Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19
slow water 1876.
Danger llue II teet.

The Thomas Sherlock is the next o Line due
Mr.. John Grant is coming up mate Of the
White this trip
The Arther Lambert with 5 barges passed to
New Orleans yesterday at noon.
The Il. II. Sargent Went 0 TO Ships bayou
to move n lot Of conyicts up to Lake 81 Joseph.
The U. L. Schenck passed down at II a IN
yesterday. She discharged about AGO packages.
The mail boat Goldman was up and back on
time yesterday will be here to go again Friday.
Mrs. Smith, wife Of Pilot Smith, ana Miss
Henry, are making the round trip on the Helen
Mead.
The Helen Mead with three barges loaded
with cotton seed meal and seed left Tor New Ur-
leans at d p m. yesterday.
The l., Il; Sargent, George Epples master, will
receive at the city l. nding up to 10 O'Clock this
morning, leaving at that hour for Davis Bend
and way landings.
The Steamer Lake Washington, Capt Gus
NllntZ, Clerk Frank Huener, is due out Of the
Tallahatchie river to re urn Friday at 3 pm.
Freight will be received at the L., N. 0. " L.
depot.
Lightner, Clerk j. q. Elton, Is the Thursday
Anchor Line packet t0I Arkansas City and all
way landings to leave the elevator promptly at
The lssaqGena came in at 7 O'Clock last night
from Greenvllle. She returns to day from The
front landing at 8 p.m.a and from the wharfb0at
ats O'Clock. Capt. Henry Mari0nneaux master,
Frank Steigelman clerk.
The regular r. Line packet +. Barksdale.
Capt. Marcy johnson, Clerk 9. M. Kahn, Is
fully due from the Yazoo to return Friday at 5
PM, for all points AS high as Sharkeys, going
through Tchula lake. Freight received at the
elevator.
lhe rIveris advancing here rapidly and in the
"a hours ending yesterday morning 1t rOse Il
inches with the gauge reading % feet. we will
soon have plenty Of water for all manner Of ton
mage. The upper rivers are all swelling and the
big Mississippi Will soon be booming.
MIR. w. U. Kahn has resigned his position as
agent OF the New Orleans Seed Association and
will enter into other business. For the present
lie will nave ANA Of the staunch Jimmie
b. Capt. Frank Barrett having been called
home 70 Clearneld, Penn, TO the bedside OF ms
father who was recently stricken with paralysis.
Capt. Barrett leaves on the 2 am. train this
morning,
1t is understood that the secretary Of the
treasury has under consideration the curtalling
Of the limits Of the steam inspection service OF
the sixth district, which now extends from Car
rullton, mouth of kentucky river to Greenvllle,
MISS, stopping it at Cairo, Illinois, and EXTEND
ing that of the fourth district from cairo, ILL
nois, to Greenville, Miss.
Capt. T. NJ, pmedes, superintendent OF the
whariboat and Wharf and Land company,
located a short distance below Vicksburg, has
gone to Cincinnati to confer with the manage
ment Of the y. Line steamers. Owing to a re-
cent order of the company the boats have been
directed not to lan1 here, or receive freight
for this point. The reason given for said order
Is llldt lllt CudIRGo VI ~ IL Rllh AANAN
Company are excessive. The complaint seems
general, not only with the o. Line, but witt
other boats. 1t seems strange that the only
source Of revenue that the wharfb0at and Land
Company has is compelled to refuse business at
this port, owing to the cost OF doing the bust
ness. 1t looks like "cutting tbeLose OIL to spite
the face"
Memphis Ledger: Captain Ed Harris steamer,
SOnOma, with her new fuel device, Is attracting
considerable attention. She generates steam
with ease, and the new process VIII work q revo-
luton III fuel for naVigable purposes. v
ANY one of the crew who served on the Queen
OF the West during the war will hear Of some
thing to their advantage BY addressing Mr. y;
L. Hooper, MOnon, Ina. y = Pilots should
not be backward in reporting government lights
found not burning; also those in bad condition.
This is the only way the service can be rendered
efficient.
Memphis Avalanch. 10th: The Memphis and
Arkansas River Company have played Ill hard
luck this season. Up to the present time they
have had to contend With low water at q time
when there was plenty Of cotton to move. but
could not take out large eargoes. BY careful
management they have avoided accidents Whlle
uuder way, but yesterday the steamer Joe
Peters. which had arrived early in the morning
with Il cargo Of cotton and seed, was struck by
floating ice which parted her lines and she
drifted against the steamer Dean Adams, knock
ing down the latter's flagstaff. The lines OF the
Peters got entangled with the W portion OF
the boom, swinging one of her stages into the
river, tearing down her entire rigging and drop
ping her chimneys backward on the roof, the
starbOard side OF which was broken into the
stateroOms, The Peters was at once taken to
the opposite side of the river but brought over a
few hours later and the work OF unloading her
cargo continued. Mechanics were employed and
the officers expect to have her repairs so far
completed this evening that she will be able 10
leave for Arkansas river as advertised,