Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-05
GENERAL NEWS.

Business moderate.
Receipts by river yesterday, 8 bales cotton
and 231 sacks of cotton-seed.
Signal service report: River Is feet
inches-decline inches yesterday.
The Hard Cash was taken out on the ways
yesterday at Mound City, for an overhaul
ing and general repairs.
Captain William Weaver, the well-known
Cincinnati and New Orleans pilot, came
down a passenger on the Will Kyle.
The Belle Memphis passed down for
Vicksburg yesterday morning, adding a lot
of lime and sundries-about 20 tons.
The James w. Gaf left for Cincinnati
yesterday evening with 100 bales of cotton,
lot of lumber and sundries, and moderate
trip of passengers.
Yves Owens's brown horse No ade three good
seconds out at Olympic Park yesterday after
noon. II he had happened to win the race
Yves would have had to been suppressed.
The City of Providence. which arrived
from Vicksburg last night, left for st. Louis
| q splendid passenger trip, about 20 getting
off here, and about as many more taking
passage up the river.
The iron steamer City of Alma, built at
Philadelphia for some upper Mississippi
trade, and which came round by sea to New
Orleans, thence up the Mississippi, arrived
at this port yesterday morning and was lying
at the upper wharf last night. The evil
dence of her staunchness is indicated in the
fact that she made the ocean voyage success
fully.
The Will Kyle arrived late last evening,
bringing a good load of freight and fair
trip of passengers out of the Ohio. Among
her passengers to this port was Mrs. Wes
Owens, daughter and two sons, the family of
Pilot Yves Owens, of the James Lee. She
discharged l50 packages here and added a
small lot, and left during last might for New
Orleans.
What are the wild waves of the st. Louis
Post Dispatch saying. Listen at this: "Our
river interests have recently got rid of de-
moralizer that hung like vampire for forty
years on the ragged edge of commerce, in
fecting every marine enterprise with the faint
of his poisonous breath, and the Post-Dis-
patch means to see to it that there be no sue
| cession." Come again, friend P-D, and
elucidate.
Some one who seems to know our new local
inspector from boyhood to the present time,
writes: "tHite' Brszee, as he.is familiarly
known, is one OF the best, as we'll as the most
popular, steamboatmen on the Ohio river.
He went on the river as cub with his
brother-in-law, Captain James L. Maginnis,
deceased, one of the best and widest-known
river men of the old school. Hite served as
a carpenter while learning the river"
Cincinnati 1imcs-Star, Friday: "The Gin
cinnati and New Orleans pilots held meet
ing this morning 10 act on the resignation OF
their late fellow professional, Captain Hiram
Brace, who has been appointed local hull
inspector at Memphis. In accepting Captain
Braces resignation the pilots, while express
ing universal regret at losing 80 valuable a
member of their association, Joined heartily
in a resolution congratulating him on his
good fortune in receiving the appointment
referred to. Brazee is a steamboatman from
the floor up, and his services will undoubt-
eddy prove valuable to the inspection service
in the Seventh district"
Madison (Ind.) Courier: Saturday even
ing a youth named :Lunger was bringing
Captain John Darragh up town from the
ship-yard in spring wagon. When near
Mill street they met the engine of the West
era Fire Company coming from the FIRE.
The horse driven by the boy took fright at a
whistle blown by the engine and turped sud-
denly, throwing the occupants out violently
and injuring both painfully. The captain
was 80 seriously injured that he kept his
painfully bruised that ORA. Collins and
Hutchinson were called to attend him. The
doctors found no bones broken, and the youth
and Captain Darragh are both improving"
Louisville Courir.Journal, 1st instant:
"Ihe new Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwest
ern railroad won't receive any freight from
boats at Paducah for points along its line
unless the freight-bill is prepaid. This is
rough on the merchants of Mayfeld and
other points on the Chesapeake, Ohio and
Southwestern. Now boats don't treat rail-
roads that way. They'll take freight from
railroads, and at less rates, every nance they
get, and that's what's the matter with the
new Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern, but
they can't dictate terms to country merchants
as long as they can build dirt roads and turn
pixies and buy mules to haul their goods and
merchandise in wagons. The Chesapeake
and Ohio is putting on too many airs for a
new beginner"
Vicksburg Commercial, Thursday: Gap
tain w. L. Marshall, United States ingineer
in charge of the improvements Of the Mis-
sissippi River Commission ct Providence
Reach, was in the city yesterday. He re-
ceived orders this morning 10 resume work
at once, and on receipt of same he tele-
graphed to Memphis and St. Louis recalling
all his former employees, instructing them to
report at once at the works. Captain Mar
shall states that active operations will be
resumed in the next ten days, the river hav-
ing fallen sufficiently to work to an advan-
tage. The former appropriation was all
exhausted in purchasing the necessary
boats, barges, pile-drivers, etc. There is
nothing to de now but to commence the
work at once, as the last appropriation is
now available. Captain Marshall left on
the Gold Dust for his headquarters"
Debuque Herald: "Some thirty days ago
Major A. Mackenzie, of the United Slstes
engineer corps, obtained permission from the
government to build and experiment ON q new
style OF wheel for steamboat purposes, go he
Immediately placed the steamer Vixen I'M
der the immediate supervision of his able
assistants to complete the task. The work
was done at the Iewa Ironworks, and it is
called the feather-wheel, on the principal of
always going into the water straight and
leaving it in the same way, thus applying
the power in a direct line with the keel of
the boat. This obviates the great fault OF
the old-siyle wheels, which hammer the wa
ter going in and lift the water going out,
which amounts to about one-third of the
power being lost With the fearhering
wheel the motion is steady, and no jarring
or shaking of the boat, which makes a large
saving on machinery and hull. The wheel
is protected by heavy angle iron rim put
on outside the arms, keeping the arms from
catching logs or floating rubbish and al
most impossible to break of. Yesterday,
at 9:45 o'clock am, Major Hoffman and
Captain J. D. Dushene, with their in
vifed guests, Messrs. Charles n. Clark, Burt
E. Linehan and others, left the wharfboat