Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-01

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tinued until noon yesterday, covering
the levee, the city and the entire coun-
try, and extending westward to Little
Rock and south to Helena. Here it fell
TO depth Of ten inches, which is deeper
than has been known in twenty-six years,
Sleighing was fine yesterday, and the
extreme cold last night made ice nearly
half an inch thick Business was almost
entirely suspended at the levee, the snow
and the cold being too much for laborers.
To-day it is clear but quite cold.
Immense SHOWS have fallen in the
Rocky Mountains, and the June rise of
1872 will be, perhaps, the heaviest for
many years.
The St. Joseph came in this morning
with good trip of grain and produce
The Belle Vernon arrived to-day,
eight days out from Cincinnati. She
added sixty bales cotton, 100 barrels oil
and 100 tons oil cake, and departed for
New Orleans before noon.
The City of Cairo, four and half days
out from st. Louis, added 100 sacks Of
oil cake, and departed, drawing seven
and half feet.
The Emma C. Elliott added here 10
bale2 cotton, and gets 1000 more at the
mouth of White river.
The C. B. Church, from st. Louis,
passed down to-day, adding 100 sacks
Of oil cake for New Orleans.
The Robert Mitchell, from Cincinnati,
discharged twenty-five head of stock,
thirty-one packages furniture and added
1000 sacks Of oil cake.
The Glencoe, four days out from New
Orleans, discharged twenty-five tons of
freight here, and 300 tons for above.
The Charles Bodman, from Cin0in-
matt, discharged here l75 boxes starch,
ten barrels oil, and passed down during
the night for New Orleans.
The A. j. White brought from below
1873 bales of cotton and $50 sacks Of
seed.
The Armadillo, from Cincinnati, dis
charged here $50 tons of freight, ard
had good trip for the Arkansas.
Surgeon GrifIiths, of the Louisville
hospital reports as follows for the
month of November: Patients remain
ing October 81, Is; admitted during
November, co; treated, 1876; discharged,
70; remaining, 62.
The river is full of ice at st. Louis,
and navigation is suspended. So says a
private telegram this morning.
A dispatch from Grand Tower reports
the City of Alton and Susie Silver have
laid up. The Baxter and City of Vicks-
burg passed down. The river is full Of
ice there.
The Julia is due from below.
The Richmond did not wet spar ON
her way down, but rubbed pretty hard at
several places above Cairo.
All steamboatmen, captains, pilots,
clerks, etc., have been elected honorary
members of the Chamber of Commerce.
This was done at the last regular meet
ing upon the suggestion of Capt. Dick
Lightburne.
The Richmond added here 1906 bales
Of cotton and so cabin passengers.
The new steamer, Emma C. Elliott,
came in Wednesday evening and was
Immediately boarded by host of river
men, reporters and others, who, after
being shown over the boat, voted her the
neatest craft on the Mississippi. She
had $50 tons hay on board for New Or
leans, besides large miscellaneous list.
The II. s. Turner, when she struck
the snag below Vicksburg, shipped
about eighteen inches of water, dam
aging $50 hogsheads of sugar, the only
freight in her hold, She will be repaired
in time to leave tomorrow night for
Louisville.
The Robert Burns passed Louisville |
yesterday, destined to Memphis.
A row occurred on the Great Republic
eleven miles below Baton Rouge, day
before yesterday, during which two or
three persons were badly wounded. See
our telegraph column for particulars.
The good steamer Celeste, Captain j.
II. Cooper, leaves for Fort Smith and all
way landings at pm. Walker Outlaw
is clerk.
The elegant passenger steamer A. j.
White, Captain George Malone, leaves
to-day at pm. for Napoleon and oil
way landings.
The Minneola, the pioneer boat this
season of the Dean Line, is at the
wharf and will leave at 5 pm. to-day for
Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati. Capt.
W. B. Miller commands, and W. S.
Jones IS clerk.
The R. P. Walt goes out tomorrow
for White river,
The following, which appeared in our
telegrapbic columns on Wednesday, and
dated Cincinnati, may not have been no
ticed by our river friends: The Captain
of the R. c. Gray advertises that he will
carry coal oil to all points on the Ar
kansas river This creates a commotion
among the river men, as tits understood
to be in direct opposition to the law"
The wrecker T, F. Eckert has gone to
the wreck of the Sallie, six miles below
Cairo. Her deck load will be saved
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