, and fell
O 30 inchcs during the previous twenty
four hours.
| The weather yesterday wa, close and
sultry, cloudy and clear by turns and al
together disagreeablc.
Business fair.
| GENERAL ITEMS.
Another coal fleet left Pittsburg on
the present rise.
| Capt. Verhalt Of the Pcytona and
barges arrived yesterday. The Peytona
will BIZ along to-day and will want some
freight.
The little boat Freddy, which has laid
| so long at the foot Of Eighth street, Is to
take the keel-boat Norwood. loaded with
fire brick, to Memphis. She is to leave
some time this morning.
Perhaps there are u few Of our boys
who still remember an excursion that
was made to Mound City on Sunday AZ
ternoon in the days that are gone, upon
u sailing vessel called the Wave. The
cruise was not as lovely as could have
been wished, and the boys covered the
little vessel with all sorts of bad wishes,
and perhaps it was in consequence OF this
that the Wave was dashed to pieces and
utterly destroyed In Galveston harbor
during the gale on the 18th of September
last. We mention. the fact believing that
twill interest them who were on board
on the trip to Mound City.
1t was Diver Al. Burriss OF the 4. f
Eckert ana Diver Hiram Hill, who went
down among the drift at the Stone
Depot and under the whari.boat so fear.
lessely and per-istantly, day before yes.
terday in search OF the body of Mr.. Frank
Gilman supposed to have been drowned.
The Arlington. Golden Rule and Cons
Millar had very fair upstream trips.
Capt. r. w. Dugan will arrive BY the
Mississippi Central train tonight. We
are panied TO learn that his venerable
father, who met with serious injuries by
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his home in Coyington. Kentucky.
The Carondelct came out from st.
Louis with q verv fair trim nf fr"i"nt aud
made additions by the way aud here.
She found the channel at Horsetail
changed TO i,s old bearings and very
much improved. In its present marks it
leaves The Belle Of Shreveport long way
out on the middle bar. She is LAYING
easy and will not probably be injured
even though she should have to remain
there a long time.
The statement in yesterday. BULLE-
TIN, that the wharf-master had trouble
with the steamer Commonwealth was Il
mistake, and we hasten TO correct 1t.
We are informed by the whari-master
that hc has always paid her Wharfage on
demand. We were led into the mistake
by another matter which we will explain.
On her last trip up the Commonwealth
was blown against wood boat at Padu-
| cab, and afterward. during the same
gale, the wood boat sunk. The boat be-
longed to MIR. Yost OF Metropolis, aud it
contained few slaves belonging to an
other party. The sinking did not occur
until after the Commonwealth lett
and the bill Of damages was
not presented until she arrived at this
port on her return from Cincinnati at s
o'clock, Tuesday night last. Then the
owner appeared with his bill OF five hun
dred dollas in hand and an attachment
in his pocket. The bill was considered
exorbitant and the captain Oiled com.
promise. which was refused and the
attachment served. The boat remained
during the next day taking 800 tons of
freight, and during that time better
counsels prevailed, the compromise was
effected and the boat released.
I.nen1 G'hif.G1lnf.