The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-02
NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, MONDAY FEBRUARY 2, 1880

Anniversary Of h,a birth nj New Albany, Ind.
on Tuesday. Captain Baldwin r. one on
aud n number OF h,a fttanda. wero present at
the ca ebration. lie o,mnnndnd many atenm
nta including the low rr.aaure Don Juhn. W
tan md tho famoun Mediterranean. which
came ont about the anme tune. She was hutlt
at Fl,ehutg, by Oapt. VIM. Arodea. who wnH
atte, walda killed when tho Deuia N exploited.
Mamphia January ~
Colonel MuIbarry Na,lara Ia no mythical char
meter Hinra iva I an had hia h,'nn and ne
1ed on the hish et point of This blum. an, "
tho once elegant Havnao Hotel. during the tHll
81 ,sea Ilja ,epl name 1aash Aellera. Rn,,
ha for many ynnra rnn the tive, na rti", nnn
"ar'nin, Thor" wen not 2 better r,1"I ~ ~"
cInt nd too tn' ha eai ylona wore ways ennsh'
On tho boat steamers, and nj the shas' wnEna
w. waa IN The Ee,Pze wh"n she maIn r, n''n
four dpys nino hours aud old tn'nufas. TIC
uuleheal on REQ ri. md he WIS nlao for hra
IN Tho celatr tod Aleek Asnt, with CAPTAIN j.
q. Rwon. a@lIara was u tall. iiue looking por
son. IA straight IA m Inaian. nn't carried y
distinaue mir. He WA u man to at'rnet nten
tion anywhere and he alao had ha ~ auliari
,i"s aud mann"rtama Que Of the inter wna =
passion tn eleer and TINT oft timcs little after
Tho m'ddn witch when til" other pilot OF tn"
hoai VIVA mpnllah 10 do more han hia share
Of duty i cause ufllellnIa'a aomnolent appetitn,
Mark rwain, " thnae daya nm apprentl'" or
cub pilot on tho nAina hnnt, and tho otunaltn
watch Ia Hallaras. used To- ha senttpn repeated
pyramids ~ arouse tho heavy aleeper. On one
orcasinn. 7 Ia natd Twain wna au''enly struck
sana,e IN, - Il" noso ny heavy , bot, md ne
an ironicsl but humorous sketch deenrlhlna
tho Alex Aontts tt,p trnn Cairo TO Now Or
leans. when the t'v"r was at very high
how the Scott landed eiah'eon mites
below uniro 70 aonnd tho channel, mud NJ ~
point whore there IL water enough to npnt ~
poor Hellnra never f,rgavo Mark Twain for ,t
The ketrh appeared Nv Tho river column Of tho
New Orleana tresreni along In tho afioa, and
y pr
Of tho characters that figure In Mark Twain'a
ek"tchns. oapeeially thoao In tho 'Nildod Age,
active aeryte". II wna n little more than twenty
years agn TINT ~ ynungar hrn'ler Of Marx
Twnin'- died nj tho Odd Follows Hall. IN Mem
pha, from ipjnrios received by the burning of
the NJ Nl"holaa. Rt n point nh "" here. Mark
Twain ean md WAS with tho wounded
brother to tho denth.
LHpeeial To tho Dcmocrat.l
HT. Loula Fab L.. Loa>ing thia weak for New
orlnana: John Means and hargos. John pupeld
and hArges II, q, Ynngnr. Commonwealth md
Annie 7. Silver; Tho r. Cole begIna inde
Hickman. Tho Annie l.. Silver ntriyed TO- day.
River unchanged
,, mA'ho Feb -, aq''y Of Alton LETT laat night.
The Port Eaia Ia getting a tow ready to leayo
for Now Orleans.
lily Telegraph .4.#@
CINs1NNATr, Feb. l.. Tho river Ia II foot
Inchoa aud falling. Weather cloer aud cold.
Arrived Paris brown from New Orlenns.
PIrrsnuma. Fob l. Tho rivor Isl feet lnchos
md "l'"E ~, "eH' n'. 'l"n 4, a , '"ld;
falling. Weather. clear. Arrived. Helena
from Vicksbnrg, Port Eaia from 81. Louis.
John plppolt from Now Orleans. Departed
faeger and Helena for ~. Louin. Ony Of Alton
for New Orleans.
IyANsv1ILn Fob. 1,-River u t-,o fee' md
fnfing. Weather clear and cold hrrivod
Robert Mitchell from Cincinnati. Golden Rule
NJ W 0rennp,
Ar. Louis. Fob l.-RIver 10 reot md falling
W"nthar clear. II hoH beon troeHinE since last
night. Arrived Annie +. Silver from Now Or
ielna
LoursvrhLW Fob. H. River y feet inches In
tho cannl. Wenthor clnnr aud frneSng
hIEMrHa. i. 1.-Rv"r falling. Arrived
Andy Baum from Cincinnati. Departed: Utn.
tennial,a III Dust ard Eella Momphia for II |
LoniH. Guiding rtnr for Now OrIenna Golden
City for Cincinnati, II Ia cold: snow Ia threat
ann
WAaHINeToN Jan. ~ To George D. ITi.c. IA
Hrnsier street: Htenmer I.nura l.. Davis loft ut
II o'clock m. VIII lanve NsW Orleans for Opa-
lousas on Tuesday february 3. nj O'clock.
WIN. CRAWFORD. Master.