The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-19
General River News.

The stage Oi the river at IN
yesterday was 2t9. showing a rise o
. E0.9 in tweny.fonT hours
The tug Thrseus assisted the II
Abbot 10 Metal Bound yesterday after
noon. The government is putting il
sewer in the levee building there
The combine has two harges of stone
which have been lying there since be
fore the ice The stone is being used
to rip rap the levee at either end ol
the sewer
The T. IT, Davis, with steel trans
fer barge passed down, without land
ing, from Paducah 10 Thebes. She
has been At Paducah being repaired
! Sometime ago, while transferring ears
at Thehes. a link broke while pulling
/ up the hill and the car ran through
the barge and aboard the boat which
broke her head block and came near
wrecking her She looks as neat as
pin in her new suit and like she
! has had thorough repair
/ Capt Schrodes, OF the Josie. was
over yesterday to get the papers. lie
says il will take him three months
to make che trip from 81, Louis to
Stumpy Point with one barge, lie
was caught by ice AT Chester coming
down in December and is now laid up
at East Cairo.
Fowler reports the ice much heavier
at Paducah
The electric lighted steamer Carrie
w. capf Love TulHs, got In yesterday
afternoon from below with one barge
Of logs. which she landed at East
Cairo.
The Thos. A. Neyens. with fuel barg
es and Tug Ida. in tow arrived from
Memphis at 5:So D. IA. yesterday and
went ON to Paducah
Tho r. II. Davis found the ice in
the Mississippi river too heavy for
her, and returned 10 the city and laid
up 10 wait the thinning ont of the ice
The barge she has is a very wide and
long double track railroad transfer
barge The ice accommodates under the
bottom of it. which makes mp stream
work impossible
The Paepckc got in from below
with two harges OF logs for Chicago
Mill at $50 pm. yesterday. She left
her bargcs at East Cairo and laid up
on this side til daylight She found
the ice quite heavy from Hickman up,
especially AT the Iron banks
The transfer boats at Thebes seem
TO be furnishing vacation berths for
the St Louis pilots While they have
nothing else to do they go down to
Thebes ana knock ONT few days.
Yesterdays Republic mentions the
names of Fritz Street, Forey Burbaek
and Tom Garrison as going 10 or com
ing from Thebes
The Ferd Herald has gotten away
from Memphis tor Cairo and viii be
here tonight
The ice made its appearance in the
Ohio "Wednesday night about $50.
Yesterday ID was quite heavy but
showed some deteriation from Ten
nessee river water and warmer wealth
or. In the Mississippi it was heavier
but had not increased in quantity from
the day before The stuff going oHt
OF the Ohio is heavier than the Miss.
issippi ice. Below the Missouri point
IL spreads. but all gets together at the
Iron Banks At the Chalk Banks there
Is little relief by part of IL going
down the Wolf Island side OF the
river II all gets together just above
Hickman but has more room 10 spread
below there At these places, when il
crowds the chained, TOW boats have
a hard push, but ii Is not for great
distance. With Mr. Smyth predicting
freezing weather the prospect is not
fe-assuring to steamboat men. All
day yesterday the Ter ground her way
down the bend side, raking everything
lying at the city wharf, but doing
no damage The falling tendency Of
the river and the north wind, If II
continues to blow. will ease the pres.
sure in the bend II not drive the ice
to the east side
Is it true" asked the pilot of the
lumber schooner. that your wife elop
ped with a policeman"
ii is, answered the captain, "and
cant imagine how ever made
mistake like that"
Mistaken" echoed the pilo;
Yes rejoined the other. "YOu
see took her for mate and she
turned out to be a skipper Chicago
Daily News
There was a rumor on the streets
yesterday that Capt Geo. Clark had
been hurt on the streets Of Memphis
by being run over by a wagon. An
effort was made to trace il to reli
able source In this effort ii developed
that the facts had gotten transformed
OF very much mixed in transmission.
There was a serious runaway in Mem
phis and Capt Clark was concerned
in it but not hurt He was crossing
/ the street with his fur suit on. includ
ing the picturesque cap when a gro
GERS team standing at the curbe took