The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-21
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, l
Thursday, March Il 1878, !

OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT. l
E# Thursday, March q. 1878.
Arrivals.
=, Thomas Sherlock, Wild GazelIe, Alvin, Henry
1eee'c iey Oh Alton. Mary Ida, Eva.
Departures.
AVN. wild Gazelle. Belle Assumption. st.
'yonn, Onaenita Belle. Thomps N Dean, Col. A.
Z, Nouns. Era No. 10. Katie P. Kountz. Trenton.
To Arrive.
Ouachita Belle Gov. Allen, Bayou Sara: Belle,
upper coaSt; 81. Mary Assum ption, Lafourche;
Katie. Greenville: Wild Gazelle. Alvin. Martha,
do . r., coast; st. John. Baton Rouge: g B.
lomsas. $3.50 =
winds.
Business not very brisk.
Quite a number Of staterooms were engaged
yesterday on the Sherlock, and the prospects
are that she will leave to-day with full pas-
gapt. ). w. Tobin left yesterday for Louis
The Bertha. M Kenison master. Eug. Quatre-
yaux clerk will arrive to leave Saturday for the
The Bart Able will arrive to leave Saturday.
as usual. for Grand Ecore.
The Eva for the LafOurche to-day at ., M
The peerless Natchez will arrive to- night from
Vicksbnrg, and return Saturday, as usual.
The Danube was announced in yesterdays
DEMOCRAT to leave to-day for Jefferson. 1t has
been determined since not to send her out, at
least for the present.
Lu6 IHFOElt6 MhTlh Louise, ID. y. Brlnker
master. is receiving to leave Saturday for
Shreveport.
Capt Jack d, Hart left by rail Tuesday even
The fine and very popular Ohio river passen-
lock has an unusually clever set Of officers. not
least among whom is her accomplished chief
esE be Sbero ( So defsrs her
day, when she will leave without fail for Gin
X H..x n
Ouachila Bellies agents. >'>'D ON'O " '
The Katie p. Kountz besides other freight
bad 4oA hogsheads OF sugar and fifty barrels OF
The Alice Brown arrived yesterday with flf-
Spun Yarn writes as follows to the cincin-
ON BoAnD THE STEAMER THOMAS SHERLOCK,
NEAE CAIRO. March l4.-.Can't you do it for
Was awake Or dreaming? Was It Voice from from
the other world, or had been suddenly trans
Heaven rest him. to say nothing Of several le Of
USED AZ to Msntto know # ooq!dnton ACCOUNT
d Woodward avsnqs dock IL De tire ow eb 2ss
rafternoon. and counting the sails that drilled
along that magnificent river. wondering little
~ to ths adyentuIes first and last o each
and propeller" that took part in the process
sion Near me stood q vessel captain and a
NJ cAAppOls OaSH WHlLlllBR buR1nhW SulnRI9, |
and each intent upon. q trade The ancient
mariner stood out manfully for three cents per |
could do better" ana when he asked the newt
table Cant you do il. for less2" came near
falling into the river in my establishment. |
the misguided shipper of wheat on the shoulder |
sha. ,t friend don You are taking
meath your feet less than 300 miles from where |
you stand is 2 land that is iiairer than day,
that remarkable remark OF yours; their tite To 70
of Aye oyerlooking and cloud capped hills AND and
IN the lovely valley past Herancourt's brewery,
. sentry Is stationed to see that no guilty man
resaty and s canpot have not paid
Shipping Mo ndSR?yt M1 1" to D fse
trust t, and Rebate society as an infringement SO
at once agreed e the cents paid for tRe drinks
apologized humbIy. and begged that the thing
agreed to. Months have drifted by since then:
9 y, winter has passed and in distant land
men, bad begun to hope that the wording of
that rat little hymn # not the intent was BY this
time IA several months am on a little trip
down the river. and yesterday heard it again
song 81 hg baIne Of cid In the early
you o. 4 for lssss" Ipqed ASIDE the curtain Of
WaAAONb WO WDID IyluE til lu5 iHlK ana on
Pride q the Prairie whitling stick; his gem en-
Wind D9as Do it fo9 ss2e Tbg qa
to which he demurred was. bless your life, PIC
per 100 pounds to New Orleans-12oo miles for {
make a, e an a Ct that if you love mo. :
what lovely weather these days are bringing /
us. Spring is indeed here. and already the I
swelling buds and the blue birds song give i've
promise 70 q &C., that Rsentpg Nature consents that
al, one rts with winter reluctantly. He lends
us g., Stamina that we do not find in "a nth 8
snsng Of luxurious
that honest little girl who. missing her Sunday
ana sz s0H ha n2 2e anRer
she intended to live on oranges and sim" NAV
seems y 70 be erow.ding March out; the naples u
We approach Bob Wises orange grove &c, at a Jeems
aysn a Th T fm0 steaf deaa Of the
along the river is the expected great race to ..
come 1T. 1ff this spring between the John Morgan
aha ard ne Gherokee If it transpires that the
Peter Hch9ls viii then give the Morgan brush
rom put the ,circumambient birthstone of the s
emark ha me eephone T will be heard to
'?rrect thing-when one is deadheadM A s1 to ?
ing peans in praise of owners and officers Y
md md crew but the Sherlock people are modest
NJ, ~ Tue poaC is deeply laden, crew is b
lAppy ana passengers content. What more | d.
o OF volumes say Which reminds me that 1 R
70; 70 growing yoluminous. Do remind YOU of +
ne p lo,us Christian who after getting under h
y sy with MS prayer, couldn't wind the darn 10
hing up cap and will. SPUN YARN 10
Inc Florence Meyer. for all points on the Ar "
2, m. to-day. Capt. JAS Nichols Commands n n
me vt. Francis Bell leaves daily at 80 a. m. N
rom Bienville street for Westwego, running in ~
onnection with the New Orleans and Texas =
abroad to Donaldsonville. o>''' la
The feet and unusually regular tr-weekly
Dper coast packet Mary Ida. J. A. Ruiz mas
er. Edw.. Nicole clerk, leaves this 10 a. - NJ u
romptly for the Ben Tureaud plantation. The w
"a M is daylight boat both ways. 10
Inc splendid passenger and United States IL
aall steamer Kaie J. M. White. master, Curt III
ao rn clerk leaves YES today at p m for vcks
The Eva, in place of the W. J. Poiteyent, II. d +,
'arrAhanna Kno alo 49, | "