The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-20

RIVER. WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
Weather clear and pleasant.
Business quiet.
The Ohio rose 4 feet yesterday. and
is going up rapidly.
J GENERAL ITEMS,
The wharfboat bought by Mr.. Burke
Of the Helena World. is said TO be ono OF
the best on the Mississippi river. She j.
go feet long. by 80 feet wide, and was
built by Captain All Cutting of Metrop.
oils. Captain John r.. Burke an Old
whariboatman, who is thoroughly vei sc,l
In the business. will superintend her.
The Future City with five barges,
arrived at New Orleans Oh last Sunday,
four Of which contained ISL packages
OF Western produce, and sundrles; the
other one had 25,i39 bushels OF bulk
corn. She was to have left that port on
Monday at IL O'Clock for st. Louis.
The Charles Morgan went into New
Orleans with full freight list, and regis
tered on the trip 22j cabin and 10 deck
passengers. She made the run on her
way down from Shawneetown to New
Orleans in four days, and run from Mem
phis to Helena, niuty miles, in five hours.
She left New Orleans Ola Tuesday for
Cincinnati.
The Andy johnson is waiting at
New Orleans until a better offering opens
to st. Louis.
The City OF Alton will be here tc-
day from st. Louis. She has barge
which she will unload, here. She has also
30 head of stock aud 10 passengers.
The +. II. Durpee will be here to-
day from St. Louis for Pittsburg. She
has $50 tons Of Hour. shipstu(fs and
ore.
The Cairo and Paducah packet,
Florence Lee, leaves the wharf at )
O'Clock this evening for Pa,lucah and all
way landings.
The City of Quincy went up before
day yesterday. She was attached here
for wharfage, but settled matters amlca :
bly, with the collector, and went Oh. She
had rousing big trip.
The James ID. Parker, with good
trip of freight and passengers. from Gin
cinnati for Memphis. went down ycstcr-
day morning early.
The John NJ. Roberts left Memphis
on Saturday for the South with tow of
flats containing 5000 bushels of pota.
toes.
memphis .irdionrhs "rhe funeral of
the late VIM. +. Din took place from his
late residence on Monroe street. ycster-
day noon, and in spite of the very H.
element nature OF the weather. was large
" attended. The casket which contained
the remains was decorated with hand
some floral tributes in the shape of
crosses, wreaths, anchors, and other tie
vices. The pall-bearcrs were Capts. Jas.
Lee, Jr.. Ad. Storm, Il. W. Lightburnc,
John Hardin, Jas. Good and Clarence
Hall. Elmwood Cemetery, near the city,
was selected rs the last resting-place of
the departed.
The Mary Houston is due from Gin
cinnati. She has big trip OF freight and
passengers. aud an excursion party from
Louisville for New Orleans.
The C. b. Church, from New Or
leans to Cincinnati, is due. She has
800 barrels of n,Olasses and 900 barrels
of sugar.
The CarOndelet, Captain Dick Love,
from New Orleans, is due.
The Memphis Lsdger says: Mr..
Isaac Z. Baker, of st. Louis, was in the
city Saturday evening, making arrange
ments for the Davidson Line, which
will run in opposition to the Scudder
Line.
The Cou3ier-Joanal says: A petit
ton, signed by large number ofsteam-
boatmen, will be sent to Washington in a
day or two, asking congress to buy pow
der and blow out the rock in the chute
at the head OF the falls, so as to make
the pass wider for boats. Uncle Sam
ought to do 1t. lie has nearly ruined us
with his dams. Now "blow out our
shoot" aud well "pass" all right.
The Anchor Line will carry passen-
gers to Memphis on Mardi Gras for halt
rates.
1t took the Julia three days to come
from Memphis to this port. The wind and
fog "doMe" her bad.
The Tom Sherlock left Cincinnati
for New Orleans.
The Anchor Line steamer Colorado,
from st. Louis, will be al the wharf to-
day.
The Julia, Captain Blake, from
Vicksburg. arrived yesterday morning
with good trip. she put Oft $50 bales
of cotton for the East, ut the Cairo and
Nincennes railroad cOmpany's wharf.
boat, and a lot Of miscellaneous freight at
Halliday 4 Phillips boat. aud went on
tn st. Louis yesterday afternoon.
The st. Louis Times says Capt. NJ.
II. Crapster. Of the signal light service.
returned from below yesterday, having
settled with all the lighters between 81.
Louis aud Grand Tower. Tho captains
district extends from Cairo to 81. RAUL. |