The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-16
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Cincinnati ............. 3
Nashville .,............
New Orleans...-........ ~
q sPlttsburg .t...-.... l o
III, Louis. s................ q
isGnk slnW bia water marx 0, 1874 sBel9w
bench mark. Indicates RISE Indicates fell.
The weather yesterday was warm and show
4 CRY. with prospects Of more rain at this Wri-
The Dacotah. for st. Louis, had 1900 packages
forwarding freight and Y good lot OF mtscella-
fas sen R sPrssd fps e. from the Qua
chita. and returned TO help the John Wilson In
The Laura Ice left yesterday noon after
Or perhaps To White river. Ike Ashton and It.
cep asaeys a Ba BE- e 81 Il, sam Roberts. left
yesterday By rail for, Middleporf. Ohio, having
bsen f the bedside OF bis mother
Mr. II: MolaIson, clerk ~ the Yasoo. arrived
on the Ke Kinney H. s na The YaS29 - od
WORKING her way out T.. The Yazoo il below
Chambers, neal. the mouth. whore there is from
1870 "a inches OF water. TIE Bertha ia In the
ea e 81 out The d. p sten had q ao leavs
some Of her cotton on barge. The 70 Bryarly
@ 70 Es T. 1
o the opaeha and the Hsr6er 70 t tie Aeha
The dredReboat Lone Star is mt work near the
mouth but the chan oil fills up almost as fast
as u made. she is not doing great deal Of
The J. n: White will not leave FOR dreenyIlle
Y To-day. The Thompson Dean goes out In her
n TIE Kate Kinney arrived from st. Louis
rig WORK u fseovsrins Jig COZ sunk q VII, /,
Going On ID to % dae u y bsrses
have been recovered Tor We Ins Company. 7'oe
Rssganglrg T. oap Sweeney aboq eco no g
10000 for Moore b Co., 10000 to 1900 for y. D.
Wood q Bros. .oCl 10 1900, for Lambert Il o..
for W. q. Wiimot b Go.
The Yazoo. xpected to arrive last night, 10 re-
ceiving TO leave to-day ut D. m. for the A'chafa
lAya. VIM. Crawford la command. IT, MolntsOn
The Kate Kinney was twelve days out from
bs.Feen Cairo ana Vickaburg. and took on her
grounded three times, losing fifteen hours and
I'll Th IL sssf T. MI MA. AI artssom for file Of
liz Annie r silver viii DO the Anchor Line
The Mississippi Valley Transportation Com
panyis steamer John Gilmore and barges IL.
II. symmes In command leaves to-day at - III.
or Bt Louis.
Capt Hegler telegraphs that his great Golden
Saturday Tor Giro, it. Louis and Cincinnati:
The Bonnie Lee will be the Saturday boat for
The Fanchon will arrive to leave Saturday for
Capt. II. u. Harper offers the st. Francis Belle
The I9lloYng arrears g Il, % adysrtlsemeut
OFFICE or TIE PABIsoT LINE. /
Vieksburg. MISS. . ,tober IL, 1879. ]
\ Editor Vicksburg Herald:
You ere authorized to state that the parr yraph
going the rounds OF the newspapers. to tho
effect that the Parisot Line Of IGSoO boats had
been sold out T. mistase y ha e., not been
Capt. y. FL. Parisot and will continue to ply In
the interest OF the people Of the great Missis.
sippi valley. ...tu,,u
Yours FeGs y SAkkSLiL Superintendent
The owr f2f n T ass Emma eaT Irvine u
at Il O'clock !; 70. for Orange Farm.
Aueoin. N. Il. Landry eek leaves at u O'Clock
The THOMPSON Dean. In place Of the ]. N.
clerk. leaves to-day al s j. n for Yicksbnrg.
Greenvllle and the bends.
The Clara g., tn place Of the Eva. Charles De-
usual. at II q. m. for Wehams. Ut. james
p The Bayou Sara United States mail packet i.
.. Gay. John j. Brown master leaves to-mor
fG lie j. n a u Id Richardson IL receiving to
Greenville. Capt. a. McVa7 Ia command.
Exchange Clippings. October NJ.
Cincinnati Enquirer:
dapt, John Covden pr ,sed through tho city
yesterday en- route to Quincy. H., 70 attend ~
ID well pleased with the success Of his visit \
East and Il in strong ho q ct aeenE his Plan
Tor q, 81 the Mississippi adopted
S zas SAYS: parlas the low watel Of 1854
Cant, VIM. Knight, with the Irene, and Com. ".
Gus Donnallv.. with the Bridge City. had the
river. from Big Sandy to Cincinnati: pretty
much to Themselves; It was Ca9t !. Knights u
put the Irene in the Maysville trade and had
pilots, our Lew Morris was second CLERK. When
the boat would get aground Instead Of taking the
yaWl, with three or four rousters to. pull. and
nice painted stick to try the water Wltn the cap
tain and .nilotr would jump overheard and hunt
around I'LL they found the place. then come back
hs oa hsn ber wo o Fe aa ndsr Rsr from
sag to s clerks N9w bqys want yog t. BE-
Vile We from ss 50 TO g. and pound ,freights
7sc 70 = per 100, and as the-e was no railway up,
pe Dec f he could handle. 20 One Monday morning
he backed the Irene, out from Maysville with, a
bis staff and peked Up big TIP p aong
where she ran hard aground, and as this was
before the days 81 the Niger engine there was
~ ether remedy but s9 pu a hands to WEEK
went the spar. and the click click of the capstan
could be heard all night. and the next Tuesday
ma Iiraa III ths q, " ~ ana ~. ~ hsv
Spuld get and went through by land. The
next Wednesday evening the crew. all worked
down and disc9munraged;; said the boat could not
walking around in his bare feet and shirt
sleeves In deep study. when he called to man
on Tie shore and asked him Il he knew where
he could get some road serapers and
oxen. The man told him he knew Of two
scrapers and two yoke OF oxen, but they were
at daylight next morning every man, and boy
on the boat had a hoe or q. shovel. and with the
lance OF $50 feet long and so feet wide. and by
O'clock had the boat spared into. 1t and over
the bar, and the boat put In some three weeks
time, and as he was arter maxim 1t count. by
the time the rise came he owned the whole nQet
and had enough to buy the Buckeye Belle. He
hnats and LIZ all 4.sa with the Old Irene