The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-02
RIVER NEWS.
LISwOOD.

The Montana is overdue from below
Captain Shields is again confined to his
room.
The Future City will be up tomorrow
morning.
The John B. Maudc added literally here
last night for Memphis.
The Robin went to Metropolis for lum-
Der, and returned last night
The transfer steamer Junius $. Morgan
will return to Cairo on the 18th inst.
The Grand Tower, for Vicksburg, had
light trip, and made light additions here.
The Illinois Central wharf.boat will be
off the ways at Mound City in the middle
Of the week.
The Katie Hooper will be off the ways at
Mound City this morning She goes to
Memphis tonight.
Passenger car "Alice No. q" was success
fully loaded on the City of Alton, and went
south Friday night.
The barge William Towle was brought
from below by the Annie Silver, and awaits
here the steamer Robin.
Mrs. Ray, wife of the signal officer &C
companied by her sister, were passengers
onthe Providence yesterday for st. Louis.
Mr.. Kennedy is making soundings for
the new bridge to be built here, and at a
depth of forty feet had not struck rock bot
tom.
The City OF Alton added literally here,
and got away at dark last night. She took
a passenger car tor the Natchez, Jackson &
Columbus railroad.
The new transfer and incline of the
Mobile & Ohio railroad will be finished
about the 18th inst, and the Duncan will
then make regular trips
The brick barge Of the Cairo opera,house
is unloaded, which finishes the contract for
the opera-house proper. Additional brick
will be required to build the store houses.
The r. J, Wheeler came down from
Mound City Yesterday, and got steamboat
boiler for Capt. Quinn, discussing officer
for the river commission, stationed at
Mound City.
The Ella left Cincinnati with reshipping
freight for Cairo, did not come below
Evansville. Her freight was brought
through last night by the c. N. Davis, and
amounted to but little.
The floating saw mill, belonging to
Barnard & Co., sunk during storm Tuesday
night, while laying at the narrow-guage
trestle, and was IN the hands of the sheriff
when she sunk. She will be raised.
John Masscngale, clerk of the Ste.
Genvieve, admires the surroundings of
wharf boat No. with considerable ANNA
ton, and besides has made application for
membership IN the matrimonial insurance
company an agent of which can be found
during business hours on wharf boat No. @
We understand that the cost of the
new Illinois Central grain elevator, lately
erected here, was between sixty and seventy
thousand dollars, and is the highest, al
though not the largest in the United States.
The elevator of Messrs. David DAVIS & Co.,
Brooklyn, N. Y, has capacity of two
million and half, while this is but seven
hundred thousand
The genial Branch, he Of the Sam Rob-
crts and bargcs, arrived in town yesterday,
and left tor St. Louis late last night, to
take in the fair. The Roberts is in our
barbor ready tor business, and Captain
Branch will be in the market next week for
fourteen hundred tons, taking all way
freight offered. Branch is brick, and,
while not excessively large in stature, has
energy enough for half dozen towboats'
The officers of the Silverthorn have
shown themselves masters Of the situation,
and by perfect regularity and a disposition
to accommodate, they have succeeded in
building up very lucrative business.
Large quantities OF freight reaches Cairo