The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-26
General River News.

/ The stage of the river at ! p III.
yesterday was 321, showing rise OF
/ 30 in twenty-four hours.
The Fred Hardweg left for So
Louis with four barges OF ties yester
/ day afternoon.
The Exporter left her tow at Grand
Tower and returned here to repair
burnt boilers.
Henry Wilbur got off the Carrie y
and will go TO St. Francis river on
/ the Voolfolk. She is in the service
Of the Moss Tie company.
| The log road Of the Chicago mill
which comes into the river at Bar
/ field, has suffered wash out that
will require some time to repair. The
/ Singer company has suffered a like
| fate on their road coming in at Con
ley's.
The Nashville left under the escort
Of the Lily at a m. yesterday The
girls were all aboard of her Sunday
afternoon and many Of them eX
changed keep-sakes with the sailor
/ lads. The postoffce will have some
mail to deliver in the city for 2
while, till other conquests appeal tc
the tickle hearts Of the sailors, when
letters will come with less frequency
and then not at all A sailors sweet
/ heart is a very unsatisfactory posi-
ion for a girl any way. There was
quite number Of people visited the
ship c. c. Bates, the ticket seller for
he boats, sold $500 tickets. A cat
is the mascot on the Nashville, and
seemed to enjoy the crowd far more
than Lieutenant Commander Iris NJ
Witzel. Having company did not
seem to please him. In fact, nothing
pleased him, and if he spoke to am.
body it was only to growl.
Ike Brooks got on the Lawrence
acre ana not at Memphis, as stated
by the Paducah News Democrat He
will bring her back to this port and
some other pilot, at present unknown
VIII tdhe her 10 81 LOUIS
body which has been identified
as that of Henry Sanders, aged 30
years, Of this city, was found in Cum.
berland river at Nashville Friday at
noon News Of the discovery reached
acre this afternoon. Since April H.
Sanders, who was employed on the
steamer Clyde. has been missing, ana
L was thought that he had been
drowned Sanders was last seen on
The night Of April II, and at the time
vas on a sand barge near the Nash
vile wharf in an intoxicated condr
ton. Il is thought he fell from the
barge. From steamboatmen there II
was learned that he has a brother
Floyd Sanders who lives at Paducah
this place being his home also. A tel
egram was sent to his brother, notify
ing him of the finding OF the corpse
The disposition Of the body will
await instructions from the relatives
-Ncws-Dcmocrat
George Woodward AMI Elmer
Owery have time TO wear their did-
monds and call on their friends
ashore, while the Exporter is undcr
going repairs. There are several
pilots often in this port who are an
thority on diamonds and have quite
a collection If you should see them
on watch on a towbOat with a stripcd
sweater on you would not believe H.
Observer Smyth received a special
dispatch last night stating the Ms
sissippi river would reach thirty.hte /
feet on the St Louis gauge by Thurs
day, which is five feet above the Dan
ger line. This will probably give
Cairo stage of fortytwo feet THIS
will cause a suspension of all farming
in the river bottoms Considerable
blowing has been done above here
and in this vicinity the land has been
cleared of drift and fences repaired
which will have to be done again d
sill run out in ample time to get in a
sorn crop.
Charlie Elmore made considcrabl
noise on the levee Sunday afternoon
With megaphone. in the employ oi
he Dick Fowler This is a scheme
hat has been taken from street fair
rfaffarc and rnoutraz gentleman II