Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-26
GENERAL N EWs.
BUSINESS moderate.

DOc1NEoc hOuCihtC
WEATHER OF the softening persuasion.
JACK SMITH and John Carroll are the
Baum's pilots this trip.
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River IL feet IL
inches-rise IA inches yesterday.
RECEIPTS By river yesterday, liz bales of
cotton and II bags of seduction.
CAPT. VIM. EzELL, of the Terrene wharf
boat, came up passenger on the Kate Adams
yesterday morning.
THE Grand Pacific arrived from New Or.
leans yesterday afternoon with about half
load-say 900 tons. She discharged I20
packages here, but added nothing.
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN Is cut off from Chat.
tanooga by stream fully 100 yards wide
and feet deep. A ferry is in operation in
transferring wagons and passengers.
THE best pilots of New Orleans say that if
the supervisors had not changed Rule the
collision Between the City of Greenville and
Laura Lee would never have occurred.
THE Josie Harry, as announced by tele-
graph, will arrive from White river this
evening and return tomorrow evening as
usual. Capt. r. w. Lightburne is her agent.
The Annie P. Silvers passed south before
day yesterday morning with heavy trip,
adding her 1913 empty barrels and q lot Of
sundries. She got 10000 sacks of corn be.
low Cairo.
THE Charles P. Chouteau left for New
Orleans yesterday evening, taking 300 bales
of cotton, $500 sacks of oil meal, 10 tons of
sacks oil cake, 200 barrels of potatoes and
apples, and sundries.
CAPT. " ILLIAM THoRwEeAN, of the Mem
phis and New Orleans steamer Helena, ar
rived by rail from St. Louis yesterday, and
took command of his other packet, the
Charles P. Chouteau, leaving yesterday even
| ing for New Orleans.
The Golden Crown passed down just before
| noon, discharging about 1000 packages oil
sundries, and added 1000 sacks of oi-meal
| 100 barrels soap-siock, $50 barrels onions, po-
| tatoes and apples, 2l3sacks corn and 43 sacks
oats. She had about all she could handle for
New Orleans.
CAPT. ED NowLAND retired from the com.
mand of the Kate Adams yesterday, Capt
Mark Cheek resumipg his old place. ]. G
Wyckof took the place Of Lee Cummins, jr.
as bill clerk, Will Darrsgh being promoted
to second clerk. Dennis McOernott is mate
in place of Frank Brennan.
LOUISVILLE dispatch, of Wednesday
says: "Boats here are all cooled down, and
will remain 80 till the ice gets thinner. Rive
men experience great trouble with theil
barges and boats in keeping them in tn,
river, as the river falls and the ice keep
them from going back into the river
| Mr.. OLLIE BREEpEN, chief clerk of tn
b. T. Dexter, of the Evansville and Cair,
trade, was in the city yesterday, the guest o
Mrs. Henry Breeder, his sister-in-law. MI
Breeder contracted q condition of bad healtl
up in the uncerta ain temperatures of the Obi
river, and came 10 Memphis to recuperate
CINCINNATI Commercial Gazette, Wednee
day: "Mrs. Margaret Mccoy Wise, the ven
cradle mother of Capts. James s. and Rober
Wise, died at her residence in Westwoo
yesterday, at the ripe age of 70 years. Sh
was the mother of children, all of whor
survive her. Her ioss will be deeply mourne
by large circle Of friends"
CAPT. THoRwEGAN's Helena arrived
New Orleans Wednesday morning with 6l2
!. bales of cotton, 416 sacks of cotton sesd, 100
sacks of cotton-seed meal, and 1927 sacks {
. oil-cake-in all, the weight of 5000 bales {
cotton. She is laid up at New Orleans fc
the present, and her crew has been paid Of
Her future movements are not known.
, LOUISVILLE Resf, 21st: "The relatives an
friends OF Capt. John F. Leyden, at Ne
Albany, have noticed for several days pa
that his mind has become impaired, and
was thought best TO place him under medic,
treatment. Yesterday lunacy commissio
.. was held and he was declared insane. Cap
Leyden has been respondent ever since
lost the steamer Petona, during the war;"
CHATTANOOGA Times, Wednesday: at
! | rise continued longer than we expected, an
: as it steadily crept up the entire day thel
was considerable anxiety. We were besiege
| by anxious inquirers all day, and assured o
that our best information was that the riv
would not go above SO feet, and such is Il
!. fact. The water rose to the basement
. | Martins basement and flooded Loomis
Harris Office. The pumps of the South Ire
! egar and tannery were submerged, and in Il
: lower end OF the Fifth ward there was
!. waste of water extending for many hundr'
: yards. The water touched the bottom
houses near Ruohs's cotton mill, and Il
Roseville road was submerged 10 plac,
There was no damage of any consequent
the only effect being that several famili
2 we're compelled to vacate their house. II
{ river is falling rapidly at all points above