The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-01-12
RIVER NEWS.
SIGNAL SERVICE REPORT.

81, @ IS. 49,: . II
JAMES N. WATSON,
SERGEANT signal Service. U. 4. A
FrOm the Cincinnati Commercial, 10Th. ::
THE Sgw-TANaLEp STEAMER.
The " Bradley Promethor," an inyen,
ton IN the way ofa vessel, To be propelled
by what the H. venLOr claims tv De n new
"motor," arrived In Baltimore several
days ago, says the american, and WAS
visited by Hon. j. l.. invnas ut the
request OF her owner, who claims that Az
the vessel Is not " be propelled by steam
no license 10 required. MIR, IhOmae,
however, after examining the machl.ury
and motive power OF the " PronlutL0r."
decided that she was stcAn>
boat and must take out y
government license ~ such. provided the
Inspectors are Satisfied that her boilers
are made ~ accordance with the steam.
boat law an SUCH case made aud pro-
yided." Mr. Bradley 10 from Cambridge,
Md, and claims that tho actual motive
power In IA certain kind Of gas, which In
evolved by mechanical disintcgralioD.
the water Icing forced through solid oil,
yer by hydrOsLatlc pressure, which IL
automatic, and Is operated by the engine.
This product IL introduced into small
cells Of one Inch diameter, made OF the
best decarbDnized steel, aud there quick
ened Into gas by heat, which does not
need ~ be over The ordinary temperature
10 Produce steam. There IL no water
introduced az water into the gen.
orators. The apparatus, he claims,
contains nothing bnt pure Ras without
any likeness 10 steam boiler. Three
hundred pounds pressure can be had
IRON a thimbleiull OF water and the press
ure can be raised any degree 10 thousands
to the square inch by regulating the Brp.
ply OF water. The gas frequently reaches
so Intense safe AZ 10 show great slgns
Of electrical action, but before being nd,
mitted to the cylinder Of the engine It In
oxidzed, which fully prepares 1t to act
with all the smOothnesB Of stsnrn on The
piston. The vessel Il yacht, % feet
long, and IL Ia said has made IL miles In
an hour and half. She lies on The south
side 0. the basin.
The feature Of the day was the arrival
Of the New Mary Houston from New
Orleans on her first trip, which proved
successful In every particular. financially
and otherwise. Her speed shows cons
clusiveIy she IA n faster boat with 1000
tons than the old Houston with 600 tons,
and that .he handles with ease. She ran
from Louisville 10 Madison In 6 hours.
with 700 tons. including Il landing along
side the Charlie Bowen In the river TO take
the Captain OF the latter on board.
Capt. Thomas NcClosky died At Pitts-
burg Wednesday night.
The coal men at Pttsburg have formed
an organization tor the purpose OF regu>
lating the price Of coal at Cincinnati and
Louisville. II Ia intended TO have all
the coal owned hy those 10 the arrange
ment put under control Of one man At
each point, which will obviate the nect T.
sity Of agents and keep the market uni,
form.
The Comm.rcli says: Col. Frank
Baker, late river editor OF the Cincinnati
Tme:, !e.t IN the Vint 5hinkle last night
tor Memphis. on his mission south for
the Boston Poet. He will remain long
enough At Memphis 10 interview Coz.
y. NJ. Jones and Capt w l.. Trask. and
possibly take passage with Capt. Pepper
| on the Thompson Dean for New Orleans.
Col. Baker Ia an evangelical Murphy.
Bully tor Col. Baker. May he live to
see all the world wearing temperance
ribbon OF some color.
Ice from the Waba'h passed shawnee,
town Wednesday.
The Mollie Moore brought l73 barrels
nolasses. II hogsbeads sugar. "A bales
cotton, Tor Evansville; 10 barrels molas,
ses for Henderson. aud has u good trip
tor st..Louis.
Captain X. w. DuQsn and diver Al
nfrfsarrlved from vicksburg yesterday.
Captain Dugan goes to st. Louis and Al
burris TO Cincinnati, to>iay. We learn
from them that they are now prepared to
take the heaviest and solidest stern wheel
steamers and tow-boats, having invented
plan by which they can be raised with
out fall. They don't propose to lose any
more sunken tor.hosts.
The George spangler, with W. w.
Coles circus on board, arrived here a,
noon. yesterday.
The Belle Memphis for Memphis.
fdlewild tor Evansville. Jim Flax tor Pa
ducah are due to-day. Ice IL still floating
out Of the Mississippi. but IL quite soft.
Mr. J. Y. Bristol, the organist, and
Col, Lowery went TO Paducah on the Jim
FAX last night Bristol goes To stay
about three weeks, dunng which time he
will canvass tor subscribers to the Mur.
ply movement book just issued.