Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-30

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WIN. MELROY. Sgt. Sic. Ser. U. 8. A.
BY TELEGRAPH.
SHREVEPORT, June 29.-River on stand.
Weather cloudy and warm.
PORT EADs, June 29.-Arrived: Steamships
Morgan City and Hudson, New York; Tor
onto, Liverpool. No departures.
VICEsBURG, June 29.-Weather cloudy.
Thermometer 80 deg. River fell 2 inches.
Up: Capitol City, noon. Down: Robert
Mitchell, pm.
PITTsBURe, June 29-Noon.-River feet
inches, and falling Weather fair and
warm. .Night-River feet inches, and
falling. Weather cloudy and cool.
ST. LOUIS, June 29.-River fallen inches,
and is now 81 feet IL inches above low-water
mark. Weather party cloudy and very warm.
Arrived: John A. Scudder, New Orleans.
Departed: City of Vicksburg, Vicksburg;
Gold Dust, New Orleans.
CINCINNATI, June % Noon.-Weather
fair and hot. River falling. Night
Weather clear and hot. River II feet 9
inches, and falling. Arrived: Mary Houston,
New Orleans. Departed: Cons Millar, Mem
phis; Golden Rule, New Orleans.
EVANSVILLE, June 29-River falling, with
10 feet 10 inches by the gauge. Weather
cloudy and hot, with light rain this morning
and evening; clearing tonight and cooler.
Thermometer 73 to 96 deg. Down: A. c.
Donnally, 4 am. Up: James D. Parker,
$3.50 pm.
NEW ORLEANS. June 29.-Weather, heavy
rain showers this morning; clear, partly
cloudy and warm this evening. Their
mometer 81 deg. Arrived: John Dippold
and barges, st. Louis, last night; Common
wealth, st. Louis. Departed: Thomas Sher-
lock, Cincinnati; James Howard and John
Dippold and barges, st. Louis.
CAIRO, June 29-Noon.--W raining
am; Charles Morgan, New Orleans, am;
Andy Baum, Cincinnati, II am; Belle
Memphis. St.Louis, noon. Departed: Charles
Morgan, Cincinnati, 2 a m; Colorado, Vicks-
burg. 3 am. .Night-River "a feet 4
inches, and falling. Weather clear. Their
mometer 76 deg. Arrived: Sharp, New
Orleans, 3 pm. Departed: Belle Memphis.
Memphis, pm; Andy Baum, Memphis, 3
Movements at the Levee.
ARRIVALS.
Mark Twain, st. Francis river; A. White,
Arkansas City; City of Alton, st. Louis.
DEPARTURES.
City of Alton, New Orleans; A. J. White,
Arkansas City; Mark Twain, st. Francis
river.
BOATS DUE.
DoOn.-Colorado, West Wind, A. c. Don
naly, Andy Baum.
Up.-Coahoma, John B. Maude, Illinois,
Mark Twain, Belle of Shreveport, Golden Rule,
Hattie Rowland.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
VIcKsBURe Colorado, Sam M'Pheeters,
master, ten am
ST. LoUIs-John B. Maude, w. II. Blake,
master, five PIN.
BOATS LEAVING MONDAY.
FRIARs PoINT-Coahoma, Stack Lee, mas
ter, FIVE pm.
JoHNsoN's LANDING-West Wind, J. G..
Andrews, master, five pm.
RECEIPTS.
Mark Twain-12 bales cotton, 25 SKIS cot
ton-seed, lot sundries.
A. ]. White-26 bales cotton, 1853 SKIS cot
ton-seed, 10 brls apples, 8 head cattle, 30
pkgs sundries-
Levee Paragraphs.
1t was hot.
Business dull.
Then it rained-very torrentuously.
Not a packet in port at dark last evening.
The Mark Twain got away on time for st.
Francis river.
And then the temperature cooled down to
a blissful salubrity.
The owners of fans kinder looked down on
those who left their n at home.
Bayou Gayoso would have foated the Brit
ish fleet after the rain yesterday.
The City Of Alton passed down yesterday,
for New Orleans, with good trip.
The Katie Hooper departed last evening,
for Arkansas river, with a fair trip.
A fan and an umbrella formed the greater
part of levee clerks wardrobe yesterday.
The West Wind, Captain ]. G. Andrews,
is the packet Monday evening for the upper
coast.
The leaves on the trees didn't woggle single
wiggle yesterday-there was no breeze to do
it with.
Quarts of perspiration were expended yes
terday in the effort to find a river item worth
noting.
We are still laying our wealth out on the
mare, but this hot weather Is making us
weaken little.
Captain Ed Rowland leaves Tuesday for
Pittsburg, to look after his new boat build
ing at that place.
The Colorado, Captain Sam M'Pneeters, is
the Anchorline packet this morning, at ten
o'clock, for Vicksburg.
The A. c. Donnally, Captain 81. .. Hart.
is due down Monday, en- route to New Or
leans. Ed A. Donnafly is her clerk
Mr.. P. II, Lallance, river editor OF the Gin
cinnah Enquirer, with his excellent wife, has
gone to Kansas on a recuperative trip.
Durff wears red ribbon whenever he is on
duty now, and we can't count on him as a
''pard' On our Fourth of July bum"
Receiving clerks established headquarters
and as much Of the other parts of their anat-
omy as possible under umbrellas yesterday.
The Andy Baum, Captain II. J. Vinton, Is
the regular packet leaving here Tuesday for
all points on the Ohio river as far as Cincin-
natl.
The tugboat Ida left New Orleans Friday
for Memphis, to get the tow of the Inflated
Little Condor, and will return to New Or
leans with it.
Mrs. Governor Alcorn and five children ar
rived in the city yesterday by rail from Wash
ington, and took passage On the A. J. White
fortFriars Point.
The John B. Maude, Captain W. Ii. Blake
in command, is the Anchor-line packet this
evening, at FIVE o'clock, for Cairo and st.
Louis. VIM. Goebel is her clerk.
The Golden Crown, Captain William P
Walker in command, is due Monday evening
on her way to Cincinnati. Eugene Shinkle
will be found in charge of her office.
The rain-storm which set in just about
"going out" time yesterday evening caused
some of the packets to leave with lighter car
goes than would have been the case other
wise.
Our railway historian, Colonel Barney
Hughes, whose Reporter, for July has come
to hand, says of the recent Democratic con-
vention, that MANY were called, but few
were chosen"
The Coahoma, Captain Stack Lee In COM
mand, is the regular packet Monday evening,
at five o'clock, for Helena, Friars Point and
all way landings. Ed Thomas is her clerk,
assisted by Plat Rhoades and Billy Smith
ers.
The berry Familiarity known as the water
melon, being abundant in the market, is &C.
cupying the attention of the colored persua- |
sion, who are giving UP the last cent for a |
slice about the form and size of a sickle- |
blade.
st. Louis Times: Captain John Cannon |
tried to hire somebody when he got to New |
Orleans with his new boat to shake hands |