The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-03
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tie lSl. The water Is below the marks III
the river at Pittsburgh, and reporters
have TO look Tor the river with an opera.
glass and measure II with c0rset-string.
The dust Is bad when the wind blows,
and boys go swimming now in
the Cistegns about town.
The new James NJ. White, now being
SET up at the shlp.yard OF the Towards,
in Jacksonville, tor the Ncksburg, New
Orleans and Bends trade, will probably
surpass anything IN the way Of fine
steamboat ever built in the West or
South. We looked ut the work yCstcr-
| day, and examined her outlines SO
far as she is finished, ana she is certainly
all that the ingenuity and mechanical
genius Of man can make 10 he beau
| lul and fast. she Will be 80 feet long,
| 50 feet beam and II ieet depth OF hold
| J6 feet wide over all. Tier machinery
will be the largest and most powerful
ever built for any steamboat. Her cyl
| indcrs will be- II inches in diameter with
II feet stroke. She will have 10 boilers,
each 3 feet long and II inches in diane.
ter. She will cost when finished,
upwards Of >3iOQ0O, and vii!
b. the finest boat that ever troubled the
waters of the great Mississippi riycr.....
There u "WaW' az Memphis among tie
short packets, aud one party has tie
check to fight EN- OUT on the Helena
Line, II they 20 to Helena handDaSket,
.......Capt Lea Crane has command OF
" steamers on their first trips south
from the Ohio Falls. 4 new boat built
about Louisville never has good luck
unless Crane brings hcr out,
Louisville Commercial. " The distance
from New Orleans 10 Cincinnati IA l.jiOt
miles, according 10 the best authOrti ;.
.....C4pC. ii. II, DrOWH's new steamer
Colleen Crown made a "Trip yesterday.
H. j. generally conceded she Is the best |
bu slne,s ,tcamer ever constructed Tor the |
Cincinnati ana New Orleans trade..,"".
The Natche2 has meyer succeeded IN |
showing her heels to the Il. f. Lee in a |
race. but what Of that when she clears |
SO. goo or $50 0OJ per year, Gray is
loading barges at Pittsburg with steel
rails Tor the south.
The old chimncys OF the Thomp on
Dean are Tor sale at New Orleans. They
were in use only part of two seasons
and are good yet,
The 81. Louis Times of yesterday says;
The effects OF the Arlington were sold |
on the lcyee opposite the foot of Cherry |
street Yesterday, and brought in the ag-
gregate about Sl,70O. Chouteau II Ed
wards bought the boilers, Mr.. McCabe |
the engines, shafts and doctor, and +. =. |
Manion bought a lot OF stutf,....Col. n.
NJ. Jones and All. Gris2um lett for New
Orleans saturday night. Col SchoOn-
maker is still there and was on Change |
Yesterday Commodore ". f. David |
son telegraphed Secretary Frank J..
Johnston, of the keokuk Northern Line,
from keOkuk yesterday as follows:
stop receiving freight or passengers for
points above Keokuk. The canal has
been closed for fifteen days, which ruins
business tor this season, as it cannot be
revived after October II.
This is n nice way to run canal. 1t
was opened onIya month ago and has
been closed twice since. The men who
built the thing must be master mechan>
ice.
Engineer Iii. Warner late Of the +. f.
Eckcrt left Tor st. Louis and trip north
Yesterday in the hope of benelitting his
health. lie has been almost an invalid
from rheumatism for some time. Eng'
necr Jim Dugan has taken his place on
the Eckert.
Capt. HAMILTON, OF Mound city, was
in the city yesterday.
The Jim Fix for P0ducah, c. W.
Anderson for Evansville, City of Helena
for Yicksburg. The A. j. Baker and
Belle OF Shreveport leave to-day.
Yesterday large end very heavy sub
marine cable was successfully laid be-
tween Birds Point and the Kentucky
shore, in place OF the cable which broke
last spring. Mr.. George j. Baliss whose
father was once proprctor OF the Com
mercal Hotel and who is now steward
on the Belle Of Shreveport. had charge OF
the laying the cable, we are informed
The tug Dyersburg arrived from the
Ohio yesterday.
The Jim Fisk, Capt. Taylor, brought
out a very nice trip yesterday, and We
are happy to state that she lett the wharf
on her return 10 Paducah without blow
ing her whistle. We are told that Gaps |
tain Taylor has concluded not TO have
the whistle bloWed any more while at the
wharf as it is a.most intolerable nuisance
and IS Of no good, as everybody knows
that the Fisk leaves punctually at tive
o'clock for Paducah every day except
Sunday. The custom Of blowing was in
vogue when Captain Taylor took com
mand and he did not Eotice the |
Inconvenience OF il until COM
plant was made. The thanks OF the en-.
tire community are due Captain Taylor
for this kind act, and we can assure the
public that this is an example otthe obli-
ging manner in which he deals with
every one. He came upon the Fisk a
stranger only short time ago but has
made friends on all sides by his quiet
and obliging manners.
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