The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-08
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NASHVILLE .........
~New Orleans.
Pittsburg. ........ So
shreveport. ....... III
81. Louis .......s. ~ "
tBt. Paul. ......-... Il
ViCksburg ......... 3S U
*Below high water mark OF 1874.
NELSON aORoM. Berg't. Sig. Ser. o. q. A.
ARRIVALS Isabel, Mary Ida, st. John, Gov
Allen, Mary Houston, Tom Parker, Bart Able.
DEPARTURES Isabel, Mary Ida Katie.
To ABRIyE-Assumption Ella Hughes, LIS
fourche; Mary Ida, upper coast; YaSoo Valley,
vcksbufg; Blue Wing No. O. Robt. Young, upper
The landing was a hot and dusty place yester-
day, with but little business done on
a force OF men are at work on the lower land
ing making drains. We suggested the propriety
OF such work several months ago Id the DEMO
gosAT, and we are glad to see that the suggestion
was adopted -,
work. can have ID done at the DEMOCRAT office, at
The lowest Of prices. in the neatest style. and at
the shortest notice. Give us trial.
The Billy Collins leaves to-morrew at .. M, by
way OF Harvey's Canal, for Grand Isle. Capts.
beatty and Wise, the new lessees of the hotel at
Grand Isle, advertise, In another column OF this
paper, that the hotel Is open, aud that they have
left nothing undone for the comfort OF guests.
The Bart Able, leaving every Saturday Tor BED
river, will make coast landings and answer ali
halls between here and the mouth OF Red river.
either on her up or down trips. See advertise
ment.
regular mail packet for Nlcksburg, tomorrow, In
The Robt. Mitchell is announced to leave Gin
cinnaH tomorrow.
The Petrol, with two barges of ice, arrived
Major John D. Adams, of the Thompson Dean,
was due here yesterday.
Capt, Charlie Thorn will leave for Louisville
and Cincinnati to contract for his boat next Mon
day.
Mary Houston arrived yesterday from the Ohio
with fins trip She returns to morrow sure.
She ia one of the best boats on the river, and has
crew of officers that can't be beat.
VIII Hays SAYS "Marsh Woods, clerk OF the
Blue Wing No. 8, was welcomed back to New Or
leans the other day, amid the booming of cannon
and sounds Of music. He made speech in
French, and dispersed the crowd by it,
The Bart Able from Red river and the Tom
Parker from Beuf river arrived yesterday.
The Glencoe leaves for st. Louis to. morrow.
The Grand Republic is due here Sunday.
The fine side.wheel coast and Bayou Lafourche
packet Henry Tete, j. Y. Aucoin master, M. III.
Landry clerk, leaves this 10 q. m. for Thibodaux.
The semi. weekly coast and Baton Rouge packet
ST. John, Frank Bergeron master, j. 9. Bergeron
clerk, leaves to-day at - m, punctually.
The coast and Bayou Sara United States mail
packet Guy. Allen, J. ]. Brown master, 8. B..
Htreck. clerk, leaves to-day at 8 p. m.
Tie Blue Wing No. 3, J. A. Comstock master,
Meksrs Wood, Heno and Dean clerks, leaves to-
Xiorrow at 10 a. M, promptly for the coast, DON
jacksonville and the Ashland plantation, Assem-
sion parish,
The semi-weeky Bayou Lafourche packet AS
sumption, p. A. Charlet master, N. Y. Dupuis
and Joe Lagroue clerks, leaves tomorrow at 5
D. m. for Laurel Valley.
The fleet Bart Able leaves tomorrow at p. M
for Alexandria and Grand Bcore. Richard Sin
mott master. Geo Hamilton clerk.
Capt. Joe Dalferes regular semi-weekly Bayou
Lafourche packet Ella Hughes leaves tomorrow
ut D. m. for Lockport. Mr.. r. q. Alba has
charge OF the Office.
The New Orleans and Red River Transports
ton Company steamer O. Fl. Durfee. w. II. Mo.
Chesney master, John McOhesney clerk, leaves
tomorrow sure at p. m. for Shreveport.
The Merchants and Planters Independent
packet Cotton Valley leaves tomorrow at 5 p. M
FOR the Black and Ouachta rivers, through to
Camden. j. W. Carlton in command, and Messrs.
Gilruth and Reeder clerks.
The New Orleans and Ouachita Transportation
Company steamer Bastrop leaves tomorrow for
the Black and Ouschita rivers through 10 Cam
den. Gus Hodge in command, j. P. Mohr clerk
The Yszoo Valley. in place of the Natchez, T.
r. smith master, Frank Beck, Jr., clerk, leaves
tomorrow at p. M, for Vicksburg and all mail
landings,
The Mary Houston, Charles Miller master,
Elliott Miller clerk, leaves tomorrow at D. M,
for Memphis, Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati.
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.
The following list of old boats is compiled by
Capt. Handan for the Enquirer from log kept
by Oapt. Joseph Pierce and Sons, Underwriters
Inspectors for this city, and dates back to 1911.
The list will be published in alphabetical order,
and gives the place and date OF building, ton
mage and where lost, and whether high or low
pressure:
Tamerlane, Pittsburg, 1918, tonnage 307, worn
out 1924; Thomas Jefferson, 1918, tonnage $50,
worn out 1922; Teche, New Orleans, 1918, ton
Louisville, 1875 tonnage go, sunk near Island 81;
Telegraph, Pittsburg, 1919, tonnage 166, burnt
near Point Chicct 1920: Tennessee, Cincinnati.
1919. tonnage .4l6, sunk opposite Tompkn's
silver on board; Telegraph, Cincinnati.
1871, tonnage l60, sunk in Cumberland
river; Tecumseh, Cincinnati, 1896, ton
mage 2l2, worn out at Cincinnati, 1880; Iuscum-
bia, Cincinnati, 1926, tonnage 40; Triton, Cincin-
natl, 1896, tonnage so, used for towing rock from
Knob Creek to build the locks in the Louisville
Canal. sunk opposite New Albany; Talisman,
PittsburR. 1898, tonnage $50, burnt at st. Louis,
1882; Traveller, two miles above Wheeling, 1923,
tonnage 60; also towed rock for the Louisville
Canal, sunk and abandoned at st. Louis, 1882
Talms, Pittsburg, 1899, tonnage 140, abandoned,
1888; Tennesseean Cincinnati, 1929, tonnage $50;
Trenton, pittsbnrg 1929, tonnage $50, sunk April,
1888; Tigress, Cincinnati, 1929, tonnage 200, low
pressure, burnt at Rockport, May, 1880; Tour.
Cincinnati, 1899, tonnage $50; Tallyho, Pitts
burg, 1929, tonnage $50; Tippecanoe, Cincin-
natl, 1880, tonnage 150; Telegraph, Cincinnati,
1923. tonnage ls9, sunk and exploded by colliding
with the atesmboat Orleans in Palmyra Bend,
1888; Tariff, alias Alps, Ptt-burg, 1929, tonnage
30; Tricolor. Portsmouth. 1881. tonnage 100, ex-
ploded at Wheeling, rebuilt and called Dolphin
and burnt twenty-four miles below Wheeling;
Thomas Yeatman, Cincinnati, 1880, tonnage lis;
Tobacco Plant, Nashville, 1881. tonnage 800;
Tangepeho, Cincinnati, 1882. tonnage 80; Trans
port, Pittsburg, 1882, tonnage 125; Tuscarora
Cincinnati, 1883, tonnage $50; Two Friends,
Jacksonville 1883, tonnage 1870; Tom Bowlin.
Portland, 1888, tonnage 100, sunk at the wharf Of
Little Rock; Tiskilwa, Burlington, Ohio, 1884,
tonnage 100, the first packet between St. Louis
and Alton.
ST. LOUIS, June 5.-Heavy rain yesterday. and
il the June rise does not take place the rain god
Of this part of the country must not be blamed.
kilograms from above show tnat the June rise is
coming.
The new towboat Port Eads made trial trip