The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-02

General River News.
The stage Of the river at p. m
yesterday was 2i.2, showing rise Of
0.S in twentyfour hours
! Barrett left yesterday afternoon
with two barges of ccal for below.
Russell Lord passed up the Missis-
sippl river with eight empties for
ties.
Titan arrived from layee camp yes
terday evening.
Chisea pa sed down fram Rosa
Clare yesterday morning with two
harges Of rock for Memphis
Jno. A Wood passed up the Ohio
with empties.
Georgia Lee arrived from Memphis
yesterday morning and returned last
night with fair trip.
The vagaries Of the channel in the
Mississippi river are we'll known to
pilots. but there are times when the
channel develops characteristics en-.
tirely new and put the pilots On the
anxious seat There is story which
Illustrates this condition told by Capt
Lon. Tails. A long time ago there
was bad place at Brooks Point The
water was downs TO six feet TO St
Louis, Prices Landing Goose Island.
End Devils land being close places.
but having as much as six feet AT
Brooks point the water ran two or
three different ways AMI kept getting
worse The river was wide there and
one way went down through the mid
die, one way down across the head
Of Dog Tooth Island. and enc way
over the foot Of Buffalo. and then
back across the head Of a cut bar
holding down on Orient Field Three
boats arrived in the bend above
Brooks Point and sent cat yawls TO
sound for the channel These boat
were the st. Luke, Rubicon and Lizzie
Gill Bob Baldwin and The Hall were
on the St. Luke, Henry Partee and
Snea1 Strong on the Lizzie GIL Barry
Grain and George Farncworth on the
Rubicon These pilots sounded for one
day and c-uld not find but three
and a hall feet and the boats were /
drawing four and a half The second |
day they went out 10 ound and found /
no better water but things looked l
worse The current was running so /
many different ways it was not strong 4
enough TO cut out They went back
to the boats and gave It up. It lsoh.
ed like quitting right there twenty
miles from Cairo In the afternoon
Bob Baldwin got rcstlc and got the
mate and crew IN the yawl and went
put to make another trial They
sounded i'll late In the afternoon
when they noticed boy ritting on the
bank fishing just below the foot OF
he island. ThCg was slough Of
water going down the shorc to the
'ight of an the middle STAFF. to the left
IF which they mad spent all this time
uniting for water. but the current
vas sosluCgish that none OF them
ireamcd IL was deep They thought
hey would row over g. where the boy
vas fishing aud try and buy One
ish. To get 10 where the youth sat
hey had 10 go down the Tough To
be right of the middle bars. Going
Trough Bob Baldwin used his sound ,
ne pole mechanically. nj expecting
o find water. but he was surprised to I
ote that it was deep and plenty wide J
ie abandOncj the iish idea and sound ,
q it ont carefully. and IL came CT ,
there the Roy sal on the bank and .
tent down the shore 10 deep waller. I
iy the time they had gotten through {
was dusk. They landed ana male
ire on the hore and gave the boy
% keep il burning They got back
D the boat as quick ~ possible and
Dt urt a. soon a. possible. though it I
as DARK before they got her ready {
ob had the channel sinched and held {
er right on the kids ere. The other
0at7 were surprised to see the ST I
uke smoking mp. and stiii more sur
ri ed g. see her straiehten out acruss E
be river IN she dark She laid up "a 2
BE- foot nf the bar aad sent a yawI Z
ack 70 tell the other fellows how 70 q
= oui next morning