Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-23
Terrible Weather.

AoA puaAhNSo uOihS Ou thO iduuluB.
The leyee is in a miserable condi-
ton.
Navigation is still suspended at St.
Lous.
No arrivals or departures at Cincin-
natl yesterday.
There is considerable cotton here
awaiting shipment.
Old Chris Krinkle'' will make his
appearance tomorrow night.
The James D. Parker leaves Cincin-
natl tomorrow for Memphis.
An extra edition of the LEDGER
will be published tomorrow.
The George W. Cheek returned to
Ashport with IN excellent trip.
LEDGER Job Printing office and
Book Bindery, 10 Madison street. +
Captain Aaron Ballard has gone
into the auction business at Louisville.
The new Mary Houston leaves Gin
c%innati this evening for New Orleans.
Captain Robert Speed returned
home last evening from st. Louis.
The Carrier passed down yesterday
afternoon loaded fat in the water.
The Durfee, enroute from Pittsburg
to St. Louis, is aground at Twin Hol-
lows.
The Clifton, enroute from Pittsburg
to st. Louis, is laid up at Grand
Tower.
The Eldorado, bound for New
Orleans to Cincinnati, passed Cairo
last night.
The General Rucker comes here to
take a load of compressed cotton to
Evansville.
: The Osceola Belle cleared for the
upper coast with a good trip of freight
and people.
Cotton engaged for shipment to New
Orleans can not be handled on account
of the rain.
The Nellie Speer left Louisville
last night with a large tow of coal for
New Orleans.
Send an extra copy of Tomorrow
LEDGER to your %"aunts, cousins, and
your families"
The Paris G. Brown is being fur
nished at Cincinnati with new and
larger cylinders.
The Wild Boy came in last evening
from the Ohio river with a tow of
produce barges.
The Andy Baum, bound from Mem
phis to Cincinnati, passed Cairo last
night at Z o'clock.
The new Ouachita river packet
Fred Blanks leaves Cincinnati to-
morrow for New Orleans.
The james Lee returned to Friars
Point last evening with a splendid
trip of freight and people.
No arrivals or departures at st.
Louis yesterday, navigation being sus-
pended on account of the ice.
The Bertha Lee, Captain Porter's
new packet for the Helena and La
coma trade, is due down to-day.
The Condor left Cairo yesterday
with a tow of coal and produce barges
for this port, and is due tonight.
There will be no LEDGER issued on
Thursday, the typos and attaches of
the Office will celebrate Christmas.
The John B. Maude cleared last
night for Vicksburg with 1,55O bales
of compressed cotton for the East.
The Charles Morgan has the credit
of making the fastest time this season
between Louisville and Cincinnati.
First-class printing at low rates at
the LEDGER Job Printiu g Office and
Book Bindery, No, 10 Mgdison. +
The Golden Crown, for Cincinnati,
and Iron Mountain and barges, for st.
Louis, left New Orleans last evening.
Mrs. Captain Milt II AIRY and her
beautiful little daughters accompanied
her husband around on the Josie this
trip.
ssMilt Harry laid over until this
evening to take around Christmas
goods for many patrons on White
river.
The viii Kyle, en- route from New
Orleans to Cincinnati, has HOO tons
of freight, principally sugar and mo-
lasses.
Billy Smithor, of the Coaboma, pre-
sentcd Brooks, of the Appeal, with a
handsome "crOmo' for a Christmas
present.
Pilots wages on the upper Ohio
have been increased s25 per month,
and the standard price is now S125
per month.
Will Darragh has recovered from his
late spell of sickness, and goes out
tins evening as second clerk of the
Hattie Rowland.
The @. P. Chouteau, bound from
New Orleans to Memphis, passed
Vicksburg Sunday at 10 am, and is
due here to-day.
The Mark Twain, Captain George