Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-15
GENERAL NEWS.
BUSINESS moderate.
WEATHER pleasant.


WEATHER pleasant.
The Piasa went up the river yesterday
after tow Of paving stone.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, "a bales of
cotton and 1921 sacks Of cotton.se
THE Annie Roberts arrived from the Ohio
yesterday with a tow OF coal for this port.
The City of Providence arrived from
Vicksburg yesterday evening, and leaves for
St. Louis this morning.
The Vint Shinkle, with 1866 packages of
freight, arrived from Cincinnati yesterday.
She returns Tomorrow evening.
The q. P. Schenck passed down early yes
terday morning, discharging rs tons and
having good trip for New Orleans.
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River 81 feet 4
inches-a rise of inches yesterday. An
other sharp rise in The upper Ohio is an
nounced at Pittsbnrg.
REPORTS from the valley plantations are
very favorable, but there is some uneasiners
among those planters in extremely low
places about the present rising river.
CAPT. HENRY G. LOWE, the wide-awake
steamboat agent, has an advertisement else
where which is of vital interest 10 persons
contemplating summer tour. What Capt.
Lowe tells you may be relied on.
The Iron Duke arrived yesterday with 10
bsrges OF railway iron in tow, of which 8
bsrges were dropped here, the remainder
going to Vicksburg-all for the Memphis.
Vicksburg and New Orleans railway.
IT was rumored in st. Louis Tuesday. on
good authority, that Capt Frank Maratta
will take the Clinton around TO Cincinnati
the latter part of this week or the first of the
next, to put her in the Cincinnati and Mem.
phis trade in the Wise Line.
ST.. LOUIS Republican, Wednesday: sRe-
ports in several OF the Southern papers indi-
cate that there is an impression that River
Convention is to be held in st. Louis On the
18Th iEstsnt. No such convention has been
| called, add 1t ia not known here how the re.
port started"
The river has cut the bar away at The
lower end OF the leland in Burdeaux chute.
60 miles below Memphis. The water Ia ris-
Ing from the loot OF the island over toward
DR.. Stones and Fsrgason's Landing, endar-
geriug the Rogers, Fargason and Falls
places.
A WATERTowN, N. z, man, who has kept
| an account of the weather, claims that it in
variably repeats itself, ard gives the follow
| ing as the result of his observations, namely
All years ending in 9, or l are extremely
OIJ tuOcc chOiuB III Z, D. 4, or b ara eX-
tremely wet; those ending in or are ordi-
narily well balanced; those ending in have
extremely cold winters; those ending in 2
have an early spring; those ending in have
late spring; those ending in or are SUBJ
| ject to great floods.
The viii Kyle, which is due from Gin.
cinaati this evening on her way to New Or
leans, has the following prominent people
among her passengers, making the round
trip: Mrs Capt Law Hates and their daugh.
ter, Mrs Lopez, and Mrs. Capt. Harry Bran
men, of Millville, N. j., a sister of apt. Lew
Hates, and her granddaughter. Capt. Hates
had not seen his sister before for 10 years
and had not spent 2 hours 10 her company
in 40 years. Her husband, Capt. Harry
| Bfanneu, follows the sea.
LITTLE ROCK Gazette, Wednesday: GAL
ready this month, that is from the LIST to the
10th, the rainfall has been over 81 inches
while during the entire month of June, 1882
the total rainfall was 1.96 inches. The coun,
| try being we'll soaked with wster, will not be
able TO absorb much from the river, and will
therefore be flooded at every place where tn,
banks are low and not well protected by the
levees. There is no prospect of the rise end
Jog here short of "a hours, and if it continue
as it mas for the last "a, it will undoubted
submerge much Of the lowlsnd country"