Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
Bonts and Bontmen.

THE Beaver will take out tow Of coal for
the McDonalds to-day.
THE Iron Ago takes out tow Of iron and
steel rails this forenoon.
THE water was down to IL feet 10 inches yes
terday at4P.M M. A steady fall is looked for
THE famous electric light sidewheel steamer,
j. d. Hegler, will leave Cincinnati tonight for
New Orleans
CAPTAIN GEORGE f. RowLEY. formerly in
command of the Scotia, sailed yesterday on his
old boat for Cincinnati.
THE Memphis packets from Cincinnati are
doing o nice excursion business at present. The
fare is excellent. and the passenger rates lower
than usual.
MIKE KELLY, the well-known Ohio and Mis-
sissippi pilot, returned to st. Louis from Cairo
Wednesday, where he piloted the Alice Brown
and feet OF coal barges.
THE local inspectors at New Orleans. In the
Laura Lee-st: John collision, have suspended
the license of Captain L. Il. Rawlns, pilot OF
the st. John, for five days.
THE towboats Joseph Nixon and James Gil
more, of Cincinnati have done no towing this
year, contending that there is more money In
lying idle than towing coal at present rates.
THE rocks in the upper end of the canal
came near sinking one Of the Waltons' coal
boats yesterday. The obstruction should be
removed at once.-LoufspiLte Courier Journal.
IHE AuaIn JdCODb paCket ulu uOb buIu UP ho
usual yesterday for the reason that she is still
laid up at Brownsville with her broken shaft.
The James G.. Blaine, however, put In an ap-
pearance during the evening"
CAPTAIN JACK WILLIAMS, Of the "Big Joe
B." writes from his home in Pittsburg to a
Louisville friend as follows: Il sat up yester.
day awhile; am improving; appetite all right
and will soon be on deck again."
THE Allegheny County Butchers Protective
Association has engaged the st. Lawrence for
this day week. The association is going en-
masse to Cincinnati to attend the Butchers
Convention there ou tuesday, May r.
THE harbor at Helena, Ark, is fast filling
up and the Helenans are becoming alarmed.
Two miles above there on the opposite side of
the river. at Trotter's Point. Miss, rapid caving
of the banks threatens to fill up the harbor Of
Helena.
THE Florence Shanks, running from Clncln-
natl to Bellevue and Dayton, KY, is laid up
with twisted shaft and broken wheel. W.
H. Meredith q Co. are making repairs and ex-
pect to have her in running shape in couple
of days.
NEVER. probably. was there larger stock Of
Pittsburg coal at New Orleans than at present
and IT is still being increased. The towboats
Joe Williams, W. w. .O'Nei1, Harry Brown,
Boaz, John r. Walton, Raymond Hefner and
Smoky City have been towing coal TO New
Orleans all winter.
A ST. LOUIS dispatch says that the river 10
rising rapidly. oeeasioned by the late general
rains. The upper Mississippi and Illinois
rivers arc rising slowly. and the Missouri IL
booming. A swell Of two feet is fsperted %
Hermann yesterday ana a big swell coming out
of tho Usage and uaseehade.
Mn HeUaH WAS hard at work yesterday at
his desk In tile Brownsville whaffbest. The
nav agent already shows signs of being
hustler, as THE DISPATCH pFephesied he
would be, The fiyermeR are, without sH,
eeptieH, pleased at Mr., Heugh's appointment,
and he has had many congratulations.
AFAIsE rumor was circulated on Thursday
night that the MAyfower had been seized by
the Sheriff. Who the authors of the oanard
were 1t Is impossible to statei but the May
flowers management can afford TO laugh at
such ridiculous stories, The boat made its
usual Thursday night exouIsion, going as far
as bewiokley down the ohid.
IF coal float boat or barge Is sunk some
dark night by some steamboat at Louisville,
the tenders will never say they were not re.
peatedly warned 10 keep signal lights out all
night on them. The owners, it Is urged. should
SEQ TO this seeming negligence and put men on
the boats who will comply with the law. re-
Guiring them to keep the lights burning on
them from dark TO daylight,
TIE river at Memphis has receded IL feet
since the decline set In month ago. and feet
ut Vicksburg since the fall two weeks ago.
The water Is over considerable portion Of the
Yazoo Delta. but is fast going oil after covering
the entire country Tor 40 days. 1t IL believed
that the entire delta will be dry and ready for
planting by the end OF the week, and this will
give time enough TO raise full crop OF both
corn and cotton.
THE passenger list Of the Scotia was yester-
day notable one. 1t will be found IN the so.
ciety columns. Mr.. Kerr, the popular clerk.
had busy time registering the names. Abont
50 Hungarians, with % Italians, were on board
Most of them were bound for Charleroi and
Canonsburg. Signor Basso Profundo, Signora
la Comtessa di Mezzo-Soprano, and the dis
tinguished looking Marquis de Piccolo- Violon
cello were among the Italian party. BY a
curious mistake Clerk Johnston registered the
whole crowd as freight instead of passengers
and did not discover his mistake till the Scotia
w as ready to sail,