Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-17
GENERAL NEWS,

Business very fair yesterday.
Receipts by river yesterday: l73 bales cot
ton and 10 sacks seed.
The Guiding Star passed up last night fol
Cincinnati with good trip.
The Raymond Mcdonald, with big tow
Of coal, passed down yesterday morning.
The James D. Parker arrived yesterday
morning from the Ohio river with 400 ton.
miscellaneous freight.
The wharf received another providential
douehe yesterday, clearing it completely Of
all the mud accumulations.
The Ste. Genevieve arrived yesterday
morning from st. Louis with 1921 packages
Of freight, and returned again last evening
Signal service report: River So feet 2
inches, and stationary. rise OF Is inches
reported at Cairo, and 81 inches at Pittsburg.
Changes at other points slight.
Old settlers in these parts say that the river
in the olden time used to rise AZ feet above
low-wster line. That was before the earth
quakes, and it is said that the Madrid out
lets caused then have reduced the flood hight
to 80 feet inches.
Columbus (O9 Dispatch: "Hostetter, OF al
manac fame, is member OF the MonoDga-
hela Bridge Company at Pittsburg. The
company IS building a bridge there. The
week on which it will be safe to cross, with
the holes, pitfalls, ETC., lin red ink"
Private Geographic advices from Helena
received in this city yesterday announced
that the levee finally yielded to the pressure
yesterday morning, and that the town was
flooded with water. Full particulars will be
found in the APPEALS special dispatches on
another page this morning.
The Katie Hooper, which keeps up the
connection between the two extremities Of the
east and west railway connections, uia Mem
phis and Louisville and Memphis and Little
Rock railways, by making regular trips be-
tween this city and Madison, leaves here ev-
cry Monday, Wednesday and Friday O'Clock
pm, instead of z pm, as has been errO-
neously announced.
The Golden Rule passed south at o'clock
Yesterday morning, with 1877 cabin passengers
and loaded fat with freight The following
are additional passengers, not embraced in
the list published yesterday morning: J. w.
Scales and wife, A. Gunter, and Ii. Bourlie
and wife, all from Toronto, Canada-the
latter gentleman being agent of the Old
Dominion Steamship Line; also J. B. Rub
som, u. II. Rubsom and Captain Irwin
Dugan.
The weather conditions yesterday we're
typical OF suriles and tears-alternately sun
shine and clouds, the climax occurring just
afternoon IN a wind-and-rain storm from the
west, which prevailed about an hour. After
ward the conditions changed, the bright sun
shine made glad the whole face Of nature;
"and when night came" the heavens-aye,
the gem studded heavens-were more beauti-
full than ever-than ever. Further particu-
lars in a future edition.
st. Louis RepubGcdn: Colonel J. K Pow
ers, auditor OF the State OF Iowa, has been in
correspondence with Messrs. Jenkins & Sass
for some time past in reference TO the pro-
curement of a boat to take an excursion party
numbering 800, and composed OF old soldiers
and their ladies, from Keokuk, Iowa to visit
the battlcfelds of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and
Nicksburg. Yesterday Messrs. jenkins &
Sass wrote Colonel Powers that they had sue
ceeded in securing an elegant sidewheel
steamer Tor the purpose desired, and sent him
the figures at which the round trip could be
made. The trip will consume about two
weeks time, and promises to be most en-
joyable one to all concerned.
Ii the following from the Evansville
Courier lie true, off with his head at once:
d" Whsrfmaster Cody rules the Council, in
stead Of the Council ruling him, or at least
that appears to be the way the matter works.
Several weeks since the wharf committee re-
ported on the petition of the Southern Trans
portation Line steamers, granting them 2
duction of wharfage to the same basis as the
Memphis ard Ohio River steamers, which is
IS % per trip, the reduction to take effect
from June !, 1881. The Council recsived
and concurred in the report, and the wharf
masters we're notified OF the action OF The
Council. As the reduction takes effect June
l, 1881. the steamers are entitled to the diff
ference in the wharfage paid at the old rate
OF wharfsge, and the reduced rate granted by
Council. Westminster Cody says the steam
ers are not entitled to the difference in wharf
age, and, to Use his own words, the city has
collected this money, and will be id
fools If they give il back 10 the boats
Now, Mr.. Cody is not the man to Judge
whether the Council are id fools or not.
His business is 10 collect the amount OF
wharfage from the boats that the Council
authorize him to do