Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-20
GENERAL N EWS

Arkansas river is reported rising from
| Fort Smith down.
Signal Service report: River feet inch
decline inches yesterday.
Receipts by river yesterday 9l0 bales cot
tor, II bags seed-cotton and 1912 sacks cot
ton-seed
The James w. Calf passed Evansville
Tuesday evening with barge in tow, both
loaded, on her way 10 Memphis.
Another boat load of pilots will come
down on the S. H. Parisot and Golden Crown
to hold an inquest on the channel of the Mis-
sissippi.
The Ste. Genevieve arrived from st. Louis
with 1879 packages of freight, and returned
| late in the evening with the usual way-land-
ings load.
The Will Kyle, from New Orleans, passed
up last night for Cincinnati with good
trip. She put off here 1870 packages OF mis-
| cellaneous freight.
The Hard Cash came out of White river
| this trip with the banner cotton cargo of the
| season, and returned yesterday evening with
| good load of merchandise.
We owe the weather clerk one; and will
make it "set up" for the crowd if he will
| keep the machine grinding on this kind of
weather until race week is over.
The Lind Grove, recently built up the
day morning bound for New Orleans to enter
one OF The short trades down there.
The Rene Macrsady, which arrived from
the Ohio late Wednesday night, had 245l
packages OF freight for Memphis. She left
for Helena during the afternoon with about
1900 packages for that place.
The w. p. Halliday, on her fifth day out
from New Orleans, arrived yesterday even
ing, discharging here over 700 packages
She cleaned out boilers and left for ST. Louis
during the night with 800 tons.
Some of the up-river marine chroniclers
are ''giving it away" that Capt. J. J. Ran
dali, commander and owner of the Rene
Mscready, before tine war ran photograph
gallery in Evansville. He has been steam
boating several years on the st. Francis river.
A telegram from Louisville yesterday an
nounces The death of Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of
Pilot james Ostrander, rShe died at her
residence at Wildwood Mead county, KY,
Monday night, of typhoid-m a arial fever.
Deceased leaves four children, all married.
The Bright Light, in command of Capt. D.
III. Silver, with L. r. Powell and Harry
Crane clerks, passed down for New Orleans
yesterday afternoon with 1850 tons of freight,
being the cargo of the Annie p Silver,
which met with an accident coming out of
ST. Louis couple of weeks sgo.
Montague, an old-time pilot and master, re-
Gently of The Andy Baum, is stopping here
for few days, but will leave soon TO visit
his farm in the central part of the State.
Jim thinks Of reviving the Sons of Malta, OF
which he and Commodore Vint Shinkle
were prominent members, they having been
initiated on the same day."
The funeral of Col. Stay back took place at
st. Louis Sunday afternoon. Among the
m env rivar unen and well. known feau,hoaf-
men in attendance were Capt S. A. Sheble,
Capt. George G. Keith, Capt. Henry Louery,
Capt. II. B. jenkins, Capt. 81. G. Haarstick,
Capt. James /. Earle, Capt. John A. Scud-
der, Capt. r. F. Saas, Capt. Nick Buesen,
Capt. George w. Ford, Capt. James O'Neil,
Capt. John P. Kaiser and many others.
Capt. Sterling Mcintyre, who commanded
the Inflated Golden City when she was
burned, says he is unable to identity the prop
erty OF passengers found in the cash drawer
of The wreck by Diver HILL but thinks his
brother can. He will write 10 his brother,
Capt. w. F. Mcintyre, who was clerk of the
boat, and who is now in Colorado, and hopes
| to be able to give some definite information
about the valuables when he obtains a reply
| TO his letter.
The New Orleans Times. Democrat, OF Sun
day, says: "The John Dippold, of the st.
| Louis and Mississippi Valley Transportation
| Company, left Cairo September Both, at 2:30
o'clock PM, with barges, drawing feet 3
| inches and shell bsrge loaded with camel
coal for the New Orleans gas works. The
| river had fallen previous to leaving about 5
| feet, which put the channels in very bad con-
dition; sounded good many places, and
| found feet in the channel, and in bad
condition. Arrived at Memphis October Sd.
ats o'clock p.m.; left October 4th, at
| o'clock, with half tow; went to the foot OF
| Burdeau, aud returned to Memphis; left
Memphis again with The balance of tow on
| the 4lh at o'clock pm; left foot of Bur-
dean on the oh at ii ana; arrived here on
the 10Th at 9 pm. Time lost, days and Is
/ hours"
The Chamber OF Commerce OF St. Paul,
| have adopted a resolution thai, "on behalf
| of the citizens of Minnesota and the entire
| Northwest, respectfully requests the attor-
| ney-general of the United States TO ask for
an injunction restraining all owners OF saw
mills in the State OF Minnesota from depos-
| itins mill refuge and sawdust in the Missis-
sippi and Rum rivers and other navigable
| rivers of this State, as recommended BY Col.
| Farquaher, United States engineer, formerly
| in charge of the improvement OF the Missis-
sippi at and below st. Paul, and by Ma.
| Mackenzie, now in charge Of the same worn,
in his recent report to the chief-engineer,
said deposits being, in the opinion of gov
| eminent engineers and steamboat men the
fruitful cause of sandbars and distractions
to navigation, and injurious and destructive
10 the works of the government now in pro-
| gress."
The Newark Advertiser calls the burning Of
| the Robert E. Lee an "inexcusable calam-
ity," to which the Louisville Courier Journal
responds-znd We second the motion: I'VE
would like TO know what he calls the muir
derous slaughter of men, women and chill
| he run rriId fraIna GooefTuo a
| tunnel and making scraP-iron and kindling-
wood of both trains. There have been more
] people killed and drowned on railroads and