Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-04
GENERAL NEWS.
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The Rene Macresdy departed last even
ing for Madison, loaded fiat.
The JONI S Bransford departed last night
for Mariana with a fair trip.
HUGH SMITH goes out second clerk of the
Josie Harrs this trip, Lee Cummings retiring.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday, 636 bales of
cotton, 20 bags OF seed-cotton, and 1913 sacks of
seed.
The Alice Brown arrived yesterday even
ing, ont OF the Ohio river, with a big tow of coal
for Brown q Jones.
The Centennial, from St. Louis, passed
down late Friday night loaded fiat for New Or.
leans, without landing.
The towboats S. L Wood, Walton and
Harry Brown passed down yesterday with big
tows OF coal for New Orleans.
The Signal Service reports So feet 6 inches
on the gauge-a fall of inch during the last "A
hours ;and at Cairo SO feet inches on the gauge,
a fall Of 7 inches
JOHN RUST, at one time pilot of the tow
boat Hanna. was robbed last week of $3.50 at st.
Adams, W. Va. A pistol was held to his head and
he was made TO disgorge.
Mr.. GEORGE WILSON, late engineer of the
Viii S. Hays, has made an engagement to go to
Russia and take charge of the engines of the
st amer Amazon on the Volga river. He expects
TO leave Pltlsburg pext week,
The r. r Springer got out of her trouble
yesterday afternoon by giving bond. Col. n: NJ.
Orleans. For a full account of the Springer's
troubles see local columns of to-day's APPEAL.
NEWS reached here yesterday that a 6 feet
rise is coming out of upper st. Francis river, out
way rmSankmenT in that region which had been
keeping back the overflow from the Mississippi If
the news is CORE. t it will probably cause the rem
pora y terminus of The aemphis and Little Rock
railway to be removed back to Devalls Bluff.
The many river friends of Capt. J. c..
Coghfll, formerly of the steamer Belle Shreveport,
will he panied to learn that death has visited his
I4mlly circle Twice Within q week. But 8 0ayS
since he captains est1mable wife breathed her last,
and Friday morning his son, Jose, h W. Coghill,
was snetched cruelty from HIM BY pneumonia, at
the interesting age OF II years 2 months and 8 days.
The JOSIE Harry lost two of her roust.
a6outs on her last trip. One OF them, Lige Holmes,
died of deiirium tremrns up White river, aud was
buried at aberdeen. The other was Amos Pet-r-
son, a well known roustabout and capt4in of the
watch, who accidentally fell overheard at -ibley's
wood ard, near Terrene, Miss, and we { down
before any assistance could be rendered. Both
weie Memphis men.
The Globe Democrats Omsha special, of
February 2sth, says: Deputy United States Mar
shall Allen returned tonight from Sioux City.
W ere he YESTERDAY attached the Peck Line of
steamers that are winteriug on the Nebra>ks side.
Meade. The former made son e money last season,
but the Meade Bno Nellie Peck are over SIS coo be-
hind. OF this amount something like $40 900 is
due Mclean & McNider, of Bismarck, who caused
the seizure. The boats are the property of the
cipal stockholders being Mrs. Peck, of Keokuk,
and Mr.. Brownell, president of the Keokuk Ma
tonal Bank. The company had a contract to carry
government freight. but most of the goods have
been forwarded. and but little remains to be done.
The present trouble seems to be the outcome of a
streak of bad luck that has followed the line ever
since the spring Of 1881 By the flood of that ye4r
the Meade and Peninah (since withdrawn from
the linel were left far inland, and it cost a small
fortune TO get them afoat sg-in. Then the Peni-
nah was seized for selling whisky in the Indian
country, and q long and costly litigation followed.
Next the Meade had to be tied up in the hight Il
the busy season on account of smallpox, and lost
considerable traffic. Finally last year the Nellie
Peck and Meade were again left high and dry
above Bismarck by the breakup, and a series OF
minor misfortuues followed at intervals until the
close of navigation last fall. The Peninah was
sent South, and is now running in Bayou La
fourche Mrs. Peck is now in the Fast looking up
financial aid to tide over the present trouble, aud
expects to be able to arrange matters so as to run
the line as usual next season.