Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-17
GENERAL NEWS

business ldiE. |
WEATHER hot, bu, tempered with cool
bre z-s.
The CITY Of elena put off 2S00 packages
when she passed down for Vics sourg Sunday.
MAJ JOAN d. ADAMS has purchased a
controlling interest in the Little Rock water
works.
The City o. Cairo, leaving for St. Loui.
Sunday, got 80 barrels OF oil and ~ tons oil
suedries.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, % bales OF
co,toe, 80 bags of seduction and 5S1 sacks
OF cotton-seed.
THE Arkansas river packet Van E!ten,
was lowed up yesterday and will go on the
| docks at Fort Pickering.
The Amos Hays. recently built for Apala-
chicola river, in Florida, passed down Sun
day. She goes by way of the Gulf from New
Orleans.
THE Golden Crown passed down for New
Orleans Sunday with HOO tons, after dis
charging 500 packages. She has ngsgem. nts
for IS tt n. of oil-meal at Arkansas City.
The w. P. Halliday arrived from New
Orleans Sunday morning, 4 days out, and
sitter cleaning boilers proceeded on her way
to ST. Louis. She discharged 275 packages
here.
SUPERVISING INSPECTOR s S. GARRETT,
of this dis.ric', left Sunday evening on an
Official tour, which will include Nashville,
Chattanooga, ard psrhsps Knoxville. He
will be absent several days.
The Hard Cash will arrive from White
river to day aud will lay up for repairs. The
Josie Harry leaves S ,turday evening, and
will keep up that trade until the beginning
of The season, when both boats will take their
regular days.
|, A BOAT has been built at Dubuque, Ia,
with iron hull, 10 feet long, Is feet beam, to
; draw 20 inches.i It will sccommodatell50 pee
ple and it ia TO b. run in connection with tbs
. new hotel at Spirit Lake, Mich, being built
by the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and North
erp Company.
CHARLES MERRIAM is the name OF the
new tTaosfer steamer Just completed at JET
fersonvllle for the Kansas City, Springf Id
and Memphis Railroad Compsny, and will
+. be used at this port. She is said TO be one
of the fl oest DO ATS of her class, is supplied
with tn. electric light and has all the mod
ern Improvements.
PILor RYAN, OF the Enquirer, who's,
" license was revoked on account OF the col
lision between that boat and the Dora Cab
Ter in the Ohio river some time ago, ap
!. pealed his case to Supervising Inspector Gar
rett, who ordered his re-es,ablishmen
: RYAN was off duty about go days on sccoun
4. of the &C ion of the local inspectors at Evans
70 willie.
PILOT JAMES KELsoE's family has beel
= visited with q eecopd affection. He returne
to Cincinnati from Vevsy Saturday, havin
~ lust witne ,ed his wife's remains interre
there, when news came announcing the deaf
OF her father, Mr.. Baird, at Madison. Nj
: Keisoe left for Madison Friday on In
- Franklin, accompanied by his family an
n DIN, -.Iz- II, - hal nm thor
y in charge of Mr.. Kelsee's children.
I'd NATcHEz Democrat, 18th: "a fearful ca,
It, ing in of the banks Of the Mississippi rive
w. has commenced in the Marengo bend,
"a miles above the town of Vidalis, Ls. TIL
= Vidalia E1qs rays: The day is not far di
Al taut when our merchants will be able to r
ceiye their freight from boats at the mout
of Carriers lane. We hope this importal
- matter may be brought to the considerable
of the Mississippi River Commission, so tn
ne Natcheza and Vidalia may not become milan
towns like Vicksburg, Grand Gulf, Rodne
;. Fort Adams and Port Hudson.'"
= CAPT MARK CHEEK, Of the Kate Adam
went before the Police Court yesterday ar
:. answered The charge OF violating the quars
IrS tine law, making his statement as previous
1ht reported in the APPEAL, showing that 4
DIS failure 10 land and be inspected was not
intention to get the quarantine laws
~. naughi, but was through a misunderstandi
- as TO whether his boat should be inspect,
each trip or once a week. The captain
- statement was satisfactory to the Court as
the intent, but the quarantine laws had be
%. violated and 8 fine of SIS was sentenced,
,R, bs held up during "goOd behavior"
CAPT. w. P. HALL, of the nyershu
al. packet Mark Twain, received the follow
for letter in relation to his new boat, buildi
~; at Wheelingi 81 have just returned fro
the shipysrd. The hull will be in the riy
t the last Of this week, and will be here on
p about the 10th of July. 1t is a number o
Job, snd the best bottom / ever saw on
~ boat. The stern catches every one, and III
never saw anything like it. The cabin ia
in frame and the whole work coming on 4
top. You will have the best little boat Il
ever left here. Tne machinery is alb;
the done, and We will have her out on time
NO sccidents" zTss
bin. HPARTIEs on shore down the river 8 1
miles from the city Sunday evening v
/. messed q bit of rAce-at least it appeared