The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-02-27
River News.

River News.
There is no immediate danger Of an
overflow, but we again admonish those
whose lands are subject to overflow
to keep q good lookout. The -Ouachita
continues to rise, aud the rivers in all
directions are nearly bank full. AT
Cairo, the gauge marks As feet and 5
inches above low water mark and ris-
ing, and at Vicksburg, the Mississippi
is sc feet above low water mark, and
rising at the rate eff 10 inches day.
The past week has been a lively one
so far as steamboats, are concerned,
there having been one or more arrivals
and departures each day. ,.....
The Clara s. passed down Monday
morning. She leaves New Orleans to-
morrow evening.
The labor trouble continues undated
on the levee at New Orleans. Forty
cents an hour is demanded by the
s'strikers'' and is paid by Che steam
boats. shipping crew Is outsof the
question and the steamboat that man
ages to get more than Is roustabouts is
fortunate. "Fly time'' is approaching,
and the next thing these fellows will
do will be to "strike'' because their
services will not be in demand. "a.
The Fannie Lewis, a side-wheeler,
and the most decent looking boat that
st. Louis has sent up the Ouachita this
season, and for many years, passed up
Thursday night and down Tuesday
evening. She had good up trip, but
was blight as feather on her down
trip. We failed to perceive even a
sign of cotton or seed.
The John Wilson from New Orleans,
passed up Tuesday night with her
guards dragging the water. She has
recently been reprinted and repaired
and now looks as neat and tidy as a
young lady intent upon capturing a
ssyoung gentleman just suited to her
mind"
The John Howard from New Or
leans for Camden passed up Friday
night with big load, and the E. II.
Durfee, from st. Louis and for the
same destination, Saturday morning
loaded fiat.
The Rosa B., for the D'Arbone, left
Saturday. ,..5,-SS:.- ~
The steamboats, Clinton and E. B.
Cole were to have left st. Louis last
Wednesday for the Ouachita.
The Fred A. Blanks arrived from
New Orleans about o'clock Saturday
morning with fair trip, and left on
her return Sunday at p. H., with
something over 1000 bales cotton.
She is due up tonight, and will leave
on her return sometime tomorrow.
The Corona passed down Friday
morning with about 1900 bales cotton.
Capt. T. p. Leathers, owner and
commander of the Natchez, offers to
wager $40, 900 that his boat can "lick''
anything on the Mississippi river. In
consequence of this wager st. Louis
sportsmen will endeavor to raise $40, 900
or more to get up a race between the
fast 'uns. 1t is proposed that it shall
be a tree thing to all, and the starting
point to be New Orleans and the ter
minating point st. Louis. The race is
to be run about June and such racers
as the J. M. White, Natchez, Robt. E.
Lee and the "hifalutin,' dandy John
w. Cannon are to be entered. The
Natchez is making rather pretcntious
boasts, since she has already been
beaten in n fair s'set-to" by the Cannon;
and the best time made by the old
Natchez and Robt. E. Lee, in their
great race, has been badly beaten BY
the White. The Lee hasn't shown her
"metar' yet.
The Gen. D. H. Tucker, a single
chimney and clumsy looking stern
wheeler from ST. Louis and bound for
Camden, passed up Tuesday afternoon,
loaded flat with corn, provisions,
wagons, &c. She passed US by without
landing-not even doing SO much as to
salute us or to make her presence
known. Was she probably unaware