The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-06
River NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT,
Saturday Aprii g. 1878.


sumption. Annie B.
Departures.
Isabel, Wild Gazelle. Henry Tete, Gov. Allen.
j b. nj. kehlor, Annie b.
70 Arrive.
Ouachita Belle Gov. Allen Bayou Sara: Henry
Tete Eva, Lafourche: Isabel. Martha, wild Ga
zslle Lower Coast New Mary Houston. Cl,cin-
ppati Mary Ida Upper ooast; H. o. ''"nafo' o.
The steamer J. b. NJ, Kehlor. for g. :, Lonis.
had 961 hhds sugar. 200 bels sugar. ,no uue u,o
iaases s5 hhds bone black aud 200 packages sun
The towboat Simpson Horner. from ROM Louis 20, aso
VILE with II coal boats. containing about S'S'ooo
bushels coal. arrived yesterday.
Weather continues clear AID cool.
business little more active.
The commonwealth went below yesterday to
take on $50 hossheads sugar d. ,,
100 hogsheads Louisiana sugar and about SO
tons miscellaneous freight besides which she
was to take on at the elevator si1 hogsheads
capt Hamilton, of the wild Gazelle, has lost
memorandum book containing papers valua-
bla only to himself and Offers to reward liber-
ally their return. Bee advertisenentin another
The Dawn, at the time she burned was on her
sixty third trip.wBs twenty five months old. and
was q very successful boat. Four ladies' were
appare n and l. eonsde able The wife
and sis or Of NJ pr2wn the e,efk were hoIaaa
day and Saturday attends to the coast business
The Maria Louise; leaving today for Red Rec
The Clara i. leaves to-day for Bayou Barthol- |
somow sure. TAX ing freight for oil points on the
Ouachlta to Ouachita City
The Nat ,hez arrived on time from Vicksburg.
An The s' o YACHT Belle for the coast to Bayou
Ess VIII esue!le viii return from the Lover
The John Wilson leaves for the Ouacbita to-
The Commonwealth, from st. Louis arrived
Thursday night and will return to- day.
The WI. Peitevsnt = B Sui ivs M.d In com at
Saturday. the 13th instant
Travellers tGopd today by. Tor points on The the
| steamer Golden City known as the '..great.'
leaves to-day sure. going through to Cincin-
Tort fort could make her. Is fast and very lafe; her
officers IRE experienced and very att ter ana
The New Mary Houston will be at the landing
to-day, and will leave for the Ohio next Tues
fhe Charles Morgan leaves Cincinnati to-day.
Thes y. Frances Belle leaves daily at 7 30 9. N.
connection with the New Orleans and Texas
Railroad % Dopaldsonville,; Mo- r.. n.,,.ou
master h. Nicolle clerk leaves to day ut 10 d. m.
for tn, coast and Bayou Lafourche. through to
The fieet Belle In place of the Blue Wing No.
.. leaves Today at 10 o'clock O. m for the upper
mand will leave this 10 q, m. promptly for the
Ia H4p EieoIie has charge Of the office '0''
The Ouachta Belle. John 9. Iibano master.
j. IT. MoBsop clerk, leaves to-day promptly at
.. m. for Bayou Sara. Baton Rouge Plaauemine
II, The e. Natehez. L. F. Loathers master. J. r.
Muse clerk, leaves to-day at p. IN. for Vicks-
TIE Bart Able. Richard Sipnott master, Geo.
G. Hamilton clerk, leaves to day at s y. m. for
Alexandria. Grand Ecore and Coushatta.
The regular semi- weekly Bayou Lafourcbe
at 8 D. n. for Thibodaux. ~
trevaux clerk. leaves to day at s y. IN. for the
Atchafaaya, through to Washington. taking
freight for Bayou des Glaizes reshipping on
The New Orleans and Red River Transports
ton .Companys steamer Maria Louise. II j.
Brinker master. Eug. Barrow clerk. leaves to-
The Cincinnati. Louisville and New Orleans
master. M. L. virden CLERK. leaves to day at D.
The Merchants and Planters Independent,
through Bayou Bartholomew packet Clara.
W. Wenzel master, June Dunbar clerk leaves
to-day without fail. at .. m.
[By telegraph
NArcHFz April $40 G. g. Wayne. New Or
leans: New Mary Houston will arrive SATURDAY.
at O'Clock and sase TMTfydayR TO-
FNAroHEz. April s-To J. B. Woods 4 Co.. 10
rSs guna sree Nptsaps Master
ST.. LOUIS, April b. swWeather cloudy an n
G 5s,ae n from PAUL. Nary Mer oh
from Naples Bei HIe' Of P st. LOUIS from Franz
tort; J Kegg from Msemphis b to Quincy inc
Ing to day H~ ars Rob Roy. for KeoR9k; Alice
for st. Paul; Belle Of Memphis, for Memphis
Calhoun, for Naples; Mary Miller. for Cincin
cINc1NNATI April s;.Riyer IS feet and sta "a
b1s f pSn and seey arrY TS
Graham Is due tonight from Pttsburg heay
for Tennessee river, Business slack.
Exchange Clippings.
Capt. VIM. Evans. of Pittsburg. in your rive
column Ct March en- Il VIII n gives VERY as ~
men who brought out and worked this ,whet
deserve credit. Capt. Evans says the, Only l., In
left now st to use iron BUCKETS ata tn
make little difference. What we want is
bucket. whether of iron or wood. that can ;
give double the hold of water. of simple lbut
NO feathering) construction. To do this it mus
snd baofah ed ds a sh
than the present bucket. all Of which can be a.
one.Raf Of the use of the present nth buek is To-
by well know a9os use a ppa5h backash tn
done its work by the time it gets pareendicula
ly under the shalt and for good execution
should, never be, much If any under waite
there will be- no water for the bucket to lit
beat into foam. A bucket that will fiji these r
quirements must give greater sneed.
BUCKET PLANK.
Cant. Joseph Thompson. the veteran pilot.
whom we made some mention a short tin
since. and who now resides at Rising Su
Ind, piloted steamboats, with and for Car
John ]. Roe as far back as forty five years ag
- Capt. Roe loaded the, Concord. little, squa
WI bowed steamboat. at this city for Wabash riv'
y in 1888. and although neither he nor Thompsc
Is had ever been up that river. they acted as r
r. lots made safe and profitable voyage to l.
Gansport sold the boat at profit to be run
packet between Logansport and LAT yeti
and returned to Cincinnati by stage Capt. r
then took command of the Lady byron and q