Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-24
GENERAL NEWS,
RusINEsS fir

BUsINEss fair.
THE City of Providence left for St. Louis
on time yesterday.
THE Henry Frank left New O.lesns for
Memphis yesterday evening.
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River % feet
inches-decline foot inches yesterday.
The Hsrry Brown aud barges left for the
Ohio river before day yesterday morning.
The Dean Adams Capt. Tom Foster, ia
bringing in fine trips from the upper bends.
The Joseph B. Williams, with a dig tow
of enpties, passed up for the Ohio yesterday
evening.
RECEIPTS By river yesterday, 573 bales Of
cotton, IS bags Of seduction, and 144s sacks Of
cotton seed.
The Vint Shinkle left for Cincinnati
yesterday evening with 200 bales cotton, 400 bar
Iels OF oil aud a lot OF mscelaneou, freight.
The VIII Kyle passed south yeste rday,
loaded fiat. She discharged small lot here, bat
rsfusd off=rings. She had fair trip of pas engers.
TIE Ark,n'ss City, from s.. Lonis, az
adding ABOUT 80 tons, and continued on her voy-
age 10 Vicksburg in the afternoon.
WE sre requested to say tia, the sycamore
log which has been an annoyance to pilots at
Cheeks Landing, 40 miles above here, has is
appeared and the landing is safe for all classeS of
STEAMERS.
THE josie II larry came out of Whit river
With 81 bales of cotton, of which 3l2 were con
signed TO Memphis. She had also near 1000 sacks
OF co ton-seed besides good lot of suudries she
returns this evening AZ usual.
The sp eodid .pring weather conditions OF
YESTERDAY m morning were 'teo sweet TO liye'' long
, and the day closed with symptoms OF another
snow visitation. Fruits and flowers will nave to
Cancel dates in this latitude If these conditions
prevail much longer.
The Ohio, Capt. G. Wash Thorn pson com
handing, is coming down from Cincinnati in
place If the James W. Gaf, which lays over ~
nave the capacity of er macni. cry enlarged. The
Uf1 Ertv In IN ROT t',1.c
ing. James Surtees has Charge OF the office.
CAPT JAMS. ID PARKkR, 8 ere ary snd
treasurer of the Memphis and Ohio River Packet
Company. and president of the Cincinnati Mer-
chants Exchange, and Capt. W. Wi.e ssperlu-
tendent of the same racket line. have been iu the
city the past couple of days. and leave for Cincin-
mai by rail tonight.
CAPT. LEW CATEs's baby-wikiug whistle
sang Good Friday hymps at the wharf at intervals
durii & the noon nous yesterday. Timid women
| and children miles away did not enjoy the weird
probability that Gabriel had sci -cted the snniver
iary of Christs des ent into the place OF detsrled
| spirits on which TO wake the living aud the
dead" with resurrection truspet.
STEAhBoATNEN Who lcss no opportunity
TO make disparsging reports about the govern emit
| works at Plum Point are not winning fame of an
enviable character. certain Ohio river packet
spread reports . recent trip up that stream to
| the efe THAT half the works had been destroyed
oy me HOOD w1ea Il mnst nave nave 9 pc mposslois
anything of the works. SO completely submerged
| they were by the water. The River Commits lon
reports all such stories as without foundation in
| fact
AN Omaha special, of Wednesday, TO the
/ st. Louis Globe Democrat, says: "Adyices from
Bismarck, u. T., stat that the Missouri has been
| rising fast for few days, and at the time of
| writing feet above the winter mark. Des
pite this great body of water however the ice re-
| fused to move, and was apparently solid as
1 ever An overflow is not expected, a. all the up
per streams have run off their surplus waters and
are now falling. The steamboats, in excel Mt
position and condition for the break up when it
| gradually, and there has been no damage done.
| The Rosebud, Capt. Gould is advertised to start
from Yankton for Fort.Benton on the 29tn instant
| but from present appearances The date OF sailing
will have to be postponed as the ice will hardly be
| out OF the way by that time"
| CINCINNATI Commercial Gdzette: "Capt.
Robert W. Wise, the new superintendent of the
| Memphis and Ohio River Packet Company, before
| entering the army in 1861, with the famous Guth
RE Grays, of Cincinnati, was typo on the Cincin
| natl Commercial, and but for the rebellion might
to-day be sticking type. better fate was reserved
| for him, however, for at the close of the war be
| began the ascent OF the ladder of steamboat fame
| with freight book, second clerk of The Lady
| franklin; afteTward he was promoted to the clerk
ship of the Rowena, and late went on the roof o.
the Emma Floyd, IN the Cincinnati and Nashville
trade, ss her commander. When the J. D. Parke
was completed he wss appointed to her command
in the Cincinnati and Memphis trade, on which h,
brought out the James w. Ghf in the same trade
and retires from her to assume his duties per
intendent of the company which he has serves
| so long,"