The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-04-15
River News.

! The river continues falling steadily
! and we may say rapidly.
| The wrecks of the Fair PLAY and
Katie are becoming more prominent
each day, and attract the attention OF
visitors to the levee. Business has been
active in marine circles. and we do not
remember to have ever seen so much
freight discharged here as has been
done in the past two weeks. Every
boat has had a full load, mostly for the
tributaries. Apparently, somebody IS
getting hungry, and as they can't eat
cotton, they draw on the West.
The Clara S., arrived Friday night
from New Orleans. The Howard ran
into her in Black river, but caused no
serious injury. A few packages of
freight were knocked overheard from
the Clara S., by the collision, but the
Clara suffered but little injury. She
passed down Tuesday morning with
fair trip.
The Fred A. Blanks, with her gen
tlemanly namesake aboard as chief,
arrived late Friday night with about
the largest freight she has had this sea-
son. She returned to the Crescent City
at 10 p. M. Saturday with 200 bales.
She'll be up tonight. 1t will be some
time yet ere the Blanks is withdrawn
from this trade, all reports to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
Mr.. John Buck, the diver who was
recently at work here recovering cot
ton from the burned Fair Play, is now
engaged in the same occupation at the
Ollie BPS wreck in the Bartholomew.
We unintentionalIy committed an
error last week in stating that the
Laura Lee was to be Withdrawn in
favor of the st. John. We have since
conversed with Capt. Delahoussaye.
and are informed that the Lee will con-
tinue in the trade, and that the adver-
tisement OF the st. John is for next
season. The Lee will continue to
make her regular weekly trips. In
justice to Capt. Delahoussaye, we cheer
fully correct our error.
The Clara S. passed down Monday
morning, making her last trip. The
II. Hanna Blanks takes her place as a
weekly Bartholomew packet, and the
Clara takes the place of the Hanna
Blanks in the Macon and Tensas. The
H. Hanna Blanks is a daisy.
Capt. T. G. Butler left Sunday last,
for the purpose of purchasing boat to
replace the Inflated Ollie b. Capt. But
Ter informed us that he did not pro-
pose to return without one, and intima.
ted that the steamer J. g. Fletcher
would probably be the boat that he
would purchase. She is at present at
Little Rock, Ark.
The John Howard arrived from New
Orleans Friday evening with an i'm
mense cargo. She discharged here
1900 dry barrels, and about 700 pack
ages of miscellaneous frieght-in all
1900 packages, and yet there are con-
tinuous complaints of hard times, and
why is because there is too much cot
ton raised for consumption abroad, and
too little of the necessaries of life pro-
duced at home. Less cotton gentlemen,
and more hog and hominy.
The e. IF. Durfee, bound for st.
Louis, passed down Sunday.
The John Howard passed down
Wednesday with fair trip of cotton.
The Laura Lee arrived early Tuesday
morning with big trip, and left on
her return at a. m, Wednesday with
800 bales cotton.
About the most absurd and ridicu-
lous article, plainly calculated to in
jure this city and attempt to give no.
toriely to the city(?) of Bastrop,a little
town situated somewhere in Morehouse
parish, appeared in the Clarion. We
quote sMonroc is virtually dead any
way, and she can be very we'll spared
left to die"
About the time that Monroe is ready
to "give up the ghost" we anticipate
that Bastrop will, be like fairy myth
If the Clarion's prejudice can be
soothed, we respectfully invite it to
visit this city, see for itself, and if it
goes back home without having no.