Weekly commercial herald., 1886-02-26
slow water 1876.
Danger line Al ieet.

The Helen Mead came up from New Orleans
yesterday.
The Headlight left for the Sunfower river yes
terday with big trip including large number
The guage reading yesterday was So 7-1O feet,
showing rise in the previous "a hours of7A
inches.
The o. Line steamer Paris G. Brown is due
south and Will no doubt come to the city front
landing.
The Uarneal Goldman was up early yesterday
and laid here several hours making repairs. She
lett at 5 PM
The weather yesterday was damp and misty,
with slight sprinkle Of rain with indications
OF more to follow at nightfall.
The hig jim White, Capt. Curt Holmes, Clerk
A. McVay, will be up tonight and retarn to
New Orleans Friday at pm.
The Barksdae is the Z. Line boat for YaZoO,
Tallahatchle and fchula Lake, to leave Friday
at SPIN. Freight received at the elevatOr.H
The Belle Memphis, Capt. Geo. Baker, Clerk
AL Simpson, is the Thursday Anchor Lii boat
for st. Louis and all way points, to leave at A
pm.
Mate Lew ThOrwegan has taken charge of
the lower dock Of the steamer Charles :. Chou
teau, Jack Cunningham having resigned at New
Orleans.
The Helena passed down yesterday at pm.
She had 2,3l5 bales OF cotton, 5,267 sacks OF oil
cake, and 4,6O) sacks of meal. Sne coaled at
Klenstnn.
The Issaquena, Capt. Henry Marionneaux,
at O'Clock for all upper bends landings as high
as GreenVille.
1t is said that Supervising Inspector Dugan
has recommended Christ j. Murphy Tor Hull In.
spectOr and John Moore for boiler Inspector OF
the Evansville district.
The L. Ii. Sargent, Capt. George Epple, will
receive at the city landing this morning up to 10
O'Clock for all Landings in Davis Bend, Bayou
Vidal and kOundaWay.
The through Anchor Line steamer Annie 7.
Silver, due down to-day, will land at the eleva-
tor. She has one shipment OF 250 b. Trels OF
pork for the p. Line boats.
Attention is called in another column to the
advertisement Of Secretary MOrther, OF the New
Orleans board Of underwriters, regarding the
towing of barges on and after March 1st.
The City of ViCksburg arrived at the elevator
about o'clock last night and expected to leave
during the night, as soon as dis harged. She
was detained by aheavy freight for the bends.
The many friends OF Capt. W. H. Sargent who
went to San Antonio, Tex, some months ago
for the ben fit OF his health, Will be pleased to
learn that he is greatly improved, and there Is
now no doubt OF MS complete restoration 10 per
feet health.
MIR. Charles Gaines took his place yesterday al
the elevator as assistant freight CLERK to Mr.
| Scott Phillips. This puts the freight department
| of that institution in most excellent hands. Mr.
Giles smith win resume his duties as mate o.
the elevator next Monday, when all OF the crew
will be in full line for business.
The Anchor Line steamer City of Vicksburl
| arrived lTUlH OF. LOOlo dt nOUu tSltTudA dO Dtl
ia, She had 5000 packages for points on the V
5. &P. railroad and 2,9i9 packages at the elevs
tor s57 Of which were for points on the YaZO
aud Tallahatchie rivers In addition to tn
above she had all INN nse way freight.
The tug Pauline" now running as ferr!
steamer between Vicksburg and Delta, leavin
the foot of Crawford street daily at T. and /
am. and and $3.50 pm. A barge on whic
vehicles and stock will be handled is taken Il
tow on the o am. and 80 pm. trips. Capt
VIM. Moore IS Ill charge, and he is extremely
obiging and attentive to the public.
Cairo argus 22d 1t now looks as though Cap
tain Harry Brolaskis second prediction for tn
winter is to come true. His first was that tn
river wuold open to st. Louis about the 18th o
February, which came true, The second wa
that we would not see As feet OF water on TIL
Cairo gauge this Spring. Unless we have I'm
usual rains this will certainly come true, ant
have five or six feet to spare.
Tensas Gazette H. F. Shaffer Esq, .parisl
levee inspector, informs us that he has just re
turned from an inspection Of the "Shipp'
Bayou evee; this important work Is now 0nl
about eighty-five PAGES from the river on cay
ing bank should the cave continue it is pOSsbl
that the leyee at that point will be in the rive
before the spring floods reach us. = One
more has the leVee at P0tters Lake begun t
sink, and now for distance OF about fort
yards it has slipped down several feet; the gov
ernment hands are at work on 1t and are rebuilC
ing the Sunken portion.