Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-28

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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
Jas. Lee, Friars Point. nm
ST.. uis Belle, Memphis...~..........5 pm
Arkansas City, Ouachita Belle............5 D IN
Cincinnati, Golden City ....4 nm
Commerce, Rapid Transit. o............. pm
ARRIVED.
Steamer Annie P, Silver, New Orleans.
Corons, Cincinnati.
g. 0uachita Belle, Arkansas City.
Fl" James ID. Parker, Cincinnati.
" City of Helena, Yicksburg.
Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Annie P. Silver, st. Louis.
Corona, New Orleans.
=" Oseeola Belle, Oseeola.
Geo. w. Cheek, Osceola.
City Of Helena, st. Louis.
IN PORT.
Ouachita Belle, James d. Parker, Rapid
Transit, Marlin Speed, Katie Hooper,
Marcus Collins, Mark Twain.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river here has declined 6 inches
in the past "A hours ending at noon.
and now stands . feet 10 inches above
low water mark. At Cairo it declined
10 inches with ID feet l inch on the
guage. At st. Louis 4 inches with II
feet | inch on the gauge. At Pitts
burg the decline was 2 inches with 3
feet ? inches on the guage. At Gin
cinnati 10 inches with 9 feet on the
guage. At louisville it is stationary
with G feet 4 inches in the canal. At
Evansville it is rising with Z feet G
inches on the guage. Cumberland
river declined IL inches at Nashville
with 4 feet 5 inches on the guage.
Arkansas river is falling slowly at
Little Rock with foot 6 inches on
the guage, White river is about sta
t%ionary with a good stage of water
from Jacksonport to the mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sultry.
Cloudy.
Stormy weather.
Rained here all day yesterday.
The levee is sloppy and slippery.
Not much prospects of a rise in the
Ohio.
A terrific storm prevailed at 8 a. m.
this morning.
The G. P. Chouteau is due Sunday
from New Orleans.
The bad weather has detained the
boats due up and down.
The Dakota leaves st. Louis for
New Orleans tomorrow.
Considerable freight on the leveo
was damaged by the rain.
The st. Genevieve left st. Louis
last evening for Memphis.
The hard rain this morning washed
the flth off oftho levee.
The new Mary Houston will be
down Sunday, for New Orleans.
The DeSmet loads at st. Louis in
the Anchor line for New Orleans.
The Andy Baum bound for Mem
phis, passed Louisville yesterday.
The Paris Q. Brown, from Cincin-
natl arrived at New Orleans to-day.
LEDGER Job Printing Office and
Book Bindery, ID Madison street, +
Messrs. G. B. Bryan & Co.'S tow of
Pittsburg coal, will reach here Sun
day.
The John Gilmore and barges left
Cairo yesterday at Lam, for New Or
leans.
Mr.. Neil Booker, who is an expert,
went clerk on the Geo. w. Cheek last
evening.
The E. II. Durfee, Golden Rule
and Montana, arrived at Cincinnati
yesterday.
The United States coast survey ship
Hitchcock passed down yesterday
afternoon.
The Bedford, bound from the upper
Ohio to New Orleans, is aground at
Portsmouth, Ohio.
The Henry Frank took into New
Orleans this trip 6,3l7 bales cotton
and SAT- sacks seed.
Captain Foster and Captain George
Keefe went out as pilots on the Geo.
W. Cheek last evening.
The James w. Calf, enroute from
Memphis to Cincinnati, passed Evans
vile yesterday at 3 pm.
Captain s. S. Garrett has been APP
pointed local inspector in place of Mr..
6ronauer. who has resigned.
The Mark Tyain is having new
chimueys erected and will resume her
regular trips Monday night.
The Yint Shiukle for Memphis, and
Robert Mitchell for New Orleans
leave Cincinnati tomorrow.
The u. ?. Schenck, Capt. Lawrence
Carriers fine steamer, ie due IRON the
Ohio, bound for New Orleans.
The rain yesterday which lasted all
day deferred shipments and the ham