The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-25

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Cincinnati .........-.'.-., VI - ~
LOUISVILLE. ...-.t,.-.' !" 70
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shreveport ,,.,..,''',.-. q %
81. Lonis. Nv J. =, =,
sBeIow high watar mark Of la7A sAhpvt
bench mark. Indicates riae. tlnhicatea fall
SIGNAL OrrICE,
New Orleans, Fehtnary a. 1890 I
To tho River Editor IF the Democrat.
Sur ia tho signal aarv'na river report, ruh-
lshad in this morning DEMOCRAT, the change
In the river at vicksburH ia reported IA feet
inches riae In the twenty -four hours ptaeeding,
This Ia. Of course. an error. y ahnnld have
been riae NJ fnn Inches Please make the
correction. and ohliEa.
afORuE II. ROHE.
Eergaaut Signal Corps u II. A.
During tho paat week tho Missouri above
Yankton. aud the Miasiaatrrt at 81 Faml ana
La Uroaae have continued t"zen From ThuiE-
day the ,ab I" Mandny , heavy tr1shes os
causing much damage ~ prnnerty: he water
reached ta hghost point lan inches above the
danger ltnel Mt Cincinnati Tuesday. the nth .
OF Iouisville 90 feet above da.sar ltnel on
Wednesday. the ,ab, mud at Galro q iurhea
above danger ln.l ~ Friday ~ "A. ,ha latter
place however the river ntill rising !,
yesterday. tia goth, tho t'sa had began NJ
tiekaburs and Now 0,loana During the week
The Missouri at omaha has failon "a Inches,
The Miaaeaiupi haa fallen "a Inches Al Dubuque
ut Davenport and II AT k""kuk:i has risen 10
above danger Incl II feet nj Memphis and I
Inches al Vinkpburg The Tennnasoe at Ghatta-
ncoaa ISss y ,"" F r V hMnaay y IN M n%a
vile baH riean "a feet since the III and Ia new
feet above danger line IN" Onto at Pttahurg
rose fee, Friday TO sunday. but has elnce
fallen 10 feet at Cincinnati " r"aa ~ fnat. FIT
day I'll Tuesday when II was ~ inches above
ae nn s s ss, n T,dx lave" e at
when II waa feet above danger line. but has
since fallen feet
BUSINESS was only moderately active On The
The Corona laid over to this y. m, when she
leaves for the Ouachita through 10 Camden. J..
The W. r. Halliday. Y 700 Valley md tho 1T,
Mary. all due yesterday, had not arrived III to
The J. W. Cannon arrived Yesterday morning
with an unuaually fine freight for this eeason
OF the year and her beautiful cabin full Vt peo-
ple which by the by Ia an every trip occurrence.
II must be highly gratifying to her ow' elrs aa
It certainly ia to her frlenda the amount Of bua
ineas done by his boat We doubt II there eyer
ran one IN the trade that made \ better allowing
than baa the Cannon thna TAR thia soason
Mr. WeH Whstlow. the we'll known contractor.
has been given the diaeharsing Of the An hor
Line boats, In consequence Of which he hna Ola
solved oil former partnerships. and Will attend
to the Anchor Line exesuaively.
The renowned Chatlas Morgan OF which the
no leas renowned Albert Stein is the captain
arrived yesterday with a big freight and a large
passenger ,r s,at. many 81, q whom /, are round
The Anchor Line steamer w =. Halliday. II.
w; Gould mater. p, w. Gould. Jr.. clerk. ia re-
faiv,ns IS a mn t." morrow a. ~, p m for a.
fastest boats that bna run to st. Louis In years.
The n. 2. and = =. T. Company steamer
man clerk. leaves THE y m for Shreveport.
The steamer *. Mary. J. y. Sullivan master.
" Walton Slsrk leaves (" Day q r NJ Tor
Sullivan haa purchased the HI. Mary expressly
for this trade. and she will remain In 1t rs long
Mr.. Charles Peasants grain dealer known to
every Htaamhoatman that visits New Orleans.
ave- NH fIesHf sya Who Is nr,tv sonerav CORRECT
eare: If there Ia "A bigger HEATED man IN New
Orleans than Oapt, John Hanna we'd BE- pleased
Col. Frank Baker Of the Marine Journal
leaves to. day FOR home by the way of Memphis.
Little Rock end ~. Louis. The intercsta of his
yisit--far beyond hia expectations. he journal
has eubscrlhers IN twenty three States and four
Thn fres M n he Ei for veI
burg and points below. was sent forward on the
r. h. Lee yesterday
will arrive to. day from Memphis and tho bends
and return Friday.
ha Is al' hpy i to S and
finer or faster ono never EFT on that tay.
Tho Fred A; Blanks leaves to-day. as usual.
Tor the Ouaehita
The Grand Lake and barges. of the nj. V. 7.
Co.. Capt G. f. Kennall In command. passed
NAtchez Monday afternoon. and viii % found
at the landing to-day ready TO leave Thursday
The John Gilmore Is also due to arrive. She
passed Memphis Monday evening. adding the
barge Mary Ann 10 her tow
The Clara s.. Capt VIM WenEel. was due last
night from Bayou Bartholomew. and will re-
turn Saturday.
The :, 7. Line steamer Reuben T. Springer.
ii. u. Hart master. q. w. Mccoy clerk. leaves
Tomorrow without fail at y. III. for Cincinnati.
Hin Arr{n hni u gnX fnhf n.yv h,v
third trip. Ia htrendy prim favortte. for she
Is large. roomy, fast. and ia under the manage
Tie ri ~ weekly Bayou aoula White star Line
packet Whisper. J. A. Comstock mas ter Geo.
NJ NV Woods clsrk leaves TO- dry a MI, II a. m;
usual for Ill landings through T. Bayou sara.
g., The IRA No. TO- Cant. James Hamilton Clerk
Boat river. and will return to-day at p. m.
Smat Capt. Frank Otendorfer. leaves to- NOR
row at II a. M for Bayou 6oula.
The regular tri weekly lower coast packet
TOW at II a.. m Tor Orange Farm.
The regular Greanville. vicksburg and bend
Gniled States mail packet ]. M. White. CURT
Holmes master. leaves tomorrow, rs usual at
y. N.
Exchange Clippings.
Cincinnati Commercial. February "a:
The Guiding Star has 100 excursfontsts
already roomed for the round trip. Capt. W. Il.
Miller, and Dol. John s, jones and VIM. Wherry
her clerks, and her noted caterers Ed Brown
and Gus. Chauvet. VIII make all at home On the
Guiding Star. The famed and fast excursion
steamer Roht. Mitchell returns to New Orleans
on Thursday. followed by the elegant Golden
Rule on Saturday on another excursion.
Freight to New Orleans IL taken at the old
standard rates: Whisky 81 IS. heavy round lots.
bacon and lard. 50 cents per 100: -four SO cents.
ing tomorrow is loading at these rAtss.
Cant. W. Miller. OF the Guiding Star. In an
travel. Is quoted as follows:
1t is simply matter of business-simply a
question Of whether ! would build steamer |
IKE this and employ her In the hog and chicken |
business or In the passenger business; simply |
question of which pays the best for | sup |
pose there can be no ant stion as to which is |
the most agreeable. Our hoatmen bewai the
loss Of the passenger business: SAY the rail
roads have ruined H. etc. do not find 1t 50. II |
We make the price of passage SO low that in |
order to keep even we must set q poor table aud |
make a cattle pen Of our lower deck and a
chicken roost and goose pasture Of our hurri-
cane deck. we ought not 10 complain II tue
better class Of people decline this method Of I