Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-26
GENERAL NEWS.


Weather continues moist.
Receipts yesterday, PIG sacks of cotton
seed.
The Josie Harry was the only boat in port
at dark last night.
Signal Service report: River II feet z
inches-decline inches yesterday.
The City of Providence added 20 tons and
passed on down to Vicksburg. Captain John
q. Crane is recommending this trip temporarily
in place of Captain Lenox, who stopped off.
The Golden Crown, about days out from
New Orleans, passed up yesterday afternoon
with about 400 tons for the Ohio river, dis
charging here 1000 bundles of iron ties. She
had also handsome trip of passengers.
Cincinnati Gazette, Thursday: "The S. p.
Coe WAS unable TO get over Rising Sun bar
and went TO the bank. Her bsrges are draw
ing feet, and there is little, if any, more
than feet on the bar there now. She Is
lighting her barges over"
st. Louis Post Dispatch: "The steamboat
Fannie c. Tatum is in trouble with admiralty
suits. Yesterday writ was issued against
the boat Tor payment of the engineers claim
Tor wages, etc. To-day NJ. D. Mcguire,
Waterman, filed a claim for libel against the
boat on account OF wages for 1924.
The J. B. NJ. Kehlor, which Captain
| a cotton carrier, will come up to any boat as
regards dimensions. She is 375 feet long. rs
| feet beam, II feet at the, bow and feet aft.
She will have no guards and will be able to
carry 5000 tons. The machinery of the
Grand Tower will propel her.
St. Louis Globe Democrat, Thursday: "The
| funeral OF Lem Gray, one of the pilots of
the ill-fated Gold Dust, took place yesterday
from the residence of Captain A. J. Carter,
| in Cote Brilliante. The pall-bearers were all
| Anchor-Line pilots, and The floral tributes
| were many and beautiful. A more popular
man than lem Gray never turned a wheel"
Evansville Journal, Thursday "The officers
| of the Rainbow report the Vint Shinkle hard
| aground at Peckenpaugh's bar, with the
Matte Hays alongside of her trying to
| Tighten her Oft. They report only 81 feet on
| the shoalest bar, with no defined channel
The Shinkle is drawing full 81 feet, and will
have further difficulty getting down. She
will probably be here this morning early"
The officers of the James Lee report the
drowning of John Dooley, watchman on the
Katie Hooper, while that boat was lying at
Helena, on her way up White river. No
particulars, other than that he was seen to
TALL overheard and disappear beneath the
water. John Dooley was a young white
man, raised in Memphis, where his relatives
reside. He was a brother-iu-law of Mr.
Qainn, constable of the Fifth district of
Shelby county.
The Louisville correspondent of the New
Orleans Times Democrat writes: "Ihere is a
good deal OF quiet talk abont there being
established for the coming season a line OF
sidewheel boats from this point to New or
leans, in connection with the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad Company. 1t seems there is
great deal of dissatisfaction among Ohio
river steamboatmen with the present organi-
cation. There is also move to be made for
the reorganization of the Memphis and Gin
cinuati trade by the addition of a number of
sidewheel boats not now in the trade, noted
for their speed and passenger accommoda-
tions. l give the above as Dame Rumor
gives it."
St. Louis Republican, Thursday: "The
Commonwealth was brought to the wharf
yesterday from retirement (where she has
undergone thorough overhauling), looking
as meat as pin,' and will be found at the
company's wharfboat ready to depart to-
day at o'clock pm. for Vicksburg and way
landings. Captain John L. McCord, late
master of the destroyed Gold Dust, having
sufficiently recovered from his injuries, will
be found in charge of her. Mr.. Charles
Gould, rising young boatman, is her chief
clerk, and Joe Dukes and Gus Block have
charge of the freight department. The Com
monwealth will now retain the Thursday
departure, which will be remembered as that
of the Inflated Gold Dust. Captain Joe
Bird is freight agent"
The Pittsburg Times says: captain W. C.
Tichenor, who will command the new steamer
Will S. Hays, was in the city on Saturday,
and left for home in the evening. Captain
Tichenor is delighted with the model and
general adaptation OF the new boat. The
machinery is progressing favorably. The
Hays is boat that Is destined to create
sensation in the Mississippi. The fact is, the
time for slow passenger boats is passed, and
the sooner boatmeu realize this fact the bet
ter. Even when people are not in hurry
they will be certain TO take the fastest boat.
Cincinnati will have to wake up. The boats
in the Memphis trade are not what they
ought 10 be, with scarcely an exception. The
boats in the Cincinnati and New Orleans
trade will have 10 be improved in the near
future il they wish to retain th at traden