Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-01
FBelOw high water marx or 1874
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS YESTERDAY.
Maximum thermometer 5S deg.
Minimum thermometer % deg.
BY TeIeS graph.

10 feet on the shoals.
PITTsBURG, February 28.-River feet IL
inches, and falling. Weather-clear and cold.
NEW ORLEANS, February 28.-Weather-
clear; thermometer, 81 deg. Departed: }.
M. Chambers, st. Louis.
LOUISVILLE, February 28.-Weather clear
and cold. River stationary, with . feet
inches in the canal. Departed: Golden
Crown, New Orleans.
VICKsBURG, February 26.-Weather clear;
thermometer, So deg. River fallen inches.
2 pm; City of Vicksburg, II AM; Gold
Dust, 6 am.
CINCINNATI February 28-Noon.-River
rising. Weather-clear and moderating.
Night-River % feet inches, and rising,
Weather-clear and cold. Arrived: New
Mary Houston, New Orleans.
CAIRO, February % -Noon.-Weather
clear and cool. Arrived: Colorado, st. Louis,
8 pm; John Gilmore, New Orleans, 10 p M;
am; Belle st. Louis. Memphis, 8 am.
Departed: Colorado, Vicksburg, pm;
Sherlock. Cincinnati, noon. .Night-River
25 feet inches and falling. Weather-clear;
thermometer, IS deg. Departed: City of
Alton, New Orleans, l pm; Red Cloud,
Memphis, 2 pm; Annie P. Silver; St. Louis,
4 pm; Belle st. Louis, pm. The Silver
blew out cylinder head below Cairo and is
running with one wheel.
Movements at the Levee.
ARRIVALS.
Belle of Shreveport, E. 0. Stannard, st.
Louis; Josie Harry, White river; Golden
Rule, J. D. Parker, Cincinnati; Mollie Moore,
New Orleans.
Belle Of Shreveport, Golden Rule, E. 0.
Stannard, New Orleans; Osceola Belle, Osce-
ola; Coahoma, Friars Point; Red Wing,
VIcksburg; Mollie Moore, st. Louis.
IN PORT.
J. D. Parker, Josie Harry, Hattie Rowland
BOATS DUE.
Doton-Colorado, Thompson Dean.
Up-Geo. W. Cheek, John B. MaLde.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
NEW ORLEANS Thompson Dean, J. H.
Pepper master, 3 pm.
FRIARs PoINT-George W. Cheek, Stack
Lee master, pm.
WHITE RIvER-Josie Harry, Mit R. Har-
ry master, pm.
ARKANSAS RIvER-Hattie Rowland, John
J. Darragh master, pm.
CINcINNATI-James D. Parker, Charles B.
| Russell master, pm.
VIcKsBURG- Colorado, Sam M'Pheeters
| master, 10 am.
ST. LoUIs-John B. Maude, w. H. Blake
master, pm.
Receipts Yesterday,
Belle of Shreveport-300 SKIS oats, Al pkgs
| suDdries.
Z o. Stannard-4 bags eed-cotton, 400
brls -four, 800 boxes crackers.
| Josie Harry brought out of White river
| 597 bales cotton, 254 SKIS cotton seed, IL pkgs
| hides and furs, 80 casks bottles, Is boxes and
| hrlS puCS q pkOs sundrIfa
James D. Parker-351 pkgs hardware,
697 brls meal, 1896 bags corn, 425 brls and
p SKIS potatoes, 225 SKIS oats, lis brls -four,
Is tubs butter, Is boxes eggs, 2 coops poul-
try, bales cotton, IL SKIS cotton-seed, 100
| brls apples, 10 brls onions, So pkgs furniture,
| 81 brls whisky, 9 brls oil. l box tobacco,
bags seed, 200 kegs nails and 6l0 pkgs mer-
! chandlse.
I.evee Paragraphs.
Business fair.
Balmy, bright and beautiful
Packets had good trips out yesterday.
The Charles Morgan will pass up for Gin
| cinnati early tomorrow morning.
Bold Boreas bowed eVerybody's dust full
| of eyes down on the levee yesterday.
| Captain John J. Darragh of the Hattie
Rowland, was up town awhile yesterday.
Receipts by river yesterday were of cotton
COB bales; seduction, 6 bags; cotton-seed,
266 sacks.
Commodore John D. Adams, of the Adamq
Memphis and YIcksburg mail line, was in
the city yesterday.
The Golden Rule had 1900 tons freight
all she wanted-and fair trip of people, as
she passed down for New Orleans yesterday
| afternoon.
The Belle of Shreveport, after dlscharging
800 sacks oats, Al packages sundries, and
adding $50 sacks oats, passed down for New
Orleans yesterday
The Red Wings trip showed decided
improvement over former trips yesterday, as
she backed out for Ficksburg, and the smile:
i on Captain George Malone's countenance
were correspondingly numerous.
Lee, is billed for Friars Point at the usual
hour this evening. Will Houston and Nat
Banks, of the office, make everybody happy
who have dealings with them.
The Hattie Rowland. the pet of the Ar
kansas trade, Captain John j. Darragh il
command, leaves for Arkansas river, through
to Little Rock, at the usual hour this even
ing. A. J. Nj 'Conuell is in the office.
Alf Grissom, of the Henry Frank, came NJ
from New Orleans by rail yesterday, In ad
vance of his boat. He is making contract
for shipments of freight by that steamer
which leaves for New Orleans next Wednes
day.
The E. o. Stannard, from st. Louis 70
| New Orleans, stopped here long enough yes
terday to discharge 704 packages freight anC
add i2l boxes Memphis manufactured soap
She passed on down about three o'clock il
the afternoon.
, The Anchor-line packet Colorado, Captain
Sam M'Pheeters, passes down for Vicksburl
at ten o'clock this morning. Charles Dues
mel Is chief clerk. She will be found at til
Anchor-line wharf boat at the time appointed
: Tne Cairo and st. Louis packet at fou
o'clock this evening IS the popular Anchor
line John b. Maude, Captain William q
Blenker in command, with William Blenke
r in the office. She is one of the punctua
packets In arrivals and departures, so be Oh
, time.
. The Jas. D. Parker, Captain c. B. Russell
, arrived from Cincinnati last evening with
: good trip OF both freight and people. Sh
/ registered lightweight passengers on tn
; trip, the most of them beng for Memphis
/; The Parker's way business was very large
| II l. L.o,., :.