Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-13
GENERAL NEWS.

business lair.
THE Baton Rouge got away for Cairo at
noon yesterday.
The snsgboat r. E. DeRussey left for
Cairo yesterday morning.
TIE Oaslsnd and barges passed up for
Cairo yesterday morning early.
THE sun gave US few smiles Sunday, but
was in the dumps all yesterday.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, $40 bales of
cotton, SO bags OF seduction and 1923 sacks
of seed.
THE r. d. Powell, with big load of cot
ton-seed, passed up for Cairo yesterday
evening.
The Kate Adams, in and out, yesterday
from and 10 Arkansas City, had fine trips
both ways.
THE ice-gorge above Cairo prevented the
salvor No. from passing up to ST. Louis
Saturday.
CAPT. HARRY STEIN, of the Charles Nor
gan, Is at Cincinnati, threatened with an at
| tack Of pneumonia.
The james Lee, as usual, had good trips
in and out yesterday, as did also the Goa
homa, from Osceola and return.
CAPT. MILT r. HARRY and his agent, r.
W. Lightburue, jr., have gone to VIcksburg
.
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River q feet 8
inches-rise 10 inches yesterday. Rises are
reported at all points on the upper river and
tributaries.
TIE Josie Harry, for Vicksburg, and ] ohm
| S. Brsnsford, for White river, did not get
away till Sunday morning on account of the
unfavorable weather.
The Charles P Chouteau is the New Or
| bat Wa4-
Thorwegan in command, with George Mil
tenberger chief clerk.
TIE faint glim of the moon last night re.
minded one OF a new nickel in a mud pud.
die. Metaphoricslly speaking, its effulgence
was asdszzling as a ray from a pile of coal
The Henry Frank passed down a, O'Clock
Sunday afternoon with 1902 bales cotton
1913 sacks cake, S46 sacks seed, 1880 sacks
meal, so barrels oil and 10 packages sun
dries.
The City OF Baton Rouge came up Sun
day evening from New Orleans, and spen
the night at the compress taking on l6OC
bales of eastern-bound cotton tor reshi pmen
at Cairo.
REPORTS from the Ohio state that thou
sands of bushels of corn on the banks, be
tween Louisville and Cairo, will be Oh
by the present rise. The amouat of los
cannot be estimated, but it will be very
large.
On Friday morning last the f1stboat OF G
w. Thomas & Son, at Mount Vernon, Ind.
sunk. Fifteen hundred bags of corn wer,
badly damaged, a lot of salt was injured
and a lot of -four and meal was WASHED
away. There we're 1000 bags of corn on III,
boat.
The head of Fogleman's outlet, wher
the shore light of Uncle Sam marks tn,
wayside, is christened Point Scudder TO
Capt. John A. Scudder, of the famou
Anchor Line. A posteffice will soon be 10
Gated there for the citizens of the old rive
bend, now named Lambethville after I'M
Lambeth Bros. The compliment is teudere'
Capt. Scudder BY his friend, Charley Morril
Of Pacific Place.
CHATTANOOGA Times, Saturday: sit no,
appears that much more damage was don
along the Tennessee river by the late food
than was generally supposed. The ris
found great deal of last years cotton an
corn ungathered and in the fields, much O
which was either destroyed or badly injured
In Marshall county, Ala, the destructio
was very heavy. 1t ia rumored that hard
working farmer, named Norris, living o
Hobbs's Island, lost about 1000 bushels {
corn.
CAIRO dispatch to the St. Louis Glob
, Democrat, February 9Th (which applies
I we'll TO Memphisl: "If any new interpreti
! ton OF the laws governing the keeping
the hospital account in the river whic
8 compels the posting of the seaman
9 | time book always to date has been issued,
!, is matter of surprise that steamboats, ha,
r not been officially advised of the chang
= and time given them to conform to the req
!. laiion. The custom officials OF this city a
pear TO be the only ones who have inform
|, ton bearing upon the subject. Their m Al
ner OF instruction is to demand inspectie
}; OF the seaman's time-book. If not writts
up 10 the very hour of examination, q I'll
/, OF $50 is assessed for each and every nan
omitted, which, in the care of the New Ma
= Houston, few days ago, footed up abo
SS4O0. Though exceedingly strange, Il
:; Cairo customhouse has the only informatit
obtainable on the subjacI, the Cincinns
b and Louisville officials having signi6,
nothing whatever regarding it. The on
recourse now for steamboats,, to avoid bell
subjected 10 annoyance at this port is
II have hospital books at all times written uI