Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-19
GENERAL NEWS.
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Business fair yesterday.


Weather rather more agreeable.
Receipts by river yesterday, Is bales cotton.
Signal Service report: River 10 feet-de.
cline inches yesterday.
The Jimmie Baker had the wharf all to
herself at dark last night.
The Oakland and barges passed up for St.
Louis at daylight yesterday morning.
The Belle Memphis added 20 tons and left
for Vicksburg on Time yesterday morning.
The City of Providence left for st. Louis
yesterday morning with the usual upstream
load on.
The Piasa arrived from above yesterday
with tow of paving stone for street i'm
provements.
The Jennie Campbell, with tow of pro-
duce barges, out of the Ohio, passed south
yesterday morning.
Pilot Joe Gray arrived from Cincinnati
by rail yesterday to take the Rene Macready
up 10 Cincinnati to go on the ways, for which
point she leaves to-day.
The new fire steamer for the No. 2 Fire
Company was brought down on the James
w. Gsf yesterday, and the boys were not
long IN getting the pretty machine in her
quarters.
The ames w Gaff, from Cincinnati. arrived
3,
which she discharged in time to take on her
return load and depart on her return on
schedule time.
The U. P. Schenck, from Cincinnati, passed
down yesterday afternoon with fair trip of
freight, discharging 700 packages here, and
adding bales cotton, 100 barrels, 100 bar
rels lime and lot of sundries.
Cincinnati Commercial Thursday: 'Mr. J.
Freeman Going, well known in river circles
10 all old-timers, died at Sister Anthony's
Hospital, in this city, yesterday, of dropsy,
in the ifty-frst year of his age. The re-
mains will be inferred at McHenry, Ill. The
deceased Travelled for Buchanan & Co. and
John Swasey & Co. for several yeare, and was
also a clerk on several of our river steamers,
and was genial gentleman, and was widely
known"
st. Louis Republican, Thursday: "Mr
Theo. Zeigler, secretary of the Anchor Line,
was in receipt yesterday OF a telegram from
Hickman stating that John Langlois, second
clerk on the Inflated Gold Dust, was recov-
ering slowly, we're also all the sick left at
Hickman. He also reports that Cap
taiE McCord, Pilot Lem Gray, Mate Sol
Price and others in the city who were 1n-
jured on the Gold Dust are all improving,
which news the many friends of the above
named gentlemen will hear with pleasure"
The james w. Calf left last evening with
100 bales cotton, 100 sacks oil-meal, $1,000
feet lumber, heavy lot sundries, and an i'm
mense crowd OF passengers, most Of whom
are making the excursion as advertised We
print the following list, embracing many of
the latter class: Mrs. Underwood, Mrs.
Lutz, Mrs. Armstrong and daughter, Miss
Peak, Miss Katie Naill, Mrs. Mix and
daughter, Mrs. F. Davis and daughter, Mrs.
NJ. A. Codding, Mrs. DIR. S. III. Collins and
child, Mrs. Biddinger, Miss Anna Warwick,
Miss Alice O'Donnell, Miss Brayton, Thomas
Dennie, Frank Donnie, Charles Spinks, A.
F. Brockman, A. Carleton, Thomas Mofatt,
John Sullivan, Ed Crosby, c. w. Walton,
w. E. George, 1. Nook, w. o. Edwards, r.
c. Bartlett, H. Caldwell, w. Kepneday, Will
liam BrockmaD, r. L. McElroy, B. F. Turner,
E. ]. Fink, I. L. Paris, B. NJ. Stainback, J.
Underwood, Miss Eta Bingham, Miss Ella
Coleman, Miss Ida Duncan, Mrs. Emmerick
and family, and many others.