Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-19
GENERAL NEWS.

1
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, 6 bales of cot
ton and 202 sacks OF seed.
THE City OF ST. LOUIS cleared on time YES
terdAy morning for S.. Louis.
The s. L. Wood, with a tow of empty
bsrges, passed up yesterday evening for the
Ohio river.
ST. LOUIS marines complain of an in
crease of business, especially in the Missouri
and upper Mississippi trades.
A LIBEL has been filed 10 the United States
Comm ssioner's Court at Paducsh against the
Will S. Hays by a roustabout named Jesse
Lat, for wages.
The q. P. Scheuck passed down yesterday
morning for New Orleans with a good trip.
She pu, off here 800 bundles of paper and a
lot of sundries.
The John A. Scudder passed down yester-
day morning for New Orleans with 1900 tons
of freight. She added here a lot of misceI-
l~aneous freight.
CAPT. JAMES REEs arrived from Hot
Springs by the Little Rock railway Tuesday
night, and will be in the city a day or two
enjoying old associations
MAI. JOHN d. ADAMS is in the city in the
interest of his Memphis and Arkansas City
Packet Line. The major prides himself on
having the p~rettiest and most elegantly fur
| nished packet, in the Kate adams, af0at in
any waters. She is the acknowledged queen
of the bends.
=, CAPT. ED POSTAL has turned over the
Hard Cash TO the renovating artists, and will
leave to-day for Pittsburg, to look after the
construction OF his new steamer, the Chicka-
saw, building for the Memphis and White
rivsr trade. Capt. Postal will be absent q
week or more.
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River Is feet 10
inches-ri rise l inch yesterday. The rise at
Cairo was 10 inches; at Davenport, l inch;
at Nashville, 6 inches. Arkansas river is
rising rapidly at Fort Smith, with a 4 inch
rise at Little Rock. All other streams are
still on hedecline.
CINCINNATI Commercial Gazette, Tuesday:
Harry W. Stein, owing to i'll health, has
concluded TO lay up the Charles Morgan
for the season. She goes 10 her old summer
quarters, below the marine ways, this morn
ing. Capt. Stein contemplates making a
trip on the Northern lakes in order TO re-
cuperate."
MARINE Journal: some of the ships ad-
verified for sale by the United States govern
ment is the New Orleans, which was COM
menced in the latter part of December, 1914,
at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. Work on her
was prosecuted for 6 weeks, and was stopped
duu never SLICE Ttbumeu. one mas ldln t0tre
and rotted for the past SO years. OF course
she is practically vslueless, but it is sug-
gested that, as she is a subject of curiosity,
drawing thousands of people annually, canes
Knight be made of her and sold as souvenirs,
and greatly to the profit of the purchaser, az
she is appraised at but 5000. She was to bt
Of 1920 tons capacity"
PERSONS who can spare but a day or two
away from business, aud who would enjoy 1
pleasant excursion these sultry times, will
have a splendid opportunity this eveoing il
the departure of the splendid Kate Adams
; making the round trip to Arksnsa4 City am
return. Possessing all the modern appliances
/; including the i~ncandsscent electric lights
AID the finest furnished stats-rooms sfoar, tn,
trip can be nothing else but a bouarza 0
recreation. Her officers, Capt Mark Z
I Cheek in command, and E W. Outlaw
chief, and J. c. Wyckoff, assistant, in tn
, Office, are noted for hospitality and possesse
OF rare %attainments in the art of maxim
= people feel at home aboard the peerle;
Kate.