Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-08
GENERAL NEWS

Business quiet.
Receipts by river yesterday - bales cotton
Weather spring-like, with balmy atmos-
phere.
The Fulton returned from ST. Francis river
Yesterday morning.
The Tiger left for St. Francis river with a
! good trip yesterday evening.
The City OF Nicksburg added 20 tons here
and passed down for Vicksburg at O'Clock
yesterday evening.
The City of Greenville added 363 bales of
cotton bound for the East, and passed up for
st. Louis yesterday afternoon.
The w. P. Halliday passed up for st.
Louis before daylight yesterday morning
with fair upstream load ON.
The railway packet, Katie Hooper, got
away in time. for Madison, with the transfer
passengers, mail, etc., for the Memphis and
Little Rock railway.
The Jams W. Gaff arrived from Cincin-
natl at an early hour yesterday morning with
1920 packages OF freight She began re-
ceiving yesterday for her return trip this
evening.
Signal service report: River 80 feet inch
es-rise l inch during the "a hours ending
LOS pm, yesterday. Slight rises reported
also at Keokuk, Leavenworth, St. Louis
and New Orleans. Declining at all other
points except Nashville and Chattanooga
where the rivers are stationary.
Cairo Bulletin, Sunday: "At the regular
meeting OF the city council next Tuesday
night some arrangements will be made to
acknowledge, in BETTING manner the ac-
ton OF the AnchOr-Line Steamboat Com
pany in complimenting this city by naming
their latest, and one of their finest steamers
the City of Cairo 1t is not yet known
what action will be taken by the city coun-
Gil, but that it will be suitable to the occa-
sion pay be replied upon. 1t will be nearly
a month before the river will be sufficiently
low to permit her to be launched at Jeffer-
sonville, and between Tuesday next and the
time of the boats arrival at our wharf am
pie provision can be made, even to the ex-
tent OF having an elegant set of colors
made"
St. Louis Globe Democrat, Sunday: "Beyond
a doubt the handsome Anchor. Line steamer
City of Baton Rouge left for New Orleans
last night with the banner passenger trip of
the season, besides having herself and a barge
heavily ladened with freight. The beautiful
main cabin seemed to appreciate that it was
being highly honored by the elite of St. Louis
society, and it looked so exquisitely grand
that il appeared to be expressing its graft
6cation. Captain Bixby moved around
among his guests in gallant manner, and
Jimmy Elton, her courteous clerk, excelled
himself in giving everybody the best room
on the boat. Parker, the prince of caterers,
had everything prepared to feed his passen-
gers sumptuously, and Michael Fitzgerald,
her mighty medicine man, had his chest
abundantly filled with the freshest of cigars
and dry monopole and Prather's best.
Among the passengers leaving last night
were: +. G. Logan, D. Williamson, Captain
Young, B. w. Adie, George Stumpf, ii. w.
Hurlbsrt, S. B. Mead, Mr.. Evans, Mr. Phil
lips, Miss Phillips, A. S.Whittaker and lady,
Miss Beekman, J. K. Cook and lady Martin
Lammert and wife, Charles Farris and wife,
Miss Ponder, Miss ODie Agier, Samuel Monks
and wife, VIM. Lee and vile, Mr.. Dean MUIR
ply, W. L. Neibert, NJ. Moses, Mrs. Shackle-
ford, Mr.. Price, J. A. Humphreys and wife,
Mrs. Lerie Warren Herriot and wife, Mrs.
Herriot, Miss Lamster, Miss Field, Miss
Bowman, Mrs. J. l.. Hall, Miss Lakeland,
Miss Wattlesey, J. G. Hall and wife, Hastings
and wife, and Mrs. Blow and daughter" Ac-
cording TO this announcement this palatial
steamer will be in port at 10 O'Clock this
morning, and those who contemplate a
Mardi-Gras trip to New Orleans should take
advantage of the best opportunity ever
offered for an enjoyable trip on one of the
finest packets atioat