Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-24

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head for lambs; Sl@3 for common sheep,
and 2A@3%c gross for medium to choice
butcher sheep. Hogs, no demand and
market held nominally 2A@4c for rough
TO choice light weights. Cows and calves
SlO@25 according to grade.
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
St. Francis river. Batesyille. ........ pm
st. Louis, Belle Memphis.......... ......,b pm
Scanlan's Landing, H. P. Rogers. ..........5 pm
ARRIVED.
Steamer Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
Belle of Shreveport, New Orleans
I" II. p. Rogers, Scanlan's Land'g.
Cons Millar, Cincinnati.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Coahoma, Friar's Point.
Illinois, Arkansas City.
Belle of Shreveport, st. Louis.
" Marlin Speed, Arkansas river.
IN PORT.
B%atesville, II. p. Rogers, Belle Mem
phis.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river here declined 2 inches
in the past a hours ending at noon.
and now stands 10 feet 8 inches
above low water mark. AT Cairo
4 rose 4 inches yesterday, with |. feet
II inches on the gauge at St. Louis
the rise was II inches, with Is feet on
the gauge at Pittsburg the decline
was 4 inches, with II inches on the
gauge at Cincinnati the fall was 3
inches, with 5 feet 10 inches on the
gauge at Louisville it is stationary,
with ! feet 3 inches in the canal at
Evansville it is falling, with 1 feet 7
inches on the gauge. The Cumber-
land river declined 4 inches at Nash
vile, with 2 feet | inch on the gauge.
The Arkansas river is on a stand at
Little Rock, with II inches on the
gauge, and 10 inches by the stick ON
Bob Roy bar. White river is falling
slowly. with 3 feet 4 inches in the
channel OH the shortest bars from
Jacksonport to the mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sultry.
Indications of rain.
Little animation on the levee.
Not much movement in freights.
The Thomas Sherlock lays up at
Cincinnati.
There is only four feet water re-
ported on the bar at Portland.
No arrivals or departures at New
Orleans yesterday.
The John A. ScuddeR leaves St.
Louis tomorrow for New Orleans.
Navigation in Arkansas river, above
Little Rock, is partially suspended.
The Golden Crown will be down
Thursday afternoon fer New Orleans.
The SunAower has been taken to
New Orleans to be locked.
The Illinois returned to Arkansas
City with a fair trip of freight and
people.
The Paris G. Brown fFow the Ohio
river and Il. O. Stanard from 81. Louis
arrived at New Orleans to-day.
The Coahoma cleared on time last
evening for Friar's Point with a
splendid trip.
The Marlin Speed cleared last eye.
ming for Arkansas river with all the
freight she wanted.
The James D. Parker, for Memphis,
and Golden City, for New Orleans,
leave Cincinnati tomorrow evening.
The Andy Baum, from Memphis.
and Thomas Sherlock from New Or
leans, sTFiyed at Cincinnati yesterday.
The Grand Foweg, OF the Anchor
Line, left st. Louis last evening for
Vicksburg and will leave here Thurs
day morning at 10 o'clock.
The Warner, with a tow Of empties
and the steamer Wild Boy in tow. sre
due up from New Orleans, bound for
tho Ohio river.
Mr.. }, c, Cammer and lady re-
turned home last evening on the Cons
Millar from Cincinnati, whittier they
had been on a pleasure trip.
Commodore KOgntz will place one
of his mountain boats IN the st. Louis
and Memphis trade in place Of the
Mollie Moore.
The new schooner Just completed
at Jacksonville by the Towards has
been named Victor" and is ready to
leave for the gulf.
The Belle OF Shreveport passed up
last night with a fair upstream trip.
She put off here a few lots OF hoig6t
and added some plumber and several
people.
The neat little steamer H. P.
Rogers, Captain Mart Hampton, is
making her regular trips to Scanlan's
Landing, leaving the foot Of Union
street this evening at 5 o'clock sharp.
Frank Palmer is her scribe.
The Marlin Speed, on her return
from Arkansas river, will lay up, and
the Maumelle will take her place in
the Memphis and Arkansas river
trade, leaving here Tuesday next
The June rise of the Missouri river
* coming down with a rush. 1t
reached Independence, Mo-, on Satur-
day, and is overlooking the bottom
lands and doing much damage.
The Rock Island Union says that
the Victory and Leclaire collided
Wednesday night fifty miles below,
and the latter sunk in fourteen feet Of
water. q.
United States engineers have been
examining the Wolf river, in Wiscon-