Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-25
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
Fly-time is close at haad-in fact, the flies
are already in.
The new Anchor Line steamer CITY Of
Cairo, building at Jacksonville, is TO maxi
a trial trip the latter part OF next week.
New Orleans Times Democrat Thursday
"The darkies started in with the Barouche'
as a nickname for the City of Baton Rouge
but since her fast run they call her 'O'NeiIl's
train
Signal service report: River "a feet 9
inches-decline inch. The Ohio is rising
from Cincinnati down; Arkansas river is
rising at Little Rock. No material changes
reported from other points.
There was great damage done by the rapid
rise of the river and the violent wind at
Cincinnati on Tuesday and Tuesday night.
COalboats and log-rafts were swept away,
and some harges were sunk. The steamers
were all wind-bound at the wharf. AT
Louisville the Rainbow was bound
Tuesday night, and the Sam Roberts and
other boats were detained at tbs foot Of the
falls unable to get through the locks, which
are sgain overlooked.
St. Louis Republican, Thursday: During
the windstorm of Tuesday the steamer
Fannie Tatum was blown aground Just below
Carondelet, and remained in that position
for nearly thirty-six hours, arriving here at
3 pm. yesterday. The steamers Charles p
Chouteau and J. B. NJ. Kehlor which were
tied up near the dorks in Carondelet, parted
their lines and were blown over to the Hi
nos side of the river. Captain Thorwegsn
was at the wheel of the Chouteau and landed
the two boats without either of them sus-
tanning any damage"
Evansville Journal, Wednesday: "The
United States beacon light steamer Lily,
arrived from Cairo at pm. yesterday and
lies over here till this morning. She found
the lights badly demoralized hence to Cairo.
The flood had washed away, and the drift
had Knocked down a number of the posts
and in some instances the keepers had been
driven to the hills or highlands and the
lights abandoned. The posts have been re-
stored and the keepers have generally re-
turned and everything will be lovely again
till the next food comes"
Courier Jour al, Goth: "a certain boat
coming up the Mississippi during the flood,
the other day, lost her way and bumped up
against a frame house. She hadn't more
than touched it before an old darby rammed
his head up through hole in the roof where
the chimney once came out, and yelled at the
captain: 'Whar de debbil is yer gwine wild
dat boat? Can't YER see muffin? Fust thing
yer knows, yer gwine to turn dis house obsr,
spill de ole CONAN an de chin out in &c
flood an drown EN-. Wat yer dom out heah
Is de country wild yer ID boat, anyhow
Coon back yander froo de con fields, an git
oack into de riber, war yer b'longs. Ami
got no business seben miles out in de country
foolin' roun' peoples houses, nohowp The
boat backed out"
The Philadelphia Press, referring to the
foo Is in the Mississippi and its tributaries
his year, says: ain 1858 the Mississippi
70 ho Ill
country under water ard kept ii there for
weeks. The next cotton crop was the largest
on record up to date, 4 ,0IS, 9l4 bales against
3,257 ,339 the year before with low water In
1859 the river was flooded again, high water
lasted into May, utter destruction was pre-
dicted for cotton, and the crop that W ar was
1891 ,292 bales, the largest on record until
the crops OF few recent years. With the
same territory under water in the same way
the sc things are worth RENE nj eriug." While
there i undoubtedly basis OF truth ia this
stat, ment it Is also true that the floods Of
1858 and $50 were not nearly so extensive
as that OF 1882, and the destruction OF life
and property, and the consequent suifering
were not nearly SO great.
Dennis McCoole was up before his honor,
the president Of the Taxing District, the
other morning, charged with removing a
stone from the wharf. The president asked
with characteristic mildness: We'll, Dtnui=,
We have a serious charge against you"
"Phwat's that, sor?' "You are charged, sir,
with feloniously appropriating one OF the
com orent parts OF the best wharf the world
ever saw-what have you got TO say for
yourself" Its none OF yer business, sor"
" The Court didn't catch the gist OF your re-
mark, sir" Eyer didn't,7 The Court re-
specially begs to be understood "a intimat
ing that it didn't" "Well, phwst's the Court
got to do with the wharf, and sure don't it
belong TO Misthor Kallaher, and ii Pat don't
make kick about me diggin' up q sthone,
I'm sure the Court, nor anybody else, has
nothin' to say agin it, sor. That's phwat I'm
sayin', sure" "You may go, sir"