Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-20
GENERAL NEWS.

Business quiet.
Both the Anchor-liners got away Sunday
morning on advertised time.
Receipts by rive. since last report, As bales
cotton and sos sacks of cotton-seed.
Signal service report: River % feet 4
inches-a decline of inches yesterday.
The propeller Central City arrived from
st. Louis yesterday afternoon with a tow of
grain.
The Mary Houston had a full load on
when she passed down for New Orleans Sun
day morning.
The John A. Sender, little over days
out from New Orleans, passed up for St.
Louis with 500 tons of freight Sunday
morning.
The Golden Rule, SO hours out from New
Orleans-and she did it with one wheel
passed up for Cincinnati Sunday evening,
with 500 tons freight and full of people.
The Paris C. Brown passed South late yes
terday evening loaded fiat, adding here 400
bales of hay. She lost fuel barge and part of
her chimneys in the storm which turned
things literally upside down at Metropolis
Saturday evening.
r. w. Lightburne, jr., son of Captain r.
W.. Lightburne, the popular steamboat and
railroad agent, has been sick several days,
but was sufficiently recovered to be on the
street yesterday. He wears the appearance
of severe deal with his ailment Dicks
cleverness ought to exempt him from such
visitations.
The City of Baton Rouge, which passes up
for st. Louis tomorrow morning, may get in
this afternoon from New Orleans and lay
over till schedule time. She has a happy
company of people aboard, among them the
following: T. d. Giles, Mr.. B. II. Peterson,
p. Basseau, wife and child, Mr.. Sample, Mrs.
Pickett, Mrs. Davidson, General 3. B. Sims
and wife, Miss L. Henry, Mrs. L. B. AMT,
John Riny, wife and son, Mrs. Benedick and
family, Mrs. Gutaman and family, Mrs.
Oviatt and daughter, Miss Russell, Mrs.
Fowler, Mrs. Dixon, Miss Stanton, Miss May
Bowman, Miss Laura Bowman, Mrs. LOWE
and three sons, Mrs. Seymous, Miss Parker
and servant, Mr.. Sims, Mrs. o. G. Noble,
]. Verne, wife and daughter, Miss Nellie
Rodney, Mrs. H Block and two children,
Mrs. S. E. Marx, Miss Godlove, Jonas Marx,
Mrs. c. L. Gillet, Peter Writ and wife, Mr..
Semms, Mrs. TRULY, G. w. Underhey, Miss
c. Banker, g. w. Buckner.
Captain John A. Scudder, president of all
the Ancher-Line packet companies, of st.
Louis, has chad his pictur tuck" and St.
Louis river chroniclers have enjoyed a fresh
item for once. Come to think about it,
things have been mighty dull in these parts,
and don't care if we do" take hand in
TO be more than ordinary work of art.
From the Republican, of Saturday, we learn:
"On Friday last there was placed on exhibit
ton at Pettes & Leathe's art rooms, No. $40
Olive street. full-length life-size portrait OF
Captain John A. Scudder, president of the st.
Louis and Vicksburg Anchor Line. The por-
trait is painted by Conant, in his happlest
style, and attracts an unusual amount of at
tention from business men on their way down
town. as well as from all who visit the gal
lery." Further on in the notice, the Replb-
Hcan says: Captain John A. Scudder is a
man, who as much any other living, per-
haps. is identified with the carrying trade of
the Mississippi river. He was one Of the in
corporators of the old Memphis and st. Louis
Packet Company in 1859, holding the Office
of secretary from that date till 1870, when
he WAS elected president. 1t was mainly due
to his tact and good management that the
company was kept together during the tan
gled troubles of the rebellion. In 1869 the
Memphis Packet Company purchased the
line running TO Vicksburg and extended its
service to that point, running three boats a
week to both Vicksburg and Memphis. In
1874 at his suggestion the company adopted
the trademark or emblem of an an
Choir suspended between chimneys on
the boats, and from this the appellatiou
Anchor Line was adopted. Captain Scud
der was the first TO introduce on the Western
rivers the restaurant plan, now 20 much
favored, and every improvement calculated
to promote the convenience and comfort of
patrons he has always been the first to adopt.
In 1877 he was elected president of the st.
Louis Merchants Exchange, and in 1878 he
organized the New Orleans Anchor-Line,
with semi-weekly trips. In 1879 The charter
OF the Memphis and 81. Louis Packet Com
pany expired, and the company reorganized
under the title of ST. Louis and Vicksburg
Anchor Line. OF this powerful company
Captain Scudder is now the head, and ST.
Louis business men are happy in the belief
that his hale and vigorous frame is still
good for many years of active work in the
interests of Western commerce."