The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-10

JOSH loOh StTuck d barge anu the hat
sank Immediately. The other barge
was grounded. Arriving at the Sc
wickley trap" where chute had
been constructed by the government,
the runaway barge bumped into the
piling from which the chute was
made. One end of the barge was torn
out and 1t floated away, sinking on
the shore near Shousetown. A short
time after the Sam Brown came with
tow of six barges and one fiat and
ran them all aground on the towhead
at Merriman. Two of the barges were
subsequently pulled off safely, but the
other four are badly broken, as is also
the fiat. About o'clock this morn.
ing the steamer Harvester ran her
tow ashore between the Josh Cook S
wreck and that of the Sam Brown.
Three of her barges have been pulled
off safely. The last boat to come to
grief at this point was the Tornado,
which wrecked two flats ON the tow.
head"
1t was learned yesterday that there
Is considerable friction just now be-
tween the Monongahela River Con.
solidated Coal and Coke company and
the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad.
The latter is making improvements
down river, and the coal company of
ficials say that In so doing the rail.
road company is filling along the riv,
er's edge to such an extent that 1t Is
encroaching upon landing, nearly a
mile long, between Sawmill Run tip
pie and the lower end of Snyder's
landing. 1t is explained that the land
ing there is the best the coal com.
pany possesses, and the construc
ion of tracks on fills along the bank
there will make landings almost i'm.
possible A party of coal company
representatives inspected the place
this week, 1t is stated that some
agreement must be reached soon be.
tween the concerns.-The Pittsburg
Gazette
French's New Sensation, floating
show, Is at the wharf today The
oand paraded the principal streets
this morning. The outfit consists OF
lar2e floating opera house, tow.
boat and some smaller craft IL Is
owned by Mrs. Callie French, widow
Of A. ID. French, who founded the
show and managed il for many years.
Besides being the only woman mana.
ger OF river show, Mrs. French has
n kar. shA
wo active female river pilots on in.
and waters. Mrs. French is both cap.
tain and pilot Of her own boat. and
spends a good part of her time at the
Wheel. Mrs. French is said to be a
liver pilot OF ability. There is only
one other woman who manages
raveiing amusement concern. She is
me widow of the late John Harris.
proprietor OF the Nickel Plate show,
-Paducah News-Democrat
An incilent in the career of Bob
Baldwin has been related to the edi
TOR OF this column, in which Il is
shown how things sometimes happen
to take the conceit out of a young
plot a thing most of them are long
on IL was long time ago when Bob
BALDWIN was a young pilot, he was ON
a boat coming down the Ohio river
Above Metropolis az the Massac gray.
el the channel at that time went ont
to the left of the middle bar coming
uown, and u was regarded as a close
place and had been giving the pilots
considerable trouble. The boat Bald
win was on came down aud the old
pilot decided to sound out the chan. |
mel. He got in the yawl and left Bald |
win to hold the boat and keep her
packed up While they were thus
engaged big boat came bowling up |
ne river and started up the bend al
me Massac gravel. The pilot house |
d Baldwin's boat was full of ladies' |
VINO we're interested in the sounding.
Baldwin turned TO them and said:
Ladies watch that boat Her pilot !
ioes not know the river. She win |
III the bottom and her chimneys will
20 down In a minute Watch her,
watch her!" The big boat kept on
md her pilot did not ring a bell. Bald. !
WINS partner pulled back to the boat
nd they went down the bend and
ound mark three. This little circum.
lance took the conceit out of Bald.
I'm and u was a lesson he never for.