The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-09-22
RIVER NEWS.
SIGNAL SERVICE REPORT.
Low SS WAFER. Rise or Fall
STATION,

Tue Fort Eads and barges arrived
( from the south yesterday.
Business was very dull yesterday.
There was not single arrival durin ,
the whole forenoon.
The Capitol City found only feet at
Horse Tail, but 6 feet elsewhere. She
had fair trip Tor the south.
The Hickory passed to st. Louis yes
terday with a big load of stave timber
and barge loaded with the same.
The loss on the Grand Republic was
100000 and insurance $50, go. The loss
on the Carondelet was S45 900; insur.
ance, SIT, 900.
The Bee and barges arrived from St
Louis yesterday and the Atlantic was
expected last evening. One OF them
Will go blck to st. Louis.
The Cons Millar has gone into the ex.
cursion business at Memphis, and takes
a large party to the regatta that is to
| bhhN bitS' iicui lliNIC lO-udHs
The Vicksburg Herald of Wednesday
says: "There is nothing but mud now
where the government gauge is, the
water having receded from It, and this
accounts for the absence OF our local re.
port" That's nice fix to be In!
The John A. Scudder is to take the
place of the Grand Republic in the Mem.
phis and New Orleans trade, and will do
well. The Giobe-Dea0crat of st. Louis,
says that 1t is believed that Capt. Hicks
and All Crimson will have another
steamer before Saturday night to take
the place of the Carondelet.
a havy fog prevailed night before last
making navigation impossible. The Ste
Genevieve tried to get away TOR Mem.
PMS but was compelled to feel her wav
back, and remain at the wharf until $50
yesterday morning. In the city, toward
midnight, 1t was thick like heavy storm
and settled on ones whiskers like light
rain.
The Silverthorne night before last
brought 90 tons furniture and sundries.
The pile driver that has been at work
on the incline, opposite the wharf boa
for several days, was lowed down to
Fillmore City by the McComb yesterday.
which threw the boys on Front street
who have been busy watching her oper>
atoms, out Of employment. They looked
yesterday as though they had lost some.
thing.
From the Memphis AppeaL of the Goth:
The new Bob Lee whariboat has been
assigned a place at the loot of Court
street, where she is now safely moored,
with those immense head, stern enring
and breast chains, all securely fastened,
and her capacious stages out, ready for
business. AS we previously stated, she
has been thoroughly repaired and
supplied with all the modern con-
Venience necessary to complete the out.
fit of the best appointed whariboat. such
as is an indispensable necessity at this
port. The Bob Lee whartboat is 800 feet
long, Al feet beam, with cargo.box 2GO
feet in length, 80 feet in breadth. the
sidewalks extending three feet on the
guards Oh either side. Her freight
capacity is ! 800 tons"
PITTsBuRG, Pa, September 20.-The
Monon9ahela gauge-marks indicate %
inches in the channel, and falling slowly.
There is a great demand for light
draught boats, Two or three would do
a land-oiIice business. The hull of the
steamer Buckeye is pronounced one OF
the best jobs ever turned out here.
bodybuilding is quite brisk, and several
new contracts are on the eve
Of completion. The large and fine
barges, lron.clad and Iron Duke, built
at Freedom for Gray's Iron Line will |
be launched as soon as the water rises |
sufficiently to permit Of their being |
dropped into the stream. The boilers of |
the steamer Elisha Bennett, sunk last |
January during the flood and ice foe,
which were found Just below dam No. 4,
MonOngahela slack water, will be remoy-
ed next week by Capt. Kerr, who will |
use his crane.boats for that purpose.