Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-17
GENERAL NEWS.

close at hand.
Signal Service report: River 6 feet
| inches-stationary yesterday.
We fear the weather artist is fixing up
bad job OF work for race week
The Commonwealth passed up for S
Louis on time Sunday morning.
Ihs City OF Cairo passed down for Vicks
burg sunday night, adding a lot of sundries here
The Coahoma brought another champio,
load OF cotton down from the upper bends Sunday
The j. NJ. v hte had to turn back a
ylcksburg on account OF the uncertain condition
| OF the river to ARKANSAS City.
| The Carrier, OF the Anchor-Line, passed
| down for New Orleans early Sunday morning witt
heaVy cargo, after adding 10 tons here.
A hoater is reported in the driftwoad
down at Blues Point, forty miles below mini,
| Adams. va VIC De"i
Receipts of cotton and cotton products Inv
river the past two days were 1907 bales of cotton
20 Bags oil seed-cotton and 579I sacks of cotton
News reached the city Sunday and yester-
day that the Paris C. Brown was hard sgrotind out
OF tae ebaInei near Tiptonville, about IG0 miles
ABOVE memphis.
Orleans is in the city. aud it is rumored that he
eontemplates the purchase of the late Capt An
drews,s r. j. Dickey 10 place in of the lower
The City of Helena arrived from 81. Ionis
on time yesterday-the first schedule arrival from
aoove curing several weeks. She discharged 1870
packages OF freight and returned in the Afternoon
with the usual upper way business.
Capt. Kallaher is working up the owners
OF . the saitpiles One of them urged yesterday
iHconyenience h nave no desire to put any one to
needed In a few days to do business over.
New Orleans Pcdyune: "Wsnted-SeveraI
snS s5i good laborers to come to New Orleans
boats. wages including meals, from $50 TO SEQ
per j., month Apply on the levee, to the mates of
The Cincinnati branch of the Marine En-.
Slneers, association has grown into a strong or
sanlzation. Three bundled members now beIonp
Inc National Association numbers about 500
members, and new lodges are fast being gsnizedS
New Orleans Pcayune: Samuel L.
GGs sei, mas commenced suit against a pub
plume. So far as the Picdyttae is concerned Mr.
Clemens may have all there is in MARX Twain;
spondent OF this paper long before Mr. Clemens
commenced writing for publication
81 Louis Republican, Sunday: "Ihe great
Iron-hul steamer Charles P. Chouteau left here
last night for New Orleans and will resume her |
position In the cotton carrying trade between |
Memphis and New Orleans. She took with her as |
her cargo was one Of the largest which left this
port Tor the South for many weeks. Capt. Thor
macy friends in the lower river
Capt. Eugene B. Smith is in the CITY, and |
reports the Plow Boy a perfect loss The Billy |
EEL Is wrecklng her. OF the S35 bales Of cotton
On her when she went down 2S5 bales have been
saved, and the remainder will be- OF the cotton
largo, I'll bales were for resbipment at the month
or New Orleans. The cotton for this port was in
sured mainly in Memphis companies, while that
or New Orleans was covered by local companies
)f the latter city. The following are the con
gnees for this city: Hill, Fontaine & Co. 3 bales
;otton; A. NJ. Boyd & Co., 10; Fulmer & thornton
i; Tnos A; Allen Il Co, As; Schoofeld Il Han |
iuer, = Fader. Frank < Co., IA; Mallory Crawford
= Co., 80; Fargason & Co., 2. For New Orleans: |
1hafiee q Son, 30; John T. Hardie & Co.. los; Far
ason d Co., 50; Richardson d May, 49,