Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22
Capt. S. E. Rumble, of Natchez, was

Capt. ). e.. Rumble, OF NatcheZ, was
in the city yesterday.
The Headlight for the Sunflower
river had a fair trip out yesterday
evening.
The Lake Washington left for the
Tallahatchie river yesterday morning
at 10 o'clock.
The L. H. Sargent. for Davis Bend
will receive at the city front to-day,
and leaves at 10 am, making all way
landings.
The river fell II inches yesterday,
the gauge reading 28 feet. 1t is
thought that it will not be long before
it will rise again.
The U. S, mail steamer Corneal
Goldman left for Natchez on time yes
terday. She will be here to go again
Friday at 10 am.
The Issaquena receives at the front
landing to-day for all points as high as
Greenville, leaving at 5 pm. Marion
neaux, master, Steigleman, clerk.
The Anchor Line Packet Company
are o paying the following wages:
To masters, $3.50 per month; pilots,
$l25; clerks $40 and SIS; mates, 800;
carpenters, SIS, and engineers, 800
and $85.
The Anchor Line steamer City of
Cairo will leave to-day at ii am. for
all points as high as Arkansas City,
Capt. A. S. Lightner in command, with
Mr.. J.. c. Elton as chief clerk.
The elegant ]. M. White will be up
this evening and departs at 5 JPN.
Friday for New Orleans and all way
landings commanded by Capt. ]. f.
Muse, Chief Clerk Capt. A. McVay in
the office assisted by Messrs. John
Luckett, Ovid Bell and Frank Cannon
as clerks.
From the officers of the steamer
Natchez it is learned that Point Pleas
ant is caving rapidly, and in their opin-
ion the largest steamers will soon find
sufficient water to 60 into Davis Bend
Lake at low water. There is only a
strip of land of some 80 feet, and that
is caVing rapidly.
The +. Barksdale, of the famous P.
Line, is the Friday packet for the
upper Yazoo and T~allahatchie. She
will receive at the elevator and leave
at 5 pm. Capt. M. L. johnson walks
the roof, and Capt. G. NJ. Kahn does
the honors behind the desk.
A Cairo special to the Cincinnati
Enquirer says: "The United States
commissioner at Paducah yesterday de-
cided that the deck crew Of the John
Gilbert were not entitled to their fare
home from the point at which they
were paid off, the boat being forced to
lay up on account of the ice"
st. Louis Republican 18th: All the
steamboat property in the harbor has
been well taken care of and is ready
for the fray. y + River stationary
and blocked solid, no change in its
condition, and the wise river men
predict 1t will not open for two weeks.
Let your watchword be the "ground
hog"
A Cairo special of Jan. IL, to the
Times-D Democrat says: There is scat
tering ice in the Ohio, but not enough
to impede navigation. The cold wave
due tonight will not close the river.
Capt. Baker, late of the City of Bayou
Sara, arrived to-day and took charge Of
the Win S. Hays,llaid up at East Cairo.
John M~assengle goes as clerk.
There is no change in the Mississippi,
which is said TO contain the heaviest
gorges between here and st. Louis
known for years, No freight is ar
irving from below, as is usual during
a blockade.
Pittsburg Times, 18th instant: Ar
guments were heard yesterday by
Judge Acheson in the United States
district court in the case of j. B. Poor
against the steamer Geneva. The ac-
ton is to recover the penalty Of SO
for each passenger carried in excess of
the number allowed by law, which
money will go to the libellant if he
proves his case. Arguments in the
suit will be concluded this morning,
but the courts decision will probably
not be rendered for several days. The
case excites much interest among
steam oatmen.
Courier-Journal, 10Th: The Billy
Ezill helped the Golden Crown, from
Arkansas City to Helena, with a broken
engine. The Crown made repairs and
is on her way up = = = All the
upper tributaries Of the Ohio are run
ming out big water, and a big river is
going to be the result in a few days If
1t don't turn cold. y y = If one
of the boats laid up in the mouth Of
the canal should catch on fire there
would be G poor chance for any Of
them to escape destruction. There is
40 current there, and the dam and ice
hem them in, so that escape would be
almost impossible.