The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-19
GcnernI News,

THE Rosa Lee clears this evening at
o'clock for O,ccola.
TnE James lee went back to l'riars Point
yesterday morning.
TIM buckeye state will arrive this morn.
Ing aud leave again this evening at O'Clock
for cincinnati.
TnE II. NJ. Hoxic passed up 10 ST. Louis
yc- erdny morning with a tow OF loaded
model bnrYcs.
TuE city Of Monroe will pass here this
evening At o'clock ON her way from st.
Louis tu Natchcz.
TnE channel In the ohio between Louis.
Vile AMI Cairo has greatly improved, AMI
thcc'li soon be plenty Of water.
piLprs Of the Hudson report the river u
st. Louis improving. The close place IL al
tirccnlcais, where big change Is going on.
TmE United States lighthouse tender
Joseph Henry arrived from Cairo YESTERDAY.
aud will proceed this morning to New or.
leans, making changes, etc. en- route. She
made no changes on h'r way down.
Tum Coahoma arrived from Tiptonvillc
yesterday forenoon, with $50 bales Of cotton.
A.uJi sacks u cotton seed and N bags Of cot.
ton. She went back last evening with a fair
trip, including number Of passengers
THE Kate Adams. having been delayed by
fog did not arrive until late last night. Sh,
will positively leave this evening ut . O'Clock
Tor Helena. Fnhr, Point, Concordia, Tcrrcn,
| aud Arkansas City. Capts. Mark r. Cheek
aud VIM. Blankcr are her chief officers.
Tnr following towboats have left Pitts
| burg With coal Tor Louisville ON the present
/ run. smoky city, Tom Dodsworth. Ami,
| Roberts, Crescent John 4. Walton, san
/ Clarke, Convoy, Tom Rccs Jim Wood and
/ u. H. Wool, uJpUD bushels Some al
I them will come on south.
TuE llndsun, uUning under the nuspirc.
| II the Anchor line, arrived from 81 Louil
/ yesterday morning loaded 90 the water
1 edge She discharged $3.50 packages al
| miscellaneous freight and added about p
| tons u way freight She departed Tor Nat
chez during the night
/ MIsu-. CHARLES Nichols and Mat
/ DoVue. have been engaged Ia pilot th,
| steamer joe Peters this season IN the Mem
/ phis aud Arkansas river trade The Peter
/ viii leave here on her initial trip In tia
| uaic TUESDAY a. De followed by tie steamer
| Eugene leaving saturday, thus giving ship
l pcr' two boats per week.
| Tnr Gmud Republic should be- here sun
/ day a. enter the Memphis and New OrlcIn
i cotton trade iu connection with the Ami,
l 4. Silver Her owners have spent $1,000 be-
| repairs on the boat since giving NJ the pN
/ cuf-iun bushes Extensive alterations hsN,
been made 10 her hull. and new deck fran,
aud decks have been constructed.
! THI ritisbung toWb1at pilots who de
mlndci an Increase u S2i Nv their wugH
| when the river was low, waited until !
'sg,ll' produced q run of coal. aud they n
concluded b. accept the old rates rather thar
Loo, the trips. The pilot lint Offered ~ tnk,
/ The tow a. Cincinnati for ti2i, pending
settlement u the scale Capt Walton ~
/ piled that be- would not employ him uuIcl
/ these conditions The pilot held consul
| tatiun with the members II hisasscmhly an,
/ decided a. accept the berth at the old rate o
wagcs, A number of other pilots did a.,
same thing Ia fact, the shippers had mon,
/ applicants Tor work than they hal placer
/ fUr Thus the rise In the river and M,
/ run ol coal put an end TO the EHko-foi
/ Tie present az least.
Carr liiEAN lIiLt, Of the Louisville under
/ writers said that the snnrbuats would
| greatly Increase their usefulness hy cuttin,
/ up the trees that have already cavcd Int,
/ the uyct but hang under the bank, a,
/ they will become dangerous snngs IN ID,
| channels The coming season. lie says th,
banks on both sides II the river from Cairo
10 - Louis are lined with fallen trees
which vii iloai on the lint rise and be- drop
| pod hithcr aud thithcr Ia the channel Ia III,
/ great dcifimuut of navigation. Capt HILL
IN the Interest II the Louisville under
| writer, examined the hull VI the wrecked
/ Gilbert aud has reported 20 hcadluartcu
| That she can hc raised. Pilots say that NOR,
/ boats have been struck by snngs and Log,
/ tbs srusnu above Cairo. aud that the river u
/ generally in worse condition than has been
/ known Tor many years. The impression
| prevails among huaimcn that the John GIL