Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-22
GENERAL NEWS,


BUSINESS brisk yesterday.
LOCAL packets hsd good trips out yester.
day.
"WINTER lingering 10 the lap of spr-,"
TO be continued in our next.
THE U. P. Schenck passed south early
yesterday morning, loaded fat.
TURN out the policsl The Kyle's coming
with that Internal noise Singer.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, 1854 bales Of
cotton, SO bags of seduction, and 2s0s sacks OF
cotton-seed.
and James Rees; of Pittsburg, left by rail for
Cincinnati last night.
AFTER months suspension business has
been resumed at Davenport, Ia, the Mississippi
being now clear OF ice.
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River 25 feet 6
inches-decline foot inches yesterday. Changes
elsewhere unimportant.
THE Belle OF Shreveport, with 400 tons
aboard. passed up for st. Louis yesterday evening"
| after cleaning boilers here.
THE W. P Halliday, loaded fat, passed
down yesterday evening from st. Louis for New
Orleans, refusing offerings OF freight here.
The enormous 4 100000 buehel coal fleet
from Pittsourg, for Cincinnati and Louisville, is
gradually working its way down the Ohio.
The Smoky City arrived from New Orleans
with tow of barges yesterday evening and spent
last night at the mouth of Wolf river, cleaning
boilers
THE sun is supposed to have made his
vernal transit of the equator yesterday, which
event was duly celebrated by q snow storm in this
locality.
CAPT. W. P. HALL has chartered the Ida
Lee to make trip up Obion river after a load
the Mark Twain having more business than she
can get away with.
CAPT. MILT HARRY telegraphs from
Devalls Bluff that the Josie Harry will arrive here
tomorrow morning, and return to White river as
usual Saturday evening
THE following lowbosts have passed this
port during the past q hours: Down-Jay Gould
and bargeS Midnight, Tuesday. Up-John Dip
pold, for st. Louis, O'Clock pm.
THE S. L. Wood, with tow of empty coal
bsrges, for the Ohio river, arrived from New Or
leans yeste GSy evening. and lad up above the
The City If Baton Rouge. about 81 DAYS
out from New Orleans, passed up fo- st Louis
yesterday morning. after discharging a good lot of
sugar and molasses here. She has about 500 tons
for st. Louis.
THE Charles P. Choutesu arrived from
New Orleans yesterday morning, and returned
last night with eco bales OF cotton. She has en-
gagements below for 5000 bales OF cotton, a large
lot of oil-meal and sundries.
WHY don't somebody start a steamboat
factory here? The longer we live the more steam
boats we want. Plenty OF stuff here to make 'em
out of, plenty of machines to build lem. and
coolies of wealth in the investment.
The new Anchor-Line steamer CITY of ST..
Louis, just completed at Jacksonville. left St.
Louis last night on her way 10 New Orleans and
may be expected here Saturday. Capt Dan Able
the veteran steamboatman, is in command
The Charles Morgan, Al DAYS out from
New Orleans, passed up for Cincinnati yes
terday evening, after taking on 1000 sacks of
oil-meal, Is head of cattle, lot of sundries, and
about 20 cabin passengers, swelling her cabin list
to about 100
HAYS sings: "De saucy Kate cleaned out
de Jim an didn't run de chute, an now she winks
and says to him, say, jim, go git yer flute But
Jim amt well enough ter speak-de lloyd knows
hits &c troof-de saucy Kate is got mo- Cheek dan
she's got on de roof"
LOUISVILLE Courier. Journal: "The Jim Lee
made the quickest time ever made from Helena to
Memphis about year ago. The Kate, Adams beat
the Jim Lies run last Sunday, 14& minutes. The
Will S. Hays can beat either bo h of them
[Say, mister. don't you put your money on that
last remark.
The r r. Springer arrived at Cincinnati
1 hour and a half ahead OF the Will 8. Hays. The
Springer out days and 16 hours and the
Hays days and 1712 hours The Springer has
record of less than days, and can sftord to wait
until the pegs are ahead The Hays, it is said
carried only $50 pounds of steam, her gauge hay
ing been set to that by the New Orleans iuspec-
tors. We want to see her have tair show, and
when she shows up her best record let her come
here and tackle the Kate Adams. Same factory
turned out both boats, you know.