Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-01
GENERAL NEWS
Business quiet.
No cotton received by river yesterday.

| DusinthS duleIs
No cotton received by river yesterday.
Signal Service report: River feet
| inehes-decline inch yesterday.
The weather was quite warm yesterday
with splendid prospects for rain Storm last night
| The Belle Memphis passed south earl,
yesterday morning, adding here about 40 ton, o
The City of New Orleans passed up from
| destined TO st. Louis.
The James w. Gaff was DELAYED here till
$50 o'clock yesterd morning, owing to laborer,
| refusing TO work late a. night.
The Josie Harry had the wharf to herself
nearly all day Yesterday, and left for White river
with good trip of freight and passengers.
Full particulars of the burning of the
| Robert E. Lee below ticksbuTg yesterday morning
viii be found among our telegraph reports
Capt. and Mrs. Milt R. Harry, with
their two pretty children. witnessed the perform
ing and at the matinee yesterday.
Pilots have to keep their eyes peeled now
on account OF the bad condition of the channel,
to st. Louis are the latest reports.
Vicksburg Commercial, Thursday: "The
disagreement between the Factors Mutual Marine
Insurance Company and the other companies has
resulted III open war. The Board of Marine I'm
dsrwriters yesterday decided to suspend The airline
rates entirely, and let the contestants fight it out
Cut rates In that line of insurance are, therefore,
the order of the day."
Louisville Courier journal, Friday: "Miss
Sallie Lee, of Memphis, christened the new Will
played her part WE'LL as did also her beautiful
and accomplished maids of honor She christeaed
he new boat with bottle OF the Newcomb.
buchanan Company lcelebrated old Anderson
Kentucky Bourbon. 1t was occasion in which
boat, beauty, ana bourbon held sway, and one
which will long be remembered by the large
crowd present"
Will S. Hays writes letter TO the Cott-
raSr Journal over his own signature in which he
New Orleans steamer, named after Louisville's
song writer; she will be, when finished, one of
Allegnanies. Her engines and boilers are GER
ta1nly of ample capacity and power to Dive her
that will astouish the natives Capt. James Rees
Knows and understands his business and he
II the hses expect to keep with the procession
and the mourners will have to hold fast to their
seats or get left at the BURIAL
Sawdust bars in the upper Mississippi are
attracting much attention of marine experts
theorists and scientists-some contending that
latter class numbering experienced pilots and
steamboatmen gensrally-that they re becoming
channel and more difficult to remove than the
sandbars are. To a Davenport Democrat inter
put into tie river anything that stays there with.
out obStructing navigation-and that the sawdust
the river known as the st. Paul river has been
filled up OF late years worse than any other sec
tIOni anu ulls mas Deen zone entlrely by SaWdukt
III you take a handful from any of the bars and
squeeze it dry you will find that very large
proportion OF it is sawdust and this deposit will
eventually cut Off all river communication with
-. Paul except IN the highest stages of water
All bars in the upper Mississippi are composed
Chiefly OF sawdust, and when steamers pass over
them the wheels stir up mass of floating sawdust
winch, however, is soon to settle aud form new
bars"
New Orleans Times Democrat, Friday:
steamer Henry Isourey, with barges, drawing
feet left Cairo Friday September 22d, at O'Clock
p. m; landed below Hickman Gao miles below
Calro) at pm. for fog. Saturday September 23t,
lett below Hickman at am. sunday, September
oath, passed Memphis at 10 am; passed Helena
White river at AS m. arkansas City at IL m;
Greenv1lle at pm. Tuesday September 26th,
passed Vicksburg at am; NatcheZ at S D. IA
wednesday, september 27th passed Red river at
. am. Bayou Sara at am. Baton Rouge at IL
am Bayou Goula at Bpm, arriving in New Or
out putting out line since leaving bend below
Hickman or without stopping or ringing an engine
bell since passing Vickspurg Time from port to
port, days and IL hours. Lost 49, hours for fog
and business, making running time 4 days 81
hours and 80 Misunderstanding hiCh-Yater time
in tow. BY reference to the above it will be seen
that the Henry LOurey, commanded by Capt.
Long, mas made an unusually quick trip, and that
on a low stage of water Within the past days
OF the powerful towboats OF this Inns viz: Henry
Lourey, Oakland, Port Esds, John Gilmore and
Sid Dillon, have arrived, towing 25 barges, con-
tanning in all S97 1S5 bushels of bulk wheat for ex
portation to Europe; others now are route and
VIII arrive shortly. That the grain trade promises
70 be brisk and that the ST. Louis and Mississippi
Valley TRANSFORMATION Company have sufficient
tonnage to move all grain Offering we are assured
Thanks to friend Long for COPY of log"