The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-07-15
Temporarily in charge.
General River News.

!! Edpif 'otCfS LSNiH Nao'i toNA gNS-
terday..
Capt. c. D. Mitchell left: for cncin.
natl this morning
The Barrett is on her way up with
100000 feet of lumber.
City of Savannah passed up to St.
Louis yesterday morning.
The Chisca went up the Mississippi
yesterday with seven empties.
The O'Neil cleaned boilers here and
went UP the Ohio with cmpties.
City OF Memphis passed up to the
Tennessee river yesterday afternoon
with good trip;
Mary Michacls took a barge Of lum-
Der to Joppa and later went below
with oae empty barge.
The stage Of the river at D. m.
yesterday was 29.5, showing rise Of
% in twenty.four hours.
Gondola arrived from Grand Tower
with enc barge Of rock and one emp.
y She leaves for Rosa Claim this
morning
A Pittsburg dispatch says: Richard
Bardsdale, a colored waiter ON the
teamer Queen City today filed two
iibels in Admiralty against that boat.
me for damages in the sum of sl0,-
900 for an alleged beating he received
from the officers of the boat and the
other for wages The boat was at
tached by United States Marshal
stephens and gave bond in s1o,02o.S0
% cover the suits
A dispatch from New Orleans states
that Captain C. H. Merry of st Louis
Is in this city trying to induce New
ORLEANS capitalists to go into a steam
boat company that will operate a line
of steamboats, between New Orleans
and st. Louis. The capital of the pro
posed company is to be s2,000.000 and
the vessels will be large ones. They
will carry both freight and passen.
gers.
A Cincinnati dispatch says: The
'owboat Raymond Horner. belonging
to the Monongahela River CONSOLIDATE
cd Coal and Coke company. became
manageable Monday morning and
ran into the coal feet at the foot Of
Carrel street Three barges were
sunk. The harbor boat Relief went
10 her assistance and towed the Hor
ner down the river. The three sunk
IN bargcs contained $4,000 bushels of
coal. valued at $4,000.
The apprehension Of an overflow of
he low lands on the Mississippi above
here is relieved by the pronounced
iecline In the river at St Louis. The
farmers have been keyed up TO
high pitch Of uneasiness as they have
noted the daily rain and the rivers
constant climb up the bank. where
hey have rich green corn which prom
ses a bountiful harvest this fall. They
rope now for conditions that will per
nit the threshing Of the wheat as the
itorms present intermittent symptoms
having been broken b. one whole /
lear day and rain being reported |
rom but fifteen Of the forty report |
ng stations on yo tcrlsy's weather
nap four not developing enough to
" measured.
Capt william Bryant Of Cincinnati /
)hio died Suddenly on the J. y. Rich
rdson last niehi about II O'Clock
Ie had apparently been in good health
nd Was as usual at supper about G D.
D. He had started 10 retire. about
I aud was walking toward the rear
( the cabin deck when he was heard
D fall Thosc who heard him rushed
, his assistance AMI found him in
wing condition. DR.. J. T. Reddick
as called and found that life was ex-
net, and the body was removed Is
be Efinger Undertaking. establish
tent on Third street The deceased I
as about G6 years OLD. and was
rother of CAPT Samuel Bryant Of
BE- Peters Lee which passed down
p sterday morning from Cincinnati
nrouie TO Memp.is. The two hrnthers {
ut here and had a pleasant chat {
eiegrams uere sent down the river {