Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-07
GENERAL NEWS.


WEATHER peculiar and unsettled.
MAJ. JOHN D. ADAMS and family are So
jOurning at Hot SPRING..
Lou BRIGGS came down on the Andy
Baum, assisting 10 the Office.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, 81 bales of
cotton, Is bags Of seed-cotton and 1881 sacks
of coitOn-seed
THE City OF Helena added about 20 tons
of sundTies, besides a large lot of lathes, and
left for st. Louis Sunday morning.
The Central City arrived from St. Louis
late Saturday night, bringing 4446 packages.
She was getting ready TO return last night.
The City of Cairo, from st. Louis, passed
down Sunday morning, discharging here 1851
packages Of freight, and adding about 20
ions Tor Vicksburg and the bends.
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River Is feet Z
inches-risa 10 inches yesterday. All other
streams are on the decline excepting the
Tennessee, which rose l foot at Chattanooga.
The Kate Adams and Coahoma both had
good Isis OF passengers out yesterday, be-
sides good showings of freight. The short
excursions by these boats are becoming quite
popular.
FLAGS in port were worn at half-mast
Sunday In respect 10 the memory OF the late
Cjpt. r. X. Riley, whose death IL New York
was announced by telegraph in Sunday
mornings APPEAL.
THE w. Z. Halliday, from New Orleans
late Sunday night, passed up for st. Louis
yesterday morning, having laid here to clean
out her boilers, during which time she dis
charged 22O packages Of merchandise.
THE gorgeous whistler, the Paris c. Brown,
passed up for Cincinnati yesterday afternoon,
having laid here to discharge 1860 packages
- IL onh l. o. - nnn
tons Of freight besides what she added here.
THE Andy Baum, after az e~veutful trip
down the Ohio with a big trip, arrived late
Sunday night, bringing 1869 packages. She
lost As hours at Flint IslsnI and SO at Scut-
fletown. She returned last evening with 500
bales Of cotton.
The New Orleans States, Of Saturday, says:
"Capt. J. {. Baker, of the Mississippi Val
ley, Transportation Company, fell from a
g~ang-plank yesterday TO the deck of the
steamship Architect, lying at the head of
Peters street, and dislocaied his right arm.'
Mr.. JOHN PREsCoTT, the polite engineer
on the tug james OConnor, says his week
old boy can knock the cooks of'n our 16-
monthg-old chap or anybody else's chap.
We can sympalhize with him in his extrava-
CANT notions about his firs,-born-We've been
there ourselt.
THE pilot are asking, with a great deal oil
interest, about the snas-bosts. This declining
river is developing a channel full of snsgs
between here ard Cairo. They say the
Joseph Henry made a great many important
changes IL lights, and not an hour too COON
they were needed.
THE st. Louis RepubLiczn Of Sunday, gives
the following announcement and brief bio
graphical sketch Of the late Capt. r. X
Riley: GA telegram from c. w. King, son o
the one.time Mayor King, Of this CITY, VINO
is a resident Of New York, brought the sac
neWs yesterday aftern0on that Capt. Rober
K. Riley had died suddenly al II o'ciccE
noon at Mr.. Kings house. The cause O
death was spoplexY, and there had been pre-
monitions. Capt. Riley was one OF the best
known and most universally liked river mar
that ever rode the Western waters. WAY
back ia the sos he ran the Mississippi river
on come Of the finest boats in that trade
notably the Southwestern. His nome We
then in 81. Louis, and he made such hosts O
friends in the trade that when the old Mem
phis and s.. L3uis Packet Company (noE
the Anchor L!ue) was organized in 1860
the managers were glad to secure his ser
VICES. From that date ull the time Of
his death-23 ysars-hs was in the EN-
pioy Of the company, always giving
ine service and always IN charge Of one o.
the best crafts Of the feet. He has captained
in his day a score Of steamers, the principal
ones being'the City Of Cairo, City Of Green,
vile snd each of the boats which bore the
name City Of Vicksburg. The Nicksbure
was his boat at the time of his death. He
was always immensely popular with the en-
ployes, and sometimes ran a boat for seven oil
eight years with hardly a change among his
suhordinates. He was 2 very portly MAJ
and good natured and generous TO correspond.
On the 18th of July, while on a dowG-river
trip, be had a eight stroke which Frustrated
him, and he came direct to s.. Louis and re-
manned a few days under treatment in the
hope Of recuperatirg. As the result YVES
not satisfactory, he went to New York,
intending 10 make a protracted fish
ing trip TO Bsrnega'. l: was while
in the preparation fer this rip yes
tsrdsy that he received his fatal stroke.
He YVES abyut 81 years Of age sud was born
and reared in Bro T~nsville, Pa, whittier his
body will he taken for burial. His home
has been over 20 years at Cairo, where mis-
wife and family consisting Of 4 daughters
now are. They were promptly notinsd Of
the sad event, and will meet the remains st
the old home in Brownsville. Capt. Riley
owned a moderate property in Caro-, and
held some company insurance besides being
a member of the order Of the Elks, the
knights of Honor, snd the Merchants EI-
change Benevolent Society"