Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-05
GENE an NEMs

The Boaz pissed up for the Ohio yesterday
evening, light
The S. L. Wood, with low OF coal, passed
south yesterday afternoon.
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River 26 feet 5
inches-s,aIioDaIy yesterday.
The W. w. O'Neii, with 81 pieces OF coal,
passed south Sunday morning.
RECEIPT. by river yesterday, 259 bales of
cotton, 48 bags of seed-cstton, and 5247 sks
of cotton seed.
The Belle Memphis arrived from Vicks-
burg yesterday evening, aud departs for ST.
Louis this morning.
CAPT. p. r. STARR, mate Of the Kate
Adams, stopped off yesterday, and leaves for
Hot Springs this afternoon.
The Paris c. Brown passed up from New
Orleans for the Ohio river Sunday afternoon,
dischargins 20 packages and adding 1O2 bales
OF cotton.
AB BOYD went out steward OF the Dean
Adams Yesterday afternoon, in place OF
James McNdtt, who has accepted the same
position on the Coahoma.
THE Commonwealth passed south Sunday,
dischargin here 3l4S packages and adding
80 TONS Tue City OF Cairo, going up at the
same time, got 100. barrels OF oil.
The w. P. Halliday, about4 days out
| from New Orleans, passed up Tor st. Louis
| Sunday afternoon, stopping here long enoug h
| 10 discharge $50 packages and Clean boilers.
JAKE LEONARD, formerly second mate of
| the K ale Adama, went out yesterday first
male, John james shipping as second mate.
The arrange ment lasts during the absence OF
Capt. Starr.
THE officers of the Mark Twain report
i Nata haa hear, "A tacnuara1 n
Fogleman's chute. viii, b answers 10 the de-
scfiption of Gus Coleman, the owner OF the
| Tilda, who was drowned several weeks SGD.
Mrs. Coleman, hiss wife, was notified, and
| sent up to make investig alton, which result
ed in failure to identify the remains.
The New Orleans 1imtS- Democrat, May
| 3lst, gays: "The New MsrS Houston made
| good time in order to be here for yesterdays
| excursion to Chslmette. Though deeply
loaded enc ran from Memphis 10 Vicksburg
| in IS hours. She came from Baton
Rouge in IA hours, making ten freight
landings aud putting cut six boilers and
several lots Of heavy machinrry."
The Westinghouse Machine Company, o.
Pittsburg, Pa, constructed paper vessel IL
October last and put il into water 10 test III
resisting power. During the months o.
exposure it has absorbed no water. Tue In
SIDE IL as cry as on Inc Jay Inc VSssel wa
first launched, and no signs of disin'egratior
can be discovered. Satisfied from the oulse
SIS to what the result would be, the firm, no
contented with a mere paper boat, b ave con
structed paper steamboat, al article iha
will not soak at all, and will not br~n in ;
hurry. 1t is in the form Of a steam launch
is "a feet long, his sCre~, not paddles
weighs, witheu. machinery, 1000 pounds
will carry a weight OF 8 t0ns, hs
space for 25 persons. A bullet from 1
Smith & Wesson revolver, fred frou
distance OF feet, neither penetrated mol
even abrsded The surfsce OF the paper. Thu
boat will have hoTse powtr engine, viii
make 1000 revolutions 10 The niluuic, and g
at high rate Of speed. Ii lies al L iDsiog
burg and viii soon receive lis machinery ant
show the Ohio river people wha' it can do
The light eight and durable powers Of tn
N a,erIal lead 10 the belief that he inIroduc
ton of paper will produce importsn
changes in nautical affair, and the result
of the experiment is awaited With imPs
tieace.