Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-24
GENERAL NEWS.

| 1cNEhAL NEWS.
Signal Service report: River s fleet 1.
inches-stationary yesterday.
The Sam Robsrts and barges passed III
for st. Louis yesterday morning.
The Dean Adams returned to Arkansa
City with nice trip yesterday afternoon.
Receipts by river yesterday ora bales o.
cotton, IA bags of seed-cotton and 2615 sack
OF cotton-seed.
John Morlidge and James Pell are pilots
OF the New Mary Houston, now coming ou
of the Ohio river.
Mr.. Hsnry C. Lowe, The talented purser Of
the Auchor-Eine wharfboat at this port, was
in Cincinnati Tuesday.
The Kate Adams is completed and ready
! to leave Pittsburg for Memphis when there
Is water enough to bring her out on.
The John e. Maude arrived from st. Louis
early yesterday morning with 1921 pack ges
of Memphis freight and 5000 feet of lumber
She returned with good way business in the
afternoon.
The Hard Cask : arrive from White
river tomorrow, bI the hour of leaving on
her return is not yet announced. No doubt
she will make an effort to get back Oh her
regular day.
The Josie Harry arrived out Of White
river early yesterday morning with a good
|
on her regular leaving day, which Capt
Harry hopes TO keep the remainder of the
| season.
The w. P. Halliday passed down for
| New Orleans yesterday afternoon with 1900
tons after dlscharging a lot of corn al the
elevator. She added here $40 emptyibarrels,
| 90 barrels of lime, go barrels of soap stock
and 100 packages of sundries.
Cincinnati Iimes-.Star, Wednesday; "The
| introduction of frst-elass line of side
wheelers in the Memphis trade by the Mem
| phis and Ohio River Packet Company at an
esrly dav would not surprise knowing ones.
A daisy clipper line is among the immediate
possibilities"
The Vint Shinkle, which arrives from
Cincinnati to-day, is in command of Capt.
NJ. M. Deem, well-known 10 Memphis ship
pers as formerly chief clerk of the Andy
Baum. Capt. Deems promotion meets with
favorable opinion among his host OF friends
here. The Shinkle returns 10 the Ohio Sat-
urday afternoon.
New Orleans Times Democrat. "John H.
Long, the captain of the Henry Lourey, fred
an Intellectual shot at Simon Bordeaux on
the vessel Friday night. The parties had
| been dlsputIng and were both arrested
| bordeaux for assault and battery on the cap
tain, and the latter for discharging 6rear ms
within the city limits. Long was placed
under $500 bonds and Bordeaux under $3.50,
| as charged, 10 appear for trial next week.
The topper element of humanity may now
rejoice and be exceeding glad-especially
those who have preference for rye whisky.
An old distiller up about Pittsburg, who
used to produce the best of the Monongahela
brand, has invented process by which the
article can be made in an hour, in solidifed
| form, SO that ii can be carried about in the
pocket, like cakes of tobacco. Experts who
witnessed the process and sampled the article
| declare it to be equal, if not superior in
| quality, to the best made by the old process
of distillation, with the additional advan-
tage that i; leaves no faint upon the breath,
50 that your wife will not detect any evil
| dences of an allnigbt debauch when she
meets you on the threshold at O'Clock in
the morning with the usual kiss OF greeting.
We want plug OF rye worse than the boy
wanted the circus ticket.