The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-12
RIVER NEWS.

RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT. ,
Sunday. May Il. 1878.
Arrivals.
S1achita Belle, Martha, Mary Ida. q r
rob, Robt Mitchell. Texas, wild Gazelie
Ia Dippold and barges.
Departures.
artha, Belle. Mary Ida, st. Mary. Ouacbits
ID. .Natehez, G. B. Church. j. A. Scudder
Able. Danube. ID. Stein. Clarksville.
To Arrive.
ovl Allen R Bayoq Sara; st. Mary. Eva Silver
Henry Tete, LafOurche: Isabel, Mar ha
Or coast; Belle. Mary Ida, upper coast
3e Of shreveport. T.. o. Stanard. st. Louis r.
zee. Vicksburg: Fanchon. Opelousas; J. H
ma, Ouachtta: Bonnie Lee. Assumption
eat Gather .A. clear and pleasant yesterday.
he Clara s. has been lowed across the river.
ne Bee man" has bought the J. =. Frazer.
he'd on to her his two barges of Bee-hives
staar g, yesterday on honey raising voy-
/ aarlie Drown stopped off the Danube yes
7. Drown taking Billys place on deck.
for Washington. They. have gone to use
IL endeavors In behalf Of the appropriation
Red river. now under consideration by the
ate, having passed the House. Capt. Aiken
given much of his time In getting aid from
government for the Improvement Of that
pr, and is almost the only one who has. We
lnestly wish him success
apt. John J. Brown left yesterday also for
West to look after his new boat
Eldge Geo. Lord rides in a muls race to- day
ne r"if 9goanas hs dsd FL there
pred as Red River, out of Repair, dam Con
As, q literal fact, any way you take it.
ne steamer John A. Scudder for st. Louis.
as freight LOTIONS sundry merchandise $50
0lrrejS m0lAgEpa
DIS sugar,
he Charles B. Church, for Cincinnati. had a
trip. part OF which was so tons sundry mer-
sndise, 10000 feet lumber. 200 barrels pitch
barrels new potatoes, 100 barrels new onions
! Iales rags. 22b barrels RICE 140 barrels mo-
ses and 81 hOgsheads sugar.
he towboat John Dippold, with five barges
Bn Ut. Louis, arrived last evening. Port of
cargo consisted of It's, 600 bushels bulk corn
2 large amount of sundry produce and
he steamer Texas, from Shreveport, arrived
gerday with good trip. part Of which was
bales OF, cotton. 40 sacks Of cotton seed. 500
KS OF Oil cake. 81 barrels Of oil and 444 head
cattle. IL our memory serves us, this is the
sest number OF CATTLE. brought to this city by
BOAT for number OF years. Capt. Rea can
70 the head OF the class.
3 ASSUMPTION STILL AHEAD-LEss THAN
FL THREE DAYS TO SHREVEPORT.
sHREvEPoRT. May Ito River Editor Dem
az; Assumption arrived y at az 2; m. Still
t.
/ nday. Wednesday and Saturday Is one of the
+ st boats ever In the trade, and certainly one of
most regular. Arthur Comstock and George
fods are both exceedingly clever, know their
siness and how to attend to It, The new boat
ing built for gapts. Wood and Harper to re-
leo the Blue Wing will be H hummer" and
9En she gets here the two will form line
~ Will be hard to compete with.
Che New Orleans and Red River Transporta-
n Company send out the Texas, Cart George
Tlea. Wednesday, aud the Bonnie Lee. Capt.
EnnUnl II hn n to rnrt
Texas arrived yesterday, and as she is the
fited States mail packet can be depended
pn to leave as above.
Che G. B. Church. arriving Friday night from
HI Ohio, returned yesterday. She has twenty
Rere will be three departures for the La
frche to morrow-the Eva. Silver City and
The. Bastrop. for the Ouachita. laid over to
The q, L. and N o. Packet Line steamer
gbt Mitchell. Dan Moore master, Frank Stein
ark. arrived yeste rday from Cincinnati with II
trip. aud will return Tuesday The Mitchell
large roomy. comfortable side wheel boat,
her officers are polite and attentive. Mr..
hnk Stein In particular who is always at his
ppiest there there is o goodly number of
Issengers aboard, which. by the by. is very
The Gov. Allen on her way down this even
4, will land at Carrollton for passengers,
nEing them to the city tor ten cents; the
Deeds to be devoted to the various orphan
The d. o. Stanard, due to arrive will be the
KIT departure In the Kountz Line for St
luis.
The St. Francis Belle leaves daily at 1850 a. m.
i'm Bienville street for Westwego, running In
lnection with the New Orleans and Texas
Eilroad to Donaldsonville.
The Belle, in place of the Blue Wing No. 8. j.
I Comstock master. Messrs. Wood and Dean
lrks, leaves Tomorrow at 10 a. m. for Donald
t1ville and the Ashland plantation.
Ehe United States mail steamer Gov. Allen
I'll leave Tomorrow at D. IN. for Bayou Sara
Y; Brown master :, 3. Streck clerk. :,
eSaF P aees W e
morrow as usual, at IL a. M. for Magnolia
sre
The reliable, semi,;weeekly Bayou Lafonrche
Zee and NJ. Ii. Landry clerks. leaves to-mor-
N as usual, promptly at p. m:,,
The regular coast, Donaldsonville and Bayou
|fourche packet Henry Tete. j. f. Aucoin
aster, M. q. Landry clerk. leaves Tomorrow
The he's semi % weekly Rayou Lafourche packet
Id 3. j. Lagroue clerks. leaves tomorrow at 8
N. for Thibodaux. See advertisement.
he regular and fleet triweekly upper coast
Ecket Mary Ida, j. A. Ruiz master. Edw. Nicolle
\ rk, leaves Tuesday at 10 a. IN. for Ben Tu-
|sud plantation.
|,he regular weekly Opelousas packet Fan
Een, II. H. Broad. master. Theo. John clerk.
ives Tuesday at y. M, going through to
Ehe St. Mary. Joe Daferes In command E.
| ole clerk, leaves Tuesday at .. w.. for the
The superb Robert. E. Lee, VIM Campbell
E5ter. Messrs. MoVay and Cannon clerks
tRes Tuesday. as usual. for Vicksburg
1 he Ouachita Belle. making semi-weekiy
Ms to Bayou Sara. will leave Wednesday. at
IN.
by Telegraph
ATcHEz, May Ito F. j. Wluburn. agent,
80 Natchez street: Steamer Sam Roberts and
yes will arrive Sunday morning.
4 A. J. BRANCH Master.
&AYoU SARA. May Ito J. B. Woods. No 104
&amon street, Steamer Belle of Shreveport
arrive Sunday noon and leave for st. Louis
sday. the fourteenth instant
J. G. COGHTLL. Master.
LouIs, May 11.--Arrivals: Capital City, |
Elphis City of Alton. New Orleans; Arrow |
sarys: Port Eads, Cairo; John Porter Pitts |
n; Spread Eagle Grafton; Lady ee, Peo- !
Lake Superior. Hannibal; Rob Roy, Keo- |
arted: Lake Superior, Hannibal: LadyLee. |
la; Alex. Mitchell. StPaul: Fannie Lewis. !
,as City; Commonwealth. New Orleans; |
ange. PIttspurg: Spread Eagle Grafton
al City, Memphis; Arrow Fish Landing:
Eads. Cairo; Future City, New Orleans
sather cool and cloudy. River at IL a. M
pit inches anu falling. Business good.
scTNNATI, May Il.--Cit airing showers this |
hing. Business fair River "a feet inches |