Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-02

HIDES-Dry flint, No. l., 49, No. q.
l5ci dry salt do, 14c; green, No. 2, I3e;
DO sailed, Be- market firm; tallow,
4H@6c; beeswax, 20c.
LEATHER-0ak sole, 88040c; hem
lock, 2S@32c; harness, 36@38c skirting.
S6@87c; French calf, $4,000 per dozen:
domestic calf, $20@30 per dozen.
TOBACO0--Per ID 6067Oc.
SALT.-Per Dbl, 81 45per car or dray
load orders 81 GO sacks 81 90@l 80 for
course and fine. Rock salt 20 per pound.
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
For Arkansas City, G. w. Cheek. 8 I'm
Cincinnati, James ID. Parker. Il pm
st. Louis, John B. Maude. .....5 pm
ARRIVED.
Steamer G. w. Cheek, Arkansas City.
John Gilmore, st. Louis.
w. 2. Halliday, st. Louis.
DEPARTED.
Steamer James Lee, Friar's Point.
Osceola Belle, Osceola.
Maumelle, Arkansas river.
John Gilmore, New Orleans.
w. P. Halliday, New Orleans.
IN PORT.
James D. Parker, W. p. Halliday.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
Since noon yesterday the river at
this point has risen four inches, and is
now z feet above low water mark. The
Ohio, at Pittsburg, rose l inch, with
2 feet s inches on the gauge. At
Cincinnati, it fell 8 inches, with s feet
II inches on the gauge. At Louisville
there was a decline Of inches, with 6
feet | inch in the canal. At Cairo
it rose 6 inches, with II feet 4 inches
on the gauge. The Mississippi, at st.
Louis, fell l inch, with Ii feet II
inches on the gauge. The Cumber-
land, at Nashville, fell 6 inches, with
| foot 10 inches on the shoals. The
Tennessee, at Chattanooga, fell Q
inches, with 2 feet 5 inches on the
gauge. Arkansas river is falling, with
one foot on the gauge at Little Rock.
White river is low and falling all the
way from J~acksonport to the mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Rain not over yet.
Cool and pleasant.
) Quite muddy under foot.
Not much doing to-day.
Freights are plentiful at P%ittsburg,
but water scarce.
There is no hopes Of saving the
sunken Bransford.
The Springer is coming out of the
Ohio with a heavy trip.
A levee convention ia to be held at
New Orleans October 18th.
The Golden City leaves St. Louis on
Saturday next, for New Orleans.
The Belle Shreveport is due down.
%enroute to Vicksburg and New o.
leans.
The Future City and barges left
New Orleans last evening for st
Louis.
Captain Owen Finnegan arrived
this morning, a passenger on the G..
W. Cheek.
The work Of grading the lower por-
ton Of the leVee is retarded by the
late rains.
The City of Alton and e. O. STAN
ard left st. Louis last evening for
New Orleans.
The pilots Of the Halliday report
nine feet over all the shoal places
s)uth Of Cairo.
The Eldorado, for Memphis. added
largely at Evansville, and left there at
noon yesterday.
The big james Howard is being re,
painted and overhauled for the fall
and winter season.
Ed r. Thomas has retired from the
office Of the ldlewild and is succeeded
by Frank Ellison.
The James Lee for the lower, and
the 0sceola Belle for the upper coast,
had fair trips out.
The Maumelle departed last even
ing for Arkansas river with a pretty
fair trip of freight.
The Bertha Lee failed to arrive
this morning, but will be up from
Helena on Saturday.
The Batesville is due this evening.
and leaves Saturday with a return
trip for st. Francis river.
The new Anchor line steamer
building at Jacksonville will be
named the Belle Memphis.
Pilots Dave Thomas and Henry
WILDER, Of the steamer John Y. Moore.
came up on the G. w. Cheek.
Will johnson, late of the City of
Greenville, goes out Saturday as Sec
ond clerk Of the G.. w. Cheek.
The Cbas. P. Ohouteau will have
her repairs completed, and leave st.
Louis, for New Orleans, next week.
The John Gilmore and barges, from
st. Louis, arrived this morning. She
left her barges here and went below
to sound.
The towboat John Porter knocked
both heads out of her larboard cylin-