The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-22
stage OF the Rivers
Above low Change.

Tho Weather yestarday opened cloudy, ana |
4nuct to the disappointment q mos. tyt sa
IN lone during the day it raned. Fair WeatheI ior
XII weeks to come is great needed 10 tnl8 SectlOn,
NJ particularly for the rice and cotton crops. |
al Since M ftiday 1887 sacks OF rice nave been re-
NJ ceived by river, and with 1alr weather Zig 80
III = I Bnsiness was very dull on the landing yes
The Cherokee, after q seven-months' alb |
aenee arrived Wednesday night from Gin
/ cinnati, and IL receiving To return to morrow
at s o. M, with prospects for o very good
! trip. Capt Geo. Wolf commands the Chero-
/ kee. Mr. w. Ell Key is clerk
The Silver City was telegraphed to arrive
last night from Red river.
| The famous passenger steamer City ofAlton,
of the Anchor Line, Horace 2. Bixby 10 com
| mand, will arrive tomorrow morning from
| ST Louis and will return at p m.
| Two hundred and seventy-nine bales was |
the amount Of hay destroyed by the fire on
the landing Tuesday afternoon.
The Grand Lake No. q OF the Miss. NJ. ". /
Company, from st. Louis, is due to arrive.
The e. J. Gay lands every Monday and
Friday ut Carrollton, taking passengers at
ten cents. The proceeds are given to the Or
phans.
A visit to the boat yards Of Algiers yester- |
! day was almost barren OF results. Inc y al |
Y lette dock has a Morgan steamer out, and on
EAthe ways undergoing repairs ls the Baton
Rouge tug Mamie Wood, belonging to Messrs.
B. u. Wood u Brother, and which arrived
here day or two ago from Baton Rouge
with two boats Of coal. John Mahoney, the
+. famous, Is pushing to completion the forty
ton pilot yacht he is building for Point Isabel, |
and has her half done. She is d beauty, and
attracts the attention ofevery one who passes
tracted to build q lady 9 gig for Capt. Basso,
OF the Mexican schooner Maria Louise. She
Is intended for one Of the lakes in Vera Cruz.
will be % feet long, 81 foot beam, and feet
mahogany and the stem black walnut; four
oars with patent swivels. She is to be com
plete, awnings, cushions and all and will be-
one Of the finest Jobs Mr.. Mahoney ever turned
out At the Vallette yards work has been
commenced on the Morgan ferrYbOat.
The Fair Play leaves as usual tom orrow
for Grand Isle. at 3. NJ, from the head OF
Harvey's canal, j. Il. kranz In command,
Frank kranz clerk.
The regular triweekly upper coast packet
| Eva, Chas. DeBouchel master, Sept Toca
clerk, leaves to-day at II q. N. for the new
The fleet United States mail packet 2. }
Gay, John J. Brown master, $. s. Streck clerk:
leaves to-day at p. n. for Bayou Sara and
all coast landings
The Belle in place of the Whisper, leaves
kto-morrow at II q. n. for Bayou Goula j "A.
komstook In command, Geo. Nj. Woods and D.
no. Bergeron clerks.
Tete, 2. A. Charlet In command, leaves To-
! morrow at ~ I'd. for DOnaidSonvile.
The regular tri-weekly lower coast PACKET
Emma Irvine, !. A. Ruiz master, leaves To-
mOTEOW DIT u liz IDl oLdbSp hl III
The st. john In place Of the John W. Can
non ]. C Lbano master, leaves tomorrow at
s D. m. promptly, for Bayou Sara.
The Whisper, =. T.. Leathers " command,
leaves tomorrow at p. M for slcksDurg, IN
place of the Natchez.
The Silver City, Capt. Ben Mckay, leaves
tomorrow, as usual, for Alexandria and
Grand Ecore.
The steamer Frank Willard, from Grand
Ecore. arrived last evening. She will receive
some slight repairs needed to fit her for bust
ness this coming season.
Exchange Clippings. August 10.
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Can't. I. G. Sweeney arrived from Wheeling
yesterday to look after his boat, the Corona.
An investigation yesterday showed that there
was nothing the matter with the boat, except
that the sun had drawn the Oakurn out OF the
seams above the water line liz the rake. She
was recalked in a few hours yesterday and -
NOW Id as good condition as any boat on the
GTyef.
quarantlne station by the Laura Lee some
weeks ago has been brought and discharged
N On the New Orleans wharfboat
Capt Chas. Miller has returned home from
NJ bis Eastern trip.
" Capts G. p Tr,Isow and Noah Scovell were
visiting on Change yesterday. Capt. j rus
low left for kanawha and Capt ScOvell for
Lawrence county on the packet last evening
II Peter Freylinger, engineer Of the Red Rich
ardson, left for Louisville last night on visit
to friends.
Capt. Dan Morton II up from M2dlSOH. he
reports Capt Jack Blanks boat progressing
favorably.
z The larboard shaft was placed In position
on the new Natchez yesterday, and the star
board shaft will be 10 place BY the close Of
the week The work on this steamer is pro-
crossing rapidly. She will be- ready for
steam in less than month.
Capt. Bill Safely, Of New Orleans, We're Old
friends as young men. With old age the for
mer has grown quite stout and the latter
quite white 50 that wh zen they lnss az M ha.
Nailed to recognize one another 1ne said the
Others face looked familiar, and the other
said he know the on hra nitef for oe ing
minutes Can't McClelland introduced the two
gent emer, by their right names, when al the
Engines canstans and bells trembie5 with an
emine.s sound over the Misunderstanding that
S ssued. -
Alapt E. T. ShinsEIe is putting the Golden
oWn in thorough order, and II there Is sui
r. Aent water she will be loaded for New Or-
fzeanS direct next week.
u Oer> venerable friend Doggy" Johnson
Ne don't know why he is called by THAT lun 1ly
name-puollshes Ia the Star Of Hope. printed
Hope Ark, an account cl bne n 11sar sra1n
toreign country. 1t was the Lone Star, quill u
Texas, then an independent government, .Se-
ore It's annexation to the United States. ohe
lad started cut without papers. On lhe Way
1own her officers got advice tkat parties were
prepared to seize her at Fulton az foreign ves-
el without regular papers, and the captain.
ake the priest and the Levlte, passed py on
he other side Of the river and after short
aetention at Shreveport finally reached New
1rleans. Capt. SAMSON Folsom, son q one q
ne earlier Chiefs OF the Choctaw Nation, was
yer commander our venerable lrleha,
passenger upon her on that perious voyage
oes not know what became OF the Lone Star
who does
Courier-J Journal:
Quite a large amount of coal goes South
pm here on the present rise. The Sharp
RDonald and tow lett Sunday night. The
b. Williams and tow left yesterday after