Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-10
GENERAL NEWS.

business 1alr.
! The weather was exquisitely delightful OF
the river front yesterday.
Receipts by river yesterday, 272 bales cot
| ton and 90 sacks cotton-seed.
The Harry Brown passed up YESTERDAY
with tow of empties for the Ohio river.
Captain Storm has notice to consignees
in another column to which attention is d..
rected.
The Henry Lowry, which passed down with
tow OF loaded barges Yesterday took or
one here loaded with cotton-seed cake, oil, etc
The Ste. Genevieve arrived from ST. Loui:
yesterday morning with 1921 packages Of
freight, and returned on time with the usual
upstream trip.
The City OF Helena ran against a bluff ba 1
sixty miles below st. Louis Saturday, and
knocked wheel down. She returned to St.
Louis for repairs, and the Joe Kinney brings
her trip out
When Captain Kallaher is provided with
the hose he is endeavoring' to have the city
supply Tor exclusive use on the levee, he will
be prepared to keep the mud off the wharf
as the receding water exposes it.
The Joe Kinney lin place of the CITY of
Helena) arrived from st. Louis Yesterday
morning with 9748 packages, after dischar
ing which she went up to the compress, took
on lot OF eastern-bound cotton, and de-
parted Tor st. Louis during the night
The Thomas Sherlock, on her fifth dav out
from New Orleans, arrived yesterday morn
ing with 800 tons for the Ohio. She dis
charged small lot, and remained several
hours cleaning out her boilers. She added
here lew passengers, which swelled her
CABIN trip to neat proportions. She left for
the Ohio about dark.
Signal service report: River 50 feet 2
!nches-stationary during the "a hours end
ing at :OS pm. yesterday. Slight rises are
reported at Pittsburg, Cincinnati and Louis
Vile, on the Ohio; st. Louis and Vicksburg
on the Mississippi, and Shreveport on Red
river. Declines at all other points except
Davenport, Iowa, where stationary condition
Is announced.
New Orleans PcayunS, Wednesday: "The
Charles L. Chouteau, alias Iron Charlev.' ar
rived yesterday morning with the weight of
over 5000 bales of cotton She went up the
) Jackson street wharf during the afternoon
to put OF lot of seed and meal, but will be
found at the landing this morning receiving
to leave at o'clock this evening for Mem
phis and the bends"
The contractors being rather tardy about
removing the last lump of the bluff remain
ing between the railway track and the river.
the old thing concluded to get up and walk
off itself yesterday, but failed. The "get
up was successful, but the walk Off
wouldn't work; SO it just quietly laid down
and spread itself all over the railway right
of way, to the end that construction train
was hard at work all day clearing the track.
Trains will be able to pass through all right
to-day.
Cincinnati Commercial, Tuesday: Last
Saturday night, about 10 o'clock, a party of
garroters tried TO take in Captain Dan
Stone, the well-known coal merchant, on
Seventh street, near Mound, but finding him
a stalwart and too much for the party, num-
bering four, they fed, leaving Captain Stone
m aster OF the situation. and not minus his
elegant watch and other valuables, as thev
anticipated. 1t is time our citizens were
vigilant committee to deal ius-
tice to the midnight marauders."
Louisville special telegram, OF Monday. TO
the Cincinnati Commercial: "At the present
stage of water the current of the falls is too
swift for ascending boats, owing to WeitzePs
which confines the current to a
narrow channel, and the canal is impossible
for mud. The canal has been oyerhowed at
the locks since the 18th of last December,
and the mud deposit is estimated to be feet
deep. The falls have been the only channel, |
and now the current is too strong for ascend |
ing boats. The Buckeye State, with laden |
night, and being unable to ascend the falls |
was compelled to succumb, and has been tied |
up at Portland to await the opening of the |
canal. The captain of the boat called to his |
aid the tug Transit, and with Captain Varble |
as pilot made every exertion to stem the |
falls, working all night and till this morn |
ing, when he gave it up, as every hour with |
the falling river increased the swiftness OF |
the current. The Mary Houston, from New
Orleans, with the help of the Transit, sue |
,eeded in ascending the falls this morning.
and departed to Cincinnati. The Celina,
after long trial this evening, had to aban-
Ion the attempt to ascend the falls, and l
dropped back to Portland. The Alice Brown,
rom Memphis, with empties, turns back |
rom Portland. The dredge-boats are busy
It work in the canal removing mud, and the
rates may be in working order tomorrow"