Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-28
GENERAL NEWS.
business ldlT.
WEATHER continues threatening.

WEATHER continues threatening.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, 81 bales OF
cotton and 1858 sacks of cotton-seed.
THE CITY of Providence got on a lot OF way
freight and cleared for ST. Louis ON time yes
terday morning.
Col. J. N. S~ILvERrHoRN, river editor of
the Evansville Journal, is reported confined TO
his room by a bilious attack.
THE Josie Harry, in from White river
yesterday, had a good sho~ing of freight and
passengers. she returns this evening.
THE Vint Shinkle left for Cincinnati yes.
terday sfternoon, with 100 bales Of cotton
and u big lot OF sundries and several pas
sengers.
THE towboat Henry L1urey broke a shaft
Wednesday night at Chorari Landing, 80
mites above Vlcksburg, and is now lying at
d les, L., Awaiting repairs.
The Arkansas City, passing dawn for
N.cksburs yesterday morning, discharged
here $500 packages Of freight ssd 5000 feet
Of lumbar, and ADDED So ions.
The Cincinnati Marine Journal learns that
Cap. Mil Harry intends illuminating the
, Josie Harry with an 8000-cs ndle-p0ser it,
csodsecent lighting Apparatus.
The son Of Can't. NJ. V. Daily, Of tae South
Z CIb iahsPOiSdhAOh COMPANY, W. Y
| from his fathers residence at Newport, KY.
Tuesday. He was sgd so Year,.
| The arrival OF the Jim Lee yesterday
afternoon was the occasion of evzry whistle
10 port being turned loose, which drew an
immense crowd 10 the bluff 10 welcome the
favoIite packet home again.
The Golden Crown got in from Nv Or
leans early yesterday morning with 500 tons
Of freight and nearly 100 passenger. She
| discharged a good lot and added 100 bales of
| cotton, and left for Cincinnati ia the alter.
| noon.
CAPT. DAN KUPFERLEE, OF s.. Louis, a
gentleman highly recommended for the posi-
ton, is u have and OF the new trans
fer steamer Charles Merriam, Of The Mem
phis and Kansas City railway. Cap. Kup-
ferlee supervised the construction CT the
| Merriam, and has a lifetime experience in
he river business.
The Murine journal, OF Cincinnati, states
The famous jams Lee, of Memphis, IS jus;
of the ways at Paducab, where she was RI,
p Tired and new and larger engines put 10.
Capt. Lee acts u. If he was determined 10
surpass the time of the Kare Adam between
Memphis and Helens." All of which is col.
rect enough except that che did not take ans
new engines, and Capt. Lee dom act like he
intends 10 surpass The time Of the Kate AID.
ans or any oiher bost-'ceptin' somethini
slips loose.
THE James Lee arrived from Psducah yes.
terday afterooop, where she has been treated
to a thorough overhsuling, repainting. etc.
including an elegant pair Of new chimneys
which set off the boats proportions NOR,
shapely than did The old ones with tbeil
heavily ornsmented topp. The new Chin
neys have leaf decorations. Some altera'
tions were made in the rake Of her hull, and
many other changes and additions made tina
will perfect her PROF ortions and capacity fol
the Memphis and Frisrs Point trade. Hel
machinery is 10 be changed here, adding
power more in prop ortion 10 her steam-msk
ing capacity, the new parts being now il
progress of construction in one OF our homs
machine shop. She ia TO rec i've an entir,
new outfit of furniture for cabins and state
rooms, and will then Law up until the fal
season opens, when she will start out goot
for another four or five years glorious record
THE Golden Crown, in from New Orlean
ye sterdsy morning, laid here all day TO max
some repairs. The time was taken sdvsn
taye Of by the passengers and crew TO in
dulge iu a scrub game Of baseball, a repoT
of which will be found elsewhere. 1t vii
be seen that the nine composs ID OF the boat
crew get away with the passenger nine, whic
some people of ~envious nature attribute {
the fact that the umpire, Chant Sainkle, j
ons of the clerks, snd-5ut we dom believ
il. Two Memphis boys were added TO tn
Mines to fill up. They were Jimmy Carr an
Jimmy MaIoughney. Since wiring th
above we are informed that Capt. Eugeu
Sninkle was one of the crews nine, and CAV
a newsboy, who had been made umpire,
quarter to throw the game over to his nin,
We expect this story wss Matched up by on
Of the passenger nine, who bowed in th
drinks for the crowd on tine result.