Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-11
GENERAL NEWS.
Business very quiet.

Receipts by river yesterday bales of cotton.
Weather such as might be expected in the
middle of October.
The Dean Adams had a fair trip out for
Arkansas City yesterday afternoon.
The Tiger has come out of the Missouri
river and gone into retirement at st. Louis.
Mr.. Ben Bridges, of this city, lost all his
baggage and about 800 in money by the ex-
ploson of the Gold Dust.
Jesse Prichard has taken Hiram Braces
place on the Cons Millar as Bob Nelson's
partner in the pilothouse.
The Vint Shiukle arrived out of the Ohio
yesterday morning with 2200 packages of
freight and several passengers.
The City of Providence arrived from ST.
Louis yesterday evening with good trip,
bound for Vicksburg this morning.
It is reported in st. Louis that the steamer
Fannie Lewis had been chartered by the St.
Louis and Vicksburg Anchor Line to run in
the Vicksburg trade IN place OF the Gold Dust.
Signal service report: River Is feet 10
inches-decline 10 inches yesterday. We
still fail TO harmonic the official reports OF
the past three days. Mr.. Hambleton's calcu-
lating apparatus is out of keller.
Captain r. w. Lightburne advises US that
he is in receipt OF q telegram from Devalls
Bluff announcing that the james S. Brans-
ford, Captain Joseph Kinman, will arrive
Saturday morning aud leave on sipse ,,Asaal.
St. Louis Republican, Wednesday: "a fleet
OF zfarges loaded with bulk grain and pack
age freight leaves the st. Louis and Missis-
sippi Valley Transportation Compauy's
wharfboat, foot of Elm street, this evening
for New Orleans, in charge of the powerful
towboat Future City"
The Granite State, which made trip to
Memphis in the Memphis and Ohio River
Packet Line, has been turned over to the
owners and laid up at Fulton. Captain w.
G. Tichenor, who was in command, is in
Cincinnati awaiting the turn OF events.
Robert Mccoy, her clerk, is suffering from
chills, and expects to take rest in ST. Louis.
The Ste Genevieve arrived from ST. Louis
Yesterday morning with 3049 packages of
freight, and returned in the afternoon with
the usual amount of way-freight for the
bends Among her passengers down was Mr..
Ben Bridges, one of the passengers on the
Gold Dust at The time her boilers let go. Mr..
Bridges received painful, but not serious
injuries, about his face and hands. He
aspires to quarters as far aft the boilers as
possible hereafter.
St. Louis Post Dispatch: st appears from
all accounts that the officers and crew of the
Gold Dust acted the part of trained veterans
is in Keeping with the known discipline OF
the company, and will go far to reassure the
travelling public that human life is in the
% ain as safe on Anchor-Line boats as any,
where else. One single explosion in twenty
three years will not have the effect of lessen
ing travel by these fine boats"
Think OF a man hopping around his room
at the dead hour Of night, in the middle OF
August, searching through the archives of
last winter for remnants of blankets, COM
forte, etc, and failing on the spur of the
moment to find which, finally has to wrap
his rubber coat about his shivering limbs and
re-retire for the night, praying for morning
to come, SO that he may give long, fond
and lasting embrace to the cooking-sto
while his batter and more patient half pre-
pares the frugal morning repast. What was
the prize we drew in Wednesdays lottery?
st. Louis Republican, Wednesday: "The
officers of the steamer Fannie Tatum have
been having trouble with their deckhands.
The boat plies between this port and Pa
ducah, and the hands have been getting $40
per month. On the last trip, and just after the
boat had left Paducah, on her return to this
port, the men were notified that their wages
would be $50 per month. They rebelled,
and when the boat reached the wharf de-
msnded full wages and interferred 10 pre-
vent a new crew from shipping. The men
talk of suing Tor their money, while the
officers are trying to m axe case OF mutiny
stick in the United States court"
The steamer James w. Gsff, of the Mem
phis and Cincinnati Packet Company, leaves
Memphis August 18th upon grand excur-
sion TO the Ohio river, and nearing Evans
vile will meet the Vint Shinkle, of the same
line, upon which steamer the party will re-
turn making delightful trip of about six
days, at very reduced rate for the round
trip. Both boats carry very fine and full
string banl. The excursionists will have a
view Of the confluence of the Mississippi and
Ohio rivers at Cairo, also passing the mouths
of the Tennessee, Cumberland and Wabash,
on the Ohio. The scenery along the Ohio is
very fine, and to the excurslonists can be OF
no ordinary interest.
Ouachita telegraph: "1he champion car
rying steamer Henry Frank arrived here
Wednesday afternoon with cargo of 1000
tons OF steel rails for The extension of the
railroad from the Ouachita west. The Frank
was in charge of Captain Hicks, with ALT
Grissom in the Office and Pres Lindsey in the
pilothouse. The hrst-named Officers are the
owners of the boat, and were in charge
when the Frank carried her champion trip
of cotton, amounting to 1926 bales, into New
Orleans. The cargo of rails is not only the
largest ever brought up the Ouachita, but
also up the Mississippi, and pnt the guards
of the boat down on the water, che drawing
over twelve feet No difficulty was expert
euced 10 getting up the Ouachita, netwith-
standing the boats great length and drsught,
but ii was deemed prudent TO tie up at
nights. The trip was made in little over
four days. The boat is discharging at the
western bark, Just above the ferry, where
she will remain until the entire cargo Ia dis
charged, which will not be before Monday