Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-27
GENERAL NEWS.

DuslLesS was very uuil yesterday.
The Dean Adams was the only packet tina
disturbed these waters yesterday.
The Dean Adams had fair trip out TO
Arkansas river yesterday evening.
Receipts by river yesterday: 70 bales o
cotton, 10 bags seed cotton, and 1872 sacks 0
cotton-5eed.
Walker Outlaw has accepted the clerkshiI
on the Dean Adams recently made vacan
by the resignation Of Lew Brannon.
The Bright Light and Halliday were boil
reported aground below st. Louis Sunday
| Both succeeded in getting off, but had con
siderable trouble with the ice.
The Golden Crown arrived from New Or
| leans late Wednesday night, and, after dis
charging good pile of freight here, passed
on up for Cincinnati with 500 tons.
Signal service report: River 81 feet 4
inches-rioe > inches during the "A hours
ending los pm, yesterday, and within ]
foot inches OF the high water of 1867
The Plow Boy, of the Memphis and Ar
kansas river trade, has laid up at the mouth
of White river. Captains Ed Rowland and
james Thompson have arrived home. The
Marlin Speed will do all the business until
circumstances call for more tonnage.
Captain Hunter Ben Jenkins, the famous
steamboat agent OF st. Louis, who few
weeks ago buried brother, is now mourning
over the death of his bright little nephew,
Stoney Keith, who died in st. Louis last Sat
urday Of typhoid fever, after intense suffer
ing.
The Belle Memphis left Vicksburg Tues
day with 100 bales of cotton for a starter.
She may be trying to eclipse the champion
cotton trips for which the Chouteau and
Frank made themselves famous The Belle
will be here to-day and the APPEAL intends
to see about it.
New Orleans Times Democrat, Wednesday
'Tbe Charles p. Chouteau had a very fair
miscellaneous freight, which, together with
10000 or 10000 sacks of seed to take on at
different points, will give her good trip to
Memphis. The Chouteau will make at least
one more trip to Memphis, so as to take in
Mardi Gras."
st. Louis Post Dispatch, Tuesday: "The
Bright Light arrived last night, after a
lively tussle with the ice. she spent one
night aground at Rush Tower. Captain Tom
Hunter has not yet decided whether the boat
will return to the Ohio this week or hot.
Everything depends on the weather. The
river at noon marked 9 feet inches by the
gauge and falling. The ice is getting trou-
blesome, but not yet impossible"
Two thousand two hundred ami forty-four
steamboats,, with an aggregate tonnage of
the past year, and 396 barges with an aggre-
gate tonnage of 163, 260 tons. The tonnage
OF the steamships arriving during the same
amounted to 5O7, 592 tons; ships, 260, 901 tons;
barks, 509,093 tons; schooners, 80 566 tons:
and briggs, 1920 tons, making grand total
Of tonnage of 2,35S, 35S tons.
The Cincinnati local inspectors have con-
cluded their investigation of the collision
between the Bright Light and the Ohio,
which occurred on December ID, and the
quasi court of inquiry was unable to deter
mine which boat was at fault, SO the licenses
of the pilots on both boats were suspended
Tor sixty days. james Hamilton was at the
Bright Lights wheel, and Kirk Culver at the |
Ohio's. The latter will appeal his case to !
supervising Inspector Fehrenbatch.
A dispatch from Anna, Illinois, reports the !
accidental death of J. B. Fulton, Of the in- |
zane asylum, to-day at 2 pm. by falling |
trough an open hatchway. He was well |
Known on the river, having followed the av-
'cation OF engineer for years, and at the
ime OF his death was in charge of the ma
hinery Of the asylum. His last berth on the
liver was as engineer on the Mary Z. For
yth, when that boat was wrecked going 10 |
PENSACOLA during the war. Captain Fulton
vas engineer in the Mississippi squadron,
United States navy
The question of again changing the steam
'oat signals on the Western rivers has been
rought up in the meeting of the Board of
supervisors by Mr.. Fehrenbatch He pro-
,oses to so modify the present rule that if
he down boat does not signal in time the
p boat shall have the right to give the sig
al. To this it is objected that the up boat
light not have heard a signal already given
y the down boat, and then an attempt by
he up boat to move as if it was the first to
lgnal might lead to fatal Inisunderstand-
ng. Ii this change is formally presented to
ne board, an amendment will be presented
} return to the rules governing signals az
hey existed before the last change was
lade.