The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-17
General News.

THE City of Baton Rouge should pass here
Saturday on her way from st. Louis to New
Orleans.
: THE large and commodious steamer Annie
5. Silver leaves this afternoon at O'Clock for
New Orleans.
THE Rosa Lee for Osccola, Coahoma for
Frars Point and the Chickasaw for White
River all had good trips out last evening.
The Rosa Lee came in from Osceola vester.
day morning with 2i3 bales of cotton, 95
sacks of seed cotton and ISIS sacks of cotton
seed.
The Coahoma brought in from Friars
Point yesterday morning 100 bales of cotton,
~ sacks of seed cotton and 59j sacks Of cot.
ton seed.
QUITE an army Of steamboat masters will
be III the field for Supervising Inspector for
HE -. Louis District under the new Admin
istration.
Tue James Lee departs this evening at 8
O'Clock for Helena, Frias Point Concordia,
Ierrene and Arkansas City, Capt. Mark II.
Sheek commands, with Capt. William
Blanker in charge of the office.
The many friends of Capt NJ. NJ. Deem,
the popular commander OF the steamer
DeSoto will regret to learn that he is con-
hned to his home in Mound City, near Gin
cinnati, with severe attack OF orysipelas.
The Oakland is due from New Orleans,
bound Tor St Louis. She will drop barge
here which will be filled with oil cake and
taken TO New Orleans by the next southwark
bound Valley" towboat.
THERE are thirty-one towboats now laid
mp Mt Pittsburg, leaving over / 900 men who
follow the river for a livelihood out of en-.
ployment, tits rumored there that several
OF the river coal operators will start up their
works again shortly, as there are plenty of
empty coal barges and boats ready 10 be
loaded.
ALL the boats in port yesterday were fly.
ing their flags at hall-mast out of respect TO
the memory of Capt. James Lee, Sri, who
died Tuesday night. The funeral occurred
yesterday afternoon at o'clock the remains
being followed TO their last resting place by
large concourse OF sorrowing relatives and
friends.
THERS Is considerable discussion among
the river men at Pittsburg over the fact that
William Napier (colored) has taken out
papers authorizing him 10 act as steamboat
engineer. The other engineers do not look
on this with much favor Napier has been
fireman on the Enterprise for fifteen years,
and passed remarkably good examination
NJ. DEMouLrN, French engineer. has cal.
rulated that n cargo boat driven by a triple
expansion engine is by far the most econom-
INul VI al means OF transport II carries
900 tons OF coal aud goods consumes ten
aud one-half tons OF coal In the twenty.four
hours aud easily makes eight and one-half
Knots an hour Thus eleven crammes, or
not one-half ounce OF coal Is sufficient TO de.
yelop the power necessary 10 carry ton at
the rate OF four and one.half meters, or four.
teen feet per second. Another calculator
has computed that half sheet Of note paper
will give, when burnt enongh heat TO carry
ton amilc In an Atlantic ship.
A CARo special TO the 81. Louis Globe.
Dcmocaf, dated 18th instant, says. Capt.
Mark Cole came near losing his boat, the
Sentinel, early this morning while lying in
the river Immediately above the second
channel pier Of the Illinois Central Bridge,
with two bargcs OF rock along side. The an.
chor trippcd, and he current carried the
lect rapidly down, Nldlc-bapying the steam.
boat Pcruss one OF the stone piers. She was
jus; upon the point OF capsizings when the
engineer reached the engine and strongly |
backed her far enough 10 let the current |
catch her STEM when she swung around un. |
der ths bridge and into safety. Tho escape |
was n narrow one" |