The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-08
Exchange Clippings. August :.

| Cincinnati Enquirer: t
The glass lights OF the new Naten 1 III "
| Ing ground at the establishment Of Coulter 10
| Son East Front street. The designs IRE
| original and unique. The portraits O. TWEEN
| tyltwo prominent Indian cheftains have been
selected aud are being hfouEhg i,, pn9 - ehe
| glass, lii VI manner artistic ana sklilini+
Mr.. 8 r.. Jones, inventor OF the iataous
| cf,u,ensers. is in the city to see his patent
properly placed On board tha new Matches
Many Eastern cities have adopted the CON
danssrs with satisfactory results, aud it is
nrnbabIa the invention will ultimately prove
the following order was issued this morn
ing Nv Dr. Minor to shippers and transporta-
ttDn companies.
| New feathers old metal. cotton. sugar, mo-
lasaas. roots, herbs and hides are allowed to
enter the port Of Cincinnati, provided the
same are accompanied by the proper ceitti-
cate and come from flun-infecteH points. The
shipment Of rags, paper stock and household
goods from points South Is absolutely for
bidden. THOMAS g. MINOR.
Health O1icnr.
IT will be seen BY the above that the quar-
anlins rules have been modified.
The Sectional Dry Dock Company ut Ut.
Louis wants fifty ship carpenters. Wages,
81 30 per day.
Tie amount appropriated by the river nnd
harbur appropriation bill for tbs current ifs
cal year was over s9.5Oe.o0p. This amount
has been placed tn the credit ri this Wal De-
partment and It IL proposed 10 spend the ca
tire sum in making the Improvement author
izeh by said act,
The sums appropriated for Ohio, Tonnes
SEE kentucky, West Virginia. Indiana and
Illinois, are as follows: Dhip-Harbofs Of
Cleveland. $tOo,0oo. Cincinnati, 500 .ooo: I"e-
do, s2OeD0; Port Clinton SO 900, Aslltahua,
S91Ov ssanidnsky City, S1oOoo Muskingun
river. $4,000: total, S22aogo lsttnesseH
Cumberland river, $4,000; Mississippi ut
Memphis, $4,000; Tennessee river. ~ 900;
Hiawassaa river, $1,000; total. St2l 900 Ken
njrrA "
river, $4,000, total, S112ooo West VII
ginia-G Great kanawFt,. &I500D0. Lit
Tie kanawha, $4,000, Monongahela, sl2,op0.
Elk 5000; Guyandotte, $1,000; total, $780,
White river, S25 900. Wabash river. s2o,ooo,
to al, $4,000 Illinois Harburs of CHI ago,
$4,000, Galena, $1,000; Calumet. $1,000,
Illinois river. $4,000; Mississippi at Quincy,
$2ooeD; Rock Island rapids. $4,000; total
$l65,n0O. Beside the above the States getting
the heaviest amounts urs New York, S5lS,O00,
Pennsylvania 1867, 300; Virginia, $3.50, 900,
Alabama, S3sD0p0: Texas, S2G6.ono;. Lonist-
ana, SG55, Go9 Michigan. S54SpVU; WISCONSIN,
1867 900. There are also appropriated and not
credited to any particular Sti,tp &l5o 900 or the
Improvement of the Ohiofver. $40 900 for the
Mississippi river and $4,000 for Missouri
river. Ii has been tile practices hnretpfora 10
expend tie money appropriated only at those
points where In the judgment OF the President
the necessities nj trade and commerce re-
CURED such expenditures w. b. madR. The
money urlrgpnnei was covered into tbs
treasury, but in regard tots bill IL has been
detprn4ned ID spend It MI within the current
fiscal year.
st. Louis Times .JpurnaI
The steamer Port Eads, which left FIR New
Orleans Sunday morning, TOOK ont the hstv-
lest tow that ever left st. Louis for the South
III the month Of August She had iivs barges
If produce and two harges of iee, Among the
cargo were 10000 bushels Of grain III bulk
Allowing 1909 tons to the barge, which is y
INV estimate, she had 1000 tons, which. IT
TRANSPORTED by mil would require 700 cars
draWn by twenty-one locomotives. Docs This
look like our river route was dslusnny
Especial IT, the Democrat
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 7-kvar rising. If 10
feet On ttts gauge Arrivals, none. Departed
none. N. Y. i. Company will send II tow 10
New Orleans tomorrow. The Gold Dust Ii
loading tn leave for Now Dllnhns Saturday.
w. i. A.
CAIRO, Aug. The Norton cleared this
afternoon. Tho Port Eads goes tonight. The
Alton arrived ut Q o'clock, but was hot al-
lowed TO land. No sickness Is reported here.
The Helena will land tonight, coming from
Vleksburs. WALT.
by Telegraph
PITTsBURa, Aug. Z. The river l. feet
inches aud rising. The weather Is c!londy.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. The river Is rising,
with D feet 10 inches i'm ths canal, and !; feet 10
inches On the falls.
CAIRO Aug. 7--Depafted: Ouachita Belle
for New Orleans. The weather - cloudy and
warm
ST LOUIS, Aug The Maude, from yicks-
burg, came up from quarantine last night.
The river s rising. The weather is cloudy
and watin.