Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-27

Grand Tower, st. Louis; Katie Hooper
| Arkansas river.
| DEPARTURES.
! Grand Tower, Vicksburg; City of Helena
| ST. Louis: Coahoma, Friars Point; James ID
Parker, Cincinnati.
West Wind, Katie Hooper.
BOATS DUE.
Do.cn-paris G. Brown, John A. Scudder.
Up-Mark Twain, Ruth, A. j. White.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
WHITE RIvER-Ruth, w. c. Harry, mas
ter, five pm.
ST. FRANCIS RIvER-Mark Twain, j. d.
Randall, master, FIVE pm.
ARKANSAS RIvER-Katie Hooper, (. b.
Smith, master, FIVE pm.
JoHNsoN's LANDING-West Wind, J. g.
Andrews, master, FIVE pm.
ARKANSAS CITY-A. J. White, N. S. Green.
master, five pm.
NEW ORLEANs-John A. Scudder, A. j.
Carter, master, five pm.
RECEIPTS.
Coahoua-4 bales cotton, % brls onions.
Grand Tower-l228 brls -four and meal,
Ais SKIS corn, bran and oats, 8 casks bacon,
100 pkgs lard, 378 pkgs suudries.
James D. Parker-1896 SKIS corn, 81 SKIS
oats, 239 SKIS bran, Is hhds bacon, 100 buckets
lard, 365 bxs starch, 100 bxs candles, 1873
whisky, 119 pkgs furniture, $50 brls meal,
I'll bales hay, 100 brls flour, 1869 pkgs sun
dries.
Levee Paragraphs.
Business moderate.
The Coahoma departed on time with fair
trip.
The City of Helena departed on time last
fsi-
trip.
Every item of river news found these days
costs us coolies of shoe-leather and oceans of
perspiration.
The Parker registered sixty-two cabin and
hfty-one deckers on the last trip from Gin
cinnati to Memphis.
The Pool Line, at Cincinnati, are laying
out plans for next season campaign, which
promises to be highly successful.
The Phil Allln and Keystone have been re-
moved from the foot of Monroe street to
Fort Pickering as & sanitary measure.
The contractors will commence paving the
river to low water mark as soon as the river
gets down to extreme low water stage.
The John A. Scudder is the long-rauge
Anchor-Liner passing down to-day for New
Orleans. Captain A. ]. Carter commands.
The Ruth, Captain W. G. Harry, is the
regular mail packet for White river this
evening. She will be found in port this
morning.
The Grand Tower passed down yesterday
morning for Vlcksburg. She put off here
2130 packages freight, and added Is tons for
points below.
We resume our palm-leaf with all the
composure possible with the mercury holding
on to the ninety -four peg like grim dt ath to
a dead niger.
The barge grounded by the Alf Stevens
few days ago, at Plum Point, arrived yester
day and will discharge its cargo of corn, hay,
oats, etc, here.
The A J.. White, Captain Green, sails for
Arkansas City at the usual hour this even
ing. John Gwathmey has charge of her
books, assisted by Gabe Booker and Billy
Thomas.
The new Paris C. Brown, Captain ]. P.
Reynolds. is expected down from Cincinnati
for New Oileans to-day. She is on her Sec
ond voyage. Chns u. Young, formerly of
the Memphis and Vicksburg trade, has
charge of the office.
Captain James Durff, who has made his
mark In this latitude by his uniform kind
ness" weathers the hot weather and the
Murphy movement as bravely as ever. He
will address one of the Democratic ward
meetings on the night before the election.
he James ID. Parker had four hundred
tons of freight on when she arrived yester-
day morning, which she discharged and i'm
medlatey commenced loading for her return,
leaving lust night with 181 bales cotton, so
bales rags, 10 tons scrap-iron, 35 cabin pas
sengers and IL deckers.
The Mark Twain will be found in port this
morning, receiving for Mariana and all
points on st. Francis river, and leaves in the
evening at sharp six o'clock. She carries the
mail and attends to all way business. Cap
tam Mamus commands, with Birdie Banning
and Lee Cummlns, Jr., In charge of the Office.
In the midst of our enthusiasm at the
Democratic barbecue at Bartlett, Thursday,
some villain puIloined our pocket knife. lt
was well-behaved, highly educated piece of
cutlery, moved In the best society, and was
the central figure of large circle of admir-
ers. Our loss is that villains gain, but his
loss will be fearful if we catch him with that
knife.
The West Wind has completed her repairs,
and leaves this evening for Osceola and the
upper coast carrying the mail and doing all
way bust ness. On Monday evening she takes
a grand excursion to Randolph to attend a
barbecue and BRAN dance at that place. Cap
tain Andrews commands, with Cyrus Fay Of
fc'atir1g in the office.
The Katie Hooper leaves at five o'clock this
evening with a return trip for Little Rock
carrying the mail, dong all the way bust
ness and connecting at the Rock with a light
draft steamer for Fort Smith and upper
Al kansas and the narrow gauge for Hot
5 orings. Captain j. n. Thompson and Billy
Nucles are her clerks
Our Memphis merchants will be glad to
know that the Anchor Llue has established
reasonable rate of freight tariffs, as will be
seen from the following, furnished by Cap
tain AID Storm, the Memphis superintendent
OF the line, to the EUening Ledger, of yester-
day: From st. Louis to Memphis, twenty
five cents per barrel and twelve and one-half
cents per hundred. To Vicksbure, thirty
cents per barrel and fifteen cents per hun
dred Way landings, forty cents per barrel
and twenty cents per hundred"
Vlcksburg Herald, Thursday: Harry
Bluff. of the elevator, took the following
soundings yesterday. the stage of the river
being q feet 5 inches by the government
gauge at three o'clock: 80 feet out from north
corner of the elevator, II feet; middle, leg
elevator, 30 feet out, IA feet; middle leg ele-
vator, 300 yards out. 16 feet south leg ee-
vator= 30 feet out 10 feet; Ryan's planning
mill, channel, Is feet; north end compress,
channel, % feet; Matthew's MILL channel,
rs feet; Matthews mill, 200 leet out, % feet
In less than ten days from now, with the
present rate of decline in the river, there will
be no landing in front of the city,"