Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-14
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looked TOT IN Nulte TlNoIi ont tho Hiou-
taries below that stream show no indi-
cations Of 4 rise. The Tennessee is
rising, and the upper Ohio and Missis-
sippi are swelling gradually, but the
Missouri rise has been checked, and that
stream is now falling The weather to-
day is about as changeAble as it can con
veniently be, clouds and sunshine max
ing the principal elements, and alternat-
ing about every five minutes. The mer-
curry at a IN. stood At 7S'.
BUSINESS.
The Rankin took her departure yester-
day for Evansville, her charter for the
White river trade having expired. The
Augusta arrived yesterday with thirty
two bales of cotton, and the Capitol
City went up last night crowded with
people. The Grand Tower came down
early this morning with 500 tons. The
r.. +. Lee passed down soon after day
light, adding 1856 bales Of cotton, and had
engagements for 300 bales Of cotton and
l25 tons of oil cake below here, The
Richmond arrived during the night and
left at 7 a In, adding 452 bales Of cotton,
both she and the Lee being loaded nearly
to their full capacity. The Mary Alice
and tow passed down soon after daylight
without landing, and the Grafton, from
st. Louis, arrived early to take back
empty ice barges. The tug 0riole, from
Chicago, arrived and will commence
business at once. The Mary Boyd
brought Ga bales Of cotton and 2sO sacks
seed.
BOATS TO LEAVE.
The John Kyle will be down to leave
at noon tomorrow for New Orleans.
The good Anchor Line steamer Colo
rado Captaid G. W. Boyd, II. DIETRICH,
clerk, and William Darby, secretary
will leave for Vicksburg at six o'clock
this afternoon.
The Grand Tower will be the Anchor
Line boat for Cairo and st. Louis to
leave the elevator at FIVE o'clock this
afternoon, and will arrive at st. Louis in
time 10 connect with the st. Paul packet
leaving at noon Monday. G. W. Len
nox commands and T. II. White is clerk.
The City Of Augusta, in command of
Captain }. d. Elliott, leaves at five
o clock this afternoon for all points on
White river. Mr.. Joseph Elliott is chief
secretary.
The elegant steamer Arlington, now
at the wharfboat, will take her departure
at five ocloek this evening for Cairo,
Louisville and Cincinnati. Captain
Charlie Owens is in command, and Mr..
Mccullough is her secretary.
The Mary Boyd. Captain Haines, will
be found at the landing this morning
ready to take her departure at five
O clock this evening for Pine Bluff and
Little Rock, connecting with the Fort
Gibson for all points above.
Going positively at five o'clock this
afternoon for .Vicksburg, Natchez and
New Orleans, is that elegant steamer
Charles Bodmann, Captain o. P. Shin
kle in command. The Bodmann's cabin
is splendidly arranged, and is large,
while her staterooms are superbly fur
nished and splendidly ventilated, and
her tables are loaded three times a day
with the delicacies of both Northern and
Southern markets, and that of itself is
sufficient to guarantee her full trip OF
people.
The removed steamer John Kyle
called by many the best business boat
on the river, will leave positively at
81. m. tomorrow for Vicksburg and New
Orleans. She has passenger accommo'
da lions of excellent description. Capt.
Abe Hutchinson commands, and W. M.
Bro wn is her accommodating clerk, to
who, n we commend all those contem'
platil ,g trip down the river.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The machinery of the Marble City has
been remov ed to the new hull.
George 0. Walton has resigned the
clerkship of the Lucy Bertram to go into
the Office of one of the Anchor Line
boats.
A Shreveport paper says that the
Pittsburg steamer R. W. Skillinger cut
the rates on cotton at Shreveport last
Sunday to seventy-f'ye cents per bale
but failed to get any, the Southwestern
receiving all at one do uar per bale.
The Ella Hughes is fixture in the
Cairo and Nashville trad cas- long as ii
pays.
As a class river men lyenerally are
fond of sporting the latest styles OF hats
and over at Little Rock it requires two
or three furriers to supply the demand
of the fraternity" alone. The Re
publican of that city tells the result oil
the extravaganza in the following words;
Fl" The last dodge of swindlers is 20 de-
liver old hats done up nicely at &c utle-
mems residence and collect that par,' OF
the bills of their wives which was OF
liquidated at the time Of purchase.
should pay no old hat
debts contracted by their husbands"
Captain Reub Haines' family came
around on the Mary Boyd. We are glad