The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-27
General News.

The James Lee and Rosa Lee went out last
evening with good trips.
The City Of Cairo passed here at noon
bound for Vicksburg and Natchez.
The Rosa Lee came in from 0sceola yos,er.
day morning with 81 bales Of cotton and
200 sacks OF cotton seed.
Mr.. f. II. CoRBETT of st. Louis brother OF
George Corbet, who was lost by the Kate
Adams disaster is in the city.
CoMMoDoRE JONI A. ScUppER, the retired
autocrat of the Anchor Line, was chief clerk
OF the steamer John-Go-Long in 1896.
= The James Lees cargo from Friars Point
consisted of l25 bales of cotton, 20 sacks OF
cotton seed and 34l sacks OF seed cotton.
THE Chiclasaw reached here from White
River before daylight yesterday, with l,40i
bales of cotton. She returned last evening.
TiIE City of st. Louis, which passed here
yesterday morning bound for st. Louis, put
OF at the elevator 800 tons OF miscellaneous
freight.
TnE Coahoma running under the auspices
OF the Adams Line leaves this afternoon at
O'Clock for Helend Friars Point, Concor-
dia, Terrene and Arkansas City.
THE Granite State got away for Cincinnati
at o'clock yesterday afternoon with mod
crate cargo. She has engagements for con
siderable freight between here and Cairo.
THE Annie p Silver has deferred her de-
parture for New Orleans until Friday at
noon. She will leave here with nearly 1900
bales of cotton and lot of miscellaneous
freight.
The Jennie Campbell and Robert PEBBLES
orc due from Paducah They have twenty
bargcs OF rock in tow for the jettios which
the PEBBLES will take through, the Campbell
returning from here.
Cart. JOHN n. HARPNAS, of this city, agent
Of the Board of Underwriters was passen-
ger on the steamer John IL Hanna when she
burned Tuesday ON the 0uachita River. lie
escaped without injury.
The snagboat Woodrufron Saturday raised
the log which sunk the rock barge in tow OF
the Etheridge at Goose Island US well as the
sunkcn barge and contents. The snag was
40 feet long and "a at the butt.
TIN Annie Roberts with q tow of coal.
while passing under the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad bridge at Cincinnati last Saturday
struck the Kentucky pier and lost barge
containing 1900 bushels Of coal.
Tue popular upper coast packet Ruth
brought In yesterday morning lI7 bales OF
cotton, l63 sacks Of seed cotton, 40 sacks Of
corn aud 10 packages Of sundries. She left
again last evening for Tiptonville.
ALI Government property such rs rock
Commission Is now either at Cairo or de-
posted at its destination at Plum Point and
other headquarters The East Cairo incline
of the Illinois Central affords a good ice har-
Dor, which the Government Is using as
storage for its steamboats, and bargcs, with
the steamer Ncdctta as harbor tender.
HARBoE Commissioner MURPHY, Of 81.
Louis isin Washington Citywith memorial
90 Congress asking that an appropriation be
made at once for the improymcnt Of the har.
bortn front Of the city of ST. Louis The
paper cites the fact that the mouth Of the
Missouri River has changed during the past
ten years and Is now nearly six miles below
the point where Il formerly entered into the
Mississippi River The force Of the water
at the inlet Of the Missouri has cut away the
Illinois shore for q considerable distance
southwark, aud rs a consequence the current
there turns absolutely northwest and strikes
the Missouri shore with somuch force that ID
has within the last three years cut into the
shore fully ono-half oi a mile for a distance
of three miles. down 10 the chain Of rocks
and, u not met by immediate improvement.
II will result In a DETECTION Of the channel
above Bissclls Point that would seriously
ondunrcr the depth IT water IN tic harbor
from Angelica street 10 the bridge.