The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-30
River N ews.
OFFICE NEw ORLEANS DEMOCRAT,
Thursday Morning March 10 1916

The undersigned, in assuming charge Of the
i.jver department Of the DAILY DEMOCRAT. re-
| continuance Of the patronage literally OK
tended during his connection with the New Or
GEO. J. DUNCAN.
| n D.-Any communications relating 10 steam
boat matters left ut the DEMOCRAT office. No. "A
Camp street. will meet with prompt atten-
| ton from the river reporter.
THE WEATHER Yesterday was clear
and very cOOl-in fact it was almost too
much so early In the morning and late
in the evening.
BUSINESS Improved somewhat yes
terday and several Of the packets, par-
ticularly those advertised in the DEMO
Graf, left port with good trips
Thanks to the Administrator OF I'm
provements, We have now good walk
leading out from Waters street to the
Canal street ferry landing.
| II the owner Of those negro dens
which disgrace Canal street, from Front
to Wells, will only lay u decent plank
walk in front Of his property. he will
confer n favor upon all parties having
| business on the river front.
The Independent ~ Grand Ecore
packet Robt. Young did not leave yes
terday evening. She is decidedly Il
,cenkly packet.
leave at 5 p. m. to-day, will take
freight for Grand Ecore, Cotile, Alex
andria, Norman's, Barbin' s and all way
landings.
The Frank Willard has retired tempo
rarily to the Algiers side Of the river
Gone TO keep company with the other
lonesome looking boats for u short time
The Ouachita Belle left last evening
with one OF the best trips Of the season.
OLD PROPS gives US the following in
regard to the rivers:
The rivers have risen inches ut st.
Louis. Cairo and Helena 5 inches at
Memphis, 3 inches at Vicksburg, 20
inches Mt Nashville, feet Mt Cincinnati
and / foot ut Leavenworth, and have
fallen foot at Pittsburg, inches at
Davenport, Is inches at Shreveport and
~ feet at Augusta.
The danger will increase in the Mis-
sissippi river below Cairo The Lower
Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee rivers
will continue to rise.
In order to accommodate large
number OF shippers the regular Tensas
and Macon packet Willie has deferred
her departure until Saturday, April l,
at 5 p. IN.
Capt. John Heinz, the cold veteran"
has resigned command Of the Robert
Young. Hereafter she will be run by
suppose, make Wedkly trips.
DEPARTURES. The following named
steamers left port yesterday: James
Howard for st. Louis. Ouachita Belle
for Ouachita City, Bertha for Opelolsas,
BastrOp for Bayou Bartholomew, st.
John for Baton Rouge, st. Mary for
Washington, and J. L. Frazer and
Oriole for Lower Coast.
Copy Of Telegram
VIcKsBURa, March 29.~To John Jan
ney, III Common street: The steamer
Fannie Tatum will arrive Friday morn
Ing JOHN ELwELL, Master |
The Vicksburg Herald, Of the 28th,
says:
The Travis Wright still lies alongside,
and the divers are still graphing cotton
from the hull Of the burned steamer
Mary Bell. The water covers the wreck
completely, but the divers don't care
for that
Three Parisot line steamers, the Va
200, Home and Tallahatchie, are in
They will undergo some
needed repairs and brushing up before |
re-entering service.
From the Memphis Landslide" Of March q.
The steamer Belle Of Shreveport, |
Friday, had as freight the 277G sacks Of /
wheat brought from above Little Rock |
On the Arkansas, by the steamer Ash |
land, and reshipped at Terrene. The
same steamer also had $500 sacks Of
Texas wheat, brought from New Or
eans. The two lots made 5276 sacks.
and is the largest wheat shipment ever
carried by one boat from below Cairo.
The wheat reshipped from Tcrrene was
offered by Ezell Il Co. to the Colorado
md Helena, but both were compelled to
lacIipa hncnrIan nj hoipr habipJ t;,,,o /
Persons who came by the Augusta re-
bort White river very high and out Of
Is banks in several places. The town
# Clarendon Is flooded, and Indian
Bay Is doubtless under water by this
ime. The Augusta returns to White
liver this afternoon.
Freight rates from st. Louis to New
orleans are 12s per cwt and 25c on flour,
ubJect to rebate Of &c whenever the
ames Howard is in port, or the Kountz
olks take notion to cut down little.
From the st. Louis Republican, 9th
1st.:
The Bismarck, Capt. John Spane
Dwell land Eldridge, clerks, will leave
Ositively this evening for New Orleans.
apt JnO. w. Carroll will send out ]
mother boat on Wednesday.
The KountZ Liner Henry c.. Yaeger.
apt. Vanhook, n. B. Fowler. will start
lis evening on another Of her fast
ound trips, rivaling the fastest boats
q the river.
The river man of<the New Orleans
ines acknowledges the receipt Of
few lines In rhyme from his friend and
"Buz, about that much A
1used individual, mother in law, and 8
le Times poetical editor prints said Z
mes under the head Of "The Justifiable =
licide," introducing them thus: "And a
lally, our marine correspondent, Buz,
mes to the front, pulls down his vest
Id sings off the following rhyming hit .
that much malig1ed individual. 1.-THE 1
mes is, OF course, unaware that fe
e rhymes ''slung OFF, by "Buz" Ic
tn his vest pulled down, were >,
inted In number of journals 4
'ars ago. The name OF the author is
IT known to us, nor is it material; but re
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