Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-23
GENERAL NJ EWS.
busIHess DrIsk Yesterday.
Bright and pleasant weather.


Bright and pleasant weather.
Signal service report: River s feet IL
inches-rise inches yesterday.
The Oakland and barges passed down for
New Orleans yesterday morning
Receipts by river Yesterday, GIG bales of
cotton a. bags OF seduction and 9SSs sacks of
ton-Seed-
There was an old time activity on the
wharf yesterday, there being ten packets in port
at one tlme-all doing smashing business.
The City OF New Orleans is reported hard
aground at Tiptonville. She was trying to spar
of when the Fannie Tatum passed her Tuesday.
The Centennial, which passed up for St.
Louis Sunday, was passed at New Madrid where
she struck 6OOO-sack corn pile destined to 81.
The Cons Millar left for Cincinnati yester-
day afternoon with 400 bales of cotton p 600 sacks
OF cotton-seed meal, 40 packages of rags and
large lot OF sundries
The Henry A. Tyler arrived from Cairo
yesterday morning with &c bales of cotton and 117O
noon with light trip.
Flags wes worn at half-mast by boats in
port yesterday in respect to the memory Of Johnny
Cemetery yesterday aItArnaan.----~
The VIII Kyle, from Cincinnati, passed
down for New Orleans early yesterday morning
with big trip adding here 20 bales of cotton, IS
barrels OF oil and lot of sundries.
The official report of Supervising Iu-
ctor-General Dumont will be found among the
APPEALs washington dispatches published this
morning. 1t embraces a report of the case of the
Golden City.
Capt. William Norwegian is attending to
the building of his boat, to be called the
i'll command of Capt. William Fitzgerald the we'll
known Mississippi river commander.
Capt. John c. Crane, formerly a conman-
der der In the Aneaor-Line service and who brought
aud was believed by Capt William Coll, il is said
will take command OF Capt. Thorweigan's new
boat, the Helena.
The Charles p. Chouteau arrived from New
Orleans yesterday afternoon with large lot of
gar and molasses 2495 sacks of cotton seed 76 bales
| dries. She left for New ORLEANS last night with
! engagements for 5000 bales of cotton at variou.
| points below.
The Golden Crown passed up for Ciucin-
natl at O'Clock yesterday morning, with 700 ton.
for Ohio river points, after discharging here lo
gers are the Eclipse Baseball Club, OF Louisville
| on their way home from a successful visit to The
| crack clubs of New Orleans.
The Fannie Tstum arrived from ST. Loui
! yesterday on her way to Pine Bluff, where sht
has load of cotton engaged to take to New Or
| leans: She brought here 1870 packages and has
good lot OF freight for Helena and Pine Bluff 70
which points she left yesterday afternoon. She i
otficered by John b: Conway, captain, and VIM
K. Mccullough, chief clerk.
A small-sized sink hole in front of th,
Hanauer Oil Mills Just above the foot of LETTERS o,
| street, was being filled up with dirt yesterda
afternoon. Some sensation mongers attempted u
| state of Tennessee had been swallowed up by tn
angry Hood. \ porous plaster would be goo'
remedy for an improvement of their digestion.
The jetties going ahead rapidly. o.
the point where the current bears strongest agains
| the bank, has been graded to an angle of some As
and the whole bank is laid with mattresses dow
| to the waters edge. The work of grading wa
| originally done with spade but now a larg
steam force pump is used ejecting the water witt
| great force through hose and out at the nozzle
on the same plan as a drehose. This cuts III
bank to any desired depth, and is regulated an
worked at the will of the nozzle-men.
Boats in port at Pittsburg: G. w. Batche
| Tor. Kate Adams, VIII S. Hays and towboats On
ward, Iron Age, yom Rees No. . Smoky City, Ton
| Dodsworth Boaz, j. 8. Mcdonald. Dan Kaine 10
Nixon, Annie Roberts, Bengal Tiger, James Gil
more Diamond, Josh Cook Enterprise, Dick Ful
ton. Hornet No. 2, Charles Brown, w. w. O'Neil
Coal Valley, Nellie Speer, Samson No. =. Ark
George Lysle, John A. Wood, B. d. Wood, Joe
| Williams, Alice Brown, Sam Miller, l. N. Bunton
Iron Duke and Ironsides. They are confined
there on account OF the aquatic indisposition @
the upper Ohio. Now, if the officers and crew
aboard those boats would all turn loose" at tn
same moment tide might be raised on whic
they could float majestically. A few tears woul
do the workout they are not saltwater crafts.