The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-13
RIVER NEWS.

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OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT. ,
Saturday. October 10. 1877.
Arrivals.
Isabel. Eva. Blue Wing, No. 3. Natchez Big
s3unHower, H. J. Baker aud barges.
Departures.
Isabel. Eva. j. A. Hanna, Gov Allen. Clarks-
''o' TO Arrive.
Mary Ida, upper coast; Eva. Alvin, Martha
lower coast; Y. Il. Dnrfee. Red river: Belle oil
shreveport, Gold Dust, St. Louis; Ouachita
Beie, Bayou Sara; Yazoo. Ohio river: Katie.
Arkapols.
the pleasant weather continues.
The uov Alien had a fms in out Yesterday
and monopolized pretty much all the business
done on the laading.
Mr.. james Wymer we'll known among river
men, is in the oyster and fish business at No. ID
GruSEInan street.
This reporter vas on tie sick list yesterday,
/ and askg the indulgence Of readers for the re-
Tie steamer A. j Baker, CART Poe. from ST.
Louis, with barges containing 10000 bushels
The John A. Seudder, A. j. Carter In COM
mand, the Atlantic. Grand LAX , and the War
ner are al load li to leave ~ Louis to-day
Louis and return Monday.
The Parisot line steamer Yazoo. Com. =. FL.
parsot in command, will arrive Tomorrow
from the OHIO and leave Monday without fail
for the Yazop,
From the War Department Chronicle:
thirteen inches at Shrevep 1T. The Arkansas
has fallen eight inches at Little Rock, The Mis-
souri, has changed but lit 9, from Yapkton to
THEME t. mouth HE o Msssspp las 'r rsen
one to Eve ihchgs from st. Paul le Keokuk,
fHlleu One to six inches thence to st. Louis and
from nineteen TO twenty five below, except at
New Orleans. where 1t Is seven inches higher.
The pho has fallen Ely tp fifteen inches from
pittsburg. The Tennessee has fallen thirteen
inches at Ghatthnooge twenty-five ,at Decatur
ive at Nasbvle The Youghioeheny has risen itst,a
eighteen inches at Confluence; the Mononaa-
h hell, about eight inches from Morgant1wn to
New Geneva, and the Allegheny forty-flvo
The repars to the st. John will be finished to-
day She leaves next Wednesday for Baton
Capt. James p. McElroy, of the John II
Hanl1e, has special notice Ia another part of
Cart. Joe Dalferes also has special notice In
Tie splendid ouachtta Belle for the coast and
The q. IT, Burise. Tor Aa isS "a and Grand
Eeorsi and the Bonnie Lee. for Shreveport,
See the Thompson Deans advertisement She
leaves next Wednesday on her first trip Of the
The great Natchez arrived on time with fine
trip and leaves again to-day. as usual. for
' I'M 1last Katie will arrivs t,.morro and
leaye Monday for vicksburg and the bends to
The It. Francis Belle leayes daily at $50 a. m.
connection with the New Orleans and Texas
Railroad to Donaldsonville..
s2ns da aasss P tasx Mar r
q. m. going as high as B N Tureand's...
TIE lover coast packet Alvin. ". sooyelI
clerks. leaves his 1890 q. m. promptly for the
Quarantine Station.
Msss Wood sns ! 4 aassa m ,osa
at 10 =. M for Donaldsonvillo and the Ashland
The regular tri-weeky coast and Donaldson
Vile packet Henry Tete. J T. Aucoin master. M.
Landry clerk. leaves to. day at IL m making
W RRan,a ap a ,andlnss n a a,sias and
senger steamer rartha w y, Bass tt master.
Messrs Legier and Nsvins. clerks, will leave
toTdh sy D Dr. M os por A Ess rou4das master
j. b. Schmidt clerk leaves to-day at S u. IN.
for TIE AAte,hssfalaya, through 70 Washington
Muse clerk. leaves to day at 8 o. M for Vicks-
burg h,a and 4 n u nail n La landings: e,..
Geo. q. Hamilton clerk, leaves to-day nj !
b. m. for Alexandria aud Grant Ecore
The 0gachita Belle. John G. Libano master
at5 , m. for Bayou s ira, Baton Rouge, Plauue-
mine and all coast landiugs,
!, III Inc New Orleans and ed River Trgnsporta-
veil mister W. II McChesney clerk. leaves TO-
day at .. m. for Sh eveport.
Exchange Clippings.
GtnclnHAu CUfnt nefelal. OCTOBER 10.
Capt. Charlie Millers new Mary Houston will
be launched from Barn res yard, in Jefferson
vile, Indiana on Saturday. and completed and
ready FIR business by the LIST Of December.
The Eureka Insurance Company writes risks
on aatboat cargoes to New Orleaus, and the
si a produce raie t Frsght to New Or
following low fgu,es: Bacon. lard. soap etc
25c per 100: whisky, aud vinegar. 81 per BIB
niture, full card rates and way freight, 25c per
hundred adyann..
has named Little 30, y. She Is intended to run
~ an express packet and feeder. to Capt
Little Bob b. ia aside.whee built by Bar
more, and IL OF the following Dimensions:
Length 100 feet 10 ba@m, % feet depth Of hold
ter, feet stroke. sh has one boiler Of - inches
In diameter. % feet long, with 16-inch nues
Sire is now receiving at Louisville.
~ Louis Republican. October 10:
The p. Q. stanard leaves i9r New Orleans this
Capt. Brady goes with this fleet part Of he way
g Z. Brennan will have charge of the Katie
10 Sands, fforme, ,ly of Rochester, N. Y. now
of Chicago exhibited on Change drawings of
an iron. steamer which he calculates srianti1-
steamer. 1874 tons ng h. $40 feet: width Is feet:
deck. 0 feet: draft, 20 inches: resistance one
nth Of the fastest North river boats 100 pounds
feet stroke; capacity for 600 passengers; ex
pense drumming boat, 5000 per day.
4 Courier.Journn. October 10:
The cylinders for the mammoth engines of
the new steamer John W. Cannon were east at
Ainslie. Cochran & 90 s foundry yesterday.
Memphis Avalanche October ii:
The great james Howard came from Cincin-
nati. and went to N W. Orleans on her first trip
In the Memphis and New Orleans trade yestnr-
day. leaving this port In the evening drawing Z
feet. She took on 951 bales cotton 100 bbls oil,
7os bales hay and 800 sacks meal here. leaving
with all she wanted and having to d cline
freight OF the stuff aided she got the hay and
4se bales cotton ut Hnpefed crossing over for
100 bales Of II last night. She put off 1000 sacks
it,
More than 100000 sacks to be filled with seed
nave been sent from this city up to the present
time.
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