Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-30
GENERAL NEWS.

BUSINESS was Drlek yesterday.
The river has come to stand at St. Louis.
The Will Kyle's new mocking-bird whistle
plays "Ya nkee Doodle"
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River 9 feet 5
inches-rise II inches yesterday.
The City of Greenville left st. Louis for
New Orleans Wednesday evening.
The Ste. Genevieve did not leave st. Louis
for Memphis till Wednesday evening.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, 7I0 bales of
cotton, liz bags of seed cotton and 1885 sacks
of cotton-seed.
THERE'S to be no snow this load of poles
after all the guessing there would be. 1t
| cleared up yesterday.
The snagboat John r Meigs, which has
been pulling snags up Red river all summer,
arrived in port yesterday.
THE Commonwealth passed down for
| Vicksburg yesterday morning, discharging
| $50 packages at the elevator, and adding 30
tons OF way freight.
THE City of Cairo left s.. Louis for Vicks-
| burg Thursday afternoon, and the City OF
Helena left for Memphis yesterday evening.
They are all stringing out in regular order.
| CHRIS YOUNG paid $500 for the one-eighth
interest in the Paris C. Brown belonging to
the estate of the late NJ. P. Hall, and sold at
administrators sale in Cincinnati Wednes-
d-y.
The Cincinnati G 1seae calls the Emusic
made by the Will Kyle's whistle "the con-
ceutrated sounds of an Indian war hoop, a
locomotive whistle, an Italian opera, and a
meusgerie."
The U. P. Schenck, from Cincinnati, ar
rived yesterday morning with full load
After discharging good lot of freight and
stock, aud adding 20O barrels of potatoes, she
lett ior New Orleans IN the afternoon.
The John S. Brsnsford will go out fol
White river Tuesday. she has been treated
10 new cylinder timoers, new wheel, anc
other features, which make her in better con
dition than she was before her mishap.
The Dean Adams arrived from Friar
Point yes,erday moruing with a good trip
which she discharged and went TO bank Il
; be overhauled. The james Lee resumed
her place in that trade, going out yesterda.
evening.
The Charley Mcdonald arrived out of tn
Ohio river with 4 barges in tow, loaded will
cargoes of produee, and 10000 barrels o
, salt. The salt is for Memphis, while tn
produce goes below. She leaves for tn
7 South this morning.
The Henry Frank arrived from New Or
leans yesterday morning with between 80
aud 1000 tons OF freight, the principal lite IN
being cotton seed, sugar and molasses. Sh
returned in the afternoon, taking 592 bale
J. of cotton, 600 sacks oil cotton-seed meal, p
quarter bales of hay, aud lot of sundries.
The Vint ShinkIe left for Cincinnati ye
q terday afternoon with fine trip oil freigh
t including principally 200 bales OF cotton, 6
:. bales of rags and junk, $50 barrels of OF
# 1900 sacks OF oil-meal, 26S barrels of me
4 lasses, Isl barrels OF rice, 81 barrels OF soa
4 stock, ii packages of old iron and big Il
o OF sundries.
Miss CARRIE NJ. WARMAN was marie
Thursday evening at the residence OF ht
brother, No. Huling street, to Mr.. w.
r Skipwith. The bride is u charming and a
complished young lady, sister of Villa
D. Warmap, pilot of the steamer Josie HAIR
e and daughter of the late Capt. j. j. Wa
= man, who was at the time Of his death oil
g. of the Oldest pilots on the river.
t. THERE has been $500 subscribed by Pitt
g burg coal men, and $500 more promised
needed, for the purpose of sending deleg
}; ton OF pilots from that place to Washingtt
to urge the passage of a bill repeating q
a. laie law governing navigation and pIlo
lie rules on the Ohio and Mississippi rivel
lie Tue men claim it very inconvenient, an
er as practical men, say the old law was nut
the best. A petition signed by all pile
with headquarters at Cincinnati Is TO be fo
warded to the proper person.
as VIcKsBURG special to the st. Louis GtOl
IS Democrat, Thursday: "Mr. Giiliot, wi
y recently purchased The wreck OF the ill-fat
IN r. E. Lee, arrived in the city to-day. /
or informed your correspondent that he b
re already recovered from the wreck 10 boile
~ the bill doctor, email engines, donk
ne pump, and a large lot of copper steam pip
Il, hog chains, ETC., which he has loaded on
% barge preparatory to shipment to New
o. leans by the towboat oakland, due sdo'
tonight. Mr.. Gilliot estimates the boil
IS iron, ETC., so far recovered from the wreck
= valued at SO 900. The Lees whistle "
" found down amid the boilers entirely brok
We off from the pipe, and Mr.. Gilliot thinks
is ruined"