The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-09
RIVER NEWS.

RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
Tuesday. April .. 1878.
.8AEnsaaA. saa
Gov. Allen, Belle. 3. b. Lee. .Fanchon. John
Howard, IastrOps ASSUMPTION MArtha. a 2 a
Departures.
Isabel, Wild Gazelle. Belle. Henry Tete. Eva.
Gov A''en' ~ arrive i
.Ouachita Belle, Gov. Allen. Bayou Sara: 81.
Wild eazei;s, I Lower tS. s :B.sls. Gopsr Coast
y p isStanard 81 Ioulsg Hsnp pa 9ssoh Rsd
Arfansas KATIE. 't digrssenviile: Tensas. bayou
The weather was very disaxreeable Yesterday,
BUSINESS wa I. ,Sd but S.sss and tn.
ysssefdsy .f' The John H. iaana from ouaohita
% viii sns Ct ss III - KS snd
ssss IL K osssi ;ha 40 sss
might make her landing.
Luke Barnard is second clerk OF the Gold
The freight received by the Bertha was trans
serred yesterday 70 the Fanchon. ..,
The wig Ga ns osS eoas sse ss ~
ular as q CLOCK pays close attention TO bust.
mess. and is yortny 81 patronage. =. ~. ..o.,
steamers afoat, leaves o.day. as usual for
Vicksbure punctually At o'clock. -,
and Ths sasds aSs a
The @. H. Durfee. leaving for Rod river to-
morrow. takes s, Minden freight. reshipping on
The Kate Kinney has been laid up, The Sill
yer City will most probably I'll her place in the
Travellers to the Ohio are requested to note
seaaiu cabin S1' i msds sti inviting By
liberal dRs Of ehoe wa sna
the office seoa Presided H q
r aSss S Mr. <. t sRS Miller.
seo IRON t6s S y ,So p sx Js"sx' here
The 1t. Francis Belle leaves daily at 1850 a. m.
from Bienvie street for Westwego. running 10
Earcad 70 Sn WIZ anu 'A"s
mar 1' d sssg1E fSss
Ben. Tare aad' plantation The Mary Ida re-
turns on alternate days. and does nj her bust
ns H. 7 R sasfRt ee VIM Campbell master. Mr.
az usual. for v'cksburg and all mail landings
const and Lafourohe through to Laurel Val
The Fanchon. for ,Atehafalaya. through TO
Broaa F. ocmms s ThsS John cePr The
sn TRe oincinaat Ipc%'svle and New Orleans
est LANE yos9E TO-
day d p NJ Without f.ii. Tor Memphis. Cairo.
L2Hisville and Cipoinnetl, ou oo... .u,,c..
pa mhs Bss viii arsss spe ana
turn tomorrow. as Usual. at 10 a. m.
p 4 5ss. sq n..ss2 b%eas
Ths sss oxs4 GSsst ~
'0 TRs QUA UaacSita Belle. due last night from
Bayou Sara. will leave again to-moLrow at Q
~ n. John q. Libano commands. ,. d. Moesop
The New Orleans and Red River Transports.
buTese g snSe master NV McGhes
Rnev oaerk. Is receiving TO leave to morrow at 5
Ts, ~ N fnr Sh,reIyepor IT,. q st.n.ra Tart
s. HoSls. CAPT J. u Bufdesu. No. . Essohsz
: The iron steamer Charles r. Chouteau. ". H.
Tharsdsy for Msmphis and the BE-, bends .o,,
mand. leaves for the Tensas and Macon next
saturday. the thirteenth instant.
ny Telegrapbl
yIcKspuRo, April 7, is1s.-To J, BHrdeau,
will arrive early Wednesday morning. and
leave Thursday for ~ id h2Sig s;pANr Master
vIcKsguRe, April 9. 70 J. B. Woods 4 o..
teau will arrive "Wednesday. morning early and
leave Thursday VIZ ,2f h .1 Master
The Joho HANNA VIII MONDAY On nks
and return Wednesday, * u SsIaaA,.NKs Master
Exchange Clippings.
LOUISVILLE, April s-lThe new clipper j. M
White was towed over to tho wha1f this evening
by the tugs Andy Fulton and Jas. Ao9son to re-
and be taken back to Jefferson yieto be finished
The Cannon will also be taken over to receive
her finishing touches.
JOHN N. BoFINaER's REMINIscENCEs
ISt. Louis Timesl
IN the summer OF 1870 VIM. r. Fuller and my
self chartered the steamer Cleopatra from Mr..
Wescott. a Wholesale boot and shoe dealer on
Main street between Fourth and Fifth streets
boat in the tributary rivers Of the Mississippi.
She was single engine side wheel. about one
hundred and thirty feet long and eght
Or berths. fhe Old siHsIe eng inc. de9erai
Pike had Just completed Nor last trip to Law La.
Hard Cider" meeting. with Jim Summers as
captain and as clerk when stfader an. and Cor,
week her PSer
near Front street. was we'll 6lled with her outfit
of which we found about $1,000 worth. which
would do for the Cleopatra and make her q
first-class upper cabin. open berth passenger
steamer. TO close the charter with Wescott was
the easiest part of our undertaking. as he only
asked one. half OF the gross receipts for his p0r.
ton. and as Fuller" had undertaken the char.
ter part of our enterprise. and was to attend
to the purchasing and furnishing the balance
It did not take long to get the boat ready fer
business. My experience at this time In river
matters was some, as had just left school and
~ Ia r1S nr I,nn
Cincinnati on the mail boats as an auxiliary
clerk more ornamental than useful. After ex,
pending some 5000 on the Cleopatra Capt. Bill
Fuller dropped her down to the foot OF Broad
way. ready for business with her "shingle Out
for Plttsburg. The river was low. but there
forced to seek the water route" With a new
boat in prime order. with the foot mark
eighteen inches above the water line. 4