Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-26
MISCELLANEOUS.


ing.
The suDaower Belle departed with a
good trip.
There Is few sacks Of oil meal In
sight on the wharf.boat,
The Mamie B lit out for Little Deer
Greek, Delahunt atthe wheel.
The Golden Rule put off here 400
kegs nails and other Cincinnati stuff.
The river rose 0 inches at Memphis
On Monday, lS q Cairo, aud 8 at 81.
Louis. 10y
The Port Eads len Cairo last salur.
day, aud has 5000 bushels of bulk
FIe gOlOVadodlscbarged 1900 pack.
asesAI The ElsVatot and is on deck for
St. Louis ct II am.
The Golden Crown, with her garden
OF hanging baskets OF rare geraniums,
will be along about noon.
Capt. John McCord takes command
OF the Gold Dust. Sac leaves ST.
Louis for the South next Saturday.
A large amount OF coal is ready 10
start from PittSburg South on the first
water. At present Il is not over 4 feet
deep ct Pittsburg.
The Perry Smith, q staunch, indus.
trloup, and active local packet leaves
for Davis Bend at 3 p N. Send down
your freight and give her good send
of.
White and Hall'A new Deer Greek
packet, the Starlight, built here out and
out, made = trial trip IN the afternoon,
aud uns like scared rabbit. She has
the engine and one OF tue boilers Of
the old B. II. Hurt.
Commodore RJllingpin: When a
Mississippi boalman gets under the
weather he dun'I complain Of feeling
bad. He simply observes that he ain'l
making steam to-day, aud thinks he'd
better clean out his boiler.
Cincinnati Gsz lite: John F. KraLz's
new iron boat, being built BY L. T..
Dumonl, IL nearly completed, and Capt.
KraBz vii be here nexf week from
New Orleans to purchase her outi', aud
take her to New Orieans Immediately.
The Charles Morgan p ssed Mem
phis at / o'clock Sunday morning, and
was not more than lWo hours behind
the Chureh. Captaln Stein was whip
ping her through to head Of tie
Schenck. lie will doubtless get TO
Cincinnati ahead Of them both, aud
come back first.
Avalanche; Good accounts reach
us daily regarding the efficient work
peTfOrmed by the snag.boat De Russey,
Captain Birch. She was at Island SO,
some $50 miles below here, last Satur-
day, aud as far as she has gone cleared
the channel thoroughly, leaving no
snags or ObslructiOnS In the way.
ST. Louis Republican, The deter
mination OF Capt. SCudder and his con.
ireres 10 give our merchants line OF
serviceable vessels which will leave al
short and regular intervals, making
fast time between 81. Louis aud New
Orleans, should induce shippers aud
the travelling public 10 see that each
steamer sent out by the 81. Louis aud
New Orleans Anchor Line is loaded TO
its fullest carrying capacity.
Cincinnati Enquirer: Captain Lew
Kales received the following letter
yesterday giving tie following particu.
lars as to the finding Of Captain Henry
LOper's body who was lost on the Lo'
tus:
"Csptsin Lew Hates, Cincinnati
Ohio: l telegraphed you last night on
receipt of the information that ueDry'i
body had been found that day between
Waterloo aud Hermitage. Il is evi.
dent that II came to the surface only on
yesterday morning, as the person who
found 1t bad been making his morning
ablution in the river, aud was aston
ished by seeing the body rise in from
of him. II was taken IN charge by
some Of the citizens at Waterloo, ant
there buried. His watch, money ant
other valuableD are now in possession
Of "a responsible person OF that place
and will be gvie1 up when called for
Should you desire to have any step
taken before you come here, telegraph
and l will attend to II.
"Yours respectfully,
"JoHN F. IRVINE.
"P. S.-His hands were the on,
places badly decomposed, as part of tn
fingers are missing. j. FL"
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