The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-25
STAGES OF THE RIVER.

Pit,sburg, May 24-5 pm. River 8 feet
8 inches and rising.
Cincinnati, May 24-5 pm. go feet 7
inches and rising.
Louisville, May 24-5 pm.-River 10
feet inches and falling.
Nashville, May 24-5 pm. River 16 feet
inches and rising.
st. Louis, May 24-5p.m. River 90 feet
and falling.
Weather yesterday clear and pleasant,
but rather cool for the season. Business
on the levee and whartboats only moderate.
The R. R. Springer is due up to-nightfor
Cincinnati. The Springer is said to be
the speed boat of the Southern Transporta-
ton line. Capt. Ii. U. Hart, master
The Vint Shinkle from Cincinnati ar
rived yesterday morning at $50. She had
No. trip of freight and remarkable
good passenger register. Among thepass-
engers was an excursion party of ladies and
gentlemen who are prominent citizens of
the "Queen City" Col. Moore, the popular
purser of the Shinkle, favored Us with the
list which are as follows: Hon. John
Zumstein and wife, Miss Sallle K Hoffman,
Hon. Herman Goebel and wife, Mrs.
Fehrenback, wife Of the U. S. inspector of
steam vessels of the Cincinnati district;
Mrs. Adam Geiss and daughter Miss Lizzie
Cess also Miss Lulu White and Miss
Florence Kirk, of Memphis, who made the
round trip from the Bluff City and took in
the May festival. The Shinkle will land
here on her return trip for Cincinnati Sun
day night, 28th inst. Passengers going
up the Ohio at that time will do well in
securing passage tickets for the Shinkle.
See w. F. Lambdin, agent.
The Hudson and the Fannie Tatum are
advertised to leave St. Louis this evening
at o'clock 1t is said that opposition is
the life of trade. This will be fine OPP
portunity in their rivalry to verify the old
sdage. We hope that both boats may find
sufficient business to make the trade profit
able. They are due here for Paducah to.
morrow night.
The Gus Fowler from Paducah arrived
at 2 80 o'clock last evening. She had as
usual paying trip, andleft as per schedule
with good passenger trip.
The s. L. Wood arrived last evening with
| the Thompson Dean in tow. She will be
conveyed to PittSburg, and the beautiful
cabin which is one of the finest and most
elegant that adorned the hull OF any boat
ever built in the west, will be transferred
to new hull of the finest model and d.
mansions which will be designed for speed
and large capacity. Capt. Jas. Rees, OF
Pittsburg, is having it built, and when the
boat is completed this fall, the name OF
Will S. Hays will be given her. New
machinery entirely of tremendous proper
tons and modern improvements, with a
view of making her a regular racer, il
being built for her now at Pittsburg. AL
though the Dean was financially complete
failure, yet she was very fast and cost Q
large, amount of money. Capt. Rees will
have his new boat ready for this fall trade
and will run her from Cincinnati to New
Orleans.
The Guiding Star for New. Orleans done
much better here than was expected in the
freight line as there was not more than 15C
tons for her when she arrived but she mani
pulated until Capt, Wright, her freight ag'
here, managed to give her sufficient freight
!. to put her guards in the water. On her
arrival she was drawing seven feet, LETT a
545 p. m. drawing nine feet.
The City of New Orleans from the grca'
southern metropolis is due up to dsy fo
the Future Great
The John Is. Maude is due to-day foI
Memphis. She halls from st. Louis
The G. w. Anderson from Nashville i
: due this morning and will leave here on he
return trip for Paducah and Tennesseo'
beautiful capital at 70 o'clock to-day
she arrives on time. Capt Fred Wyatt
master; Wiley Parmenter, chief clerk Fo
passage rates see W. f, Lambdin.
The Belmont, towboat from Helen
with asmall tow Of empties for Wheeling
passed up last evening.
The fine feet Anchor line steamer City @
Vicksburg arrived from the lower Misses
sippi last evening at 4;S0, and departed 70
st. Louis at sos. She stopped here Q
: minutes. Her passenger trip was goo
but her freight trip light.
The rafting Reuben II. Springer is max
~ l.,