The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-07-10

A Good Time Coming for the West
Iron Steamers for the l(issis-
sippi.

A Good Time Coming for the We
Iron Steamers for the llissia
sippi.
From the latest reports from Capt. Fad
il appears that in ca days . ship LrawinI
% feet Of water can pass from New Orlean
TO the sea. The addition Of another foot O
two 10 the depth Of the channel will Onl!
l.e matter Of time. The importance o
this, not only "a New Orleans, but To IN,
entire West. is almost t"o great for calcala
tion. For years the value II the MISSISSIPPI
ri as a means for internal transportation
has been limited by the fact that il had M
outlet
FREE To THE ScEAX.
Vessels built for the general Atlantic trads
and al sufficient siz. 10 ply esoiiomicall,
between New Orleans aud Europ-, could
not get up Ia the city. The river, which
might easily have heen the highway of the
West Ia the sea WAS used mostly for local
transportation. With the ol.ening Of the
22-foot channel il will he possible for
New Orleans 10 regain her position among
the important commercil cities of the world
The benefit 70 the Western steamboat inter.
est will be enormous. This benefit comes
at a peculiarly favorable time il would
seem. For the past few We: n the business
has been very dull. and il is stated that
comparatively few beats have been built,
while great many have
BEEN BROKEN IT.
Iron boats are now coming into favor, aud
il the steamboat fleet is To be renewed or
greatly enlarged, iron boats may he expect
to BE- in the majority. The business will
therefore revive under exceptionally favor
able circumstances, which will 20 Tar
towards keeping il on substantial basis.
In using iron As . material for the con-
struction Of boats aud bsrges 70 be used on
fresh water, We do not meet with the dan
ger Of corrosion found when il Is used In
salt water, and we have q material which
seems 10 meet every requirement and to be
almost without drawbacks. The prosperity
New Orleans and the river may be looked
upon az assured in the immediate future.
A st. Louis Lady in Search Of Her
Husband.
Yesterday morning . marriesl woman
named Mrs. Gallivan arrived here from 81
Louis, in search of her husband, J. J. Gal
livan, a telegraph operator. who had ts,en
employed in the Western Union office
At ST. Louis up to the llIL inst. when he
left the city.
II appears Mrs. Gsllivan received dis
patch from him nj Osnaha. telling her Ia
ship her goods and come here, thereby in
timsting that he was 1t work in Omaha.
She cannot find him here, and il is fact
that he has not heen Eere. Several of the
telegraph boys are we'll acquainted with
him, Int have seen nothing 81 him.
His wife IL in destitute circuu,st snces,
and Is going back to Sedalia. No., where
she has friends. There Is same mystery
about the affair." aud some ii the operators
seem "a think il q case of .lsS-rtiOn
The above j. from the Omaha Bee ri the
10Th ult. John J. (;allivan
never had wife in Seslalia. There is .
girl here by the name Of Josephine
IIuarley mo relation If other families by
that name in SeLalia) who Is Il sec"nd
cousin of Gallivan. She was at Omaha
the other day hunting John but did not
find him. She told RAzoo relsrter to-day
that she did not represent henseif
as the wife of J. J. Gallivan at
Omaha, although she has IN her
arms spriyhtly child that looks re-
markabiy like its truant father.
The telegraph boys in this city do not
know the whereabouts or Gallivan.