The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-07-29
RIVER NEWS.
BOATs TO LEAVE To-Day.

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The river last evening was 10 feet 4
inches on the gnage, having fallen 4
inches in the last "A hours.
sThe weather is sultry and showery.
Business dull.
ARRIVED AND DEPARTED.
The Centennial from st. Louis to New
Orleans, with guards touching the
water, and having l4,2i3 packages of
freight, and large list OF passengers on
board.
The Paducah packet, Jim Fisk, Jr.,
and the Evansville packet ldewild had
excellent trips.
The Capitol City, from st. Louis to
Nicksburg, was deeply laden and made
additions here.
Golden City, from New Orleans to
Cincinnati, had good up stream trip OF
freight and people.
Captain Chas. L. Hind of the firm Of
liinde, Nerhorf 4 Co., was a passenger
to this city on the Steamer ldlewild, and
| will remain here until tomorrow visit
ing friends. Capt. Hind lett Cairo
seven years ago to take up business in
Louisville, after three years.of hard work
in the wharf boat business here. His
last act was the building of the large
wharfbOat -" now belonging to 1.-THE
Halliday 4 Phillips wharfboas company"
and which is one of the best ever built in
the west. Time has not delt harshly
with the captain and the marks of les
fingers are Il sprinkle Of gray in the hair,
u wrinkle or two on the brow and
general tonlng down of that nervous
energy that came 50 near wearing him
out while engaged in the vexatious
wharfboat business. Nothing now rufiles
his temper, he has not sworn an oath in
five years. and has been a member of the
Episcopal church.
Tn" firm OF Hind Verhoot & Co., are
commission merchants, and dealers IN
-four, grain, Hay ETC., corner Main and
Water streets Evansville.
GENERAL ITEMS.
Captain EadS has named his iron
dredgboat c. Il. J. Baily. She VIII be
hoated OF the WAYS when the
river rises.
The barge that CaptaiH AT. Cutting
will launch at Metropolis this week is
for Cap ain Conrad of 1t. Louis, not Tor
Metropolis as enormously stated yes,er-
day.
Captain Matt II. Fisher. of tn. Wsr-
ner has been very III hnt il imrroviut
Capt. NIuf Shnklc hl-r l,~ 'r con-
tract trr new strlmr. TT Cap o Z
Shinkl", to he a dnpl ca OF the G lden
Crown. now huling 4 ,e M,rin
Ways f Capt II II ID Nu
A h'hin ro,, ro. ..
NJ Il n.,.ot ~. a 30. uma. +,
v. ear lak 'o.wuru, 100 .r. it
out. Fish, .na.y, aud ,,tow iaukvGs
may tyctrtore be exp .egl u flood ,hv
mar set. We learn from Mr. u,my
! Srrout. the health officer. VINO accom-
panic. the party.
The Cincinnati Commercial says: The
Ion OF next February will close the 80
years term eIapsng since Captain Oily
J. ,I,t l.
ST. Louis from Cincinnati on steamer
named the "St. Louis and Galena Pack
et.' She lowed barge fitted up to
carry freight, and also - passeng Rs
comfortably, the ladies' cabin being in
the hold. He was engineer OF This boat.
Captain Robrds in 1871 made 20 round
trips between st. Louis and New Orleans
in ten months with the steamer Eliza,
which cleared $4,000, Just what she
est new. She was bnilt At Pittsburg
for st. Louis and koOkuk packet, but
proved too large and burned too much
fuel for that trade. She carried $50 tons
down stream and always took fancy
freights, which were given to her freely
on account OF her speed
and rellabity-such as chickens
apples, butter, eggs and flour. Her time
to New Orleans was generally three and
a half days, and she made the round trip
in eleven and halt days. The Eliza
was 10 feet long, 80 feet wide, 81 feet
deep. She had but one cylinder, 70
inches diameter aud feet stroke; two
wheels - feet diameter, with buckets u
feet. Micajah Littleton was her captain.
He Is now in California o. =. Burnham,
now residing n st. Louis, was clerk, and
Oby Robirds engineer. The Eliza sunk
six miles above Cairo a. what has since
been called Elias tow-head The
captains wife was drowned on the oc-
casion. During that season % steam.
boats were sunk at goose Island, con-
structng what il called the graveyard.
Miss Addie Haynes who has been Wis
ting some friends here for some days,
returned to Smithland by the Idlewild
last evening, accompanied by Mrs. Matte
Wright who will remain at Smithland a
week or 80.