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.
The 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 l4,243 packages of
freight, and large list of passengers on
board.
The Paducah packet, Jim Fisk, Jr.,
and the Evansville packet ldlewild had
excellent trips.
The Capitol City, from st. Louis to
VicksOurg, 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
filnde, NerhOrf Il 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 "2'' now belonging to 1.-THE
Halliday & Phillips whariboas 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 lis
fingers ale "A sprinkle Of gray in the hair,
wrinkle or two on the brow and
general tOnlng down of that nervous
entrgy that came so near wearing him
out while engaged in the vexatiOus
| whartboat business. Nothing now ruttles
his temper, he has not sworn an oath in
five years, and has been member of the
Episcopal church.
Tn" firm OF Hind Verhoot Il Co., are
commission merchants, and dealers IN
-four, grain, Hay etc, corner Main and
Water streets Evansville.
GENERAL ITEMS.
Captain EadS has u.mri bis iron
dredgboat c. r. j. BaiIy. Sh viii be
hoated OF the ways whrA the
river rises.
The barge that Captaio A. Cr.rtrr
will launch at MtrlpoI, ~. go,
for Cap-tin Conrad IT 81. Louis. nor or
Metropolis "a erronyonsly stated ,,>rr,-
day.
Captain Matt r. Fisher at The War-
ncr has been very III bat i improving.
Capt Nnt Shinkle NJ, nl', ''ur con-
tract tor new srr,n"r Inr Cop o p
ShiukIe, to he Il dupl ca OF IN G lden
Crown, now buiHing 4 'He MIR in
Ways for Capt II II. Down
fishing party, headed ny Cap.
NJ kinney. Ut the IA. :. Me- omb. Is T.,
VT Clear Lake Tomorrow 10 Gle g. il
out. Fish, SNAKES and yellow Jackets
may therefore be expected to flood the
mar>et We learn from Mr. Henry
Stront, the health officer, who accom-.
pauieo the party.
The Cincinnati Coosm,rcia! says: The
lOih OF next February will close the 30
years term eIapslng since Captain Ohy
RphirdS. the veteran englnner, arrived al
II. Louis iron Cincinnati on steamer
named the ''St. Louis and Galena Pack
ct" She lowed barge fitted up to
carry freight, and also - passengers
comfortably, the ladies' cabin being in
the hold. He was engineer OF this boat.
Captain ROblrdS 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
cD.t new. She was built at Pittsburg
for ST. Louis and keokuk 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 sneed
and relabilty-such as chickens
apples, butter, eggs and flour. Her time
to New Orleans was generally three and
half days, and she made the round trip
in eleven and halt days. The Eliza
was l40 feet long, 80 feet wide, 81 feet
deep. She had but one cylinder, %
inches diameter and feet stroke; two
wheels - feet diameter, with buckets II
feet. Micajah Littleton was her captain.
He is nOwfn California. D. 5. Burnham,
now residing 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. Daring that season 20 steam.
boats were sunk at goose Island, con-
structing what is 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 q
week or 80.