The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-02
RIVER NEWS.

The City of Helena passed up to St.
Louis from Memphis with light trip. She
will be out again Saturday night on her
way to Memphis.
The Golden City is the next boat out
from Cincinnati in the Big o. line for New
Orleans.
The G. W. Anderson came down from
Nashville with light trip, and will return
with big trip of grain from the new
elevator for Nashville.
The City of Alton is the next boat due
out from st. Louis for New Orleans in the
Anchor Line. She left last night and will
be here tonight or tomorrow.
The Charley Brown is coming from
Louisville with tow of coal for Cairo and
Memphis.
The Jos. Kinney passed up to st. Louis
last night from Owachita river. She
took a trip of freight for st. Louis for st.
Louis merchants.
The transfer boat st. Louis from Column
bus came up yesterday and took train of
cars from Birds point to Columbus.
The City of Vicksburg passed up to st.
Louis yesterday morning with light trip
from Vicksburg She returns south from
here Sunday afternoon.
The Iron Sides came out from st. Louis
with a ton of ore for Pitttburg.
The Guiding Star came down from Gin
cinnati for New Orleans with good trip.
She will add about hundred tons here.
The Vint Shinkle came up from Mem
phis last night for Cincinnati with a good
trip.
The Andy Baum passed to Memphis
from Cincinnati with good trip. She add
ed considerable freight here at the new
elevator.
The r. j. Wheeler passed south to
Plum Point with tow of rock from the
NJ. R. Com. They commenced driving piles
last week.
The river is falling with AZ feet 7
inches on the gusge, fall of inch in
last "a hours. AT Chattanooga, it fell 5
inches. AT Cincinnati, inches. Louis
vile, 10 inches. Nashville, G inches, with
10 feet inches on the guage. The indi-
cations are that the Ohio will continue to
fall but very slow for some days; the only
rises are reported from the upper and
lower Mississippi.
The Jos II. Bigley and tow arrived
from New Orleans yesterday afternoon and
will lay up in the Mississippi river for the
present.
The new City of Cairo will be launched
at Jacksonville as soon as the river recedes
sufficiently to do so, and will be out to
Cairo claiming our attention before any ar.
engagements have been made by our citizens
to welcome her. Something should be done
at once, and we call on Mayor Thistlewood
to start the ball rolling. A set Of colors
should be ordered and our worthy Mayor
should get his rhetorical power in shape for
the occasion. The new boat will be the finest
t.e Anchor Line have yet built, and will
carry 1900 tons, will run between st. Louis,
and Vicksburg, and is owned by the ViCks.
burg Anchor Line. Those who remember
the old City of Cairo, will DO vastly graft
| fed to find in the new packet one which Is
more in keeping with the dignity and i'm
portance Of our city, and no effort should
be spared to render our appreciation evi.
dent to those who have paid so handsome a
compliment to the Egyptian capitol.
The Silverthorn left for the bends with
a good trip, sho has been engaged in taking
the cattle and stock from the low lands be-
low here and Hickman to places Of safety
since the high water. N
] The city Of New Orleans left yestcrdsy