Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-05
GENERAL NEWS,
Business quiet.

WEATHER damaging 10 river business.
NATURE was in fearful mood yesterday.
NAVIGATION is again suspended at St.
Louis.
The Tiger has 10 lose trip on account of
the Indictment weather.
DENNIS McDERMoTT went out mate of
the Kate Adams last night.
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River ii feet
inches-stationary yesterday.
THERE was a considerable quantity of the
surface of Shelby county floating round Loose
yesterday.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, 122 bales of
cotton, 20 bagsof seed cotton, and 2221 sacks
of cotton-seed.
MATE HENRY POWERS and Second-Mae
Tom Kelly have both resigned their places
on the Kate Adams.
A coALBoAT, sunk at Grand View Island,
in the upper Ohio, last Friday, caused the
sinking OF the steamer Relief Tuesday morn
lag, the latter being total loss.
The Henry Frank broke her shalt near
Helena, but will endeavor to continue on
to New Orleans with her trip. She will
get new shaft at New Orleans,
ALL boats aHeat are supposed to have
choked saplings wherever dark caught them
last night. The fog was so thick that it
could have been dished up with shovel.
THE towboat Graham has been chartered
by the government for the harbor service at
this port. She is now on her way out of the
Ohio with lot of barges for Plum Point
and Memphis.
NEW ORLEANS Item: "Capt. VIM. n. Rid
die, well known.pilot and towboat captain,
has been appointed assistant hull inspector
for this port, vice james T. Butler promoted
10 the inspectorship. Both are excellent Sc
| lections."
The Salvor No. 2 arrived from above
late yesterday evening, and laid ID port last
night. She is bound for Churchville, La,
| on Atchafalaya river, to raise train
of cars thrown into that river from the
| Texas Pacific railway.
ST. LOUIS Republican, Wednesday: "Owing
to the heavy ice running yesterday, and the
reports from the West of continued cold
weather, the Anchor-Li packets announced
to leave yesterday and to-day have with
drawn for the present"
| The City OF Baton Rouge arrived from
New Orleans late Wednesday night with a
big trip, of which 46 hogsheads of sugar, $50
barrels OF molasses, and 81 packages mer-
chandise were discharged here. She left
early yesterday morning for St. Louis.
The Ste. Genevieve, on her way up from
Memphis, reached Chester Tuesday after
noon, where size received orders to come as
lar as Bushburg, il possible, and go into
winter quarters. The is the only Anchor
Line boat in the slightest danger from ice.
| TELEGRAPHIc advices from Evansville
state that the Vint Shinkle ran through her.
self below Uniontowp, KY, Tuesday. The
towboat Grace Morris went to her assistance
Il - he IL 4
arrive IN Evansville Wednesday morning.
The Kate Adams arrived from Arkansas,
City on time yesterday morning, with good
load on, and returned yesterday evening
with handsome showing of freight for tnt
bends. The officers express themselves al
delighted with her movements in every de
tail.
The Centennial arrived from st. Louii
yesterday afternoon with a big trip fol
points below, OF which 5000 sacks of corr
were taken on below Cairo. Bad weather
caused her mrch trouble. She discharged
l407 packages. and will leave for New Or
leans at an early hour this morning.
A LAND LUBBER yesterday declared thai
when he heard the Will Kyle's new whistl,
he thought Texas bull and jackass were
in deadly conflict, and both yelling like bIazei
in the dialect peculiar to the animal species
OF each. That criticism knocks the "mock
ing-bird" sentiment out of that whistle.
The Charles P. Choteau arrived from New
Orleans yesterday evening with l400 pack
ages, principally sugar, molasses, salt an,
eotton-seed. She took on n bales cotton
and has engagements below for a good loa,
into New Orleans. She was detained con
sidersbly by bad weather coming up. Sh
was 10 have left on her return to New Or
leans last night if the fog disappeared, other
wise her departure was deferred until thi
morning.
LOUISVILLE special 10 the Cincinnati Com
= mereiai, Wednesday: "The towboat Graham
in charter Of the United States, came i
> from Pittsburg with 8 barges in tow 70
Plum Point. She takes % barges, includin
!. those built at Jacksonville by the Howard
and Barmore, and lowed s of them over th
falls this morning, but Is detained at th
J. foot OF the canal by the TOW of the Iro
Duke and II barges and 8 boats of CO,
which are being locked through for the Sal
L. Wood TO tow South. The Graham e,
poets 10 take the balance Of the barges ov,
the falls in the morning, when abe proceed
% TO Plum Point and Memphis. She has bee
= chartered for harbor service by the govern
6 ment at Memphis. The bsrges are to
% used in the transportation Of material IL
y the dyke at Plum Point.