The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-08-31
RIVER NEWS.

The Colorado is the packet for tickgs
buig to-day.
The G. W. Anderson is the Evansville
packet this evening.
The Bee and barges cleared tor New
Orleans last evening.
The Nail City and barges left Cincin-
natl for Cairo on Wednesday,
The river fell half an inch yesterday,
and there is no rise reported anywhere.
The Bee takes forward the Cargo of
the injured barge 50 and will make
o'Icr additions.
The Nlnt Shinkle passed to Memphis
yesterday morning, and Is 10 be back
here on Saturday.
1.-THE I. II. Hlllman goes up the Ohio
for a situation. Light draft boats are at
a premium in that stream.
Barge AZ came of the dock day before
yesterday and barge 80 went on yester-
day morning. 81 has 100 floor timbers
broken.
Captain James Good of the Mississippi
Valley Transportation Company is in
the city experimenting the repairs OF
barge No. 80.
The Jim Fisk brought a fair cargo
yesterday, and will be at the wharf to-
day again, promptly to leave Tor Padu.
cab at jp. IN,
The Grand Lake and barges lett st.
Louis yesterday for New Orleans. She
will no doubt swap tows with the Port
Eads now due from Memphis.
Annie Slattery is the name of the
chambcrmaid OF the Bee that died yes
terday. She has been in the employ of
the barge company for eight years past
Captain K. w, Dugan arrived by rail
yesterday and reports the T. f. Eckert
coming, and due here sometime during
last evening. Captain Dugan is in fine
health.
The Chambermaid OF the tow boat Bee
died in tie hospital in this city yester-
day morning, having entered it In a dy-
ing condition the evening previous. She
has been on the boat since 1875, and
leaves aiamily Of nine children at st.
Louis.
From the Memphis Avaianche
Commodore " F. Davidson returned
yesterday morning, and he will not find
bed OF roses TO recline in during the
low water season.
Native American ahead Crazy Horse
took the first loaded boat through the
Des MOines Canal.
Memphis AeaLaache, 2Sth: Capt. Frank
Hicks came up Sunday on the Coahoma
from Helena, and has contracted with
the merchants OF that place to take all
their cotton and oil cake 10 New Orleans
during the coming season. II gets 81 tor
cotton, and $3.50 per ton tor oil cake, and
is to take it away once week. What
other boat he will get to assist him In
carrying out his contract Is not known
at present. HeleLa will ship about co..
600 bales. The Carondelet will start
in the latter part Of next
month, and leave here on every
alternate Wednesday, The wreck OF
the City of Quincy, sunk near Austin,
sixty miles below here, eighteen months
ago, and being since abandoned, Is now
undergoing an oyerhaullng by Capt. b.
Miles, OF Helena. He has succeeded in
getting out one engine complete, two
shafts, fifteen tons each, twenty five
tons OF iron and 20 bales Of moss, the
latter of which brings him &c. per pound
in this market. Some time ago he
spent a week and $50 cash for labor in
digging out several hundred tons of
sand and mud from the bow of the boat,
searching tor seven casks of fine LIQUOR
said to be stored there, but other parties
had been there ahead OF him, and the
work was all for nix. The boys didn't
get sup OF the wine, but contented
themselves with river water.