Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-06
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Little Rock. -. ....... 80.
New Orleans. 10 ....
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Below nigh water marx of 1874.
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS YESTERDAY.
Time Bar. rher Wind. E Esiil Weather.
5 5 5$ e. e. $50 $50 &, 81 s $:::
Maximum therAometer, 80 Gez.
minimum thermometer. "a deg.
BY Telegraph.
PITTsBURG, June 5-River 2 feet, and |
stationary. Weather-cloudy and rainy.
EvANsvILLE, June 5-Rver falling, 10 |
feet by the guage. Weather-warm and |
clear; thermometer 80 deg.
VICKsBURG, June 5.-River is stationary.
Weather-cleeE; thermometer, "a deg. Up: |
City of Vicksburg, IL am. No boats down.
NEW ORLEANS, June .-Weather- partly |
cloudy aud showery; thermometer, 79 deg. |
Arrived: New Mary Houston, Cincinnati. |
No departures.
ST.. LOUIS, June 5.-River has risen
inches, and Is now Is feet s inches on the
gauge. Weather-cear and hot. Arrived
Shreveport, New Orleans; Gold Dust, Vicks-
burg.
LOUISVILLE, June 5.-River falling slowly,
chute on the falls. Mediterranean and
clear. Departed; Mitchell, New Orleans;
Gaff, Memphis.
CINCINNATI, June 5.-River 10 feet
inches, and falling. sather-clear and
warm. Arrived: John A. Wood New Or
leans. Departed: John A. Wood an3 the
hghthouse-tender Lilly, Pittsbnrg.
CAIRO, June 5-Noon.-W eather-clear
and warm. Arrived. Thomas Sherlock. Gin
cinnati. 9 pm; Ste. Geuevieve, Memphis,
midnight, Departed: Ste. Genevieve. st.
Louis, 9 am. -. .Night-River II feet 5
inches, and rising. Weather clear; Their
mometer, so deg. Arrived! Iron Mount ain
New Orleans, pm.
1OveaeDts at tne Levee.
ARRIVALS.
Paris c. Brown, New Orleans; Illinois,
Arkansas City; Cons Millar, Cincinnati; City
CT Helena, st. Louis.
DEPARTURES.
Paris c. Brown, Cincinnati; Grand Tower
ST. Louis; City of Helena, Vicksburg; IlIi-
nois, Arkansas City.
Cons MilIar,
BOATS DUE.
DoUn-Osceola Belle, Thomas Sherlock.
Up-Coahoma, Josie Harry, Marlin Speed.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
FRIARs PoINT-Coahoma, Stack Lee mas
| ter, B pm.
OsoEoLA-Osceola Belle, ]. g. Andrews
master, pm.
NEW ORLEANs-Thomas Sherlock, Lew
Hates master. 4 pm.
Receipts Yesterday.
Paris G. Brown-20 pkgs sundres.
llinNs-27 bales cotton. 3 bags seed cot
ton, 33l sacks eotton-seed, "a pkgs sundries.
City OF Helena-l45 brls -four, 200 bris
| meal, log casks bacon, $50 sacks cora, %
| head stock, 8 bales cotton, $50 pkgs suUdrIes.
! Cons MIar-l400 bags corn, 575 brls meal
. 100 brls -four, so bales hay, $50 boxes miscel-
I laneous, $50 pkgs miscellaneous, IS pkgs fur
niture, so brls plaster, 80 hhds bacon, 10
| empty oil barrels, 800 empty dry barrels, 50
bdls shingles, IS bags bran, Is pigs moving
| machines, etc, 535 brls salt. 30 bIls yIneger,
| ETC., bale cotton.
Levee Paragraphs.
The little steamer R. S. Triplett arrived
yesterday from st. Francis river.
| The Future City and barges passed down
yesterday evening, for New Orleans.
The Grand Tower departed on time last
evening for st. Louis, with fair trip OF pas
senGers.
Receipts by the river yesterday were 81
bales cotton, bags seduction, 81 sacks
cotton-seed.
The Thomas Sherlock, Captain Lew Hates,
is due to-day at four o'clock en- route to New
Orleans. M. l. Viraen has charge OF her
office.
The Paris c. Brown, four days and a-hall
out from New Orleans to this place, passed
up yesterday morning for Cincinnati, with a
light trip.
The City of Helena passed down yesterday
evening for Vlcksburg, she put off here
1865 packages freight, and added so tons for
points below here.
e, In the last ten years the steamer Natchez
has paid into the cltY treasury of Natchez TIE
round little sum of thirty-six thousand dollars
for wharfage dues.
The Osceola Belle, Captain j. G. Andrews,
is the packet this evening at i've O'Clock for
Osceola and the upper bends. B. o. Mich
ell and Cyrus Fay are her clerks.
The Marlin Speed, Captain Ed Rowland
will arrive to-day and leaves again to-mor-
row evening at five o'clock for all points or
Arkansas river. Jimmy Thomson is In The
office.
The Coahoma, Captain Stack Lee, ia the
packet this evening at five o'clock for Hell
ena and Friars Point. John Gwathmey Ii
her clerk, assisted by John Haley and Plat
Rhodes.
; The Josie Harry, Ca tain James Klnman
will be found in port to-day receiving for hel
return trip to White river. She leaves to
; morrow evening at FIVE O'Clock. Walker
Outlaw Ia her clerk.
: The Coas Millar, Captain VIM. Tichenors
! arrived yesterday morning from the OhiC
=. river villa four hudred tons freight, and
leaves again tomorrow evening at fv,
O'Clock for all points on the OHIO river as ia
as Cincinnati. The Millar gives special rate
, to all points north. James Wilson will b.
found in charge of her Office.
Cairo Bulletin, Wednesday: "Pilots re
u | - F,,ll ~ A l.
q at several other places below" Yes, sir, tn
: U0Vds is full of snags all up and down tn
: river, but they will remain there unless tn
/, | government system of theorizing, etc , prove
a success, as it has never done yet. Trisngu
: lation, chart-making and other engineer
: foolishness may do well enough to improv
| channels, but 1t takes strong chain, deat
sure hold on it, with plenty OF main strength
= no matter hsw much awkwardness, to per
suade Mississippi river sna9 to "move on.
o A good snagboat, commanded by an oil
c experienced pilot, With crew of his owl
s selection, will do mora good 10 one mont
c than one as at present managed would do il
n ten years. We are not talking foolshness
c nor do we mean to reflect upon the govern
7, ment engineer service, but If a man wante
: to build steamboat and were to put the 10
ID IN the hands of a lot OF shoemakers, W
y would vote HIM free permit tie the lunati
], asylum, and return the shoemakers to the
Is legitimate field of usefulness. We will sin
:; few inches Of Jim BladSOc, and be dis
missed.
l. Oh, jim! Jim Durffl What do l want
lie Why, ! want you to wake up and come dow
q from that skid-pile; l want to AJAX you some
ID thing. Don't +, ell well2 Guess not, and
5. you lay up there much longer damfudon't G
e, dead. Say, Jim, what you reckon's the ma
/. ter with Price. of the Araldnche, and Mai
9. John Adams2 Don't knowP Didn't you 81
d, the fearful blast the old marine hero got th
IN morningP You say you don't read that p
c; per2 Well, | do-a dollar and ten cen