The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-09
General River News.

The stage of the river at 4 p. NJ.
yesterday was 234 showing fall of
GA in twenty.four hours.
The Georgia Lee arrived from Mem
phis yesterday morning and returned
last night.
The Greenland passed to st. Louis
from Pittshurg at II a. m. yesterday
on her third Worlds fair trip.
Joe Terrell, a deckAand on the Pa
cifc, was drowned yesterday morn
ing at Birds Point The boat had the
Iron Mountain passenger train aboard
and had just landed at the cradles at
Birds Point Terrell had just coupled
up the boat and was going around the
end of the ear on the head of the
boat, which extended out over the
apron, and in some way slipped on the
apron which is kept oiled, and fell in
to the river, striking his head, which
must have stunned him. as the water
was not more than five and half feet
deep where he TELL in. Later In the
day the body was recovered by the
crew of the Pacific. Terrell has been
working for Capt. Gillespie ON trans.
fer boats for about ten years, having
been on the Henry Marquand, and was
regarded as reliable man.
The Henry f. Kath, gasoline
launch from Evansville, was here yes
terday afternoon en- route to the
Worlds fair When Jerome wrote
story about a bunch Of men in boat
he put Three Men in a Boat" but
this quite small craft, had five men in
her, and one of them wore trousers
about forty-four waist; thirty-six leg.
Just how they expect to be comfort.
able on this long trip does not appear
TO the observer who has always been
used to sleeping in double bed alone.
but different people have different
IDEAS about pleasure excursions.
rhey we're provided with a gasoline
stove for cooking, but probably took
[ ont on the bank to use 1t. How
much fun they must have in such |
pleasant weather as dampened this |
ecion yesterday afternoon at inter.
'als of duration that would not af.
ord time enough to cook supper. The
ardines in a box arrangements of |
hese little gasoline boats must be
cry pleasant
The Carrie V. arrived yesterday
rom below, loose, with a burnt boiler
The left her barge below Muskayal.
VS..
Our local showers and thunder
forms arrived on time yesterday, one
tile one getting in about noon, and
theirs in the afternoon ana In the
vening. The one in the afternoon
semed loath to pass on and in fact,
overed in this vicinity until about S
clock, when it opened up small
loud and let out quite a downpour for
few minutes. The day before they
ere later getting in, not arriving till
tier y. m. This delay was caused
y stop at Kansas City. where two
three clouds were emptied into the
aw river, which only left a small
for Cairo of 0.G of an
oh. Cairo is promised the usual
lowers and storms for tomorrow
Id they will be here every day this
miner
The Ncwa-Democrat of yesterday
ints a story which is rather stale
III seems to lack confirmation. as
rites who were at the landing at the
ne. say they did not see anv one
IN a gun nor hear the report of one.
lere was very small party at the
lding and just seven persons took
2 rip from there. a Union Sunday
hOol picnic in Wickliffe being the
traction that kept them al home. II
certainly an unkind reflection upon
cklife to intimate that she has a
izen who would regard the killing
a steamboat mate fitting way to
citrate the Fourth of July. The
~ is as follows: Mate Gus Aubray. W
the steamer Dick Fowler. had a
- call on Fourth Of July at Wick Dc
2. Ky. the particulars Of which
re just been made public. The boat di
5 running an excursion down the
ar and as she pulled away from the pc