The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-12


rapid. The fall last night was 8, the
gauge today registering 39.5. The
river will fan about a foot a day
now.
The Dick Fowler got away with a
good trip today.
The Hopkins from Evansville was
in before this morning and left on
her return trip at 10.
The Clyde left last night for the
Tennessee river.
The Saltillo is due from st. Louis
tomorrow en- route to the Tennessee
river.
The Kentucky is due from the
Tennessee river tonight.
The st. Louis and Tennessee River
Packet company has sold the Ten
nessee to Capt. Hall. formerly of the
Eagle Packet company, OF ST. Louis.
and she left last night. She will be
put on the Carondelet ways for a
general oyerhauling, and will be put
in the st. Louis and Chester. ILL.,.
trade. The Tennessee is a good
piece OF steamboat property, but has
been laid up for some time on, ac-
count of the packet company having
about all the boats the trade demand
ed. The consideration OF the sale
was private.
The Spread Eagle, which has beer
here all winter with the Leyhe fieet
IN winter harbor left early this
morning for st. Louis.
The Georgia Lee is due down from
Cincinnati Saturday. She will leave
Memphis on the return trip mex.
Wednesday. The Peters Lee Is still,
tied up at Memphis and will not come
out until the 25th.
The Fulton with about los 900
bushels of coal is coming down,
Most of this will be taken South.
but a large part of the tow of the
Raymond Horner, which is due In
this afternoon. with about G50. 600
bushels of coal will be for the local
trade. The Horner passed Cincin
natl with fourteen boats containing
5000 bushels of coal and twenty
barges holding 500 900 bushels of
coal.
Although there is an excellent
coal boating stage at Pittsburg. IL
will not be taken advantage of fof
some time. The shipments during
March and the early part OF this
month were sufficient TO supply the
Southern trade for some time.
The following changes have been
made in the United States post light,
and day marks on the Mississippi
river between Cairo. H.. and Grand
Tower. H.. Foot Scudder Towhead.
down 300 yards; Dog Tooth. down
500 yards; Grin Field. down 800
yards: Foot Sliding Island. dlscon
;inued: Brooks Point. established:
Hacker Towhead. down $50 yards:
Philadelphia Landing, up 400 yards.
Atherton, down 400 yards: Short'i
down one-quarter mile:
Below Wahoo. established; Below
Wahoo. discontinued. day mark.
Poe's Landing, up 500 Yards: Shep-
pard Point. up one-quarter mile.
River forecasts: The Ohio at Ev-
ansville and Mt. Vernon will contin-
ne falling rapidly during the next
several days. At Paducah and Cairo,
will continue falling for an indefinite
period; the rate of fall gradually in
creaslng during the next "a to &c
hours, then materially increasing
from day to day. The Tennessee at
Florence, no material change during
the next IS hours. At Jacksonville
will continue falling during the next
SO hours. The Mississippi from be-
low st. Louis to Cairo, will fall slow
ly tonight and Thursday. The Wa
bash al Mt. Carmel will continue fall
ing.
The Mississippi river has stage
of s5.s feet at Memphis. which is 2s
feet above the danger line Large
areas of lowlands both north and
south OF Memphis are under water.
The levees. however. are holding
the vast amount of water to its chan
mel. and il Is believed that the fertile
lands protected by them VIII escape
an overflow.
The ferry boat Bette Owen will.
probably be able to land on the Hi
other week II the water subsidies
with the present rapidly.
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