The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-19
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,,eneh mark. Indicates rise. tIndicates tall
There was II sudden change IN ne weather
Friday night and yesterday " ~ ~ cool ny IL |
was warm on Friday. oil signs 81 rain having
s1 hnsipess wae very good. The Golden City
arrived yesterday morning hnd had gnnh
miscellaneous freight s. return VIZ 49, eVoa-
nTfhe Annie Z. silver failed 70 arrive IL time 70
ma been postponed until D. m, tomorrow. y
GOOD ot III freight was received for her part n
which Tas I5o snssa eoe h ana wi 3 P ha r'o
fI,hs Donnie Leo bas beeu taken over the river.
The N. White arrived yeatar,Wvy ysI mnrn ,gh9
s alf and returned 81 lid White Mr. Delaney
sys Z he Wht s1 sf il
enough. Ice Carpenter returned ~ ~ "hlee
Sant Isaao Kouns. who has been spending
several days Iii the city. returned 10 his home
on the htchafalaya Yesterday. .r,,,,,o ~ ar
rive to-day. the Centennial t9-morroW ana me
lohp It'll Rhodes Tuesday. The Cherokee II due
a Th y Fansohon. Gapt II. IL nrond. will arrive
to leavs Tuesday for the Atcbafalnpn. ,,
The John Wilson will arrive 70 leave Wednes-
m 4 Iii our "reminiscences Of low water in Red
Aver yesterday for and Swain road 1hop smhu,,
a Isaauau ol Haryay. Uol Hnneu; uapt Lah
Wick Capt. .Lodtoick, and for Fort thompson
1e IL ID not probable that any steamers will be
amt from here ID wnsh out channel In gid
FLYER for tho present ct any rate az ,a Tho
nantAjn of the dreagohDnt Lone Star has teie-
"rppnhaa to Major Benyaurd at st. Louis that he
has already lew water channel nnd c , keap
Il open. The next boat down will tell the story
M III the depth OF that channel.
T6e Sam Roberts. with two barges. LETT yester-
tInT FOR Ht. Louis, taking $500 sacks q SAT- Chpt.
lark Goodrich Is In command. =.
Carr. j. straszer. late Of the Q. g. Wagner. y
omand & the new snsgo9a T6 Gon Megs In
command. will arrive to leave Wednesday, ~
usual for Memnhis.x Nv
the iist OF agents OF the 0honeau and Franz
The Yazoo did not leave fer the Atchataia,yaa
yesterday, uapt. ora at's having eone'uaea
The tri-weekly upper cohst packet Beile, IN
place of Tho Whispar. leaves Tomorrow at y T.
N. for Bayou Goula, =. A. oomstoek III com
Tha tri weekly upper coast packet Clara 3; In
place Of the Eve. ohna. Dab,monnl lma Wei,
The Bayou Sara United stntos, meil packet e.
Il y. Gay, John j. Brown master leaves to-mor-
III The fieet aud handsome Frank Pargoud, J. "
Tobin master, John IL. Hail clerk leaves To-
N morrow tor dreenvilla.
REGULAR PACKETS FOE TUESDAY.
y Emma Irvine. Lower Coast. -.,.1l Y. q
q. p. Lee. ...... YiGksburg -. O. =. N N
The W. J. Behan. Capt. Geo. Wilkinson. viii
DO the Tuesday packet for Alexandria
Exchange Clippings.
III. LouIs. oct, 15.-The General Rueker loft
this evening for the sunk.n steamer M hate L
Koung. twenty miles atove Memphis Ihe boat
wns not insured but the cargo OF 200 TONS is
nostly nsrad ID INV h ur sans, h
u boat. Capt Kounz thinks she can be raised.
HorErIain, Ark. Oct. lS.-Katie r. Kountz
struck yesterday III y. m. III crossing from
Randolph Point 10 Island ~, IN twelve feet II
]. miles above Memphis. There is - feet for
ward Oh outside deck. and teet from fire
@oAs' JAMES LEFTE1DGE. Master.
The boat WIS ri sternwheeler built at ptts,
Of $50 TONS and cost about $40 900. She was 2oa
feet long. 3t Get beam and 4Nt feet deep She
had two boilers, four cylinders. 10 aud % inches
Iii diameter A. feet stroke, Az first the Eekeft
was ordered to 80 to her. but attorward II was
decided TO send q pump 70 her on anotner boat
yicksburg Commercial. October l ie; .oa
Will return to- night. She got 6ag bales cotton
from tho CARROLL. 90 bales from Delta and will
ri S See Laenrrv Five from New Orleans about dark
last evening. with Il fair trip, aud will get oil
aoo sacks sect from the Iefore. She has on
ragements below to fill her out she has the
Katie barge az lighter.
The Mary liza. towing seed barge. came up
from New Orleans sunday afternoon. She
dropped the barge at Vtdaia and lett Tor below
' Another Hole. in tho Wall Over two acres Of
ground, including the steamboat lan no i
the.Wall" last Friday night, carrying with It
lefty trees tho tops Of which sre not even yisi-
have been fully twenty feet niah, NJ we ara In
n formed that d fishing boat, nloored just oppo-
M site the cave was thrown epon the bar great
distance. There wa Oh the landing Just pre-
! vious to the cavinE. large amount Of freight;
. part OF which consisted OF several Thousand
feet Of lumber. COCO shingles. 27o sacks or seed
y and d lot W haGging. ties and sundries put of
BY the White q few hours before the bank gays
& Of three bundlts Of shineles. ANY boat when
might have been there ct thu time would have
s thars ana ,es hours ana or ns TO m
occurrence, 1t may be said she had a narrow
Especial 10 the Democratl
CINCINNATI, Oct 1s.--The rain at the head
waters OF the Ohio gives boatmen faint hopes
81 rise: lt was raining at Pittsbnrg and ~
I'll here. = Ths Paris G. Brown il loading at, St
]. Louis to eagesfor New Orleans on Tuesday
u Steam was raised at St Louis to day on The new
floating elevator. owned by the barge line and
intended 10 he located at Cairo The river Il
still teceding here, Tbere ate only twenty -four
ST. Louis, Oct, ~. The rivor ~ falling, s1l
feet on the. gnuge No, arrivals or. dopart-
ares. The ID. H. DIrfee leaves for NicAshura
Tomorrow. TIE Tidal Wave leaves for New
Orleans on Tuesday. Business good
CAIRO Oct ls.-The John a. Scudder cleared
loaded to the water. The Florence Myers ant
Batesyille are here filling out.
TBy Telegrauh.l
SSss CINCINNATI, Oct. ls.z-The river fs feet !
@tnches ana falling. The weather Ia clear ant
PITrsBURs. Oct. 1s.-The river Is ~ inches
and stationary. The weather is Cloudy anG
CAIRO. Oct. ls-Arrlved: Clinton from Eieks
burg ut ii y. III. Departed: Fanny LEWIS tol
at IL, Clinton for St. Louis at q: n. The riee,1
So Is feat 10 inches and rising. The weather il
clear and cool.