Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-08

NANaH - NA4N
3 inches on the gauge. Arkansas river
IS on a stand with about two feet to
Pine Bluff. White river has A. feet
to Augusta ana 3 feet to Jacksonport.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cool.
Pleasant.
The Ohio rising again.
Business opens brisk to-day.
The Dean Adams for Arkansas
City at 8 p. m.
The G. W. Cheek for Vicksburg to.
morrow evening.
About 8 or 6 feet is needed to float
off the City of Greenvill3,
The Z. 0. Stanard is due down to-
day bound for New Orleans.
The big Pittsburg is coming down
the Ohio bound for ST. Louis.
The leveo is covered with freight
from Jefferson to Union street.
The Cons Millar leaves Cincinnati
Wednesday evening for this port.
The snow and bad weather generally
has delayed all down stream boats.
Pilot Ike Brooks, Of the Robert
Mitchell, lett yesterday for Cincinnati.
The r. r. Springer, bound for New
Orleans, was at Evansville last even
ing.
The j. B, NJ. Kehlor, with a very
large cargo, left New Orleans yester-
day.
The John A.. Scudder, from s..
Louis, arrived at New Orleans Satur-
day.
1t was showing Saturday at Cairo
Evansville and other poins along the
lower Ohio.
The new Spread Eagle will be
launched from the Cincinnati marine
ways this evening.
The Vint Shinkle received twenty
tons Of freight, besides two thousand
plows at Louisville,
The Golden City, from St. Louis,
passed Vicksburg Saturday evening,
bound for New Orleans.
All the boats of the Cincinnati and
Memphis packet company will be on
the track by next week.
The W,P. Halliday,for New Orleans,
left st, Louis yesterday evening, and
is due here Wednesday,
Per Dean Adams, from Vicksburg,
III bales cotton, "A bags seed cotton
and 81 sacks cotton seed.
Business at Pittsburg is quite brisk;
a couple Of packets leaving there last
week had to leave freight.
The Mississippi Valley barge line
ere taking oil cake from this port to
Sew Orleans at $3.50 per ton.
The Anchor line steamer John b.
Maude is on the docks at st. Louis,
aud will be heightened 30 feet.
The greokigg boat, Y. Z. Eckort,
passed down early yesterday morning
to the sunken Robert Mitchell.
The Golden Rule, for Cincinnati,
left New Orleans Saturday evening,
and is due here "Wednesday night.
The new steamer, W, T, Wheeless,
bound from Pittsccggrs to New Or
leans, passed Louisville yesterday.
Bayou Sara came near burning up
one night last week, Pilots and others
twenty miles away could see the FIRE.
The Montana left st. Louis on Fri
day last for Pittsburg, and will be fol-
lowed by the Carrier, tomorrow even
ing.
The Charles Morgan, for New Or
leans, left Cincinnati Saturday and is
expected to pass here on Thursday
next.
Captain Pete McArthur's and Mai.
Adams new low water packets being
built at Pit,sburg will soon be com
pleted.
The Gold Dust, from Vicksburg,
passed up yesterday forenoon. adding
s. bbls oil and go bales Of eastern
bound cotton.
Captain Matt Williams came up in
the Office Of the Dean Adams, and will
probably make a trip home before he
returns south.
The Cherokee, Captain George Wolf
in command, leaves here tomorrow
evening for Vicksburg, New Orleans
and the bends.
The Thos. Sherlock leaves Cincin-
natl tomorrow evening for New Or
leans. Joseph Purcell and son will
be her star-gazers this season.
The Sallie Carney and barges have
started from Evansville bound fol