Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-27

is still on the decline with 5 feet on
the gauge at Little Rock.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cloudy.
Indications of rain.
Heavy drift still running.
The river is still on a boom.
The Omaha wave will be felt to-
day.
Fair business on the leyee for FRI
day.
The w. j. Poiteyent had a good
trip for Hatchie river.
The Belle Memphis leaves st. Louis
this evening for Memphis.
The Aunie P. Silver left st. Louis
last evening for New Orleans.
The Gold Dust lett Vicksburg yes
terday and is due Monday morning.
The Port Eads and barges passed
down this morning for New Orleans.
All right, Colonel Ricketts,; | may
have been mistaken about Will
Hays.
The Guiding Star, bound from GIN
cinnati to New Orleans, passed Louis
vile last evening.
The j. W. Calf, en- route from Mem
phis to Cincinnati, passed Cairo last
evening as Eve o'clock.
A trading boat, with wagons and
other vehicles, from the Ohio river,
anchored here yesterday.
The James D. Parker for Memphis,
aud Robert Mitchell for New Orleans,
left Cincinnati last evening.
Captain D. P. Shinkle is willing to
b'pk that the Golden Rule can run
all around the Paris Z. Brown.
The w. P. Halliday, for St. Louis,
and r. r. Springer, for Cincinnati,
lett New Orleans last evening.
The Henry Frank, from Memphis,
and City of Alton, from st. Louis, ar
rived at New Orleans yesterday.
The John A. Wood is en- route from
Pittsburg to New Orleans with q
tow containing $4,000 bushels 0.
coal.
The John B. Maude, of the Anchoi
line, left st. Louis last evening fol-
Vicksburg, aud leaves here Sunday al
10 am.
The Ste. Genevieve returned to st
Louis with 6l2 bales of compressed
cotton for the east, and a fair list Of
people.
The James D. Parker, from Mem.
phis, and Will Kyle, from New Or
leans, arrived at Cincinnati Wednes.
day night.
The swollen condition of the SINAI
streams enables the lumbermen to ge.
out their timber, which has been Gu.
during the past fall.
Advices from Louisville state tina
the cargo of the EldoradO has beer
removed to shore, and it is expected
that she will be gotten afoat to-day
The Simpson Horner, j. B. vii
liams and John A. Wood, with tire,
large tows of coal for the southern
markets. passed Evansville vester
day.
The. Mark Twain, Captain w. 7
Hall in command, will get away thi
afternoon for Dyersburg. Mr.. Ste
yeus, a clever gentleman, presides a
the desk.
Mr.. Frank Baker, of the Marin
Journal, is in the city, in the interes
of his spicy paper, which should b
: subscribed for here by every steam
r boatman.
! The City of Vicksburg 5assed dow
, on time for Vicksburg, and was full
! laden. She added here seyenty-fN
s tons of freight and put off several 10
5 Of freight.
!, The j. B. NJ. Kehlor passed u
: yesterday for st. Louis. She di
charged here IS bales cotton, 100 bal
o seed cotton, 25 bbls molasses, and
! lot of sundries.
The U p. Schenck passed down at
am. for New Orleans after putting O
here IS tons of general mercnandis
!, and adding 7G7 sacks oil meal and |
bbls. meal and several people.
The Golden Crown passed IN t,
Cincinnati at 8 am with a good Vi
stream triD. She put OFF here IS Dbl
molasses, 10 bbls. rosin, 30 bbls. pitC
and sundries, aud added a few peopl
The Charles p. Chouteau will z,
J away from Helena to-day, for Ne
; Orleans. She gets oven 1900 bales
. cotton and other stuff, and has Ell
gagemOnts below sufficient to fill h,
e out.
T. Major John Hardin, s~uperintendel
; of the Memphis and Arkansas riv,
Z packet company, has joined the churc
r and wears a white necktie to NAL
him look sauctimonious, aud his rig
bower. Captain Ed Rowland, has gol
y in with Jay Gould and made a corn,
7 on freights.
The Katie Hooper, Captain 4
Nowland's famous Arkansas riy
packet, will arrive to-day, and lea
to morrow with a return trip, goil
through to Pine Bluff, and makir
direct connection with the Marl
Speed for Little Rock and Fort Smit
Jimmie Thompson and Amos Day a
n her clerls.
n The railroad king, Jay Gould, in o
n der to have an outlet and connecu,