Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-22
GENERAL NEWS.

Be sure and bet ON the right horse
Pilot Mark Eccles came down on the Gaff
to look at the river.1
The wreck of the lost r f. Lee will be
sold at Vicksburg next Tuesday.
Signal Service report: River 5 feet s
inehes-decline inches yesterday.
Receipts by river yesterday 4oS bales of
cotton and 402 sacks of cotton-seed.
The Gaff registered PAL people on the way
down; good start for fall business.
Hoi for the races-but be careful you
don't have to "hoe" for home footback.
New Orleans local packets are ruling
shippers down to limit of 4:So O'Clock for receiy-
ing freight.
Little Rock "set up" boat race Thurs
day, crew No. winning mile-and- a-haf heat in
Nine minutes.
The steamer Jimmie Baker took the cot
ton off the Headlight which grounded at Davis
Bend several days ago.
The Commonwealth arrived from St. Louis
on time yesterday and will leave for VicksbuTg at
the usual hour this morning.
Mics Maggie Reinbardt, OF Memphis, came
i.s'ss1s ON estSTfay after an extended
The 6has. r. Gnouteau broke her wheel be-
low Grand Tower last Tuesday, but is coming on
down all right. She has an Anehor-Line load on.
The Clinton arrived from st. touis-yes-
uerday morning with 3431 packages, and returned
in the afternoon with the upper bend way freight
Engineer james McGsffy left Cincinnati
for Plum Point, ON the Mississippi river Thursday
to accept a berth on one OF the government boats
there.
The channel is reported in better shape
between St. Louis and Memphis, the water SCOUT
ing out the bad places as usual in low condition
oil the tide
and Ida Fat, belonging to ]. ]. Connolly, came in
on the Calf yesterday morning and are entered for
the coming races.
George Cunningham goes clerk on the
Ma 1rllQllN in ArEQ fnr mis- ha
leaves Wednesday. He is genial gentleman and
we congratulate him on his promotion.
The mar mes will have season of enjoy
ment next week. They are preyerbially fond o.
TUT sports, and the layout for the week promises
an abundance of that class of recreation.
The following "goers" for the looming
races arrived by The steamer Gaf yesterday morn
Full Moon, Virago and o. M. B., Il. Mason's
stable.
preliminary meeting was held Friday
night by several merchants of Vicksburg looking
placed above the city during the low water season
and in front during high water.
The james w. Gsff was taking on freight
this morning. she has 126 bales cotton, $50 sacks
oilmeal 65 packages iron and rags, u 900 feet of
lumber and several passengers.
The James w. Gaf came in from the
of Western produce, some 600 tons for this port.
She has several families from Indiana who have
come TO try their fortunes in the Bluff City.
The Ida Darragh brought all the Pillow
Boys cotton from The wreck reshipping the New
Orleans lot at Terrene, and bringing up the lis
bales for Memphis. Itwas consigned to Agent J.
A. Harpham, OF the Memphis Underwriters.
The following will be the Thomas Sher-
locks officers the coming season. Master, Capt.
James Nichols; CLERK, Amos Fisher; second clerk,
PURGE /; mates Eph. King and Whit Mercer; chief
engineer, James Johnson; steward, John Perry.
90 account of the scarcity OF labor and
the demorslized condition of that which could be
parture for White river until noon to-day She had
good trip 10 sight last night, which may accumu
late to all she wants by the time she gets off to-
day.
New Orleans Times Democrat, 18th: "The
dredgeboat at work on Bayou Terrbone during
The month OF September has eLcavated Il, ll6
feet. 1t has also removed from the bed OF the
eSyG% he aaD Sey
Times Democrat reporter yesterday that news had
been received from New York, the character of
of closing Bonnet Care crevasse would be |
satisfactorily arranged and the work commenced |
IN very snort time
We are saving our "wad" for the races, and |
have already calculated upon the size. shape and |
tonnage of the ship that we will have built with
sierkship viii apply fmmediateiy after the races
She is going to be clipper model, double-decker,
inst and second-clsss cabins all the staterooms
tilted up IS bridal chambers, automatic freight
handlers, sidewheel with compound engines, in |
illuminators, deck and cabin, steam |
steering machinery, etc.. etc--in fact an improve
ment in every detail on all modern inventions. |
She viii be called the.
The following list of produce kings are |
coming South from the upper Ohio with cargoes |
ioou: Capt P. II. Elliott will have boat of pota
Oes 1000 barrels; P. Bentz d Co.. Plantz, 1900 bar
-els; Rood, Wolf & Co., PlAntz. 200 barrels Capt
Bill Roberts, Letart, cabbage, krout and apples, |
lad 1000 barrels potatoes; Bibbee * Douglass Rip
ey Landing, 1000 barrels potdtoes; E. Douglass & |
Co, Ripley Landing 1880 barrels potatoes; Wick,
Hayman & Co.. Warths Bottom. 300 barrels apples |
md potatoes Nat Parr Co., 1000 barrels potatoes
spencer HarpoId, potatoes, cabbage and krout; D.
:. Piekins, Racine, 1000 barrels potatoes, krout
ind cabbage.