Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-14
GENERAL NJ EWS.

OloNA1 VINE iCP0Ah. hiNS . ACtN-
rise l inch yesterday.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, 202 bales Of
cotton and 739 sacks of cotton-seed.
The Iron Duke and, barges passed down
for New Orleans yesterday afternoon.
THE Josie Harry returned to White river
yesterday with a good trip Of freight and
passengers.
Mr.. RUFUS FOSTER, bill clerk of the City
OF yfckspurg, arrived ffom Cairo yesterday
by rail, his boat having been laid up there
for the present.
The National Board of Steam Navigation
meets at Cairo next Thursday morning, and
it is important hat Western river ports
should be ably represented.
The Cons Millar left for Cincinnati yes
terday evening with 400 bales Of cotton, $50
barrels of oil, a large lot of way freight, and
q handsome showing of passengers.
THE Katie Hooper arrived from Arkansas
river yesterday morning, bringing out of
that stream 571 bales of cotton, Of which 2O2
bales were for Memphis. She returned in
the afternoon with a fair trip.
AMONG the recent boiler curiosities, says
the Iron, was the discovery of a piece oil
plate covering a space of about 6 inches
square, full of fue cracks. These cracks had
eViueutly COME lfOm ucIeCte IN the iron In
the frat instance, but the boiler had been
run for two years at from 80 to 80 pounds
pressure, and the boiler inspectors had Just
pronounced it perfectly safe for 100 pounds.
CINCINNATI Enquirer, 9th: "From 8 steam.
boatman who came up from Louisville last
evening it is learned that the boat recently
rebuilt By the Towards and lately 0hristened
the Alto, could not get her clearance papers
because the hull was that of the old William
Fagin. Her commander has been in a
sweat about it for a week, and yesterday the
name of Alto was painted out and that Of
William Fagin painted in. So now it il
presumed the boat will SAIL"
ST. LOUIS Republican, Friday: "Shortly
after l o'clock pm. yesterday Capt. Club
of the Virgins Ferry Company, sent gu
FIVE ferryboats and two tugs and stationed
them all abreast, just south of the bridge, hi.
intention being to stop the flow of ice, SO at
TO cause it to gorge north of the bridge anc
thus free the southern portion OF the harboI
of ice. After two hours work they succeeded
in closing the river from about the center o.
the middle span to the east shore, but found
it impossible to stop the ice on the west sid,
and retired to their quarters below the ele
vator. If the bridge thus formed hold
there will be no trouble in clearing way tn,
ice from the ferry landing on the Illinoi
shore in a few hours, thus enabling tn,
f%erryboats to resume their regular trips"
A GENTLEMAN arrived from New Orlean
by rail yesterday who was u passenger on tn,
City of Greenville at the time she was suuI
by the Laura Lee. He states that the LIE,
was loaded deeper than the Greenville, con
sequently the contact of the Lees bow wa
under the Greenville's guards, which tore
hole in her hull that caused her to 90 dowr
in Is minutes. He was asleep at the tim,
and knows nothing of how the collision
came about, but from observation made aftel
the occurrence, he thinks there was plenty o
room in the river for any number Of boats 4
pass each other without colliding. The
crew, excepting those whose quarters were il
the texas, lost all their baggage. No live
were lost, and no one injured. The Laur,
Lee promptly came 10 the assistance of tn,
sinking boat, taking off her passengers anG
crew, and as mach of the passenger bag
gage as could be collected in the short spact
of time before sinking. The Greenvilie il
undoubtedly a total loss.
MEssRs. BROWN & JONES' tug Desoto die
good work night before last, transferring tht
APPEAL party across the river to meet tn,
train on which the defaulting treasurer o.
the State was being brought back. Thu
party went aboard the tug at its mooringl
alosgside the feet at the foot of MarkeI
street, and found the officers enjoying a briel
rest from the days labors. Making oul
wants known, everyone, from the captain td
the ~deckhands, made all possible haste and
got the tug under way before we coulG
hardly realize that a movement in that di
rection had been made. Arriving at Hope
field, Capt. McNeely, with lantern ia hand
kindly piloted the party ashore, through the
third story of the elevator and to the train
which was already in motion. But for the
captains generous aid we would certainly
have been lost in the wilds of Arkansas
The interests of Brown & Jones will never
suffer in the hands of the gentlemen compos.
ing the officers and crew of the Desoto.
They are: Capt. M. r. McNeely, com.
mander; W.. H. Jackson, engineer; and Thos
Kelly, John Burns, Basil McNeely and VIM
Fitzgerald, crew.
WEATHER AND RIVERS.
OFFICE SIGNAL SERVICE, U. 6. Al
MEMPHIS, TENN, January Is, 1888.
The following observations are taken at the
same moment Of time Il :os p.m) at all the stations
named: