Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-02-14
GENERAL NEWS.


A o Whit struck this latitude yester-
day, but it failed to check the rain.
THE Chickasaw left for White river yes
terday with a fair trip of freight and
| people.
i RECEIPTS by river yesterday, $50 bales
OF cotton, 125 bags OF seduction and
1888 sacks of seed.
IF this rainy weather continues more
figures will have to be put or the govern
ment gauge down on Ii wharf.
THE Joseph Henry, the lighthouse
tender, left st. Louis for the South Mon
day, on a ~beacon-light regulating tour.
THE r. S. Hays and barges, from st.
Louis, passed to New Orleans yesterday
morning, adding a loaded barge here.
A DISASTROUS overflow seems inevitable,
and the wise jewellers in the valley will
make all necessary precautionary prepare
ton.
THE Centennial, from st. Louis, passed
down for New Orleans yesterday evening,
adding a small lot of sundries. She was
loaded fiat.
THE Coahoma, in from the upper bends
yesterday, had a first-rate trip, and re-
turned in the afternoon with a good load
Of supplies.
COMMODORE ISAAC n. Brown and family,
who reside at Glendale, Miss, opposite
Helena, came up passengers on the James
Lee yesterday.
ST. LOUIS papers that another
boat will be built by the Anchor-Line
Company, to take the place of the burned
w. z. Halliday.
THE James Lee came in from the lower
| bends yesterday morning with a good trip,
and returned in the afternoon with a splen-
did trip for the Blenders.
CAPT. STACKER LEE and Engineer Thos.
| Bailey, both of the James Lee, have sufli-
| GENTLY recovered from their recent sick
/ ness to resume their position on that boat.
| The City OF Providence arrived from
| Yicksburg yesterday, and passed on up to
| st. Louis, after discharging 252 bales OF
| cotton, POI sacks of cotton-seed, adding so
barrels of oil and cleaning boilers.
THE Thomas Sherlock arrived from
New Orleans early yesterday morning,
having a good list of passengers as well as
a fair trip OF freight, of which over 200
packages were for Memphis. She added
20 barrels Of oil and molasses and left for
Cincinnati in the afternoon.
THE casket containing the remains of
the late Gen. Gideon j. Pillow, which had
been temporarily inferred since his death
in 1878 at Mound Place, Ark, was brought
up on the James Lee yesterday, and will
be permanently inferred in Greenwood
cemetery at Columbia, Tenn.
MAJ. JOHN D. ADAMS has rendered his
resignation to Gov. Berry, of Arkansas, as
a commissioner to the New Orleans Cotton
Centennial. He gave as his reason that
he was forced to do so on account Of the
new business engagements formed since
his acceptance, which would render it i'm
possible for him to perform the duties.
New ORLEANS Times Democrat, Tuesday:
"Last trip the Queen City arrived here
Sunday night, January 9th. The next
day her crew were paid off to Monday
night, the 2Sth, for the trip, as customary.
/ Wednesday, her day OF departure January
| 30th), a special agent presented, himself on
| board and asked to see the hospital book.
! He found that the names of the captain,
mate and clerk had been re-entered, and
| asked why the rest of the crew did not ap-
pear. He was answered that it was not
the custom to enter up the crew until the
| night of departure, but that il he wished,
the names would be entered then and
there, which was done, DC in number).
| YESTERDAY the master of the Queen City
| was notified that a penalty OF $3.50 had
been imposed for neglecting to re-enter
| Immediately after paying off the names of
/ the crew not actually discharged. A state
ment of the facts was made to Collector
Badger, which will be reinforced to-day
with a sworn one, when the matter will
be referred to the authorities at Washing
ton, who it is to be hoped will remit the
fine, as the clerk was only following a Gus
tom that prevails on nearly every steam
boat south of Cairo, and by which it is no
mole possible TO neglect the payment of
dues than by the s~trictest eKaction of the
law, which in this case seems to be hardly
enforced