Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-15
GENERAL NEWS.
Business pretty good Yesterday.

business pretty good yesterday.
Receipts by river yesterday, 143 bales cot
| ton and 3400 sacks cotton-seed.
The Tiger left for St. Francis river with a
| pretty fair trip yesterday evening.
The City of Vicksburg passed up for st
| Louis on time yesterday evening, doing very
| little business here.
The Paris C. Brown had about 500 tons Of
| freight and good trip of people when she
passed up for the Ohio yesterday morning.
! The Nint Shinkle got in from the Ohio
| river yesterday morning with 5247 packages
of freight, and is receiving for her return
! this morning.
| The City of Greenvile passed down foI
| Vicksburg after dark last night, having
| added here several tons of way freight for
. points intermediate.
The Charles p. Chouteau got away for
New Orleans last night with 125 bales cotton
| 1590 sacks cOtton-seed, good OF lot sundries
and several passengers.
Nothing later from the dangerous condi-
| tions at Helena than what was published
| yesterday morning, which leads to the
opinion that all is safe thus far.
The Golden Crown, loaded fiat and crowd
ed with Mardi-Gras excursionists, passed
down for New Orleans at an early hour yes
terday morning. Everybody was happy.
The largest raft of sawlogs ever brought to
Memphis, now on the way from Big Creek,
was cut from forests owned by Captain E. ]
Wendell, consisting of poplar, ash, oak, wal
nut timber-the best the world ever saw.
The remains of Frank Timon who died at
Nicksburg from the effects of injuries re-
ceived on board of the steamer Paris c.
Brown, were shipped by the steamer Guiding
Star Monday night for Cincinnati.
Signal service report: River 50 feet .
inches-decline Of inch during the "A hours
ending :08 pm. yesterday. Sharp rises are
reported in the Ohio at Cincinnati and Louis
vile, while decline is announced at Pitts
burg. The changes at other points were of a
light character.
The following from the Cairo Bulletin, of
Sunday, is pretty good evidence of the filth
ness OF the streets of that city of Venitian
surroundings: Several ladies from one of
the steamers lying at the wharf yesterday
afternoon, attracted some attention BY engag-
ing several of the bootbiacks TO shine up
their dainty foot gear. They leaned up
against the side of business house and set
their feet upon the boxes with the natural
ness of a regular bohemian and chatted
merrily while the boys brushed vigorously.
Men looked at them in surprise, then passed
on with smile, aud a number of boys stood
around in open-mouthed amazement. But
the lduits uoIe IL eiii DIdNSI tOSSSu the lllLle
negroes their paw and marched back to the
boat as though nothing unusual had &C.
Cured"
The W. P. Halliday is due down this
morning on her Mardi Gras excursion to New
Orleans. Here is splendid opportunity for
the tourist bent on enjoying the celebrated
festival in New Orleans, the only city in the
world that can come any way near putting
up the business as Memphis does it. Captain
Beck Jolly, and his chief clerk, Owen e.
Gates, assisted by Frank Smith, the stew
ard with a string of fame as long as the Mis-
sissippi' and all her tributaries, will make
every body happy. And then there is already
a good company aboard, composed of repre-
sentative people OF st. Louis, among them
the following most prominent: Admiral
Preble, Miss Preble, Mrs. John w. Carroll,
Mrs. w. S. Long, Miss Julia Carroll, w. n.
Kenrick and wife, A. J. Avery and wife, Mrs.
Barselow, Mrs. Robinson, F. F. Benton and
wife, Mrs. Z. F. Thompson, Miss Nettleton,
Miss Schaffer, Miss Pratt, Cyrus Jones and
WIFE, Miss Ryan, Mrs. Mermod, Mrs. Barker,
Mrs. Plummer, Miss Cook, Miss Stansberry,
John H. Maxon and wife, Miss X. Cubbage,
Miss Robinson, w. Helm and wife, Fl. c. Cole
and wife, Mr.. Blakesly and wife, Mr.. Donal-
ley and wife, Mr.. Halliday, Mr. Mccain, c.
w. Beggs, c. r. Chase, Mr.. Ingols, Mrs. In
gols, Miss Ingols, Miss Crane, Mrs. Wilkin-
son, Mrs. Dozier Miss F. -Four, Miss Regain,
Mrs. Watson and two daughters and others
RIVERS AND WEATHER.
OFFICE SIGNAL SERVICE, U. S. A
MEMPHIS, TENN, February IA, 1882. !
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