The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-19
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT. ,
Wednesday, June 10, 1878.
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Wilson. Ouaehita Belle. Isabel, Wild Gazele.
Departures.
Alvin. Mary Ida 81. Mary. II. Il. Lee, Bertha.
TO Arrive.
= Gov. Allen. Bayou Sara; st. Mary Eva, Henrl
Red river: New Mary Houston. cincinnati
Mary Ida. Belle, upper coast; John W. Cannon
Louisville; Frank Pargoud. Greenville; John
The weather continues clear and warm.
Business better yesterday than 1t was Mon.
The Texas has been taken across the river.
The Gold Dust went up to the elevator yester-
day to take on 400 hogsheads OF sugar.
Bartholomew, and will lay up for. the present
she has lot OF wood aboard, which she will
deliver to-day at. the Barracks. Capt. Tindel
reports the crops injured to some slight extent
on the bayou. on account Of the continued rains
and the planters being behind in their work
but on the 0uaehita and Black rivers they are
simply splendid. The withdrawal OF the Stein
leaves only one boat to supply the wants of that
large section of country.
The Gold Dust, Of the Anchor Line, IL receiv-
Ing TO leave to-day for st. Louis. See the
Anchor. Line card In another column.
The New Orleans and Red River Transporta-
ton oompany,s packet Danube, Chas. Tnorn
master, q. " Drown clerk. leaves Saturday at
5 2. m. for Shreveport.
The Uuachlta Belle for all coast and town
landings to Bayou Sara. Is the regular packet
to-day.
The Frank Pargoud leaves tomorrow for all
The Henry Tete will arrive tonight and leave
DON'T forget that the VIVID Gazello leaves to-
day promptly at II a. m. for the lower coast.
0apts Joe Aiken and M. W. Joyce left yester-
day morning for Texas and will be absent q
Wallace McChesney will do the handsome for
Mat Joyce while away.
Capt. Geo. Wilkinson and wife. who have
been at the Hot Springs for the past several
weeks returned on the Bonnie Lee,
The famous Charles Morgan will arrive to
leave Saturday for Cincinnati.
The elegant New Mary Houston. Of the @. L.
&N.O. Packet Line, Ohas. Miller In command
Elliott Miller clerk, will be- found at the landing
lively for the Ohio The Houston is a most ex-
cellent passenger boat and offers superior In
ducements to travel. her officers are exceeding
~ clever, and to make trip with them Is In
The 81 Francis Belle leaves daily at $50 a. m.
from Bienville street for Westwego. running In
connection with the New Orleans and Texas
Railroad to Dona ldsonyille.
The Belle. In place Of the Blue Wing No. 9, A.
9as ' ana u III l9F men
plantation, Ascension parish. Messrs. Wood
and Dean CLERKS.
J. Hamilton master. Geo. Koppel clerk, leaves
this II 2. ~. promptly. for the lower coast
through TO Magnolia store.
n. a Dupuis clerk. leaves to- day at ~ m. for
the Lafourche through to Loekport.
The Ouachfta Belle, John @. Libano master
J. Fl. Mossop clerk leaves TO- day promptly at
coast landings.
ton Company's United States mail steamer
Bonnie Lee. Noah Scovell, master, VIM Dillon
clerk. leaves to-day at ., m. without fail for
The tri- weekly upper coast packet Mary Ida,
j. a. huiz, master. will arrive this evening, and
Will return to- morrow at 10 a. m. The Mary Is
The passenger and United States mail steam
er Frank Pargoud, J: Fl. Pepper master. w. N.
at 2. m. for Vieksburg. Greenyile and all mail
landings.
The. regular geml-weekly Bayou Latourche
packet Eva. q. d. Terrebonne master, will be
found at the landing this morning. receiving
70 return to-morrow, as usual, extending her
trip t2 e. Marys Church. Messrs. Tom Knee
ana III. n. Landry have charge OF the office.
Exchange Clippings, June l6.
Cincinnati Enquirer:
The Golden Grown left for New Orleans last
night with 500 tons freight and twenty passen-
boilers for Southern sugar plantations Charles
Owen and Joseph Purcell'were her pilots.
The magnificent Thomas Sherlock is an
nounced to leave for New Orleans next Tues
day. The New Orleans Packet Company will
send out three boats this week. The Sherlock
will be, followed by the new. Paris Brown on
Thursday, and the Robert Mitchell, probably,
on Saturday.
Courier. Journal:
built By the veteran boiler maker of the West.
Joe Mitchell, Of this city. They are Park. Bro.
Sos S ede6rated black d sncd
did not leak drop.
We are OF the opinion that the commerce and
trade Of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers will be
better this fall and winter than it has been for
many years past. You can Tx up your boats Tor
In 1899 Capt Hercules Carrel fatboated down
the Ohio and Mississippi. He was then twenty
one years old. Although now seventy;seven
years old, he is q regular attendant on Change
at Cincinnati, and is q fine specimen Of healthy
manhood. Capt Andy Robinson, now of the
Ironton Journal, says he was acquainted with
Capt Frank Beck. If the famous Up" line is
circulating among his old friends here and en-
around here until some pretty girl will swap
names with him, and they'll go off on bridal
tour, Frank singing:
To be Frank I'll acknowledge
She BeckODed to me-
looked and | listened,
And got her, you see.
st. Louis Times:
Com. John A, scudder and Capt. John P.
Packet Company. have closed contracts with
the Towards, OF Jacksonville, Ind, for two
new steamers for the st. Louis and New Or
Length 1856 feet; beam, "A feet; depth Of hold, 9
feet, Each boat will be supplied with five boil:
ers manufactured from the black diamond |
steel), 80 feet long by "a inches in diameter, two
flues each. The cylinders will be 10 feet stroke
by 20 inches In diameter. The boats are to be |
ished after the City of Helena. with all modern
improvements added, In a. word, the new
steamers are to be as fine and fast as anything
afoat on the Mississippi. One is to be finished
December i and he other February 1. Add to |
this announcement the fact that Capt. E. W. |
Gould is constructing a fine packet for the |
same trade 1t looks like ST. Louis Is putting |
forth manly effort to regain her commerce;
Capt. Henry Lowry telegraphs Carroll & |
Powell from New Orleans that he has bought |
the John Means and barges, to take the place of
the Warner.
PADDY's DESCRIPTION OF KEELBoATING.
In 1881 there were not 50 many Irishmen on
The river as at present. The Choctaw ran from |
Mobile to Tuscaloosa, and as men were scarce |
the mate hired two. On the way up one
OF them became unruly and was put ashore
at Erie Landing. on the, Warrior. and
the Choctaw went on TO Tuscaloosa, and |
after laying there a few days returned |
to Mobile. Meanwhile the one that had been |
put ashore shipped ON a keelboat, and ar
rived at Mobile the same night that the Choctaw
arrived. Next morning the keelboat man came !
over to the steamboat to see his partner. After |
talking a short time the steamboatman com
menced complaining about the number of Off |
GERS. He said: The captain is an officer, the
mates are officers; aye damme but they are all
officers tha xrnn hin boyS 0ffipars