The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-19
RIVER NEWS.
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CHAMPION faducah
hAfl So Louis
Fannie Lewis. ..Vicksburc
T. NJ Nofloh'..'.'......... ...........New orleans
A J Bsker..............'..,.. Pheasant
clinton OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Lonis
GENERAL ITEMS.
The weather yesterday was clear and
pleasant
The Ste. Genevieve is due. She has a
first rate trip out from ST. Louis.
As time rolls on-time always rolls" We
shall expect TO see the river rise
The Hard Cash had big load Of cotton
for St. Louis amounting to 1900 bales
Jim Biggs is still Cairo's genial steam
boat agent, and don't you forget it.
The E. II, Durfee, Kent master, Avery
Clark and j. B. jenkins clerks, left St.
Louis for Vicksburg yesterday.
The Belle St. Louis, from ST. LSuis for
Nicksburg left st. Louis with fine trip.
She has barge No. in tow for this city
Capt. Gully says that the rver is still
running away Yes; II is a good deal
like his tongue, always on 1.-THE CO.
The City Of Alton, is due with lighter
in tow, which she will drop at this city.
Wm. Penny and George Richie are her
pilots.
Rumor says the secretary of one of the
prominent lines of steamers and La Belle
Jol will soon know the penalty for getting
married.
It may seem odd 10 the unknowing that
water should be bread and meat" TO a man
but % il is when it comes in the shape of
deep channel.
The VI. V. T. company's steamer Grand
Lake No. ?, was advertised to leave St.
Louis yesterday. She has in tow large
feet of barges which she takes TO New Or
leans.
The Paducah News says that the Fisk
will be tor sale when the new boat is
finished. She will make good towboat,
and is almost like a new boat l, is eX-
pected that the new boat will "lay over"
the Champion-largely, and thus crush her
out of the Paducah trade.
The teryboat Three States continues to
make her trips to the Missouri and Ken
lucky shores with great regularity and is
doing big business. Our people who
are at loss to know how to spend Sundays
should remember that the Three States
makes two trips, on Sunday, leaving the
landing at the foot OF Fourth street at 0 a.
m. and 3 p. m. Her captain is the whole
soulcd and jovial John Hacker
The Paris c. Brown, from New Orleans,
arrived at st. Louis yesterday with 1870 bales
of cotton. VIII leave Tor Vicksburg on
Tuesday, October 81. She is differed as
fellows Alex. Halliday, master; Girls G..
Young, clerk; Z. Pearce and j. Jaynes,
pilots; j. T. Halliday and Henry Curry,
engineers; VIM Bryant and J. Little, mates
and NJ. Hussey is her druggist. This is a
choice crew. She is fast and pleasant.
The Cincinnati and New Orleans steam
boat men have organized for the season by
eecting Capt II. A. Jones, Chris. Boesche,
Vint. Shinkle, W. G. Mccoy and r. S.
Semole as directors. Capt. A. Jones was
afterwards elected president by acclawa-
ton Ten steameas out of the twelve that
will ply in the New Orleans trade this
season have entered the new organization.
The name of the new organization will be
the Southern Transportation Company"
While we were standing IN crowd in
front of THE BULLETIN Office yesterday
looking at the band Of the great Railroad
show, which was playing Yankle.doodle,
the following was slipped into our hand by
a person Of whom we caught no sight: