Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-03
GENERAL NEWS

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Weather putting on fall airs.
Captain Billy Ezell, of Terrene, was in
Cincinnati Thursday.
Will some steamboat be kind enough to
fetch us a new bale of cotton?
Signal Service report: River 8 feet 10
i~nches-decline l inch yesterday.
Captain w. H. Holt, of Helena, hal
brought the John S. Bransford here to be
repaired.
General A. J. Vaughan and family went
round on the Josie Harry yesterday on q
voyage of pleasure.
There is war on the upper Ohio, in the
trade from GallipoIis to Crown City, between
the Fashion and Naomi.
The Josie Harry had a fine list of passen.
gers as we'll as a good load of freight out for
White river yesterday evening.
The towboat lay Gould arrived at ? o'clock
pm. and left for New Orleans at daylight.
Her barges were drawing 81 feet.
VIM. Dean, recently foreman of the Gin
cinnati ~ship-yards, died Wednesday night
from injuries received a few days ago.
Captain Charles Nichols, recently pilot of
the Thomas Sherlock, will command the
Paris Z. Brown during the absence of Cap
tain Halliday.
The letter box OF the Cincinnati, st. Louis
and New Orleans Pilots Association. has
been changed at Evansville to Bingham &
Co.'S wharfboat.
The John B. Maude arrived from st. Louis
yesterday morning, bringing 1887 packages
of freight. She left Oh time with the usual
amount of upper bend freight.
Captain Alex NJ. Halliday, of the Paris
{. Brown, was married to Miss Hattie Beebe
in New Orleans Thursday. The captain and
his bride have gone to New York to enjoy
their honeymoon.
The Will Kyle, from Cincinnati, on her
way to New Orleans, passed south at noon
yesterday with a barge in tow, both well
loaded. She discharged here 22l packages
and added a lot of sundries.
Mr.. Frank Stein will come out in the Office
of the X. &. Springer this season, and Captain
Sterling Mcintyre, late of the Golden City,
will go in the Office of the Guiding Star in
place of Captain Stein. Henry Shaw, of the
Springer, is open to a berth, and he's a gen.
tleman deserving of a good position.
The Cons Millar arrived from Cincinnati
about dark last evening with what Lowell
lines says is "the biggest downstream trip
on record" She has $50 tons Of freight after
discharging $4,000 packages at way points.
Her cabin register shows that che accom-
modated 100 cabin passengers from Cincin-
natl down.
Solicitor Raynor, of the treasury depart
ment, has rendered a decision to the effect
that local steamboat inspectors are not COM
PEELED to action against steamboat
owners for carrying more passengers than
their license allows. 1t says it is the privi-
lege OF collectors, inspectors, and all citizens
to do this, but it is not compulsory on any
body.
Captain Rees Dugan addresses the Hes-
thetie editor of the wind and water column
of the Louisville Courier Journal as fellows
concerning an invitation to serve as cham
on the "City of Cincinnati, the
miniature boat TO take part in the Cincinnati
procession: do me the favor to state III #
1 find it impossible for me to accept the |
of chambermaid on board the new |
steamer City of Cincinnati, which sails next
on her first trip. I am not that kind |
of a girl.