Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-21
GENERAL NEWS.
BUSINESS quiet.

The Henry Lowrey and barges did not get
away FIR 81. Louis until yesterday morning.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday: 20 hales of
cotton, ,ags OF seed-cot or, and 1877 sacks
Of cotton seed.
The Hard Cash ws4 repairing her Chin
neys yesterday aud lefl for Wine riv-r last
night with a good "Trip.
The John Gilmore and bargss passed down
for New Orleans yeltHdsy morning, adding
here a barge toaded with oil-cake.
THE Golden Crown is here repsiring m
ca merry, aud wall not get away till this morn
ing. she is adding $50 sacks OF oil-mesI
and ashes.
The W. W. ONeill arriv from the south
yesterday with a TOW / empty barges. Sac
was laying at the island above last night re-
pairing boilers.
The Guiding Star passed up for CiuciD-
natl yesterday afternoon, discharsirg 80
hogsheads Of sugar, aud added so bales of
cotton, % barrels OF oil and lot of sundries.
The Will S. Hays is about TO kick ou, of
tn. mbin alton with the 80" Line, the lat
ter, it is clsimed, having failed 10 pat in
three boats week to New Orleans as agreed
to do.
The Walter family, of Dubuque, com-
posed of nine male and Tensile musiciaus,
will furuish The music this season on the
upper Mississippi Diamond 10 Line steamer
s-phiue.
THE City of New Orleans, 8 days
hours our from New OrleaDs, arrived
late last night, dischsrgins 80 tons OF freight
Sue added 500 barrels Of pstaloes, and left
for st. Louis yesterday morning sfter clean
ing boilers.
CAPT Z. c. Postal Yesterday received in
| form alton that his new boa', The Cnickasaw,
| building at Pht.burg, is progressing fsvora-
bly, toward completion, and he thinks she
, will be ready TO go into commission between
: the LIST and 18Th CT September.
| SIGNAL SERVICE report: River 90 feet IL
| iuches-rise inches yesterday. Blu, / inch
rise is reported at Csiro. The Ohio is rising
I at Piltsburg, falling at Cincinnati, and sta
| tiopary at Louisville. Toe upper Missouri
| ard Mississippissre fallin. at all points.
CNCINNATI Commercial Gazette, Tuesday:
| "Mrs Trask, The estim able wife OF Capt W
| L Trask, oil the Memphis Ledger, arrived
here this morning on the Cons MIilar, aud
| goes to the Bfswn County Convent TO see her
daughter graduate. They will return TO Mem
phis on the Viut Shinkle."
CAPT. E. c. POSTAL, of the White river
packet Hard Cash, yesterday received the
| official Mobilization that the contract for car
| ryIng the mail UP that stream nom Terrens,
| Mise, TO j acssonport, Ark, had been award.
| ed to him. The contract begins July 1si
proximc. Capt. Postal has a good boat noW
Tor the business, but will have a better one al
he opening If tae business season.
ST. LOUIS Republican, TUESDAY: "The
river at this point is still rising at an alarm
ing rate and promises 10 be higher than i
has been since 1858. The Missouri river i
rising at O.sge, Hermann, Glasgow, Kansas
City and all along the line to ST. Joseph, bu
is t, ling at Ysnktou. Along The river frou
here portions Of the levee are entirely SUP
merged. Between Washington avenue anC
Morgan s rect the water is up 10 the curb
and at come points is even on the sidewalk
North of o i've sire ct bo h the railroad track
are covered by several inches OF water, while
south of there TO Chou;eau avenu; it vii
take bu; few more inches Of rise TO cove
the eastern tracks. Experienced river mel
predict rise Of 81 /, asst 3 let more bsfoT
he Tiv,r coGies to a stand, and rat. Web {
| Of the Signal office, says the waller will reacl
at leas, 80 feet alb We low-water marx. l,
anticipation If such hJod, ali firms dom
bpsipei along he river are making arrange
ments to move their stocks 10 the secoa
floors of their buildings. By 10 o'clock am
the western end Of the range at the foot O
Market street was under water, but shortl
thereafter Capt. James O'Neal, superinteud
ent of the New Orleans Anchor Line, cause
. q m ark to BE- set up at the foot Of the gaug,
this was graduated BY Sergi. Weber, and b
it the river at o'clo,k pm. marked 81
feet above loW-waer mark, thus indicatIu
an advsnce OF l 10 feet in "a hours."