The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-16
GRN ERAL NEWS.
BUsINEss fair.
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WEATHER clear and pleasant.
MAJ. JOHN ID. ADAMS ia in tho city.
THE Lee Lire packets arrived and
departed with good trips.
THR river here is on q stand, with 5
feet tenths on the gauge.
RKcEIPTs by river yesterday: 1877
bales cotton, 279 bags seed cotton and
37ll sack aesd.
THE United States snag boat, II. G.
Wright, left yesterday morning for
Cairo, and will work back to that
point
THE Belle Memphis passed up Sat
urday night for ~ Louis. She put of
here 30 bales OF cotton and l0l sacks
Of seed.
THE little steamer Parole arrived
yesterday morning from Cairo. She
lays up near the compress In the
navy yard.
THE Hudson, Capt. Frank Ellison,
passed down last night for VicksbuIg
rhe d 4 ha'ged here 1888 packages OF
freight aud added 80 tors.
The Jay Gould and barges passed up
Sunday evening for vt. Louis. Sac
added barge mere for Cairo loaded
with Eastern bound cotton.
Capt. r.. b. Russell received a dis
patch Yesterday from Capt. Robt. w.
Wise, superintendent Of the Mem
phie and Cincinnati Packet Company,
saying the Buckeye State will leave
Cincinnati Saturday evening for this
port.
THE Will S. Hays arrived yesterday
morn ng from Arkansas City with
552 bales Of cotton, II bags OF seed
cotton, 22S3 sacks Of seed, 2 head OF
stock, 20 packages Of sundries, and
cleared again last evening with q good
Grip.
THE Supervising Inspector General
OF Steam Vessels, James A. Dumont,
has submitted to the Secretary OF the
Treasury his annual report for the
fiscal year. The suggestions contained
in the preceding report touching the
ACCESSIBILITY OF authorizing the Super
vising Inspector General to make ap.
pointments OF inspectors Is renewed,
and in that connection attention Is
directed to &C BE where q Collector OF
Customs, who is a member OF the APP
pointment board, blocks the wheels OF
the steamboat inspecting service in his
collection district except upon the
implied condition that the supervis-
ing Inspector shall yield his lawful
rights by ConCurring In the choice OF
the col eCtor's candidate and discard.
ing the candidate OF his own CT ce,
nOlvithstan ding the latter is reported
to be possessed OF all the legal qua it,
cations for the place. This the Super-
vising Inspector not acced nH, the va
cancy, he says, Is likely to be con-
tinutd indefinitely, to the detriment
of the public interests.
PlTTsBURG Commercial Gazette
John Dous herty's fast boat viii be
launched tomorrow at 10 o'clock from
the 70 I OF Twenty-eeeond street. The
boat, DOugherty claims, can run 80
miles an hour, and perhaps make bet
ter time. 1t is 26S feet long, So feet
vide, and feet high, with pointed
bow at both ends. When empty 1t
will draw 4 inches II water, and when
loaded 8 inches. There will be no
wheels, bat 1t will have paddles which
will make a slrc he Of 3 feet. There
will be one rudder. The bottom is fiat.
There will be but one deck, which will
be covered by roof on which the
pilot house will be placed. The entire
bull is msds from hemlock lumber.
Two months tine was expended in
bnilding it. The cost OF the wO k Ia
$1,000 for the hull aud $1,000
for the machinery, which will be
placed in the center OF the boat
M soon Rs IL is launched. John
Dougherty, the owner, WIS one Of The
builders OF the first canal boat thar
ever entered Pitt burg. A colored
man, who hes been IN the busin' SO
for forty years, will superinteod the
launching The trial trip will he
made as SION as possible and vi go
to New 0rleans. About forty peDp q
have been invited 10 20 on this rip
II the boat ~ SUCCESS IL will never
return to this city, bat will ply in
s, utheln waters.
WEATHER AND RIVERS.