Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-22
GENERAL NEWS.

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| Business was fairly active on the levee
yesterday.
John Ksffrey went out last evening mate
on the Tiger.
| Hot stoves were the ambition OF tine levee
| loafers yesterday.
Messrs. Ralston and Garrett, local inspec-
tors, left for Little Rock last evening by rail.
High water has played business COM
pleteiy out at Louisville ami other points on
the Ohio.
The towboat W. W. O'Neil departed yes
terday evening for the Ohio river with 13
| empty coalboats.
The Coahoms is now the regular Osceola
and Friars Point packet, taking business for
Helena, Memphis and other way points.
All the coal fleets weathered Monday
nights storm without injury to a single
plank. Boss management accounts Tor it.
The Memphis and st. Louis Anchor-Line
packets have laid up at st. Louis on accour t
OF high water The Memphis and VicksbuIg
boats will do the business for the present.
The heavy gale of Monday night COM
PEELED the L. P. Schenck to lay mp until yes
terday morning, opposite Fort Pillow. She
encountered heavy winds all the way down
from Cairo.
The U. p. Schenck arrived from the Ohio
y s'erday loaded fiat and crowded with ex-
cursionists. She discharged lot of freight
here, rFplenished her coal bins, and passed
on toward New Orleans, her destination.
At Evansville during the gale Monday
night the harbor tug Uncle Buck was
swamped and sunk at the wharf at the foot
of Main street. Two family boats were
wrecked and two men, two women and one
child drowned.
The gale which "blew big guns" all Mon
day night made things lively down about the
wharf. Packets and craft in port were forced
to put out extra lines, aud keep their weather
eye peeled. As far as heard from up to this
writing no material damage was done to
any thing afioat.
Captain Carter. hearing yesterday of the
high stage of water at Cincinnati, recalled
to mind and related scenes and incidents OF
the high water of 1882 There were no Off
cal guages in those days, and he could not
give comparison with the present condi-
tions until he gets back to Newport where he
has nails driven in the sides of the houses in
that year.
1t is always a feast famine with the
marines. Last summer boats were choking
stumps all the season, because there was no
water to run in. Now they have TO engage
in the same pursuit, because there's no land
to run to- 1t would be a glorious thing if
lied. A. little of this water would have car
ried a steamboat long ways last summer.
Among the passengers on the John A
Scudder, which will pass down this morning
for New Orleans, are: /. l. Sylvester and
wife. Miss Nellie Sylvester, Miss Dryden, Mr.
McGeving and wife, james E Withrow and
wife and mother, Mrs. Washington, Mrs.
Case, Mrs. NJ. Fielding, Mrs. J. B. Clayton,
J. Z. Chic and WIFE, J. B. Ghio and Miss
Chic, r. w. Luudy and wife, G. B. Graham
and wife, and Others.
A telegram was posted at the Cotton Ex-.
change yesterday from Captain c. b Russell,
of tue Cons Millar, TO Captain r. w. Light
burne, Of this city, stating that yesterday
morning the river hal risen at Cincinnati to
% feet 8 inches and was still rising,
and that all boats were laid up. The James
w. Gaff, which left there Saturday evening,
will be the last boat out from Cincinnati
until the water begins to decline.
Captain james Lee has temporarily con-
verted the James Lee into a wharfboat on
which to attend to the business of their line,
he Coahoma being the only packet running
making regular trips between Memphis and
O-ceola and Memphis and Friars Point.
Until further notice the Coahoma will leave
for Friars Point every Monday and Thursday
at p M, and for O>ceola every Wednesday
and Saturday at II N thus accommodating
the mails twice week each way.
Signal service report: River, "a feet IL
IN -s-statiOnary up to LOS M. yesterday.
The Ohio rose "a inches at Pittsburg, AZ
inches at Louisville, and 81 inches at Cairo
being reported stationary at Cincinnati,
where an altitude of 90 feet inches is re-
ported; the Mississippi rose inches at
K okuk, SO inches at Davenport % inches
1T st. Louis, 2 inches at Nicksburg, and
inch at New Orleans the Arkansas river
rose 80 inches at Little Rock; the Cumber-
land river rose 20 inches at Nashville and
the tennessee declined II inches at Chstia-
nooga.
While the u P. Schenck lay here coaliug
yesterday large number Of her passengers,
including many ladies, took stroll through
the principal thoroughfares. The ladies
we're handsomer than the general run OF Wis
itors from the upper country, but the men
oh, lordy, how homely. For the life of us,
We can't see how handsome woman can en-
dure an escort so unat;ractive. But it il like
an ostrich feasting on ten penny nsils-il's
nothing after they get used to it. The
Schenck has large party aboard, and all
appear 10 be living on the fat OF the land,
and are consequently happy.
The only incident worthy OF note resulting
from the gale night before last was the
breaking loose OF the wharfboat at Hope
field, which occurred about o'clock yesfer-
day morning. Luckily the eventwas noticed
in time to prevent any damags, otherwise the
wind which was blowing strong from the
northwest would have brought her square
against the Memphis wharf aud crushed any
and everything which came in her way.
Brown & Joues's DeSoto and c. B. Bryan *
Co.'S OrioIe, both tugs having steam up al
the time, went to her, made fast aud finally
succeeded in landing her against the ArkaH-
sas shore, opposite the foot OF Madison street,
where she remained all yesterday, having re-
ceiysd no damage whatever, rs far as could
b. learned.
RIVERS AND WEATHER.
WHEELING. Esh-uary 2l.-Nnnil-E.LHnr D 9 q: