The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-24
General River News.

The stage Of the river at p. NJ. yes
erday was 24,9. showing a tail of 0,I
Ii twenty-tour hours.
The Carrie v arrived out Of the
Mississippi river with barge Of LOGS
esterday morning and left in the at.
eruoon with one empty for points be.
low.
The Barrett arrived from St. Louis
With three empties yesterday morn
ng
The Sachpm arrived from below
With the dredgeboat Delta yesterday
tteruOon
Tom Ireland atrustful gentleman
wing Ia Bardwell, caught turtle out
4 Mayfeld creek last week, which
2eighcd 1879 pounds That fish.
shch some fish story writer on the
Wabash told about last week, woGid
OF make a breakfast for lrelandl tur
le.
A great deal has been written about
T. Jefferson, bat nothing has been
aid about the recent changes the riy.
has made there. In the days of
he stockade fort on tho bank Of May.
ED creek, there was a large harD0r
here George Rodgers Clark sent re
ief to the settlers, VINO were besleg
i in the fort by the Indians, by way
# the river The relief party loated
own the river and went into the
huc Of Island One and into The
mouth Of the creek at night This
las the same Clark who was boss al
jld Nncennes, when alice Of Old
ncenues was the greatest ever
nd had every officer of the post al
Ter feet, and il was about this time
hat he sent the relief to FL. Jefferson
rom ShawnectoWn. Kenton was at
)ld Vincennes and walked oven to
iaskaskia Or rather. walked ana
wan, for the Wabash was mp and the
lackwatcr was deep in places with
Message kenton was companion of
Daniel Buonea, but Dan never got
Town in the "Pennyryle district OF
Kentucky and lid not know about FL
Jefferson History has failed to re.
cord the names Of the two men who
swan the chute OF Island One in The
lead of night and from there padded
ip to where Cairo now is in dug
out, and made their way on foot to
Shawnectown with the news of the
plight of the settlers at 1T. jefferson
and came back down the river with
he relief expedition There are now
40 traces Of the fort TO be found. but
VIM, L0norgan has picked mp arrow
heads and other Indian relics on the
hills at TT Jefferson. Since Joe Du F.
9oystcr has lived at f. jefferson
large steamboats, have loaded there /
with timber The West Wind, q good /
lied steamboat which Is remember
I'd by some OF our old riyermen. used 7.
% make frequent trips in there and .
load ont with slaves. Capt Charts (
NclIis has loaded many bargcs there /
with slaves which he took 10 New Or +
leans with the tug Laurel Tim
Iughcs, who has sons and grandsona .
living over in Ballard. was the pilot /
IT the Laurel The Three States took .
1incty hce heads Of tobacco out of /
H. Jefferson once with - on the I
Cairo gauge, bit now only small +
boat can get in there, and only then
when The river is well up Naylor had .
a saw mill on the bank of the cree6
lnj bargos were loaded with lumber
1t bis mill If David Heal succeeds
IN his project of making sand bar
where the Mobile and Ohio railroad
went into the river. Fl Jefferson viii
be entirely cut on from the river The
head Of the island is only about six
hundred yards below where Neal is
1t WORK and his sand bar will close
ip the chute Neal has Inc same
hing to contend with that Christ had
when be was OH earth. When be tells
he people he can make the river run
ID steram. or make a sandbar, in two
,hert years. Wheee tlte river IS seven
feet deep. they don't believe him
While they are skepiical his faith Is
,oundless. and of the kind that we are
old, Is sufficient TO move a noun.