Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-29
GEN ERAL NEWS.

ANOTHER spring day-aud fair count
The Ida LIE has laid up for the present
The railroad packet Ida DArragh is
laid up.
The local packets departed last evening
with good trips.
The vernal season has made It's appear.
ance, docile Annie.
The Dick Jones is getting ready TO make
trip up Hatchie river.
The prospects are now favorable to a
season OF very low water.
The tug TIlda is due down to-day with a
tow of stsve boats for New Orleans.
The towboat Joseph B. Williams will
have her repairs done by Saturday.
CAPT.. J. DARRAGH, of Little Rock, re-
turned from Pittsburg by rail yesterday.
The Centennial, Capt Thos. L. Davidson,
is due down tomorrow for New Orleans.
The Katie Hooper got away yesterday
evening with fine trip for Arkansas river.
RECEIPTS By river yesterday, 10Y bales
OF cotton 81 bags OF seduction, and 209 sacks of
seed.
ANDREW MCDONALD formerly OF the
Centennial, went out mate of the Had Cash yes
tedkay.
The tug Nighthawk WISE getting ready to
leave last evening with barges OF slaves for New
The Hard Cash departed yesterday even
ing for White river with good trip of freight and
passengers.
TIE Annie P. Silver, loaded q At, passed
down for New Orleans yesterday after adding 1000
sacks OF oil meal, 40 barrels of potatoes and lot
OF sundries.
THE NV Mary Houston, Capt. Charles
Miller. is the next o.-Line packet due down for
New Orleans.
The steamer Queeu City, in the upper
Cumberland river trade, on arrival at Nashville,
yesterday, was seized for debt by the United
states msrshal.
The Josie Harry will arrive Friday morn
ing, and leave on her regular day. So says tele
gram from Devalis Bluff. received yesterday from
Capt. Milt Harry.
Tbs General Pierson celebrated the re-
sumption of business on the Memphis and Little
Rock railway yesterday by firing saiutes and dis
playing her coiors
THE CITY of New Oileaus, something over
4 days out from New Orleans, passed up for st.
Louis last night alter cleaning boilers. She has
coo tons OF freight.
The Wyoming, with 1900 tons, passed
down for New Orleans Yesterday, adding here 2Sll
sacks Of oil-meal, and 70 barrels Of soap STOCK.
she discharged small lot mere.
VIsIToRs from the bends say the plows are
now raising clouds of dust where but Il few days
sgo schools OF the frolIcsome catfish Il ID oneie
genus uninterruptedly sported their graceful pro-
portions.
Mr. L. +. CAssELLs, the new United States
surveyor of customs of this port has not yet re-
eeved his commission, but expects it within the
and forwarded to the commissioner of customs at
Washington.
SHADY spots were eagerly sought after by
the languid levee loafer yesterday while the TO-
| bustuous rouster weary OF waiting for an hour
job enjoyed natures sweet restorer'' top OF
freight AID skid-piles, or conjuIing up some new
| combination against the fascinating game OF
| craps"
| Miss ANNIE C. PRoPHATER, the accom-
plished daughter of Col Sid Prophater OF the City
| Of New Orleans, VINO has spent the past six weeks
in this CITY, the guest Of Mrs John J. Dufy, left for
her home in St. Louis on the City of New Orleans.
| Miss Prophater made many warm friends during
| her sojourn here.
| FROM the pilots of the james Lee we lesro
| that the lighthouse tender, Joseph Henry, made
| the following changes in government lights be-
up 100 yards below Letting field, and another on
Turner's Point. The lights at Harberts and St.
| Francis Island have been discontinued Falls
| light has been moved down a nall mile, and the
| light at Blue Point moved down 400 yards.
A PLUM POINT correspondent Of the even
ming Ledger writes under date of March 9th, from
| which make the following Ell tracts: "The
work far complished at this point has proved
u success. The Soundings made so far
| show an average of 10 feet and at Fullerton IS
| feet The rivetments in nearly every place has
remained; and the banks of the river remain
| intact and the channel deepened. Business here
has opened out In full blast. About 400 men are
| engaged on the works.
| CINCINNATI items. Tuesday: "Capt. A. NJ.
Halliday left the Paris Brown at Cairo and
| passed through here yesterday route to CALI
| polis to bring out Capt. Pickes's new New Or
leans ferrybost, which will take 00o0 bushels OF
| coal 10 New Orleans under contract. 1t isreported
| that Capt. Haley has sold his Missouri river
steamer Niobrsra to New Orleans parties The last
| cailiope on western waters went down on the Dora
| Cabler, sunk by collision with the Enquirer
| Capt. Henry A. Jones its former Owner, and
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