Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-23
GENERAL. NJ EWS.
BUSINESS fair.

DOSiNf2oS lair
IT'S blizzard and no mistake.
MAJ. JOHN D. ADAMS was in the city yes
terday.
LOCAL packets had fair trips out yes.
terday.
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River 10 feet 8
inches-rise II inches yesterday.
JAMES HELM has secured the bar priv.
leges on the Coahoma for year.
The Mark Twain left yesterday day
ahead OF time, going through TO Dyersburg.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, 1895 bales oil
cotton, 1873 bags OF seduction and 2435 sacks
of cotton-seed.
THE.Will S. Hays passed yicksburg com.
ing up at O'Clock Saturday night. She will
arrive here this morning.
The Iron Age and barges, from New Or.
leans, passed up for the OHIO river yesterday
evening, after cleaning boilers.
The "boys" all went to see the English
beauty last night. Their comments will
make book full OF rich reading.
CAPT. MARX CHEEK, recently of the K ate
Adams, arrived home Sunday from a visit tc
Little Rock.
THE steamer Obio-a new one in the line
is the next Memphis and Cincinnati packet
leaving here Friday evening. Capt. R. w
Lightburne is agent.
The big Helena passed Vicksburg at s
O'Clock pm. Saturday with 60Sl bales of cot.
ton, l127 sacks of seed, 1900 sacks of meal
and 5l4 sacks of cotton-seed.
DIVINE to the variety of opinion as to the
prevailing temperature, We withhold an ex-
preston, other than it will take an extra
coat OF paint on our duser to render il
worth carrying about on our arm.
THERMOMETERS registered 14o above zero
at sunrise yesterday morning. An "early
bird" invited us to join him in celebrating his
birthday anniversary in social glass oil
lemonsde-he has seen his last birthday.
NEW ORLEANS Picoyune Sunday: capt.
J. F. Hicks, of the Henry Frank, lost S25
out OF mis- pocket yesterday. The captain
feels rather down in the mouth about the
matter; but, on the finder returning the lucre
10 him, he promises to give the same to
Father Witherspoon for the benefit of the
Bethel"
The ferryboat Fanny Webster came in
collision with an unknown steamer while
crossing the river at Cincinnati during a fog
Saturday night, the descending boat striking
the ferryboat just in front Of the wheelhouse,
taking eff considerable portion of her
guard, ana knocking large hole IN her
hull. The ferry boat drifted down against
some coal barges, and then, with one wheel,
managed to get to shore, much TO the relief
of the badly scared passengers, some ten in
number. The boat was found TO be taking
water badly, but it was soon stopped BY a
liberal application of oakum. The boat is
damaged several hundred dollars!
New ORLEANS Times Democrat, Sunday:
''The new shaft of the Henry Frank is of
wrought iron, was made at New Albany,
Ind, and weighs 23,400 pounds. 1t ia 19
inches in diameter in the middle and 153
inches at the journals. 1t is as smooth as a
pIaned board, and Capt Hicks says is as fue
piece of work as any shop in The country
can turn out. This shaft is inches larger
in diameter than the old one. The fauges,
6 in number, are alss new; were made at the
foundry of D. e. McCan & Son, in this city.
They are larger than the old ones, being 81
inches in diameter, and weigh 200 pounds
each. The combined weight of the shaft
and Hanges is is tons. Though the weather
be 80 bad, Capt. Hicks was making sirenu-
Gus efforts to get through in time TO leave
to-day, and if possible will do So"