The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-03-23
General River News.

The stage 81 The river at i p m
yesterday was 3$2 showing a fail Of
IL in twenty-four hours
The Bonanza up from Memphis t.
Cincinnati at 10 a. m yesterday,
Mr. James higlen has returned "a
he river and il mate Of the Boeckler
The vs.. w. O'Neil went down with
oal yesterday afternoon She laid
I'D last night on the foot Of the VII
low bar. above Norfolk.
The Barrett arrived from ST. Louis
yesterday morning
The lee line will have two boats
The Memphis and Cincinnati trade
rhe first boat win be the Peters lee
eaviug Memphis March 2Gth.
John Patrick, a sub marine diver
Jied al his home IN Paducah last
week. lie was seyentytwo years old
Il The time If his death and had been
4 diver for forty years AZ one time
be was employed as a diver here.
During his career he Is said 70 have
performed the grewsome task Of talk.
my COO dead bodies out Of the water
The Boeckler went below with
ampties yesterday morning.
paducahans will see the last of the
Old steamer Bonanza Thursday She
Is now making her last trip in the
Cincinnati and Memphis trade. hav.
ing left the latter port Sunday. The
Bonanza has had an adventurous life
as steamboats, go, and has been shift.
ed about from time to time and place
to place until at last she fails to come
up to the standard and the Insurance
companies have crossed her off "
When she left Cincinnati on the trip
10 Memphis. she did not carry dol
lar of the underwriters risks. The
refusal Of the underwriters to take
her At any price was one of the.
strongest reasons for the company
her from the trade be.
tween Cincinnati and Pomeroy The
BOAT still has her original name. She
was built in Cincinnati. o. in 1885,
and was formerly owned by the old
White Collar Line company News
Capt q. +. Davidson. an old time
.iy5rman is dead at his home in Lou
syiilc During the war he was one
4 the most prominent steamboat
non on the Ohio river and proipered.
n the 108 he owned several OF the
ina5t boats plying between Pittsburg
md New Orleans, aud mauag7 d and
controlled moru than twenty.
William r. Massio now the pilot Of
he Josie owned q boat ia the early /
lays Or The prosperity Of the Missouri /
iyer which made in one season $72, I
eo clear money At the end of the +
eas0n ne sold her for $35. 900 cash +
hat was before the government had .
pcnt a cent in improving the river
The Dick Fowler was late yester
ay leaving ~ i;45 y. m.
The houaeboat dweliers OF the riv (
r are an int. resting class Of people
ecause 80 little is known of them
very fall there are quite number
+ houseboats OF all kinds. from the
he Of a skiG TO large enough to ac
several people. float ont
{ the Mississippi river 8Rd on 10 the
ruth 10 spend the winter They are
ever seen 10 reform bat the next
III the number floating south Is the
lme Where they 20, and what they
0 10 live. Is a mystery A little light
as thrown IN the subject the other
~ al Hickman. when the loss Of a
1t OF line BIZ the heading works al
0luubus. caused the arrest Of some
rntlemen living on a hOusebo1t, and
ie searching Of the boat The prop
ritz Of the Columbus concern was
,und and quite a cargo Of blocks and
5flage from points unknown 10 the
HarchiHe parry. but presumably ac-
hired in The same way as the COldm
rs stun. Hoaseboat dwellers are not
Il pirates. \ great many reputable
shcrmen live in that way Il saves
emf fave aud ahov0 All Uafar