The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-09-15
JAMES NJ. WATSON, Serg'nt Signal Ser,


The Golden City leaves New Orleans
to-day for this city.
The Belle Memphis Is the packet for
Memphis this evening. %
The c. w. Anderson is the packet for
Evansville this evening.
The Port Eads and barges lett New
Orleans Thursday for st. Louis.
1.-THE Jim Fisk came out deeply laden
Yesterday, and will be on hand again this
| evening promptly for Paducah.
They say that the Grand Republic is to
carry $4,000 bales cotton into New Or
leans at one trip this coming season.
The river raised two inches here yes
terday, but it was only temporary and
will no doubt be falling again to-day.
Col. W. f. Merrill is cutting away the
point of rocks at McCullum's ripple, for
which steamboat men will be properly
thankful.
The Jno. 5. Toilets over due for New
Orleans. Captain Iii Davis OF the Jno.
Means returned to Paducah on the Jim
Fisk yesterday. He put one OF his barges
on the docks of Walker & Nellls, OF this
city, for repairs. The Means and the
other barges will be repaired at Padu-
cab.
The mayor is now inclined to the
opinion the long talked OF picnic should
come oil before he leaves Tor Washing
ton, and If he can make the arrangements
with the Eckert he will announce an
early day for the affair. As the Ohio is
too low tor safe navigation he thinks of
making the trip to Hickman. and we do
not see why it would not be found as
well. The Paducah people would be
disappointed but the Columbus and
Hickman folks would rejoice.
The Louisville CoTier-Jommal OF the
18th has the following items:
Capt. II. II. browns new steamer, the
Golden Crown, building at Cincinnati, Is
certainly one OF the finest stern-wheelers
ever built. Her cabin is a beauty, and
her state-rooms extra large, being ten by
twelve feet, are not equalled by any
other steamer in the New Orleans trade.
The state.room doors are ornamented
with plain silver knobs; the door
sills are to be covered with FURNISHED
brass. Capt. Drown is adding
every feature to the Golden
Crown that will contribute to the
beauty of the boat as well as to the COM
fort OF the travelling public. The GLACIERS
have put in the sky-lights, consisting OF
plain, white glass, with an imitation OF
The crown OF the prince OF Wales cut in
the center. The new steamer is complet,
ed, with the exception OF two or three
coats of paint, which she will receive
this week, and on the 18th inst. she will
make her trial trip. She will be differed
by clever gentlemen, and soon become
the peoples iaYorite" in the Cincinnati
and New Orleans trade.
A new and very pretty little stern
wheel steamer mOdestly lies at the city
wharf, fresh from the hands OF her build
ers at New Albany. We refer to captain
VIM. Barker's COrnie Brandon, named In
honor of one of the bellies of Little Rock,
Ark. The boat was built for the Red
river trade, to connect with the Cairo and
Fulton railroad. She is 100 feet long, Is
feet beam and 3 feet hold, She has eight
staterooms, bar and Office, and will COM
tortably carry 500 bales OF cotton. She
will be commanded by Captain VIM.
Barker, the owner. W. Ii. Wright is
her clerk, and one of the best BUSH
ness men in the state of Ar
kansas. He is secretary OF the Little
Rock Cotton seed oil company. This
pretty candidate for the peoples patron
age leaves for Memphis, Vicksburg and
Red river direct at o'clock this alter
noon, and we bespeak for Captain
Barker very liberal patronage. Give
the Cornie Brandon q good "send of, y
and to herself we say "6on Uoydge'
The custom house measurement OF
CAPTAIN Cakes new propeller is as fol-
lows: Registered length, 1882 feet; tom
mage length, 1868 feet; breadth, l7,S
feet; depth OF hold, 5,S feet. She will
have n capacity for 100 tons.