Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-05
by telegraph.

BY Telegraph.
PITTsBURG, June 4-River 2 feet, and
stationary. Weather-clesr and pleasant.
EVANSVILLE, June River falling, II
feet by the guage. Weather-warm and
clear.
LOUISVILLE, June 4.-River falling, feet
inches in the canal. Weather-clear and
pleasant. Departed: Andy Baum, Cincin-
natl.
CINCINNATI. June 4.-River 10 feet 6
inches, and stationary. Weather-clear and
phis; Robert Mitchell, New Orleans.
LITTLE Rock, June 4-River falling, with
feet in the channel below, although rise
of 3 feet is reported at VanBurep, after the
heavy rains of Friday and Saturday.
ECAIRo, June Weather-clear
and pleasant. Arrived; Golden Rule. New
Orleans, 0p.m., City of Helena, ST. Louis,
2 am; Gold Dust, Vicksburg, am. De-
parted: Golden Rule, Cincinnati. II pm;
Future City, New Orleans, l am. Goid Dust,
st. Louis, am; City of Helena, VIcksburg,
aud rising. Weather clear; thermometer,
70 deg. Arrived; Belle of Shreveport, New
Orleans. 3 pm; Natchez, New Orleans, z
pm. Departed: Belle of Shreveport, St.
Louis, pm; Natchez, Cincinnati, pm.
movements at the Leveo.
ARRIVALS.
Coahoma, Friars Point; City of Alton,
New Orleans; W. P. Halliday, st. Louis;
Grand Tower.
DEPARTURES.
W. P. Halliday. New Orleans; City of Al
ton, St. LOUIS; Vint Shinkle, Cincinnati;
Osceola Belle, Osceola; Ooahoma, FTiars
Point.
IN PORT.
Grand Tower.
BOATS DUE.
Doscn-City OF Helena, Cons Millar.
Up Illinois, Paris c. Brown. Josie Harry.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
ARKANSAS CITY-Illino;s, Mark r. Cheek
master, pm.
VICKsBURG- City of Helena, l. H. M'Kee
master, 10 am.
ST. LoUIs-Grand Tower, George Lsnox
master, pun.
CINCINNATI-Paris C. Brown, A. NJ. Hal
liday master, 10 am.
Receipts Yesterday.
Grand TOwer-2 bales cotton and 80 pkgs
| sundries.
City of Alton-24 brls molasses and lot OF
supdries.
Coahoma-24 bales cotton, $50 sacks cot
ton-seed and 81 pkgs sundries.
Lsvee Paragraphs.
| Business dull.
Receipts slim yesterday.
The Thomas Sherlock is due down to-mor.
row evening for New Orleans.
The Marlin Speed, Captain Ed Rowland
Is the Saturday packet for Arkansas river.
The Paris c. Brown, Captain A. III. Halli-
day, is due up to-day bound for cincinnati
Chris G. Young is her clerk.
| The Josie Harry, Captain James Kinman
| is the Saturday packet for all points on White
| river.
The City of Helena, Captain ]. II. M'Kee
| is the Anchor-line packet this morning at tel
O'Clock for YIcksburg. George Walton Is hel
clerk.
The Vint Shinkle departed last evening fo
Cincinnati with 242 bales cotton, 200 barrels
oil, lot of sunor,es, and a good trip of pas
| sengers.
The W. P. Halliday passed down yester
day morning fer New Orleans with gooC
trip. She added here 1900 eacks oi-cake ant
a lot of sundries.
is the Anchor-liue packet this evening at hv
/ o'clock for Cairo and st. Louis. Thoma
! White and John Crane are her clerks.
/ sxThe Cons Millar, Captain VIM. 1Ichnor
il the Saturday packet for all points on tn
Ohio river as far as Cincinnati, The Milla
gives special rates to all points north
James Wilson in the office.
The Illinois, Captain Mark Cheek Of
deck, ia the United States mail packet thi
evening at five o'clock for Arkansas City AM
all way landings. A. l.. Cummings Is ne
clerk, assisted by Lee Cummings and Bill
Thomas.
A dispatch from Little Rock, last night
says that the steamboat Cherokee left For
Smith on her return til p to Arkansas City
Kansas, few days since. Her owners IN
tend making stern effort to demonstrat
the navigability of the Arkansas between til
two points.
Come on, Price, let's go for Durff; he "a
the boldness to intimate that we are so de
void of respect and sympathy for our million
of readers as to impose an item from his CO
umn on them. You come up through til
alley and head him off with your columbia
; should he escape from our process OF lmpalt
mcnt
Captain George Lenox and Pilot Kellogg
of the Grand Tower, paid the APPEAL rive
sanctum visit last night. We regret to nj
tice the change in the captains appearance
! caused by a long season OF Ill health. lie
in fine spirits, however, and, as usual, MAKE
, gladness and good feeling the speciality a
, around about him.
; The physician who attended the recent Ia
and fatal illness of Faber, the celebrate
pencil-maker, has never given a satisfaction
; diagnosis of the cause OF bis death, and ii
! | matter has remained a mystery until yeste
: day afternoon, when Duff, of the Ledge
> printed the following as river news: ''If
wet-enders of the APPEAL and Avalancj
I have been so accustomed to edit their depar
j ments with the scissors and paste-pot tn
=, | they imagine We do the same. We use Il
F'dber, while they make use of the scissors
e The italics are our own. The last words
i the dying man-"To what base uses" etc
:, | led to the elucIdation of the mystery. v
9 hope Mr.. Faber's successor in the manufa
t ture of pencils will be able to invent a su
: preventive against the repetition of such
, calamity.