The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-10
Exchange Clippings, May Z.

Capt. j. Ar. White of the Katie is at the Gait
House; He leaves for his old home in Clover
Capt. Addison Iisie left for Cincinnati yester-
dav. He goes thence to New Orleans.
Capt. Joseph B. Williams and Capt, Simpson
Horner left for New Orleans last night by rail,
The Katie has thrown her chimneys over
board. hayi ing her guards cut Off and will come
up through the canal. Not enough water on
The 10 B. Williams takes the largest tow of
coal that ever went South boats, harges
bushels. or about 0o0 tons Arrived and de-
parted.
Capt John Howard. the famous boat builder
Of Jacksonville. arrived in the city es'erday
and spent several hours conversing with Com
through the steamer James Howard with Capt
keiser. and made numerous suggestions con
corning the repairs and alterations which he
considered necessary to make her equal in
point of magnifcenee to the several other fine
steamers recently built by him for Capt. Can
non and others of the South This work will
be done during the coming summer, and done
so efectualy that the boat will scarcely be re
cognized as the same craft when she comes out
in the fall. She Is now the largest steamer on
the Mississippi, and she will then be one of the
very finest.
Capt. Tom W, Shields lag ship Common
wealth follows the james Howard to New Or
leans in the regular line. leaving next Satur
day.
store the commerce Of the Mississippi. and the
time IS not far distant when rapid trans porta-
ton will give it another impetus. In proof of
this assertion it may be stated that a large
amount of freight OF a perishable eh4racter,
which used to come TO New Orleans daily by
rail is now coming by boat.
Pittsburg Dispatch:
There was another hearing before Register
Shaffer Yesterday in the matter of the alleged
John Dippold < Sons about the time the firm
went into bankruptcy. Messrs. John Barton
and Jacob H, Miller appeared for the creditors,
and Messrs. Knox and Weir for the bankruptS.
The examinations are somewhat spicy al times
from the fact that the creditors attorneys con-
that legal gentlemen on the other side have no
legal right to poke in
John kennedy, sworn-He thought Dippold
& Sons had fifty or sixty barges when they
Smthtled street bridge and at various points,
up and down the river from here; some had
the marks rubbed off them and some had Hor-
ners name on them; witness found them
Dlppolds son Jacob had authorized witness to
look for them. Question objected to unless
the examination disclosed that one of the bank
rupts gave the order, and also that the order
was in writfng.l Witness said his arrangement
was first with Jacob Dppold. and the next
morning Jacob gave him an order to get the
barges to secure his claim he said the order
came from John Dippold, that Jacob signed the
order with the firms consent; the order
purported to b. a, agthqrtty d to get the
lected to allowing the witness to give his i'm
pressions. holding that he must confine him
self to what was nominated in the bond. Wit
ness said he could find nothing to save himself.
barges but two. Witness knew nothing about
what became of five new barges bought frcm
Redman Hays Il Co. Witness testified that he
took towhoat and captured a coal fat at Dip