Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-12
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Gloomy.
Raining.
Terrible weather.
The week opens out dull.
Little doing on the levee.
The rain checked shipments.
Not much movement in cotton.
The bend business continues dull.
Cumberland and Tennessee rivers
are rising.
The Mississippi is gorged with ice at
Davenport.
The continuous rain is doing much
damage in the bends.
The tidal wave in White and Black
rivers is submerging the low lands.
Superintendent John Hardin re-
turnedhome yesterdayfrom Pittsburg.
LEDGER job Printing Office and
Book Bindery, ID Madison street. t
Repair the plank sidewalks leading
to the river on Monroe and Court
street.
The Katie Hooper had a good trip
out Saturday night for Arkansas
river.
Look out below you have got to
stand about two or three feet more
water.
The Will Kyle, Captain Low Hates
new steamer, will be down to-day for
New Orleans.
The new steamer Fred Blanks,
from Cincinnati, arrived at New Or
leans on Saturday.
Major John D. Adams contemplates
building a new boat for the Memphis
and Vicksburg trade.
Colonel Miles, Of Helena, who gives
much attention to the river, says we
will have no overflow.
The Cons Millar, for Memphis, and
Golden Crown, for New Orleans, left
Cincinnati Saturday evening.
The owners Of the James Fisk have
concluded to build a new packet for
the Cairo and Paducah trade.
The Smoky City and Alice Brown
left Louisville Saturday with large
lows of coal for New Orleans.
The Belle Memphis from Memphis,
and Centennial from New Orleans,
arrived at st. Louis Saturday.
The W. P. Halliday, for St. Louis.
and Guiding Star, for Cincinnati, left
New Orleans Saturday evening.
The river at Cincinnati is at high
tide, the water rolling up to the curb.
stone at the foot of Main street.
MI. H. NJ. Sweetser, of Evansville.
has sold his $4,000 interest in the
Cairo and Memphis packet line.
Captain Holt is at Cincinnati, pros.
pecting for a steamer suitable for the
Helena and st. Francis river trade.
Our colored brethren and sisters
had a big time baptizing yesterday
morning, below the Lee wharfboat.
The Avalanche compares Milt Har
ry, the little captain, to Gil Bias, anC
says fortune eternal shines upon him
TIE Annie p. Silver for New Or.
leans, and City of Greenville fol
Vicksburg, left st. Louis Saturday
evening.
Captain James Reese, ir., will leave
Pittsburg in a few days for NeW
Orleans with the new iron steamer
Florida.
The Sylvan Dell passed down Satur.
day for New Orleans. She enters the
mail service between DonaldsYille and
Red river.
The st. Genevieye returned to st.
Louis yesterday morning with a fai1
trip Of compressed cotton and some
bend freights.
The trustee Of the r. Il. Lee
wharfboat has enjoined the Taxing
District authorities from collecting
wharfage from the above.
Tbe Hqtchie river packet W. j.
POitevent was to have passed the rail
road bridge at Brownsville Saturday
evening, bound for Bolivar. oj
Captain James Pepper, of the Ed.
Richardson, is loading the Thompson
Dean at New Orleans for Cincinnati,
and leaves there this evening.
The @. p. Chouteau returned to
New Orleans Saturday evening with
a fair start. She has engagements in
the bends sufficient to fill her ont.
The Mary Houston, Captain Charley
Miller's elegant passenger steamer,
will pass up to-day for Cincinnati.
Elliott Miller presides at the desk.
The big James Howard, of the
I Anchor line, is due up to-day from
New Orleans. bound for St. Louis
with a big trip of sugar and molasses.
Captain Frank Beck, jr., has been
commissioned as master of the Ed.
Richardson, vice Captain James Pep
per, who has taksG command of the
Thompson Dean.
The Gold Dust passed down yester-
day morning for Vicksburg, we'll
laden. She put off here a few hun
dred pkgs of freight, and added 20
tons for points below.
On cur arRt page will be found an
interesting letter from White river.
referring to the crops aud business of
! White river, and also to the able
management of the Josie Harry.
The Anchor line packet Common
wealth, yill arrive this afternoon from
St. Louis, and viii leave the company's
wharfboat this evening at Ave O'clock
for New Orleans, making all principal
way landings.
The Hattie Rowland, Captain j. j.
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