The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-29
JAMES NJ. WATSON,

The Jim Fisk icr Paducah, Commons
Egr.lth for New Orleans, Ste Genevleve
Tor Memphis, +. II. Durlee for Pittsburg
aud G. X, Peek tor New Orleans, are due
to-day.
The John Means and barges will run
between st. Louis and New Orleans for
one year in the interest exclusively of
Gordon aud Gtomilla. She passed to ST.
Louis night before last
1.-THE City Of Chester, Vint Shrinkle, and
Centennial were well laden for New De,
leans.
The Robert Mitchell added 100 tons
here night before last.
The Centennial expected to fill out
below.
The /. Z. Schcnck ha. q fair up tripio
Cincinnati. The Little Andy Fulton
with empty sarges and the lronsides with
several barges OF iron ore and sundries
passed to the Ohio yesterday. The City
OF Helena has rather light "Trip this time
for Vlcksbnrg, but viii no doubt pick up
a good deal below.
The Port hads and bargCs made addir
tions here, and cleared for the south dur
ing the night,
The Mary Nijllar has a good load Tor
st. Louis.
Cincinnati CoaimercieL, 9th:
Captain John Neele, Local Inspector Of
the port of Pittsburg, made Information
before the United States Commissioner,
>. G. McCandless, saturday, charging
James BroOkmire with serving as q mas.
ter on the towboat Dexter without lie
enSe, also, against John W. Bu,terfield
for acting rs pilot on the said towbOat
Dexter without license; also, against 5.
:. Brown, the owner OF the Dexter
Idor employing John W. Butter
field, an unlicensed pilot. Tie defend,
ants were arrested and released on giving
bail for a trial at the May Term OF Court.
II will be remembered that the Dexter,
in charge of Bro0kmire and Butterlield,
struck an abutment above Pine Run on
the morning Of the 9th of November.
oyerturning the mud drums and scalding
10 death the mate William Ripper
PTrTsBURG, Nov. 26.--Two of Gray's
Iron Line barges broke loose from their
moorings at the Belmont Mills at Wheel
ing this morning. One of them, the
Grant, ran against one OF the piers OF the
Bellaire bridge and sunk, while the other
the lronsides No. 2, wss picked up by
the Nail City and landed. The sunken
barge contained 237 tons Of glassware,
sh pped here, and 1000 kegs of nails,
taken on at Wheeling. The former was
insured. 1t is not known here whether
the halls were insured or not. The barge
was valued at $4,000, aud was not IN
| sured.
MEMPHIS, November 2G.---Ihe Illinois
hit something and sunk near Oldtown,
below Helena, last night. Only a few
| tlmbers were broken, and she will be
raised in time to reach here early to-mor.
row morning. Her cotton and other
freight is unhurt. She will have to 90 to
Mound City or Padueah to be locked,
| The -emuei Roberta and tow. win 70, :
900 bbls. of potatoes, for New Orleans,
went south to-day. A dozen flatboats
also went south to-day, and nearly 80, 600
bbls. OF potatoes have gone by for mar
kets south during the last two days. The
ChOuteau went south to>night, after add.
ing $50 bales OF cotton. The X. S. Trip
lett, from Greensboro, Kentucky, came In
last night and goe. to Upper st. Francis.
LATER,-Thc Illinois is insured for
about $40, 600, in Cincinnati and other
Upper Ohio offices. She has been raised,
and came by Helena, in company with
the Phil. Allln, late this afternoon. The
Cons. Millar is expected by daylight, ana
returns promptly tomorrow evening.
The Hard Cash. from White river, will
arrive Wednesday noon. A heavy rise
with immense drift is sweeping down
Red river. and another Jam is threatened
at the Old raft site. The Bryarly is in
the upper river, and may be caught
again.