Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-11
GENERAL NEWS.
Business fair.


Receipts by river yesterday, So bales cot
ton and % sacks seed.
The Future City's tow will embrace three
barges OF corn taken on at Cairo.
Corn is beginning to form the principal
items OF cargoes from up the country.
The Halliday passed Cairo Wednesday
| with broken doctor" and was necessarily
running slow.
The weather was springlike yesterday, bu
early in the night became cloudy, and rainy
conditions were threatened.
The Belle Memphis passed up yesterl ~
evening for St. Louis. She added here 1O(
bales OF easLern-bound cotton.
| The City OF Providence passed down yes
ierday afternoon for Vicksburg. She added
here 100 tons OF miscellaneous freight.
Captain James Rees, jr., arrived from
| New Orleans by rail yesterday, and will
! spend a few days among his friends here.
! The Cons Millar arrived early yesterd ay
! morning from the Ohio river with 1874 pack
ages of miscellaneous freight for this port
. The Golden City passed down last night
! Tor New Orleans loaded flat and a good tri p
OF people. She added below Cairo 900 sacks
| OF corn.
| The Fulton, which was to have lett for
! Hatchie river this afternoon, has deferred he r
| departure on account Of too much water in
that tickle stream.
The Vicl,sburg Hcrold, OF Thursday. says
that Mr.. Robert Paris, second engineer of the
Coahoma, was married last Sunday night TO
Miss Lille Macbeth.
Lafe Robinson, second clerk on the Cons
Millar has resigned his place, which is now
filled by Mr.. Thomas Whittemore. Mr..
Anson Temple is also assistant in the Office
The Sam Roberts arrived from the Ohio
river yesterday with barges containing
5000 tons of freight. She discharged here
$50 tons OF corn, meal, potatoes, etc and
leaves Tor New Orleans early this morning.
The Mississippi Levee Board, anticipating
that the levee at Cammack break would be cut
by the timber men, have placed a guard OF
sixteen men on duty as guards-eight on
duty during the day and eight on duty at
night.
Louisville Cotgier-,Tomaal: "Willie Lloyd,
aged fifteen, son Of William d. Lloyd, a we'll
known river man, left home Monday, J anu-
airy 23j, and was seen in this city on Friday
OF last week. His parents reside in New
port, Kentucky, and are very anxious to
hear of his present whereabouts. The lad
lost three fingers OF his left hand by an acct
dent
Captain Frank Baker, editor and proprie.
tor of the Cincinnati Murine Journal, arrived
by rail yesterday, and viii spend day or so
renewing old acquaintance. Captain Baker
will take in the New Orleans Mardi-Gras be-
fore he returns home. The marine frater-
nifty are requested to handle him tenderly,
as he is tossed along his journey
Signal service report: River So feet >
inches-stationary during the twenty-four
hours ending ;0S pm. yesterday. A rise OF
) feet is reported in Arkansas river at Little
Rock; Il inches in Tennessee river at Chat
tanooga; 10 inches IN Cumberland at Nash
vile; . inches in the Ohio at Pittsburg;
inches at Louisville, and slight rises at
Davenport, st. Louis and New Orlean-
An old citizen and cloe observer Of the
movements of tie Mississippi river since
1889 has made a permanent record OF the
present high tide that may be useful for
future reference when doctors disagree
Ga the southwest corner OF the brick wall of
the bayou bridge on Auction street, about
three feet from the top of the wall an iron
bolt projects, the top of which Was just COW
cred by the water Thursday morning, when
the river was reported stationary, and from
which a decline may follow. This bolt is
about 81 inches above the high-water line of
1867. The brick wall is an old one, and on
Thursday there was perfect dead water in
the bayou ST that point, and this observation
may be regarded as reliable.