Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-18
GENERAL NEWS.


Rising Sun is the bad place between Eyans-
vile and Cincinnati.
Signal Service report: River feet G
inches-decline inch yesterday.
The weather conditions are very much
similar to those of the fall season.
The Rene Mscready is coming out of the
Ohio literally stuffed" with freight
The James w. Gaff is coming out of the
Ohio with all the freight she wants to carry.
The Will S. Hays will be lighted with Ed.
sons incandescent electric lights instead of oil.
The wife of VIM Hanly, late engineer Of
the Ohio river packet Morning Mall died in Day
ton, KY, Monday morning.
The Louisville Courier-J Journal saws one
OF the bridal apartments OF the new Parisot ha'
been engaged by a bridal party for Memphis.
The David r. Powell aud barees in tn G
Anchor-Line service, passed down for New OrleaD,
yesterday afternoon. with 1860 tons on boat and
barge
The City of Vicksburg arrived from above
yesterday evening. discharged a small lot and
added 10 tons, and passed on down for Vicksburg
last night
The New Orleans Times Democrat sent a
boat load OF correspondents and reporters to the
Little Rock State Fair. The boat was chartered
for the purpose.
The salt piles are growing small by de.
grees and beautiful y less, in response to the
that the space Will soon be needed for legftma te
purposes.
Some anxiety is felt about the weather
threatened for next week. 1t would be a sore dis
organizing and arranging for the meeting to be
drowned or frozen out by unfortunate weather
We predict better luck
The Paris c. Brown came down yesterday
having got off the bar at Tiptonville. where she
lost IS hours aground. She was full of passenger.
and freight, besides having fully loaded barge tT
tow, she suffered no material damage by the con
tact with the bar andi passed on down for New
Orleans during the afternoon.
The Welcome has been purchased from
the Wheeling and Parkersburg Transportation
representing the Phoenix on Works, Of Jefferson
Tex, and will be used TO bring eotton-seed out o
Red river. She Will be thoroughly oyerhauleC
and put in order before coming South.
On board the Paris Z. Brown, which passed
down for New Orleans yesterday afternoon, were
10 plots, going down 20 study the river. The,
FrelingsdoIf, John Taylor, Ike Brooks, VIM. Stat
ford, Cave Holmes, Jesse Nichols and z. 4. Ben
ham-all Ohio river aud New Orleans pilots.
A great deal of curiosity is awakened
about those people at work ON an apparent wrecl
on the bar opposite the wharf. 1t is model barge
became leaky and was towed over to the bar ant
beached, and preparations are being made tC
pump out and raise it. Only that and nothing
more.
Capt James Good, of the Mississippi
Transportation Company, of st. Louis was rur
over by buggy ON Third and Main streets, Satur
day night, in Covington. He was on his way tc
the dock-yards, and a little reckless boy was
driving the buggy. The horse knocked the cap
tain down, but fortunately he escaped with a few
bruises, and left for st. Louis on the Saturday
light train.
Mrs Elizabeth, wife of Pilot as. O'Strau.
der, ST., died at her residence Wildwood. Meade
malarial fever. The deceased leaves four chill
sren all married. Jas. O'Strander, jr., and Ed
O'Strander, both well-Known pilots. are her sons
She was sister of Capt James Gorsuch, who was
killed in 1854 back of Brandenburg, and was
buried at Wildwood.
Navigation through the Louisville canal
boats since last Mor'iay. will be resumed to-day,
at which time the new gate which has been in
course of construction for the third lock of the
new outlet will have been completed, and the
outlet thrown open. These gates weigh upward
Of 20 tons, and great care must be taken to have
tkem perfectly perpendicular when placing them
in position. that they will not break the gunnels
in going down.
Vicksburg Herald: Considerable com.
plant is made of petty thieving as carried on by
the negroes who live in the vicinity of the wreck
of the r. (. Lee and the bodies of the victims OF
coroner had evidently been relieved of eve rythina
valuable that could be discovered on them, such
as cuff. buttons, studs, money, rings lmementoes
of various kinds, watches. etc, and in some in
stances even clothes The watchman who has
charge of the wreck has difficult Job TO keep the
negroes off the wreck"
Two friends met on Madifou street yes:er.
day-ene planter in the bends below, the other
citizen. The former had shipped large lot Of
left Monday evening for Arkansas City, as usual.
The latter met the planter and jokingiy remarked
.Well, did you hear that the Dean Adams had
sunk aud all your mules swan ashore? "Nol
where did you hearit? Where did she sink ?" etc.
were the questions asked almost at a bTeath-the
planter displaying anxiety that caused his friend
tc explain that he was only joking, and no more
WAS thought of it until an hour later, when a Tu-
NOR was flying that the Dean Adams sunk
and as ii passed from one TO another the story ac-
cumulated details until it began to be told as
terrible disaster. We went first to the office of the
local inspectors. where nothing had been heard OF
it, and then to the Office of the pany. where we
learned that there was foundation for the story
other than the joke related above.
Collector bravo has sent communication
to the Steamboat Officers Protective Association
of Pittsburg, saying: II beg call your attention
States, a copy of which inclose. he observance
of the provisions OF the same on the part of the
masters of vessels may save much trouble and be
of great importance in case of litigation for re-
covery of wages The section referred to reads
EVERY master of any vessel Of burden of so tons
or upward, bound from a port in one State TO q
port in any other than an adjoining State, except
vessels of the burden of 20 tons upward, bound
from port on the Atlantic to port the Pacific
rice rersd shall before she proceeds such voy
age make agreement in writing or in print with
every seaman on board such vessel, EXCEPT such as
shall be apprentice or servant to himself own
declaring the voyage or term OF time for which
such seaman shall be shipped"