Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-24
RnAra LEAYINn rn-nAY.
RIVER. BUSINESS, MIsCELLANEoI

lent stage to Peoria, and is open to that
point. The Missouri is open to and
rising as far above as Kansas City. The
upper Mississippi has not yet felt the
effects Of the recent warm and rainy
weather, and, therefore, has not yet be-
gan to rise. The Ohio is stationary at
Evansville, Louisville and Cincinnati,
but is falling at Pittsburg. White river
is falling at Jacksonport and Deyalrs
Bluff. The Arkansas is falling slowly
at Little Rock, but will doubtless have
another rise, as heavy rains are reported
above there. Business at the levee is
dull A warm, drizzling rain began fall
ing before daylight, and had not ceased
at the time of this writing.
The Minneola Is the next regular
packet for Cincinnati. She leaves to-
morrow.
The R. P. Walt goes out tomorrow
with the U. S. mail for all points on
White river.
The elegant steamer Pat Cleburne,
Reese Pritchard master, is announced
to depart at p. m, to-day, for Pine
Bluff, Little Rock and all landings on
the Arkansas, connecting with the pack
cts for Van Buren, and Fort Smith. The
Cleburne carries the United States mail,
and goes through with dispatch. Mr..
Thomas is clerk.
The U. s. mail packet Phil Allin,
Capt. Jim Lee, backs out, as usual, this
evening for Friar's Point and all inter-
mediate landings. She goes promptly.
Stacker Lee is her chief clerk.
As yet no action has been taken by
the committee to whom was referred the
proposition of the Memphis and st. Louis
Packet Company to build an elevator.
The elegant steamer A. j. White, Capt
George Malone, leaves to-day at p. m.
for Helena, Friar's Point, Napoleon and
all way landings. Charley Smither, w.
l.. Ely, and Charles Sharpe are clerks
The Rubicon, ALT Grissom master, will
pass up at 5 p. m. for Cairo and st.
Louis. She is a popular boat and has
popular set of officers.
The elegant steamer Virginia, Captain
Charles Schultz in command, will arrive
from below and depart at pm. for
Cairo, Evansville and Louisville. She
adds several hundred bales Of cotton
here.
The river was rising rapidly at p m.
to-day, and is now within three feet of
the top of the bank on the Arkansas
side.
The R. P. Walt came in at noon with
sol bales of cotton, AIS sacks of cotton
seed and all the passengers she could
accommodate.
The repairs to the machinery of the
Kate Kinney will be completed and she
will resume her trip to New Orleans this
evening.
At meeting of the st. Louis Board of
Trade held yesterday, resolutions were
passed authorizing the memorial to Con-
gress for an appropriation of one million
and half dollars for the improvement
of the Mississippi river from the mouth
of the Missouri to Cairo.
The Great Republic has been released
and is on her way down.
The Mississippi river is rising rapidly
at Hannibal.
The machinery recovered from the
wreck of the Thompson Dean was sold
at auction at New Orleans last Satur-
day.
The Natchez took into New Orleans
last Friday 1884 bales cotton and 4l2
sacks cotton seed.
The towboat Grimsby burned Sunday
night at Green Springs, two miles above
Lock No. 2 in the Monongahela river
The Cincinnati Gazette says:
There is a rumor among shipyard men
that Capt. w. p Walker, of the Sam j
Hale, has sold, or will soon sell, his in
terest in that steamer to Capt. HANDLE
ton, Of the Memphis Marine Ways, and
that Capt. Walker will take charge of
the latter, and Capt. Hambleton will
the former in the Dean line of
Memphis packets.
The repairs to the st. Charles will cost
$4,000.
Yesterdays Courier-Journal, referring
TO the trial trip of the Katie, says:
She made the run of thirteen miles in
$50 minutes, and this was done against
A strong head wind, which, in the opinion
Of William Weaver, the pilot of the
Longworth, who presided at the wheel
during the trip, retarded her progress
fully eight minutes, so that the Katie |
ought to be credited with the thirteen
miles in 50l minutes. Her engines,
though entirely new, worked admirably
and to the entire satisfaction of all par
hes, making seventeen revolutions per
minute with 100 pounds Of steam. Il
should be stated here, as a further evi-
ience of the Katie's running capacity, |
that the best time ever made from
point below New Albany to the turning
point was % minutes; the Katie made
I in 81 minutes, and this fact gives her
owners just reason for believing that she
is destined to win laurels should cireum-
stances ever demand test Of her speed.
The captain, officers and invited guests,
who made the trial trip, express the most
satisfaction with the Katie,
and the excursion was one Of real pleas
lre.