Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-17
GENERAL NEWS

BUSINESS very dull ON account of the scar
city of arrivals and departures.
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River % feet 4
inches-rise 5 inches yesterday.
BECEIPTs by'river yesterday, l bale Of co.,
ton and 1900 sacks of cotton-seed.
CAPT. MLT HARRY had a force of paint
ers at work on the Josie Harry yesterday.
A SPLENDID game OF base ball ia prom
ised out at Olympic Park this afternoon
Eckfords ps. Reds. Go early and often.
THE Sam Roberts, from Helena, passed up
for st. Louis yesterday morning with two
barges in tow, containing over 100000 feet of
lumber.
The City of st. Louis, from St. Louis on
her way to New Orleans, passed south y~ester-
but no freight here.
A Rise of l foot 5 inches was reported at
st. Louis yesterday, and Of IL inches at
Cairo. Light rises are also reported in the
upper Missouri, but declines at all other
points.
THE City of Cairo arrived from Vicksburg
yesterday evening, and leaves for s.. Louis
this morning. She adds here $50 barrels of
oil, 600 barrels of potatoessand 20 tons Of
sundrieS.
LIE llDpc anu DaISc ATGiNcu lTOm tue
cotton-seed regions below Vicksburg yester-
day, and probably left for 81. Louis during
last night, having on board a lot Of cotton
seed for that place.
CAPT. HENRY LOWE, the popular agent of
the s.. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company,
has news of importance to prospective sum-
mer tourists. He advertises his lines else-
where in this paper.
WILL S. HAYS has written the mule and
goat out Of existence, and now someone has
sent him a skunk 10 work on. The para
graphs from the latter inspiration, it is
hoped, will be deodorized of the peculiar
fragrance OF that insect.
ARKANSAS river was within 8 feet of the
danger line at Pint Bluff last Thursday, and
much anxiety existed in that region on &C.
count of fears Of enough water to impede the
progress of the planters 10 low places. Since
then a decline has set in above, and the dan
ger is not 30 great.
The members of the Cincinnati, Louis
vile and New Orleans Pilots Association
nave elected Capt. Chss. Ovens president, 10
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation OF
Capt. Brice Purcell. Capt. r. g. Shinkle
was continued as secretary. The member
ship OF The organization numbers nearly
40 trustworthy pilots.
JAMES REESE & Son, boat-builders, Pitts
burg, are now building 4 sternwheel steam
boats, 1 for the Mississippi River Commit
| sion, l for the Memphis and White riveI
| trade, l fer the Memphis and Arkansas rive
trade, and l for Alabama river. They are
also building a towboat for service In tn,
Memphis harbor, and L for Capt. ThomaI
jenkins.
The superintendent of the wharfboa
and elevator companies at Vicksburg hav'
Issued a joint circular as follows: SAT the
suggestion OF the United States engineer il
charge of the dredging now being done il
the Vicksburg hsrbor, we respectfully asi
the officers of the boats plying in the harbor
to be careful and not run over the buoyi
lights or lines, placed there for the nse of th
dredge. The busys can be plainly seen j
the daytime and the lights at night. !
little care on the part Of the boats will b
all that is necessary"
PHILADELPHIA Press: "a curiosity in tn
shipping line is the Scotch iron stesmer Al
dinagh, of Glasgow, which arrived here o
Friday. The captain is an ingenious Scotch
man, who can at will make his vessel a side
wheel or screw propeller. By drilling hole
in her iron walls, just above her forwar
decks, he made openings for a wooden shs
constructed of hosting spsrs; at either en-
paddles OF heavy planks were fastened. Tn
donkey engine aud winch we're brought lit
play, and by the use of bands and cogwheeI
fastened to the machinery the shaft was r,
yolved, the paddles whirled round and ID
great chip forced forward at the rate of a knc
and a half an hour"
J-AcKsesPoRT (Fla.) Union, June Sth: 90
Wednesday evening quite a serious, if nj
fatal, ,ccident happened on The tug AthleI
near F~ernandina. She was towing a lare
vessel in, and when near the fort the wall
ing-beam suddenly gave way. This was 10
lowed by the blowing out Of the top and a
terward the bottom cylinder head. Cap
Samuel Denette was blown through one pa
tition wall into the wheel-house, and lodge
in what is known IS the IA frame on Il
outside of the wheel. house. He was serious
if not fatally injured. The engineer, Willia
Bowman, ran into the engine-room to shl
off the steam, and was also badly scalde
about the face and arms. Capt. Parsons, wi
was on board at the time, and all OF the ere
except the cook jumped overheard, and We
rescued by the vessels boats. The cook a
tempted to get through a small hole in IL
guards and got hung, and remained so unit
the crew went back on board and pulled hi
out"