The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-21
River Stages.

RIVER stage at I CLOCK tnlS HlOTu-
ing read 800 feet. a rise of O.S of a
foot since yesterday morning.
The John S. Hopkins arrived from
Evansville last night at o'clock and
got away at o'clock this morning.
The Joe Fowler will be in tonight
from Evansville and will leave imme-
diately on a return trip.
The Hosmer is towing ties to Brook
port for the Aver & Lord Tie COM
pany.
The Dick Fowler arrived on time
last night from Cairo and left on
time this morning with a good trip of
freight. The Dick is prevented from
making a few of her landings on &C.
count of the high stage of water.
The Blue Spot arrived from the
Tennessee yesterday afternoon with a
tow of ties. She got away today for
the Tennessee after another tow.
The Henrietta came up from Brook
port yesterday and got away for the
Tennessee after ties this morning.
The Chattanooga will leave for the
upper Tennessee this afternoon late
with a good trip of freight.
The Kentucky arrived from River
ton, Ala. yesterday afternoon about 5
O'Clock and went on to Brookport to
unload and take on freight. She was
~ hours ahead of time. pa.
The LYDIA arrived from the Tennes-
see with a tow Of ties yesterday after
noon and washed boilers this morn
ing and then took her tow on to
Joppa. She Will leave tomorrow for
the Tennessee after another tow.
The Inverness got away for the Ten
nessee after a tow of ties for the Aver
& Lord Tie company this morning.
The Margaret left today for the
Mississippi to gather up ties nea,
Hickman for the Aver a. Lord Tie
company.
The Pavonia arrived from the Cum
berland river this morning with tow
of ties.
The Egan left this morning for the
mines at Caseyvllle after tow of
coal for the West Kentucky Coal COM
.pany.
The Joe b. Williams passed down
the Ohio last night with a tow of coal
for the West Kentucky Coal com
pany.
The Joe b. Williams passed down
the Ohio last night with a tow of Goa,
for New Orleans. The Williams lost
-four of her barges of coal by hitting
the Henderson bridge two nights ago
The Fowler & Wolf Metal works is
making donkey boilers for the /. y.
Hook and the Blue Spot.
A Young boatman fell in the river
of one of the barges of ties the Blue
Spot towed in yesterday and came
near drowning. He was standing on
the front end of the tow Of barges.
He lost his balance and fell in coming
up under the barge. The crew saw
him fall and they rushed out with
lines. but could not see anything of
the unfortunate man. They TOOK
their lines TO the other end of the
barge and in short time he popped
his head out af the water and started
to swim A line was thrown to him
and he was pulled out almost frozen.
lie was carried in the cabin of tn.
boat and was given a necessary rub
bling.
The Chattanooga had little trou-
Bile with a constable of Marshall coun-
ty at Birmingham last Tuesday. The
constable went down to the boat just
as she was getting ready to leave for
down the river, IN search of a man.
The constable pulled out a big gun
land showed it in the face of a rouster
who was untying the line and told
him to leave the line alone. Mate
Jim Conley got a gun and said, "Now
go on and unite that line; fhe shoots
II will, too" so the hand united the
line. The constable fired twice and
the mate also fired a few shots. The
boat drifted down the river, leaving
the constable on the bank Yelling to