Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-02
GENERAL NEWS.


Weather delightful.
Packets got away with good trips yester-
day afternoon.
Receipts by river since Saturday, 321 bales
cotton, sos sacks cotton-seed.
The City of Cairo got 20 tons and left for
Nicksburg Sunday morning.
The Annie P. Silver passed up for st.
Louis late Sunday night with a good trip on.
The tug Tilda got away for New Orleans
Sunday noon, with six barges of slaves in tow.
Signal service report: River 25 feet l
inch; rise inches during the n hours ending
los pm yesterday.
The Andy Bahm arrived from Cincinnati
Sunday night with 800 tons of freight and several
passengers. Returns this evening.
The City of Helena, in from ST. Louis
yesterday morning with 1867 packages of freight,
returned during the evening with a light load.
An official high. water mark has been fixed
to the head of the government gauge on jefferson
street, showing the exact point reached during the
high water of 1882.
The old Board of Directors of the Tennes-
see River Packet Company and the old officers of
the board were reelected at the annual meeting
at Evansville yesterday.
The Guiding Star, four days out from New
Orleans, passed up for Cincinnati Sunday evening
with 400 tons of freight, 50 cabin passengers and
full complement of deck passengers.
The commission steamer Mississippi ar
rived at Yicksburg yesterday and returned to St
Louis last night. The members of the commits
sion departed for their homes by rail.
The Gold Dust got away for st. Louis Sun
bound cotton and lot of walnut lumber. She
brought 100 bales of compressed cotton from Ar
kansas City for reshipmenT East from here.
The City of Vicksburg got in from St.
Greenylle arrived from below. Both laid over till
to day, the first to leave for Vicksburg at 10 O'Clock
this morning and the latter for st. Louis at 3
O'Clock this evening
But small fragment of the bluff be-
twees the railway track and the river remain, and
workmen are pegging away at that few days
should begin ON the unshapely proportions of the
spurs OF the bluffs extending out between the
way entirely and pave the space that the entire
area may be used for handling freight. The lat
ter sugge stion is beyond all question, the best.
James III. Rees closed a contract at Pitts
burg Thursday with the Pittsburg bodybuilding
Company for hull 2i5 feet long, thirty-seven-feet
beam, seven and-one half feet hold; engines Rees
x sons, twenty-tour inch cylinders, nine feet
stroke; five steel boilers, twenty-eight feet long
and forty seven inches in diameter, seven fiues
each; full length cabin and texas, electric lights
and all modern Improvements. viii cost $4,000
Owned by Major John d. Adams, and named Kate
Adams. 1t Is TO take the place of the Dean AZ Jams
in the Memphis and Arkansas river trade, and
will be ready November LIST.
The manager of the Anchor Line of
steamboats, has taken the initiative in discipline
on board their steamers that cannot fail in the
best results For instance, after employing cap
holds each one responsible for his own immediate
department. OF course the captain has general
supervision over all, but is not, as heretofore,
made to father all the shortcomings of his officers
Another safeguard these boats is that officer
OF each department must be on watch continually
in port as well when running, thereby always
being under proper discipline.
The Henry Lowry, which arrived from
New Orleans early Sunday morning. remained
here until Sunday night cleaning boilers, etc She
started on her way up to ST. Louis, but on arrival
at Clark's island, some miles above town, Captain
Long wished TO rearrange her tow, to which the
mate, Leander Huff, objected, and refused TO obey
his commanders orders. also prohibiting the crew
from performing the work, and drew pistol on
the captain. The latter left the tow at the island
bringing the Lowry here. and reporting to the
United States marshal, who sent Deputy NELL to
look into the matter and arrest the mate.
Pittsburg special to Cincinnati Gdzstte, of
Sunday: 1.-THE sudden Use OF feet out of the Mo-
nongahela last night caused a wild current and
considerable disaster. The Coal City broke loose
first and sunk Walton barge and fuel boat with
1900 bushels of COAL also 20 coo bushels in barges
belonging to J. :. Mcdonald and others. At mid
night the Lud keifer sunk boat and barge with
$1,000 bushels. At O'Clock am the Sam Clark
broke loose from her landing. She was ready 10
start out with the aid of the Clipper. At the
mouth of theAlleghaDy theClipper struck sunken
barge and sank in feet of water The mate, Floyd
Burgess, and two deckhands are missing, but may
have been on the Clark. The latter passed out
with her tow Additional coal shipments make
the total sent out this water 9975, 900 bushels
OF which 3,06S 900 bushels were for Louisville,
and 4,91l 900 bushels for CINCINNATI -