The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-28
stage of the Rivers
Above low Change.

below high water marx OF 1874. TlnQlGAL6S
rise Indicates fall.
Warm again yesterday. with o heavy shower
during the afternoon.
Business was better yesterday than 1t has
been any day during the week.
The Golden Grown had the best trip that has
left here in several months, and we are glad OF
It, for her officers are certainly deserving OF IT,
O'clock, with more to come:
The Stella Block leaves for the Tensas and
Macon Saturday next.
Vicksburg, will land at Carrollton, bringing
people to the city for the sum OF ten cents. the
proceeds to 90 to the orphans. For the same
The flags of all the steamers in port were at
half-mast yesterday In respect to the dead en-
Ned Phelps, the wei-known clerk. has re-
turned from his visit to Texas, and Is ready for
twenty-five sacks new rice, the first OF the
season from the lower coast. was received yes
t rlaY on the Martha. IT came from the Au-
gu5ta plantation, cultivated by Mr. W. IL. II.
Owing to the establishment Of quarantine at
Shreveport. the Silver City did not leave yester
day. The company Will not send any more
boats 10 that city until further notice.
The water is getting low in the OBachiss. Capt.
Tindel will bring out his new and very light
draught steamer D. Stein. starting her ON next
Saturday, third instant positively for al poin's
a. high as Ouacbita City. The stein Tiis os AZ
the landing Wednesday morning TO receive
freight,
Tie Paris G. Brown will be the next arrival
from the Ohio. and is due to leave Saturday.
The mortal remains of Jas. A. Dannals were
followed to their temporaIk resting place in the
pilots tomb. at the BienVille street Masonic
burial gfon9ds Keste66daY Tq 9Fning Py ngm
ceremonies of the Episcopal Church were per-
formed over them on the boat and at the tomb.
Mr.. Dannals was a native Of Pennsylvania, and
was forty-four years Of age. He has been an
engineer on the river for over twenty years,
and was on the City of Alton three years.
mechanic. true friend and a man of character.
His untfmely end Is deeply deplored by his as
sociates on the Alton. by whom he was most
highly regarded. May the life he has left in this
world be followed by one of q blessed immor-
tally in the next.
The St. Francis Belle leaves daily at 80 a. m.
from Benville street for Westwego, running In
connection with the New Orleans and Texas
Railroad to Donaldsonvile.
The Belle. J. A. Comstock master. Messrs.
Wood and Dean clerks, leaves to. morrow at II
a, m. for Donaldsonville and the Ashland plan
tation.
The United States mail steamer Gov Allen
will leave tomorrow at .. NJ for Bayou Sara.
J. J. Brown master, s. s. Streck clerk.
The regular coast, Donaldsonvtlle and Bayou
Lafourche packet Henry Tete. J. f. Aucoin
master, NJ. Fl. Landry clerk leaves tomorrow,
The regular semi-yeekIy Bayou Lafogrche
packet. Eva, q. D. Terrebonne master. Thos.
Knee clerk, leaves tomorrow at D. m. prompt
| The regular and fleet tri-weekly upper coast
packet Mary Ida. j. A. Ruiz master, Edward
Nicolle clerk. leaves Tuesday at 10 a. m. for Ben
Tureaud plantation.
chon. r. H. Broad master. Theo. JOHN clerk.
leaves Tuesday at D. M, going through to
The St. Mary. Joe Dalferes in command, E.
Nicole clerk, leaves Tuesday at .. m. for the
coast and Lafourche
The superb j W. Cannon; In place Of the
Mossop and Cannon clerks, leaves Tuesday. as
usual, for Vicksbnrg.
The United States nail packet ouaehita Belle
weekly trips to Bayou Sara, will leave Wednes-
The Assumption, P. A. Charlet in command
will arrive to leave as usual Wednesday at Il
m for the Lafourche, through TO Lockport.
Exchange Clippings, July rs.
Cincinnati Enquirer:
The little steamer Hiram Watson is out on
the, Covington ways for general OverhaultDg
and repairs Capt Stewart, her owner gave
Capt. Sam Coffin, superintendent of the ways.
| orders TO do such work as in his judgment he
| thought best. The next morning, after she had
| been pulled out on the ways, Capt. Higbee, who
is rather fond of tactical joke, reported to
Superintendent Coffin that Capt Stewart had
| feet added to her length. It was but a short
time after that until the Hiram Watson had no
| bow, and preparations w5re being made to give
| got around among the boys" and Capt, Alex
Montgomery concluded to take hand, and
went next morning and reported to Capt. COT.
|
her stern. In short time after her owner
visited the Watson to see, how work was pro-
n6r 1n AZ fqund a9 peat had neither
| to decide which was the most astonished, the
| owner or Capt. Coffin. 1t is more than proba.
| bly,, that Kentucky Judge will decide who the
| Mr.. Chouteau. of st. Louis, has gone tc
Europe to interest capitalists in his plans for q
| he Mississippi. He proposes to build iron in
stead of wooden hulls and divided into COM
partments for the purpose of preventing the
| sinking OF the barges in case of accident: he
estima es that barges construct ed in accordance
with his plans will last , with ordinary care
pairs. inclusive Of repainting. etc, during that
time not exceeding az per cent per annum, No
insurance will be needed on the hullS, as 1t will
the cargo will be merely nominal. or even may
be assumed by the Transportation companies,
vessels will pass through the water so much