Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-10

nounce that no moro risks will be taken
in the Ohio or Mississippi above this
point until further notice.
There are apprehensions Of another
gorge at Louisville II the present cold
weather continues forty-eight hours.
Last night the Shannon lying at the
wharf at Louisville caught fire from the
stoyepipe leading from the texas, but the
flames we're extinguished, with the loss
of the pilot-house. The damage is only
about five hundred dollars, and will be
repaired to-day. The fire was discover
ed by chambermaid, and extinguished
by the men on the boat with buckets Of
water. Had It gained Roadway it would
most probably have destroyed the Sam
j. Hale, Charley Brown, Camelia, Gray
Eagle, Lyle, and National Line wharf.
boat, all Of which lay directly above the
Shannon. A sharp wind was blowingu up
stream at the time.
The past year has been an eyentful
oae among mariners beyond any Of ito
predecessors, aud it has left long list
Of disasters, embracing the destruction
Of property Of most fabulous value
The losses on Western rivers alone vii
sum up nearly four million dollars. The
Ohio river has been closed by ice for
longer period than he's been known for
number of years, and history records
nothing half so damaging to property
as was the recent destruction of steamers,
barges, Aatboats and other crafts between
Pittsburg and the mouth of White river.
At all points except Louisville the de.
struction Of property has been great,
and the financial losses entailed upon
navigation have broken up great many
persons, who will have to seek other &C.
equations for livelihood.
Richard W. Jones late engineer on the
Charles Bodmann, who about "a year ago
was severely injured on that boat at
Columbus by the breaking of cylinder
head, died at Cincinnati yesterday. The
boats at that port displayed their flags
at half mast in respect to the memory of
the deceased, who was respected and
loved by all who knew him.
Colonel VIM. L. Merrill, of the United
States Engineering Corps, in charge of
the Ohio River Improvement, was mar
ried to Miss Margaret E. Spencer at
Cincinnati last night.
Signal dispatches dated at six o'clock
this morning report extreme cold
weather at the North. At Chicago the
mercury was 10 below zero; Cincin-
natl, lO0 above; Davenport, 50 below;
Louisville, GO above; Memphis, 2O'
above; New Orleans, 800 above; Nash
vile l30 above; Omaha, 50 below; Pitts.
burg, lO0 above St. Louis, 80 above; St.
Paul, lie below; Keokuk, 70 below.
Fair or clear weather is generally re-
ported.
The Juniata has been raised and sent
to Cincinnati for docking.
The wreck of the Kate Putnam was
sold at Cincinnati yesterday for $4,000.
A Pittsburg telegram sent late last
night says the Monongahela Slack-water
Company, in their annual statement, re-
port the total reeeipts from tolls during
the past year were $4,000; total
amount of coal shipped, 81, 2O6, 900 bush
els; coke, 3,O7l 900 bushels. The coal
shipped this year is s,659,OOO bushels in
excess of last year. The dividends for
the year were 8 per cent; the aggregate
of coal shipped on the late rise was 81
steamers Go coal boats, 440 barges, and
6,335, 700 bushels of coal and coke. Of
these, % steamers, 258 barges and 1884,
900 bushels of coal we're for Cincinnati.
The run, so far as heard from, is one of
the most successful ever made.