The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-07-18
stag rs OF THE RIVER.

falling.
Pittsburg, July 17-6 p, IN. River feet
10 inches and falling.
Cincinnati, July 17-6 p. m. River IS
feet Z inches and falling
Louisville, July 17--G p. m.-River 0
feet and falling.
Nashville, July 17-6 pm. River 10 feet
l inches and falling.
st. Louis, July l7-6 p. m. River "a feet
II inches and falling.
Weather warm and clear yesterday Bias
mess dull
The Jas, w. Gslf from Cincinnati arrived
here Sunday morning at o'clock. She
had moderate freight trip and fair passen-
ger register, She left for Memphis at
q. IN.
The City of Greenvlle frem st. Louis
arrived Sunday at p. m She had good
trip for Vicksburg and departed at p. m.
The B. s. Rhea has laid up at Nashville
The new light draught steamer j. H. Hill
man takes her place and will run regularly
during the low water season from Nashville
to Cairo. She will report here next Sunday
evening.
Capt. G. W. Thompson, of the Vint
Shinkle, is on his way from Cincinnati to
Memphis, and will land here to-day Ship
pers and passengers can find no better men
TO do business with than the officers of the
Shinkle. And w. f. Lambdin passenger
agent, supply tickets as low as any other
man. Office, 81 Ohio levee.
The John B. Maude from Memphis ar
rived at p. IN. yesterday aud departed for
St. Louis at 2p. m.
The Fannie Tatum left ST. Louis last
evening for Cairo and Paducah. She is due
here tonight. She went into ST. Louis with
a big trip of freight and quite a good lot of
passengers. We are pleased to state that
the Tatum is making money. Capt, Con-
way is deserving the patronage of shinpers
and travellers, and he has worked hard to
build up good trade
The Golden Rule left New Orleans last
Saturday evening for Cincinnati She will
report here about Thursday or Friday
Mr.. jim Thompson, one of the proprie
tors of the Daily News at Paducab, and
one of the best and largest dailies in the
state out OF Louisville, came down Sunday
on the Gait, with Mr.. J. NJ. Browne, steam.
boat and railroad agent, also river editor Of
the News These gentlemen were the ad-
vance guards of the towboat Little Mary,
which brought the base ball club marines"
from Paducah, who played match game
here Sunday afternoon with the Com
iques" of this city, in which the "Marines"
were easily the victors by large majority.
Messrs. Thompson and Browne-we came
near calling them Col. Thompson and
Capt. Browne, but we think how few are
the privates in Paducah we thought We
would spare the officers this time. The
newspapers up there have captained and
coloneled and majored until there is not a
poor private left to tell the story except the
49, lac, =, Tho ,ttln
Mary arrived here at 80 p. m, and, after
eating dinner, repaired to the ball grounds
of the "Comiques.' where the game was
called at 30 p. IN. After rather unin-
teresting contest the Paducah club was de.
clared the winners by score of "a to IA.
A large majority of the party who came
down on the Little Mary took passage on
the Cons Millar a. 9p. m. Among the
visitors we noticed Mr.. VIM. Johnson
Jimmy Lang, Frank Settle, John Dean and
many others toe numerous to mention
Space iorbids any more remarks on tn,
subject, and here we close.
The Cons Milar from Memphis arrived
here Sunday night at 8 o'clock. She haC
600 bales of cotton, 10000 feet of lumbc
and 20 cabin passengers We claim tn,
red ribbon passenger trip of the season 70
the Milar, and can say, without the fear .
contradiction, that the Cons Milar received
moro passengers here on Sunday night 70
points on the Ohio to Cincinnati than an
boat has received in years, and the write
claims the credit, as he tickoted as people
all cabin passengers, 90 for Paducah and 2
! for other points above, mostly for Louis
vile and Cincinnati ave claim tn
horns"
The marine" base ball club, of Padu
,, cab, and many visitors who accompanio
! them, made Charley Bowers European hotc
headquarters during their short stay Sun
day evening. Charley had all he could d
during the evening, which increased hi
finances considerably,