Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-29
GENERAL NEWS.


Receipts by river yesterday, SO bales cot
| ton.
The Piasa has arrived with 8 barges of
stone for paving streets.
Twelve boats arrived at this port yester-
| day, and made things little lively all day.
The Granite State arrived Yesterday morn
| ing from Cincinnati with 1878 packages
| freight for this place.
The j. s. Bransford, with 100000 feet of
ash lumber, taken on at Helena, passed up
yesterday for Rock Island, Ill.
The Belle Memphis passed down for
Vicksburg, adding 1872 sacks corn, "a head
mutton, and about 20 tons sundries.
The Will Kyle passed down from the Ohio
to New Orleans yesterday loaded "phlat."
She discharged here a small lot and added
about as much.
Captain Hampton, of the tug Tilda, re-
ports dangerous snag at the head of Bull
letin Towhead, which is already giving
trouble to pilots.
The marine" Macready, which was re-
ported sunk up St. Francis river, didn't look
much like sunk boat when she steamed into
port yesterday. On the contrary, she met
with no trouble whatever, and had splendid
trip both ways.
The Oakland has completed her repairs
and left last night for Island 66 to resume
her tow. Captain Shep Lightner is pusher,
when the occasion calls for extraordinary
efforts. She will probably pass up for ST.
Louis tomorrow.
Nashville American: al. B. Hollings-
worth, for many years an engineer on Cum
berland river steamboats,, died at his resi-
dence on Whites Creek pike, near this city,
last Sunday afternoon, of pneumonia. He
was a member of the Marine Association of
Engineers, with membership at Nashville.
His father was once mayor of this city"
The tug Tilda, in command of Captain
Mart Hampton, arrived out of Ooion and
Forked Deer rivers yesterday, having in tow
two shells and four barges, all loaded with
slaves, en- route to New Orleans. She lay
here last night taking on coal and supplies,
and will get away about noon to-day. Mr..
Henry Wilbur, skilled pilot, will take the
TIlda and her tow through safely. The
Tilda has been fitted up in good style, and is
row one of the most powerful "pullers" in
this harbor.
New Orleans Democrat: Captain VIM.
Campbell, of the John w. Cannon, received
letter yesterday from Mrs. l.. Eagan, of
this city, sister of the late Bsntinck Eagan,
the well-known lawyer, in which was in
closed the sum of $50, with the request tn at
he forward the same to the family of the
hero OF the Golden CIty-Engineer Kelly.
Mrs. Esgan, in rendering the amount, ex-
presses in few words the admiration of a
woman for deeds of courage of heroism,
come them from men of high or low degree.
Tue captain was highly pleased at being Sc
lected by Mrs. Eagan to forward her gener-
GUS gift, and will send it to-day through
Captain J. D. Hegler, of the ending Star,
whose liberal donation of 500 for the came
purpose has already been mentioned
The efforts in Cincinnati to raise by sub
scription fund for the relief Of the bereft
family of the engineer of the Golden City,
Robert Kelly, have not resulted as sue
cessfully as his heroic conduct on that oc-
casion merits. About $1,000 only have been
raised, and very few contributions were made
outside of that city-not one, as far we
are able to learn, having been made in this
city, where poor Kelly's life was lost True,
our people were generous enough to the sur
vivors OF that disaster, and got credit for it,
but that humane spirit could be extended a
little further by getting up fund, by small
contributions, for the relief of the widow
and orphans of Kelly, who, by his self
sacrificing devotion to duty set noble ex-
ample for his Observation-Disclosures. His
xida1 .2hsRid be cared for comfortably and
his clil Idrsn 3dqcated. Viii Memphis river
nz<1 lov TIE Opportunity to pass by with
/ qas .1ksc655f1y demonstrating their appre-
ciation OF Kelly's heroic conduct?
F1ars Point Gozette, 2lst: "The renowned
Shutordville freight boat Tidy Idlee manned
by Chigouge, captain; Charles Woodbridge,
mate; ALI. Bruten, steward and cook, and G.
Garfield, roustabout, last Friday evening
started with heavy freight for Clarksdale.
She struck an obstruction at Clark's bridge
and sunk, making big Settlement among
the crew, all of whom were houndering about
IN twenty feet OF water; some got on log
and others held on to trees. One was on
log about twenty feet long and kept warning
the others of-he said there was not room
enough for more than one. Mr.. Garfield
the rouster, had taken passage TO work his
way home, and was at the wheel when the
accident occurred. He happened to strike
his foot in notch of big tree and kept
himself above water until rescued. No lives
lost, as Captain Burrell Payne, with his
wrecking boat, was near at hand and went
to the rescue. He saved all the crew, and
then they went to work and raised the boat,
repaired the damages and proceeded down
the Sunfower. Amount of damages not
stated"
The Mississippi, the new iron-hull steamer
built at St. Louis, for the Mississippi River
Commission, passed south yesterday, after
spending two or three hours at this port.
Her dimensions are: Length, 175 feet; beam,
80 feet; hold, 6 feet, with 5 feet sheer; en-
gines, 2O-lneh cylinders, 6 feet stroke;
boilers, D hues each, % feet by AZ inches
diameter; wheel, q feet diameter, 2l-feet
buckets She has fore and aft cabins and
all the modern Improvements to machinery
and appointment necessary Tor complete
dispatch boat Her officers are James Good,
irst othceI; John c. Crane, second officer;
Nat Fitchner and Thomas Good, pilots; J.