The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-09-30
Low WAN WATER. Ri,s or Fall
STATION
JAMES NJ. WATSON,
Sergeant Signal Service, U. S. A.

1
Captain Conrads barge "Gartslde'' is
on the docks at this city undergoing
repairs.
During the late equinOXlal storm
Joseph Walton lost three loaded coal
boats at Donaldsonvllle.
The SilyerthOrn for Evansville, A. j.
Baker and barges, Belle Shreveport and
Future City and barges for New Orleans,
city OF Vlcksburg for VlckSburg are due
to-day.
Mr.. Mat Clarke, freight clerk on wharf
boat, No. l resig his place day before
yesterday and has gone to st. Louis. Mat
is an able man and we wish him success
wherever he goes.
The work on the incline opposite the
city Is progressing finely and considera-
bic section has been framed. The pres
ent section in the river will greatly assist
| in laying the foot OF it, but the lowest
panel will haYe to be laid under water.
From st. Louis Times: "Colonels
Shoemaker and Jones left for the
Lower Ohio last night to look after some
coal mines they have recently purchased
them. They return here next week.
..".,The wrecking boat Salyor is at
work removing the boilers, etc., from
the wreck of the Grand Republic, and
the effects will be sold next Monday by
| order of the harbormastcrs. tor the bene-
tit Of whom it may concern"
The James W. Gaff will be the first
boat to leave Cincinnati for Memphis on
the opening of the Louisville canal. The
residence OF Col. Moore, of the steamer
J. w. Calf, at New Port, Kentucky, was
burglarized the other night, but the
thieves got nothing. They should have |
more sense than to expect to make pro-
fitable haul in the house of steamboat
clerk. The Robt Mitchels new cylinder
is completed and is being put on board.
Cruel Columbus Democrat: The New |
Albany Ledger.StaMdard, in speaking OF
Madame Veit's new boat, says:
"Ihe boat has been named in honor OF |
the owner, Mary Elizabeth. She is as
handsome stern-wheCl craft
Which, the Madam?
AS can be found atoat.
Or the boat!
She has keel of 1870 feet in length, |
Il 2jieet beam and three feet depth |
OF hull in the clear
Guess It's the boat.
- + and Will draw about ID inches. |
1t must be the boat.
- x and planked ON the bottom 3
inches thick.
It's the boat sure,
And Oh, hush!
viii Hays says: ''Barmorc is too busy
to enjoy good health. lie has the bank
iull Of new boats, and is finishing lot
that are adoat. Go it, everybody! Moth
Ing like t..,...,.lt was fun to see the
Belle and Vigo folks going for passengers
yesterday. II q man doesn't care about
staying around here, let him appear
| upon the wharf with an old carpet-sack
and he's gone. lie goes on one boat, his
carpet-sack upon the other, and both
boats have gained their pint. ........
Let our packets unturl their rags the
day they leave port. If they haven't
any, let them un(url a sheet, blanket or
something
PITTsBuRG, IA, September 2S.-The
Monongahela, to the great disqu!et OF
river men, continues to reccde very slow
ly. Howeycr,a good rain would speedi-
ly change the situation. There are Is
inches in the channel tonight. The
| weather continues very warm Tor the sea-
son. The towboat John Porter, built for
the cumberland towing company, will be
launched tomorrow. Capt. G. S. Fris-
bic, an old river man, was married yes
| terday to a Mrs. Van Kirk. The ceremo.
ny was performed by Rev. b. f.
Windborn, who was once a
steamboat captain himself. Capt.
j. B. Williams got home from New Or
leans last night. The captain was called
there by a dispatch stating that the New
Orleans authorities had assessed his stock
of coal Illegally. The assessments am
ounted to $4,000, and the matter was
settled satisfactory to the captain after
his arrival their. A Pittsburg boatman,
supposed to be Capt, Kountz, Is about TO
build boat for the Memphis and New
Orleans trade. She is to be the fastest
steamer yet built in the West, ana will
make weekly trips, conveying passen-
| pers and express goods only.