The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-20
OFFICE or OBsERv ALTON, SIGNAL SERVICE U.S.A.

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Sergeant Signal Service U. \. A.
THE WEATHER (See yester
DAYS paper) Clear and warm.
Prospect good for rain.
IF il don't rain soon we will have too
much dust for comfort on the river
front. -.
BUSINESS might call 1t good IL
this was August instead OF April
Late river kilograms will be found on
our first page.
For list OF arrivals see marine col
umn.
DRpARTuRus--Th st. John, for Baton
Rouge: Wawenock and }. +. Frazer,
for Lower Coast Susie Silver, for Gin
Lotus No. 3, for Jefferson Robert
Young and Bertha. for Opelousas; filled
the bill yesterday.
"Come, gentle spring." may sound
very we'll in verse, but show us the
mboatman who bankers after It.
The Macon and Tensas packets Willie
and w. j Poiteveut overlaid yesterday,
but will leave positively at =. IN. to-
day.
and commence at once to receive Tor
all landings on Bpuf river.
The superb Frank Pargoud leaves Tor
Vicksburg and the Bends to-day at
5p. m. ,r
ming packet Willie J. b. Sullivan, mas
ter. Messrs. Rollins and Boyle, clerks.
leaves for all landings on the above
mentioned streams to-day at 5 =. IN.
For TENsAs AND MACON The side
wheel passenger packet w. !. Poitevent,
Sam Block, master. VIM. Guss, clerk.
leaves for all landings on the above
stream at 5 y. m today.
ouR EXCHANGES.
The people favorite, Mary Houston.
arrived at Portland from New Orleans
yesterday morning at 2 o'clock. Capt.
| Pink Varble brought her up over the
falls at 3 o'clock dark as blazes and
at 6 a. IN. she left for Cincinnati She
leaves here Wednesday for Now Orleans.
If the Vint Shinkle ever goes into Gin
cinnati with her flag at half-mast, a
coffin on her bow, her bell tolling. and
Tubular in tears. the Cincinnati people
may know that the hand that writes
this ia lying cold and stiff upon the
silent breast Of the occupant OF that
coffin, and that Old Tubular will have
had his sweet revenge.
Messrs. Bell. Coggshall & Hillerich
build the new cabin for the Bob Lee, Jr.
It will be beauty in style and finish.
This firm designed and built the cabins
of the finest and most famous steamers
of the times, and they will no doubt put
i'm their best ticks" upon this cabin, as
it will probably be the last fine one they
will ever construct.
The Golden Rule arrived from Cincin-
vnfu lnt of
stock, some freight aud people here.
and leaves for New Orleans this
afternoon.
Capt Jim Ostrander and Count Broad
beam are in the city. The count Is one
of the newly elected falls pilots, and
will have a tent pitched inside the
Riverside Park, where he will be found
ut all hours.
The Ironsides arrived from st. Louis
yesterday with six barges. She brought
three up over the falls and three through
the canal. The Blackamoor took two
OF them, and the Ironsides four, and
went on up the river.
Capt. Baker OF the Cincinnati Times,
accompanied by his wife and child, is
making the trip to New Orleans and re-
turn on the Golden Rule. or course
their trip on such a boat cannot be
anything else than delight
What tho young men say most at the
rink: Pull down your skirts"
Capt. James Wise. OF Cincinnati, will
be in the city to-day on business.
The Mary Miller added lot of freight
here yesterday and left for Pittsburg
Yesterday was Easter We noticed
several bad eggs on the levee--drunk
louisville Courier-J ournal, 17th,inst.
We find the following interesting
news item in the Cincinnati Commercial,
Of Saturday Capt J. Sharp Mcdonald
and John Dippold, Of Pittsburg, have
gone to Port Eads.. These gentlemen
have the contract for supplying stone
to complete the jetties at the mouth Of
the Mississippi. They have purchased
stone uuarries on the Yazoo river and
Lower Mississippi, and will go to work
Immediately to. get out the stone.
1t is probable that the tow
boats John Dippold and Charley
Mcdonald will be employed In towing
these stone, and will, therefore, be out
OF the coal-towing business for some
time to come A. G. Dunlevy, the cop
has presented Capt VIM. II. Thorwegan
with an immense stamped zinc eagle,
which is beautifully gilded and mounted
on the Grand Republics bell. The bird
is four feet between the tips. James S.
Mason, Jr., who has been on the local
force OF the Louisville Commercial, is
among the Sherlock's passengers for
Port Gibson, Mississippi, to take charge
of the local department OF the Southern
Eereiue / Vicksburg Herald 18th inst
The Bee, with freight barges, left
Cairo for New Orleans at 3 o'clock Sun
day afternoon and passed here yester-
day afternoon. One OF the barges in
her tow had 100 hhds tobacco and other
freight from Paducah.
Capt. Ribeyer, Of New Harmony, Ind,
in company with his wife, were passen-
gers south on the tow boat John Means
yesterday The old gentleman had
over 100000 worth Of freight on the
Means.
The Ashland is loading at Cincinnati
for Arkansas.
N. IN. Jones, OF this city, leaves for
New Orleans in a day or two. He is
about to establish first-class and ex-
tensive coal yard at New Orleans.
Memphis Avalanche, April 18.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.