Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-17
GENERAL NEWS.
Business light.

business llght.
Weather continues sultry.
Receipts by river yesterday, bales of
| cotton.
Signal Service report: River feet 10
inches-decline inches yesterday.
The Sydney Dillon and bArges, from ST.
Louis, passed down for New Orleans after
dark last night.
Jim Franklin borrowed a check Yesterday
afternoon, and he was the biggest end of the
circus until the rhinoceros superseded him.
Captain Thompson wires his agent here
that the Vint Shinkle will arrive this even
| ing, and return 10 Cincinnati tomorrow even
ing without fail.
The Josie Harry left for White river with
good trip of freight and passengers. 1t
! nearly broke the little commodore's heart 10
leave while the circus band was PLAYING.
] especially when the animals began to roar
The John 3. Msude arrived froI.- Ser LOUIS
I yesterday with whaling big trip, aggregat-
| ing 5l23 pack ages, including l bale Of new
cotton from Fulton and nsarly 200 sacks of
new corn fr3m somewhere up~in the bends.
She returned light last night, with-ihe usual
| upstream way mp
Cincinnati Gazette, Friday: "Peace pre-
walls. Captains of steamers in port that will
engage in the New Orleans trade this sea-
| son will this morning draw for turn to
| losd. The u P. Schenck will leave for New
Orleans Saturday, and the boat that pulls
the longest straw will follow next week"
The Mark Twain looks frst-rate since che
came of the docks, having been overhauled
all over. She is the daisy shallow water
| packet, and will be just the ticket for the
| coming low-water season in the upper bends.
| Captain w. P. Hall is in command, with J.
| d. Fuller in the Office, and Memphis and
Hales Point and Dyersburg will be her trade.
Westminster Pat Kallaher returned yes
| terday from his summer vacation. He says
| the APPEAL walked him up way up yonder
| in the highlands about the condition of the
evee. He promises TO see about that worth
less hose and other matters that prevented
his very efficient deputy, Captain Sutclif
from doing the work he would willingly have
done otherwise. Pat makes Rome howl when
he turns his batteries loose.
Pilot Sylvester Doss will take the Alex
Chambers from Evansville to New Orleans.
"Wes" Doss, as he is familiarly called, is
noted for his self-sacrifcing disposition.
This he illustrated Wednesday morning while
waiting for the train at Vincennes, by loan
ing 10 a man he never saw the last s. he
had in his clothes-not retaining even enough
to buy himself a breakfast. He was we'll
vile Thursday.
DOD y dmlSOu mas mao the Dlues ever since
he returned from PsdHcah, and Jim Frank
lin has exhausted his vast store of elo-
quence in the effort 10 console him. Jim
says Bob has taken out policies in every
marriage association in the country, from
which it is presumed that Bob has found
his guiding star among the beautiful ladies
OF which Paducah abouuds. Go slow, Bob,
it's lifetime business. But if you must do
it, here's to you and your family-may you
live long, prosper, and grow many. Bob up
serenely, bob up serenely, etc.
Several days ago we received letter from
friend in Helena, which we regret was mis-
laid, asking an explanstion of the readipgs
of the lead-line. We undertake the task,
though it has been so long since we "passed
the line" that we may err in some of the
calls" A fathom is feet. All depths less
are called by feet. "By the mark" means 8
feet or l faihom; quarter less twain" means
104 feet or "a feet) less than 2 fathoms;
"mark twain" means IL feet q fathoms);
Quarter twain" means 133 feet CT fathoms);
mali twain" means 10 feet (23 fathoms)
mark three means Is feet G fathoms);
.fduarter thxee- means 1871 feet f34 fathomsl: :
sshalf thress,-s.eans Fl feer f5F fathomsl;
49,, four" means "a feet "A fathoms); "half
four" means 81 feet al fathoms); ano bot
tom" means call go take drink" or words
to that effect.