Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02
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Receipts by the river yesterday were 1888 bales
cotton.
The Batesville departed last evening for st Fran
The Maumelle departed last evening for Arkansas
river with & good trip.
The Thomas Means and DargeS passed up last
evening for ST. Louis.
The Golden Crown passed down yesterday morn
ing for New orleans, loaded fiat.
The Ouachita Belle departed on time for Vicks-
Car tain j. J. Darragh of the Steamer Hattie Now
land, arrived home Monday night by rail from Lit
The Guiding Star. Captain W. B. Miller, passes up
to-day at FIVE o'clock for Cincinnati. John S.
The owners OF the Hattie Rowland Will not bring
that steamer away from Little Rock until there is
We learn that Captain Tom Darragh is going to
retire from the command of the Maumelle to engage
| in business In Little Rock.
The Annie P. Silver passed down yesterday morn
| Ing for New Orleans. she put of here 1900 pack
| below.
The osceola Belle, Captain ]. G. Andrews. is the
packet this evening at five O'Clock for Osceola and
the upper bends. B. o. Michel and Al Spears are
her clerks.
The crowd around the Peabody last night was
SmaTtly sprinked with steamhoatmen. all anxious
| to catch something that would give clue to future
the Anchor-llne company, we learn, have cap
tured the Illinois She is one of the steamers said
| to have been purchased by Captain John ID, Adams
day before yesterday.
The Union compress Company have established
eommodious wharf OF their own at the mouth OF
Wolf river, with unsurpassed facilities for loading
| steamers with cotton.
The new steamer W. P. Halliday, Captain E. W.
Gosld, passes Gown this evening at five O'Clock for
New Orleans and all inter mediate landings. e. W.
| Gould, iF. pTeSides In her Office
! The COahOma, Captain Henry Cooper; is the
packet this evening at i've O'Clock for Helena and
FTiaFS Point. William Smitn6T Is her clerk, assisted
By Frank Ellison and Plat Rhoades.
The Robert Mitchell, five days out from New Or
five hundred tons of freight eighty passengers in
the cabin, and a good number Of deckers
The Hard Cash, Captain Ed c: Postal on deck, Is
the packet this evening at five O'Clock for ali points
White river. going through to JacksonpOrt Chas.
NJ. Postal Is her clerk, assisted by j. g Wycoff.
Captain NIilt R. Harry, of the Josie Harry, who we
hear was one of the delegates TO the river conven-
tiOn cincinnati, learn in the city last night
looking for the shortest route to Washington City
the river sanctum of the APPEAL was graced with
G. Wash Thompson, of the James ". Gsf, last
night. Tracy was present. and ably assisted us in
entertaining our distinguished visitors.
A packet. We hetr, Is being fitted up by our mer-
chants to run regularly between Memphis and AT
kansas City We give this as we hear It, but II comes
from unquestiOnable source, and we may look for
something startling to turn up IN a few days.
court Judge Hammond viii read his decree in the
| admiralty case In which tho Illinois, A. ]. White
and q. W. Cheek involved. Persons Interested,
and mariners generally, may discover something to
their advantage by listening.
good friend stack Lee, of he Geo. W. Cheek He is
being carefully nursed by friends, and we hear is
Frustrated By sickness from hts usefulness In the
river eommercs of Memphis.
With all our vigilance we were the victim of a
huge Apri' fool joke yesterday We were invited TO
steamb at ROE to the compress cotton wharf at
the mouth of Wolf. 1t took just one hour and three
quarters STEADY pulling against wind and tide, to
make The trip We are hired to s1Dpress nameJ OF
/ all concerned. Tn boats par suffered.
TIE legislative ellis attention is called to the
| fact thai he plank walks on Court and Monroe
deal less of the wharfage fund might be iudciOusly
utilized repairing them than II would take to ray
dam lgeS in suit for some disaster that Is likely to
occur in their present condition LogoS sGpterltie
Notwithstanding the efforts of the smart
Alexis yesterday. the harmless efforts of the
APPE vef 10 ESt up an ApP lC DOL S S
| enjoyed the joke gOod-humoredly with our victims,
and the gentlemen alluded to may hide their faces
in shame at the failure of their efforts to give us
away" There Is danger in trying TO be smart once
I'm WHILE especially when enc is not accustomed to
1t, as an overdone job IL verse than ole not we'll
| done.
| the James W. Gaff taken The operator positively
refused to sit the boat until something ameutal
was placed on her hurricane roof and Captain Wise
was in trouble until the APPEAL chronicler happened
In that locality, when the at the box signaled
necessary to say that the CATS fortune is made.
copy will acorn the walls Of the river sanetum OF the
There's bellintheVjnd about mail and packet mat
tsrs from Mem ohis down, and the most diligent
what's up. There's new deal. and If it takes all
| summer we will call the cards from the deck. We
have made proper inquiries at headquarters that the
correct statement might be given, and thus far have
failed; and hate to have TO resort to tse pubca-
ests are in Jeopardy and the APPEAL will give
proper warnibg to our merchants. From present
indications 1t seems that we ara the victims OF a
| clean sell-out.
| The James W. Gaff, Captain r. W. Wise, sails for
the Ohio at the usual hour this afternoon, and we
are glad note with the best prospects of all she
wants in the way OF freight Her cabins, elegantly
arranged they are, deserve TO be filled with pas
| sengerS. who, We satisfied. would never grow
weary of telling of Captain Wlse'S hospitality The
Office of the Gaff Is presided By that genial gen
| tleman and eTudte scholar, Captain q. Wash
| Thompson, whose greatest sin is mode5ty. Billy
Byars holds the fort Just opposite with hiss liquid
Inspiration, of the great essentials to comfort
alb 8 voyage by steamer. s.fety is assured in the
fact that KelsOe and his 'pard' are at the wheel.
FONT forget that trip after next (nay 6th) the CAT
gives our young people grand May excursion fes-
tiyal, With Bob Wise as Queen Of the May, Mother