Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-10
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Reason Jamison pilots the Home 10
Louisville.
The Sunfower Belle left with a big
trip. She was covered up With barrels
Of pork.
Capt. McPheeter's excellent steamer,
the Colorado, leaves the Elevator for
st. Louis ct IL a.m. Our friend Mr..
Joe Osborne does the honorS Of the Of.
fee.
Mr.. Detert, steward of the Colorado.
isiCeEtalnlF aH fal In HE duties, and
makes 8egbpStbO very choicest vlAndS.
taste better by the nice way In which
they are served.
The Colorado brought 3,64S pack
ages, including 400 sacks oil meal, 275
sacks oil cake, 40 barrels oil, "a bales
cotton, and 259 packages sundrieS for
reshipping.
The Church passed down Of IL 20
pm. with 1850 tons. She discharged
here 5000 feet walnut lumber for Beck
& Bro, 20 barrels whisky, plows, fur
niture and sundries.
The following well.kuown gentle.
men are In charge OF the James How
ard: James O'Neal, master; Archie
Woods and Pete Wirtz are in the Of
Gee, aud Wallace Lamb and Joe Bryan
are in the pilOt.house. The HowVrd
was advertised 10 leave S, Louis on
yesterday.
Courier. Journal; The beautiful
colors Of the new j. n. White aud
Johr W. Cannon are finished, aud are
the most elegant we have ever seen.
They were made by Voolfolk & Co,
and are a present from that whole-
souled, clever gentleman, Capt. Sam
S. Brown, of PiItsburg.
Memphis AVSl4nchc Mr.. HolsI, the
engineer, who lost his life yesterday 6y
the small boiler explosion, while I'm.
loading the K'llogg's ice barges, was
second engineer on the Mark Twain
last season, he left no family, being
an orphan, and was buried yesterday
afternoon, frtm the residence OF his
uncle, Mr.. Dawson.
New Orleans Times: Capt. jesse X.
Bell received o letter from Capt. Frank
Hicks on yesterday, In which he stated
that he had purchased the steamer
Ajax, TO use her machinery for his new
boat, now building at Cincinnati. = >
Per contra to the foregoing the Mem
phis Avalanche says: Capt. Frank
Hicks has contracted for new machin.
cry, and his trade for the towboat Ajax
is thought 10 be of.
Harry MatsOn, star-g zer ofthe Col
orado, gave US q piano concert, yester-
day, on board the boat, assisted by his
"pard," Ziegler, who performs admira-
bly, on the gourd trumpet. On the way
down a passenger bad some fox hounds
aboard aud Ziegler tried the effect oil
bis horn on them. As they didn't yelr
ct all, Matson pronounced them worth
less curs and gave them a few touches
Of the piano 10 bis mastery style, when
they howled the very inside bark GU
of themselves We tell you, wher
Matson chaws up que Of Beethoven''
symphonies it makes you feel like 1
sugar squirrel turning 6 %rock.CandI
cage with ginger bread trimmings; III
so sweet.
The following communication con.
tainS matters Of interest 10 steAmboa
owners and builders:
MIDDLETowN, No. May 4.
River Editor 81. Louis Republican;
Dear sir-As rapid tranSit lie the all'St
soTbing topic among river men at present
1t is In place to make suggestions. l ode
the following: All tn %pFOpeliers In pres
ent use, either screw or paddle, aud an
that may be proposed to work In ope
wa er do not now and never can give bac
q lair proportion OF the force employed t
rotate them on account OF their not dTiviD
all the water against VIII Oh they press !
straight line a%stern, which 10 the onl
direction in which II should he driver
The screw or paddle In open water one
every facility for the water 10 escap
around the edges and ends OF the bladeI
It is the properly Of fluids to recede irOT
pressure and will find the way itleft opeI
aud not until q new departure 10 take
from the present practice can "
expect any material increase Of speed an
economy OF fuel. The balanced propelle
pair OF which the celebrated boat bull
ers, the HowaTds, now have and Will 500
test. have the tWo.fOl1 advantage OF draw
ing forward and pushing straight at
None Of the water a possibly enter
leave In any other direction, and will thu
ecOnOmize and make available all Ii
force exerted on them by the engine, an
prevent the loss that all other c0ntrivanct
are subject TO. This propeller 10 the on
one that can be used effectively In shallo
water, as the full effect Of q six-foot whe
can be obtained In two feet OF water, A
other advantage this style OF wheel hi
over all others is that where extra spec
or power is required the area OF the ,pI,
polling surface may be made to exceed Y
area Of the submerged er0ss.sectiOn oil U
JAMES CURTIS