The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-14
Above low f,,a,r.

sBeiow nigh water marx OF ISIS. shpoVe hstpaoVe
RThe lower Nississippi continues above the
aapger line at vicssbprg !2e inches, and New
1 feet at Little Rock. and on Monday
rapid rises were reported in the sa-
vannah at Augusta. and IN the Tenness ee
has passed down the Missouri. reaching the
the maximum at Yankton on Monday, at Omaha
Tuesday. where The water rese within inches
y Ssippi has fisen from St. Paul 70 St. Louis as
huaue 80 Inches. Davenport % inches, Keokuk
JIG Inches and st. Louis inches; decided fall
has occurred Ct Cairo Of 50 inches a and at
has remained very high and almost stationary.
The Ohio has fallen since Tuesday % inches at
Ptttsburg, SO at Cincinnati and at Louisville.
Business was pretty fair on the landing yes
terday. The City Of Augusta. for the Atehafa-
laya; had a very fine trip cut; The John a;
had to refuse freight. Part of her cargo was
1900 bales iute and Aso hogsheads sugar. The
Will Kyle, for Cincinnati. had between 500 and
iron, and she was full Of people. Among the
the b. i. Lee. Mr.. Whetzel, daughter Of, Mr..
Weaver. one OF the pilots Of the Lee. and Mr..
Joe Gauthreaux, one Of the clerks OF the As
Stinson and family. of Eyansville; Mrs: Lin
ton aad Mrs Madrigal and daughter. of Tsrre
t and Mr. Te sads e and wa ana Robert
wife. son and daughter, Of Letart: Mr.. Gunn
and wife and Mr. Church n end wife, 9f Phila.
Teehe Messrs r AS fs Haaser and q Baer
Louisville: Mr.. Baker. of Rising Sun. and
Messrs, COX, Bailey and q. Jones, Of Aurora.
SHARP s Mcdonald. from the ohi', with tow S Of Of
coal. and the John Howard. from Camden. all
a1ssu dant. Joe Kinney. % Of the Kate Kinney, left
that boat at Shreveport and went to st. Louis
The Sharp Mcdonald came in with her flag at
half-mast, In mourning for her late captain.
The John Means had hers also at half-m in
The "Ihh John Howard will return SATURDAY.:
The Paris u Brown left the landing last even
ing after 400 tons railroad iron.
The Laura L. Davis Is up at the warehouse
taking on salt for st. Louis. She will be down
At the landing to- day. and Will leave q
mand. T, Y. Reynolds and I. Briee clerks. She
is receiving at the head Of P ydras street.
barges, 81, e Symmes In command. will arrive
to-day from St. Louis, and return tomorrow at
The Alexandria, Capt W. T. Boardman. is re-
ceiving for trip to Mnden. inste ad of the
Danube. and will leave to morrow a. s 2. m.
The G 3uiding star I viii leave e here her 20 on ssurdays
Instead of Tuesdays hereafter. She will be
here to leave May |;
to-day for Bayou Bartholomew direct. By ship
ming on through boat delay and rehandling is
avoided. The Clara Will also take Ou6cnlta
freight for points as high as the mouth OF the
The Fred A. Blanks leaves day as usual
for the Ouachita.
The unsurpassed J. M. White leaves as usual
tomorrow for Greenville. She will be found at
the landing this morning.
Mr.. Joseph a. Lyon is second clerk of the
Clara s.. Mr.. Ed Price having quit TO go on the
Laura Davis.
The John W. Cannon will bs the only depsrt-
urs TO. day for points on the co 4se.
This chamninn Oharies p Chouteau. OF the
Anchor Line. leaves to- morrow A. o m. with
out fail for St. Lnui-. Capt W. III Thorwegan
In command. Georg. Mtlrenbergor clerk The
Ohoute-u has the best of passenger accom-
modgtions and has the reputation OF being
The &. 4. Line steamer Paris @. Brown. a. II.