Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-19
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

BOATS LEAVING TODAY.
St' LOUIS Utan.....;; p. m
nicksbuTg, Colorado. ....................,.5 ,. IN
Eriar's Point, 81: Francis, -..............5 p. IN
Napoleon, A. j. White. D IN
White river. Quickstep, ,. IN
Cincinnati, James ID. Parker.~..""......5 IN
ARRIVALS.
Steamer Carrie V. Kountz, New Orleans
p" Belle of Shreveport, st. Louis.
A" Quickstep. White river.
" H. G. Yaeger, St. Louis.
" ST. Francis, Friar's Point.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Carrie V. Kountz, st. Louis.
" Phil Allin, Friars Point.
" Geo. w. Cheek, Osceola.
Mary Ament, Osceola.
BOATS IN PORT.
81. c. Yaeger, Belle Of Shreveport, A.
J. White, James d. Parker, Quickstep,
Ashland, st. Francis.
WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
Weather cold, with sleet and rain.
Tie river here continues on the decline,
with nine feet in the channel and four
and half feet thence to St. Louis. The
Ohio is falling, with seven and half
feet in the channel in the lower Ohio.
White river is falling, with four and a
half feet in the channel. Arkansas
river is still on the decline, with twenty
eight inches on the bars from Pine Bluff
to the mouth. Business on the landing
is dull; tn rain deferred shipments and
the handling of freights .,,,,',''n'
MISCELLANEOUS
The cold weather today forced the
levee idlers to seek warmer quarters.
The Belle of Shreveport and Come
and See Me will pass down this evening
for New Orleans.
The Vint Shinkle for Memphis passed
Evansville yesterday.
The Susie Silver has gone to Louis
vile to load for New Orleans.
The Indiana will be down on Sunday
en- route to New Orleans.
The Fannie Lewis and w. ]. Lewis
for St. Louis, and Peytona and barges
for the Ohio river. passed Vicksburg
yesterday.
The Andy Baum for Memphis left
Louisville last evening.
The towboat Keystone passed down
yesterday, bound for the mouth of White
river with tow of lower Ohio river coal.
The towboat Hiram Campbell, with
tow Of barges loaded with produce and
apples, passed down yesterday.
The St. Francis, Captain Basket in
command is the regular packet leaving
to-day for Friar's Point, the bends, and
all points on St. Francis river. Messrs.
P. D. Davis and Charley Smither are
her gentlemanly clerks.
The fine steamer A. j. White, Captain
Geo. Malone in command, is the regular
Saturday U. S. mail packet for Napo-
leon and the bends, attending to all way
business. She leaves promptly this
evening. Captain Lee Cummins. an
efficient and worthy officer, presides at
the desk.
The Quickstep, Captain Milt Harry in
came in last evening from
White river with 422 bales of cotton and
reshipped at the mouth 88 bales. She
caves this evening on a return trip for
Ill points on White, Black and Little
Red rivers, attending to all way business.
Captain Ed Postal, clever gentleman,
loes the honors of the office.
The James D. Parker, in command of
hat ever popular officer, Captain Bob
Wise, leaves this evening for Cairo,
louisville and Cincinnati. The Parker
5 favorite in the trade, and has good
accommodations. Mr.. Kelso,
clever gentleman, presides at the desk.
The Kate Kountz and Mary Boyd ar
lived at Little Rock yesterday, and the
daumellc arrived from Fort Smith.
The Kate Kinney for Helena and
Jick Longworth for Cincinnati left New
orleans last evening.
The St. Genevieye for Memphis and
lily OF Quincy for New Orleans left st.
souis last evening.
The local packets out last night had
God trips Of freight and people.
The rates on cotton from here to New
orleans declined to S. cents per bale on
otton, and 10 cents per bale by the
arge line.
Captain VIM. Hardwick with his
otato boats was at Vicksburg on We'd
esday last
The Utah, Captain VOORHEES,, is the
Lnchor Line packet leaving the elevator
his evening for Cairo and st. Louis,
onnecting with the principal railroads
Dr. all points East and West.
The Parker, leaving this evening for
'inciunati, will have nearly one thou
and bales cotton, lot Of old iron and
ags and a good list Of passengers
Geo. W. Bell, prince Of good fellows,
resides in the saloon on the A. J. White !
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