Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-28
GENERAL NEWS,

BUSINESS lar.
SEVERAL boats in yesterday.
WEATHER decidedly springish.
The Hard Cash reports upper White river
falling.
TIE Rene Macready was fat for Madison
yesterday.
THE Overton carries crowds Of excursion
lists to Marion every day.
The Katie Hooper, for Arkansas river,
got away with a fair trip yesterday.
The w. P. Halliday, loaded fat, passed
down for New Orleans yesterday morning:
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, 1S6 bales OF
cotton, bags of seed-cotton and e77 sacks of cot
ton-seed.
SIGNAL SERVICE report: River IS feet 6
inehes-change not measurable. Everything else
is falling
THE steamer Will Kyle, Lew Hates mas
ter will leave for Louisville and Cincinnati at II
O'Clock to-day.
The change in the attitude of the tide was
scarcely percepible yesterday. decline may be
looked for to-day.
BAas-Parties wishing sand-bags for levee
purposes can find them at market prices with S.
KAtzenberger's Sons. Memphis.
THE John S. Brausford, doing St. Francis
river in place Of the Macready, left yesterday
evening with good trip of freight,
The hack syndicate has busted on the
contract to take us out OF town, the WIN Kyle
The John Dippold and bargss passed up
for St. Louis early last night. The Jay Gould and
barges passed down shortly after with her big tow
| of graR-
carr. Bob RILEY's City of vicksburg went
| packages and adding 800 barrels of meal q head
of mules, 20 tons of hay and 20 tons of sundries
| She had good load besides.
| The Belle Memphis, which has been doing
| the coast business above Vicksburg during the
freeze up, arrived yesterday her way to st.
| LOUIS. She had crowd Of deckers, but light
| freight. She left for st. Louis at noon.
| The New Mary Houston, the first arrival
| from the Ohio river since the food, passed down
| for New Orleans yesterday evening, discharging
here $50 packages and adding 20 barrsls OF corn
meal and a lot of sundries. She had fair trip OF
passengers.
| A COUPLE OF colored evangelists, accom-
| panied by several female choristers, inaugu-
| rated series of open air revival meetings on
/ the leyee yesterday. The rousters, rough as
they may be otherwise, treated them with the ut.
most respect and consideration. The meetings
| will be continued daily
| CAPT. J. J. REED, commander OF the
United States Navy, lighthouse inspector for the
Fifteenth District, reports the following changes
| in beacon lights between st. Louis and Caro-
bria Hollow moved down 200 yards; Liberty Island
| moved down 400 yards; Hamilton's moved down
4 800 yards Benefits moved up 400 yards; DEVILS
Island dixie moved up to foot Of island Ali United
| States beacon lights between st. Louis and Cairo
| have been started.
| 1HE funeral OF The late Capt. Albert Stein
took place at Cincinnati Sunda y, the Presbyterian
church being thronged with the friends of the de-
| ceased. The services and remarks by the Rev.
| Mr.. Rusk were eloquent and impressive. There
wasa very large attendance OF the marine frater-
| nifty. The remains were Inferred in the family
| lot in Spring Grove The pall-bearers were Capt.
| John Kyle, Capt. c. Nj. Holloway, Chas. H. Tan.
| ner. Com. J. s. McCook, Capt. George A. Wander
| grift, Capt Norwood McClelland, Samuel McCon-
| aha and John E. Bell.
| A charipari out on the eastern boundaries
/ of Vance street Sunday night Weakened the eahoes
| and many anight-cap was aired thatnever say the
| full moon before. The noise was terrific and so
unlike anything ever heard before as to awaken
the inteusest alarm in the minds of people hither-
4 to ION the fence" the question OF spiritualism
| A gathering OF the neighbors into q phantom
massmeeting displayed gowns of all colofs shapes
| and conditions. Opinions were exchanged, and
the subject was discussed without any results I'M
| til old citizen who had heard of the internal
noise made by the Will Kyle's whistle settled the
question by offering the following: Resolved,
That it is the music OF the Will Kyle's whistle.
| Resolved further That we don't want any more OF
/ that music" And there was q dissolution of the
1 phantomnation. The joke of the business Is that
the Kyle was not within 200 miles of Memphis. So
much for q reputation.