Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-05

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falling with 2 feet on the gauge at Lit
tie Rock White riveris in good navi-
gable order.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Red hot.
Quiet on the levee.
Warmest day of the season.
No animatioRin marine circles.
The John A, Scudder leaves New
Orleans this evening for st. Louis.
No arrivals at New Orleans yester-
day.
The Golden Crown leaves New Or
leans this evening for Cincinnati.
There was considerable drift run
ming yesterday.
All the steamers in port yesterday
displayed their colors.
The John Gilmore and barges pass
ed down yesterday for New Orleans.
The Dora Cabler leaves this evening
for Cairo.
Only three feet of water on Casey
vile bar.
The John Means and barges left
New Orleans last evening for st.
Louis,
The Osceola Belle returned to the
upper coast last night with a moderate
freight list and a big trip of people.
The Paris G. Brown, en- route from
New Orleans to Cincinnati, passed
Cairo yesterday at II am.
The Mike Davis came up from
Helena with an excursion party and
returned last night.
The new tug Hop Loudon leaves to-
day for the lower Ohio for a tow of
stone. Thomas Boyle will pilot her.
Captain Oscar Postal has gone to
Bradley's with his little steamer
Trader for a load of cotton seed.
Major John D. Adams left yester-
day for Pittsburg and Washington
City.
The skill and tug race in front OF
the city yesterday attracted a large
number Of people to the bluffs.
The towboat w. D. Harrison was
sunk in the upper Ohio on Wednesday
by coming in contact with a log.
The Colorado left st. Louis last
eyeningfor Vicksburg, and leaves here
Monday at ~ am.
Old sailors say the reason a ship is
called she is that the rigging cost more
than the hull,
The Henderson Packet Company
has chartered the Bransford for the
low water season.
The Centennial leaves st. Louis
this evening for New Orleans, and
leaves here Tuesday next.
Lee Cummins, jr,, the popular bill
clerk Of the Illinois, stopped off this
trip to enjoy the Fourth. Billy Elliott
went out in his place.
The Belle Memphis will leave St.
Louis this evening for Memphis, and
will arrive Tuesday morning and leave
in the evening with a return trip.
Captains John w. Cannon, Dick
sippOt, and George Phillips arrived
yesterday at louisville from New Or
leans.
The Kehlor cleared Yesterday morn
ing for New Orleans, after adding here
and ut Hopefeld | 200 sacks of oil cake
and 800 bbls of oil.
The Coahoma brought in nearly 500
people yesterday, and returned last
night to Friar's Point with q fair list
of freight, and was full of people.
The Ouachita Belle took out an
excursion last night under the aus-
pLoos of the managers of the Orphans
Home.
Birdie Banning, tho efficient and
popular clerk Of the B%atesVille, stops
off this trip and goes to the Springs
to reouperate.
Che j. w, Gaf, from Memphis,
arrived at Cincinnati this morning
and leaves there this evening with a
return trip for Memphis.
The Ariadne, Captain Gus DON
nally's new steamer, is announced to
leave Cincinnati Tuesday next for
Memphis.
The new Mary Houston, bound for
Cincinnati, passed Yicksburg yestor-
day at 2 pm, and will arrive here at
daylight tomorrow morning.
The 0uachita Belle goes out Mon
day in place Of the Illinois during her
retirement. She has been put in
splendid running order.
The City of Alton, Captain Bixby,
of the Anchor Line, leaves this even
ling at 5 o'clock for New Orleans,
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