Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-07-17
EVENTS IN Az FpnY.

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The wharfboat was moved to the
lower landing yesterday.
The mail steamer O.. d. Shaw was
up and down on time yesterday.
The Pargoud passes up Friday even
ing, going as high as Greenville.
Clerk W. B. Skol6eld, of the steamer
@. D. Shaw, is seriously i'll at Natchez.
The Headlight, for Sunhower river,
had a fine starter to leave with yester-
day. IH.Gg8
Capt. Oliver Ross, an old time steam
boatman, died recently at North Jud-
son, Ind.
The L. H. Sargent is the regular
Davis Bend packet Friday, leaving at
10 am.
The through Anchor Line steamer
City Of st. Louis is due, bound for New
Orleans.
The new steamer City of Natchez, Of
the Anchor Line, will be up early this
morning bound for st. Louis
The passenger train on the Vicks-
burg street railroad, will run on regu-
lar schedule, commencing to-day.
John Dalls, late bill clerk of the
Sherlock, has embarked in the elevator
business at Allegheny City, Penn.
Capt. Eugene Shinkle, late clerk Of
the Golden Crown, has been appointed
a gauger under Collector Bishop of
Cincinnati.
The 0. Line steamer Golden Rule
will pass up Friday evening at 5
o'clock for Memphis, Cairo, Louisville
and Cincinnati.
The decline in the river for the "a
hours ending yesterday morning was
q inches, when thegauge reading was
% ITO feet.
The John A. Wood arrived from
New Orleans Tuesday night and re-
turned from here yesterday at 3 p.m.,
taking a coal tow to Baton Rouge.
The wharfboat dropped down to the
lower landing yesterday, and will re.
main there, unless a further rise in the
river takes place, in which case she will
return to her old moorings.
The steamer Silverthorn arrived
from the Tallahatchie river yesterday
morning with 200 sacks of seed and
several bales Of cotton. She returns
Friday at 5 pm.
The favorite Katie Robbins, Capt.
T. R. Smith, Clerk @. NJ. Kain, is the
Thursday P. Line boat for the upper
Yazoo and Tallahatchie, to leave the
city wharf at 4 pm.
The D. c. Fogel, in place of the Is
saquena, came in early yesterday even
ing and returns to all upper coast land
ings as high as Greenville at noon to-
day. Marionneaux master, Steigleman
clerk. t3.
The new and fast City of Cairo,
Capt. Shep Lightner, Clerk T. M.
White, is the Thursday boat in the
Anchor Line for st. Louis and all way
points, to leave at 4 pm. Water per
hitting the Cairo will come to the ele-
vator and leave there.
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
in speaking of Capt. p. r. Morrison's
scheme to put in a line Of three fine
side-wheel steamers in the New Or
leans and Cincinnati trade, says the
Chas. Morgan is too large, too slow,
and far too unlucky to start the new
venture.
Sam Roberts and two barges were
destroyed by fire at the Paducah island
on Friday night. The FIRE caught in
the cook house and could not be
checked. The boet was valued at
$25,800 and insured for $4,000. The
barges were valued at $2,500 each, and
not insured.
Louisville Post, July 9th: The de-
~struction of the mill connected with
Capt. David s. Barmore g. Sons ship.
yard, in Jeffersonville, at 1915 o'clock
this morning, will result in a direct
loss Of about $4,000 to Captain Bar
more, while the indirect loss will
amount to a great deal tc the ship
yard and the people Of Jeffersonville.
Capt. Barmore had only lately built
his mill entirely new, FIRE having de-
stroyed it in 1877. Both fires, he
thinks, were incendiary, but this is not
certain.