The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-23

DeBouGhel master. Sept T0ea anu Ell Daily
clerks. leaves. to-day as uBuni at II q M Tor new
The new and fleet Bayou sara an and g gh
Tinted States a rseE e.
III Th 1, ndependent coast and Bayou Lafourche
Bereeron clerk. leaves to-day at y. M.
The regular trt- weekly upper eoast PACKER
Emma Irvine, ]. 4. Ruiz muster. u. IT, fnalletIe
The, New Orleans and Opelousas Packet Com
Ii. broad master Theo. JOHN clerk, leaves to-
morrow at o. m.
The Yazoo len es tomorrow at p: m for
WASHINGTON and all way points On the Atehafa-
laya. Vim. Crawford IN command. y. D. Schmidt
s The j. w. Cannon. J. 9. Libano master. leaves
Tho N. O. and II. X. 4. Company will send the
Silver City "Wednesday TO Shreveport .i,, aaa ~
John In Rson ah e oaaahita CIV @
The United states mall packet THOMPSON
Dean. Capt VIM. Campbell. Tom U. Howard
clerk, leaves Tomorrow for Vieksburg ana way
Tie Grand Lake and barges have passed
Memphis. will arrive to-day or TO morrow a le
Louis Capt. John A. Stevenson. the agent,
will tmpnrt oil information In regard 70 her 20
shippers. "a ...,aa ,.,4
learn Tat TIE svor No. d which Il
ing up the upper coast. is doing goo'u l WORK 70
the rice plantation. anu mas 40 nearly I'LL Gov
ef The s teiwWeeRy packet Henry Tete leaves to-
nodnss az oo % n Tie trenton at
jacksonville for oil landings on Bayou La
fourche.. j. ~
crossing from Hard scrabber to the mouth OF
Bayou Pierre. This change Ia necsssitated bY
the extension Of the center bar at Brulnsburg.
Immediately below the crossing.
Exchange clippings. June 70.
Louisville Courier-J Journal:
A marked activity Just now prevails at all the
Western .shipyards. and number OF boats Tor
the Southern trade are now In process OF con-
struction. being an evidence that the past seq
son. though not as profitable az some preeed
nE nns nso q he esp ad
The New Mary Houston ought TO make On IN /.
usually quick "trip South this time, as she left
81 tssm ars and shipped
goe Miliers boiler Yard fhey were splendid
specimens OF workmanship, and The same es-
Enlistment is busy making moro Just Ike
them
Cincinnati amt a seaport town. but there's
Only sixteen Inches OF water at Plttsburg In
OF It. 11s'A' ''llo u+' e0e' aA00'e = -
Evansville Journal:
A startling incident occurred On the Paris O:
Selma. Ala. about siztT-hve years Ct age. who
on his way to W. Louis. went into the barber-
shop. and. noticing "a old razor lying On the
stand remaI ked to the barber that he had one
just like 1t. and requested permission to look ct
turned his back 70 him. white made eight fright,
one on the other. just missing the iugular BIZ
fraction but causing profusfon of blood; The
negro. seeing wnat, was done. run out and gave
the alarm, aud assistance was quickly rendered
and the victim sent to the hospital. At noon
yesterday 1t was not determined whether the
wounds. would prove fatal or not No cause Is
known for the rae b act
Shreveport Times:
The river In the last IA hours fell inches.
The new gauge now raads feet and inches
There was nothing whatever doing along the
landing yesterday.
Memphis Avalanche:
Capt. j.. ID. RAndie has succeed In getting
over 1000 bushels OF coal out Of the stranded
boats on shoe fly bar; he also saved the bottom
OF one Of the boats and was enabled to float II OIL
sufficient depth OF water for him to do 50.
mouth Of White river with four barges contain
after them q few days einee.
BIT. Louis Times-J Journal:
Did ger ever hear tell ov the Wa IT, the 1e aun
said an old time pilot to number Of younger
members Of the craft. who were grouped about
him "a the leyee yeserdssy. !, tho
/
| listeners.
| .'Taffy,. chimed in q tbirdl
| mo faint" replied the veteran. It's facts
good solid hard facts-hat's what I'm givin'
| YOU"
The old man paused for moment, but no one
| broke the silence, and he went on:
Gee the Nnnsneh HI, bad , been In The trade s
| crossin's bars, landin' and Instructions bet
tern anybody. Why. old Jim Frame. who'd
stearn her from the fust, used to say that he
| couldn't larn her nuthin.' She knoWed 1t ell.
And It's good thing she did-you hear me-
| for one night Frame got interested IN game
| Of draw and never went near the ptlot-house
| till after breakfast next day. and when he Law
bolt The wheel b. found the boat tied W to the
| that's what / call playin' 1t alone and maxim
| it."
The listeners looked at each other. but said
| nothing Then the old man added, IS he
walked off: They don't make them kind oy
| boats now, nor them kind ov pilots neither.
Why the Nunsuch's .rudder .knowd morn any
| of ye." Some Of the boys looked as though they
| thought the old man was telling the truth.