Weekly commercial herald., 1886-03-05
slow water 1876.
Danger line Al feet.

The mail boat Goldman was up and
back on time yesterday.
The through Anchor Line City of
Natchez is due down from st. Louis.
The Barksdale is the p. Line boat
Friday for Tallahatchie and Tchula
lake.
The big ]. NJ. White is due up to-day
to return to New Orleans Friday at 5
pm.
The elegant Anchor Line steamer
City of Natchez is due south crowded
with passengers.
The great steamer White will have
a large number of passengers leaving
for New Orleans Friday.
The Wyoming passed down yester-
day for the Ouachita loaded fiat. She
got her trip at st. Lonis, and all ship
ped by one house.
The Anchor Line steamer City of
Providence left at 10 am yesterday
for st. Louis with good showing Of
freight, 100 bales Of Memphis cotton
and number Of people.
The palatial ]. M. White is the Mardi
Gras boat leaving on Friday at 5 pm.
The fare is only SIS for round trip,
with privilege Of retaining your room
while in port.
The Issaquena came in last night
and receives at the wharfboat to-day
up to 5 pm, leaving at that hour for
all upper bends landings as high as
Greenville, Capt. H. G. Marionneaux,
Clerk Frank Steigleman.
The City Of Cairo telegraphs from
Greenville she will arrive this morning
with big cargo. Returning she is the
regular Thursday Anchor Line packet
for st. Louis and all way points at IL
am. Capt. A. S. Lightner in command,
Mr.. j. G. Elton in the Office.
The prompt and reliable steamer L.
H. Sargent, Capt, George Epple, will
receive freight up to 10 o'clock this
: morning at the foot of Crawford
street for the lower bends, leaving
promptly at that hour for Davis Bend,
Bayou Videl and Rouudaway.
The steamer Wyoming passed down
yesterday evening with good trip for
the Ouichita river. On her return
trip she will at once take her place in
the st. Louis, Kansas City Electric
Line, leaving for st. Joseph Capt.
Geo. G. Keith will command her dur
ing the season.
Assistant U. S. Local Inspectors
Mulcare and Hutchins, of New Or
leans, are expected to arrive from New
Orleans in the morning, to inspect the
steamers Bonham. L. H. Sargent and
Golden Era. From Vicksburg they
will 60 up the YazoC river to inspect
the Gen. Miles and make general tour
of that section.
A correspondent of the Courier
Journal, writing US from Memphis,
says; "The viii S. Hays, with 800 tons,
passed up through the mighty current
here as if she was flying light and
going down stream. Capt. Baker, who
commands her, is delighted with her
performances. He is a No. l steam
boatman, and a clever and popular
gentleman, and a competent judge of
fine, fast steamboat.
Memphis Ledger I'd: William
Druck, promising young engineer,
has been appointed inspector Of steam
boilers, in the St. Louis district, for
the Hartford Boiler Insurance Com
pany. 4 The Golden Rule, loaded
fiat, passed to New Orleans this morn
ing, being about 10 hours out from
Cairo. She did not land here, but was
met out in the river by the tug Billy
Kilby and mails exchanged.
ST. Louis Globe democrat: Capt. A.
B. Cowan, commander Of the Charley
Bowen, has, owing to continued
complication, been forced to
tender his resignation of that position.
Capt. Lebke yesterday named his sue
cessor in the person of Capt. James
Coghill, formerly Of the st. Louis and
Mississippi Valley Transportation
Company's fleet. Cape. Coghill as.
sumes charge of his new post to-day.
"Good deeds" once said the celebra,
ted Richter, ring clear through
Heaven like bell" One of the best
deeds is to alleviate human sufferings,
"Last fall my daughter was in de-
cine" says Mrs. Mary Hinson, of Mon
trose, Kansas, ,"And everybody thought
she was going into consumption. I
got her bottle of DR.. r. V. Pierce's
'Favorite Prescription and it cured