Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-10-04
Anchor Line. viii be here to-day to leave at
pm. for Belmont, Cairo, st. Louis and all the
upper landings.

Anchor Line. viii be here to-day to leave at
pm. for Belmont, Cairo. st. Louis and all the
upper landings.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The GAINESVILLE left st. Louis last night for
the Arkansas.
t. A wharfboat that originally cost $4,000 is for
sale here, and can be bought for 5000. 1t is
in first-class order and well worth the price
asked.
About a bakers dozen or more of our citi-
zens-bankers, merchants and others-viewed
the city yesterday from the deck of the new
tug Jones, and excursioned themselves up and
down the river. The party was a jolly one and
had jolly time. 1t is not necessary to add
that the boats bow was baptized with cham
payne, as were also the palates of the excur-
sionists.
The Mollie Moore. coming up, has 1900 sacks
of salt, 800 boxes of sugar. and so tons of mis-
cellaneous stuff; making in all $50 tons.
Through bills OF lading on cotton or oil cake
from this port to almost any European point
can be obtained from Captain Washington in
a day or two.
| The losses Of coal at Louisville on Saturday
night. belonging TO Pittsburg parties, were as
follows: w. II. Brown. one boat, $1,000
bushels; Thomas Pawcett & Son, one boat.
q, 600 bushels; Major James Blaekmore, one
boat, q 900 bushels. These losses aggregate
about $4,000.
| The six am. kilograms to-day to the Signal
Bureau anticipate clearing and clear weather
for this regian, and report 81 as the lowest
and 70o as the highest state Of the thermome-
ter-the former at Chicago and the latter at
New Orleans.
| On her way down few days since the Henry
G. Yaeger was ''gobbled " at Helena by the
United States marshal for running into and
sinking hatboat at that point some time in
November, 1871. The captain gave bond for
his appearance at the term of the United
States Court, and the boat was released.
| A telegram received to- day reports but nine
teen inches Of water in the channel below Lit
tie Rock.
The crew of the Albert think they will get
through with the Black Hawk some time next
week.
The Pargoud. when she left Vicksburg Tues
day. had 1888 bales cotton, 56l5 sacks cotton
seed, 80 sacks oil cake, So barrels oil and "a
sacks seed Gotten.
lub hCCiutut 70 INC DOAbcE Oh 4hOh-
day noon. She got into pocket" and
while endeavoring to get out of it, swung
around on TO an obstruction of some kind,
probably q spag.
Az. GLEANINGS.
River thieves are numerous at New Orleans.
They cut coffee sacks and steal coffee there
within fifty yards of the Harbor Police Station
"A Cairo writer says; The negro Jenkins,
who killed Henry johnson at Mound City one
year ago. received the sentence of fourteen
years in the penitentiary on Saturday night T"
There is scant twelve inches of water on
Harpeth shoals in the Cumberland river.
The Alice Dean is being wrecked at Cincinnati
-. A Shreveport telegram of the LIST reports
but twenty two inches of water below there.
RIVER PERSONALS.
Silverthorn-he of the Evansville Journal
is doing the Cincinnati Exposition.
Irwin Dugan, of the wrecker Eckert, is to
make two weeks trip, going to Louisville
and the st. Louis fair.