The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-02
Pilot Ike Brooks is married.

iHc piiii Iloh VIII NC Out III all HtI
glory on Monday next, and if you want
to see something pretty be on hand to
inspect her.
Owing to the rise the wharibOat al
Vlcksburg has been moved back to her
landing, and the river editor of the Her,
old ia happy once more.
Captain Dugan says the sand has no,
cut out from under the Glencoe, and he
expects to raise her.
The Grand Lake due from st. Louis Is
to swap tOws with the Bee at this port.
The Ilillman for Paducah, Dora Cabler
for Evansville, Bee and barges, Gold
Dust, JnO. f. TOlle and Golden City for
New Orleans and Capitol City tor New
Orleans, are due to-day.
The signal office reports snow at Du.
buque and Davenport and cold rain at
Omaha.
A skin called the "lris' containing 4
men, who sailed all the way from Kings
town, Indiana, on White river, passed
here yesterday tor New Orleans, They
have beer out 7 weeks, and have Travelled
200 miles so far. They are out on plea
sure trip.
The saw mill Tidal Wave lit out for
the south yesterday.
The Celna brought 20 tons OF iron and
some other freight tor reshipment.
The JnO. Means and barges with about
2,40O tons cleared for the south yesterday.
The Belle st. Louis brought 800 bales of
cotton for the east. Pilots Jim Keso
and Low Moon came up on her to meet
the dredge boat G, w. n. Bailey. They
80 up the Ohio on the Evansville packet.
Vlcksburg Herald: "The steamer Ara.
bia, which sank in 1855 at Park vllle. ON
the Missouri river, containing four hun
dred barrels of whisky, has lately been
cleared OF mud by the current, and a party
Is now engaged in the recovery OF the
whisky which was slowed IN the hull.
This is no doubt of good quality, being of
age and yet no tax or stamps on it. Its
value is estimated at SIC ,0OO."
Memphis Acalanchs, 81: The Thomrs
son Dean leaves New Orleans Tonight In
company with the big James Howard for
this port. She has the same old tussle to
fight out.
The V cksburg Herald has the follow.
ing concerning the sinking OF the Glen.
coe: The steamer Glencoe, Capt. Cal
houn, left st. Louis on the 2lst, heavily
ireighted, and added more at Cairo, In.
GLIDING sixty mules and seventy.tiye
horses. She took on also atat Cairo about
two hundred deck passengers, emigrants
from Indiana to Louisiana. She land,
ed here Sunday night, and passed
down about 8 O'Clock, AS she
WAS rounding to, to 20 up to the wharf
boat at Delta, she ran too close to the bad -,
stumpy place, where Is situated the gov
eminent light, and the strong current
flanked her in on some hidden obstruc.
ton. She struck with considerable force.
but not enough to alarm the passengers
and produce confusion, and hole was
knocked in her hull on the larb0ard side,
under the wheel, making a dent about
| eighteen inches long aud the width OF
one plank. She was Immediately headed
tor the toW.head on the Mississippi side
until she struck the bar, where she
slowly filed and sank, and where she
was lying yesterday afternoon in an EASY
position, with the water about two and
half feet oyer her guards. She seemed
perfectly straight when we left her at 3
o'clock, but the sand was washing ont
from under her bow, and we heard last
night her bow had gone down. Yester.
day morning the ferry.bOat took of most
OF nor stock and forty families of ennis
grants, the latter of whom were landed
at Delta, aid took the train for Delhi and
from there to Floyd, their destination.
The other emigrants who had wagons
and teams had gotten of at Goodrich g
Landing, to proceed to Floyd by land :.
The stock, consisting of first>rate mules
and horses, were brought to Vicksburg.
Boats are warned not to run too
close to the government light. There Ia
plenty OF water for them to keep we'll
away from the stumps and snags which
are numerous ahd dangerous at that
point"