Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-15
IsCELJANEoU

Freezing cold.
Considerable stir on the levee.
Business in the bends continues
good.
Indications are favorable for another
rise at Pittsburg.
The EldOrado is due up to-day,
bound for Cincinnati.
The Genl Tompkins loaded at Pine
Bluff for New Orleans.
The levee is covered with cotton,
Gotten seed and other freights.
The Vint Shinkle leaves Cincinnati
Wednesday next for Memphis.
How should a traveller label valu-
able luggage? Stick to it himself.
The surface of the river was covered
yesterday and to-day with drift.
THE Vint Shinkle, from Memphis.
arrived at Cincinnati yesterday.
The Robert Mitchell left New
Orleans last evening for Cincinnati.
Coal is furnished to steamboats, at
H%awesville, KY, at 6 cents per bushel.
LEDGER Job Printing Office and
Book Bindery, 10 Madison street. t
The Anchor line packet Centennial
will pass down to-day for New Orleans.
The Tom Means, with a tow of salt
for Memphis, passed Evansville Sun
day.
The Katie P. Kouutz is loading at
St. Louis for Memphis and Arkansas
river.
The Argo came in Saturday after
noon from Dyersburg with 100 bales
cotton.
The Katie Hooper is due from Ar
kansas river, with a large list Of
| cotton.
The W, P. Halliday left New
0rleanr yesterday morning for St.
Louis.
The new steamer, Jessie X. Bell,
leaves Louisville tomorrow for New
Orleans.
The new steamer Ruben R. Springer
leaves Cincinnati tomorrow for New
Orleans.
The receipts of cotton from Satpr-
day noon up to noon to-day foot up
$500 bales.
The Golden Grown passed down
Sunday evening for New Orleans,
fully laden.
The Guiding Star is due from New
Orleans tomorrow evening bound for
Cincinnati.
It rained and sleeted at Pittsburg,
Cincinnati, Louisville, Evansville and
Cairo yesterday.
The Gold Dust from Vicksburg, and
Fannie Lewis from Memphis, arrived
at st. Louis yesterday.
The Coahr ma got away Saturday
evening for Greenville with a splendid
trip of freight and people.
The Maumelle cleared Saturday
evening for Arkansas river with ar
excellent trip Of freight.
Christmas is coming, and visions O.
stuffed turkeys and all that sort oil
thing haunts us ever now.
The Josie Harry cleared Saturday
evening for White river with one Of
the best trips Of the season.
The Alice Brown passed up Satur.
day evening for the Ohio river with a
tow and % empty coal barges.
First-class printing at low rates al
the LEDGER Job Printing Office and
Book Bindery, No. 10 Madison. +
The captains ard clerks Of the
packets are complaining about the
levee being blockaded with seed.
The Scully, another Kountz line
scalper, is up Arkansas river in search
of a load of cotton for New Orleans.
The Mississippi closed with ice Fri
day morning above the rapids-nine
days earlier than it closed last year.
The Henry Frank was to have hel
chimneys in place yesterday, and leave
New Orleans last night for Memphis.
The Belle Memphis returned to st.
Louis Saturday evening with $50 bales
of compressed cotton for the east, via.
Cairo.
The U. P. Schenck passed up Sun
day morning for Cincinnati, loaded
fat in the water with sugar and mo-
lasses.
The John W. Garrett and barges,
from the Ohio river, and Future City
and barges, arrived at New Orleans
Sunday.
The Thomas W. Means is due down
the early part Of the week with FIVE
barges Of salt for Messrs. John X.
Speed & Co,
The City of Alton passed down
Sunday morning for New Orleans.
fully laden. She added some oil cake
and other stuff.
The Henry Frank took into New
Orleans this last trip 1862 bales Of
cotton, AIS SKIS seed, 600 bbls oil and
800 SKIS oil meal.
Jerry Maston arrived Sunday morn.
inp from Iittle Rock and ooes ont a,