Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-12-09

| ton or the bars above and below are worse, If
anything. than they were last season, there
being less than FIVE and a half feet above and
six feet below. White river has nearly thirty
inches at Little Island, it having cut out lit
tie there, but the Arkansas does not improve
any. and has only sixteen inches at Rob Roy.
The weather yesterday was beautiful. the
wind blowing fresh all day from the southwest.
but at night it chopped around to the north
west, and at midnight had brought the tenn
perature down to the freezing point, where it
was this morning.
BUSINESS.
The landing was visited by quito large
number Of pleasure-seekers yesterday, and the
arrivals of steamboats, were fair in number
The Chester and Nashville failed to get away
until late, and the Dardanelle laid over until
last night. when she left for White river, draw
ing three feet. The Cheek brought III bales
of cotton. I'll sacks Of seed; the 81. Francis BIG
bales of cotton. 982 sacks of seed; the Phil
Allin 29l balos of cotton, 526 sacks Of seed; the
John +. Tole went up we'll laden. and tae
Glencoe passed down drawing six feet, but got
aground again at Reeves. But two arrivals
this morning. The John Kilgour, from New
Orleans. four days out, discharged 200 pack
ages of merchandise. and has 20 tons freight
for the Ohio. The White came in with 2S2
bales Of cotton and 1888 sacks of cotton seed.
The Sam j. Hale took 7lS bales of cotton. get
ting away during the night. The Glencoe
hangs at Reeves. and the c. b. Church at
Horn Lake.
BOATS TO LEAVE.
FoR Arkansas RIvER-The Cherokee de-
parts Tomorrow afternoon.
F0R FRIAR's PoINT-The Phil Allin, Capt.
James Lee, leaves this afternoon at FIVE
o'clock for Frisr's Point and all way land
ings.
For FRIAR's PoIST-The G. W. Cheek
leaves this evening at Eve O'Clock for Friar's
Point, and all way landings.
FOR ST.. LoUIs-The Utah. Captain Voor-
hies. leaves this evening at five o'clock for
Cairo and st. Louis. Mr.. S. NJ. shoate is
clerk.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The George W. Cheek, going down. and the
Pat Cleburne, coming up. colided at Bledsoe
about four o'clock yesterday morning. but
fortunately the accident did not cause either
boat to take any water. else it might have
been attended with loss of life As it was.
the Cheek lost her jaekstaif and had stage
plank broken, and the Cleburne had her star
brOard wheel beam driven into the hull, trip
ping the gallows-frame and smashing the
plummer-block and bridge-tree, letting the
outside of the wheel down so that the buckets
rested against the hull. The Cheeks bow
struck her lust aft the starboard water-wheel
beam. and so crippled her that she had to be
1, hx tI,o Tabn
was at the Cheeks wheel, and Henderson Ed
wards the pilot of the Cleburne. The acct
dent occurred from misunderstanding of
signals, and will be Investigated by the local
inspectors.
Some one started a report on Saturday night
that Billy Dill owned the ticket that drew the
SIS, 600 prize at Louisville. and yesterday he
carried home from the postofIice two hundred
and seyenty-nine drop letters from that
number of anxious friends. congratulating
him on his good luck, and all but one closing,
in substance. about as follows: I" / have al
ways regarded you as a generous gentleman.
Money is very close just now, and if you will
loan me dollars (the amounts ranging
from ten cents to thirty thousand dollars, !
will feel personally obliged" Billy had
enough VI Olu pdpcI 10 10 u tiu NeHutI
for new teapot, but failed to get the $4,000.
This statement is made at his request. as be
does not propose to hire any more handcarts
10 convey his mail home.
The Ella Hughes on her recent trip up the
Cumberland landed fifteen times between
Paducah and GAINESVILLE. and did not pick
up" one single cent, notwithstanding she had
a good . opening" no boat of any kind hav-
ing passed up for four months. Encouraging
prospect this. Her receipts for the round trip
were six dollars.
At Cairo, yesterday, LOO bars of railroad
iron were dumped into the Ohio by the caving
in of the river bank.
There is only three and half feet over the
bars in the Ohio river and the river is falling
daily.
The Eckert will have the st. Marys stripped
Of everything worth taking out by Thursday
next. She got out the larboard engine on Fri
day last, and is working at the boilers to-day.