Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-08


Cool.
Pleasant.
Fall weather.
Business brisk.
The upper Mississippi is rising.
The mud is fast drying up on the
levee.
Packets leaving to-day are receiving
literally.
Packets leaving to-day for every
direction.
Arkansas river has a good stage Of
water to Little Rock.
The Cons Millar is the Saturday
packet for Cincinnati.
The X. o. Stanard, for New Or
leans, is due down to-day.
The Vint Shinkle, from Memphis,
arrived at Cincinnati yesterday.
The Cons Millar, for this port,
passed Evansville yesterday afternoon.
The James D. Parker, en- route to
Cincinnati, passed Evansville last
evening.
The local packets brought in to-
day 20 bales cotton and l57 sacks
cotton seed.
H. G. Getchell has placed his cele-
brated elastic paint on the roof Of the
Hard Cash.
The Maumelle arrived last night
from Arkansas river, and lays up for
the present.
The W. j. Poitevent is the daily
packet leaving this evening for Com
merce and all intermediate landings.
The Josie Harry will arrive to-
morrow evening, and leaves Saturday
at D pm. with a return trip for White
river.
Mr.. H. G. Lowe, book keeper at
the Anchor line wharf boat, is home
again after a very pleasant trip to the
north.
A fine iron bridge is being built
across Beale street by the NJ. and f.
railroad company for their levee rail
railroad connection.
Captain Owen Finnegan came up
from Helena a passenger on the John
L. Moore, and leaves tomorrow for
Georgia and Mobile.
The steamer Laura Lee was yester-
day sold at New Orleans to Jesse K.
Bell and others, for $4,000. She will
be placed in the Red river trade.
The Golden City, Captain Hegler in
command, will pass down this after
noon, en- route to New Orleans. AID.
am Wayland presides at the desk.
Paving has commenced at the lower
levee, and it is to be hoped that the
contractors will push the job to com
pletion as rapidly as possible, as
every inch Of the levee will be needed
shortly.
The John A. Scudder, Captain A.
j. Carter in command, is the Anchor
line packet passing up this evening en-
route to Cairo and st. Louis. George
Baker presides at thedesk.
Captain AL. Smiths new White
river packet, leaves Louisville to-
morrow for upper White river; and
Charlie WoOdbury's new packet will
leave Cincinnati on the 18th inst.
Captain Coleman, of the little
steamer Advertiser, which has been
trading in st. Francis river, died at
Haleside, a few days ago, of congestive
chills. The deceased was from Louis
vile.
In a few days Captain James Lee,
jr., superintendent OF the Lee line OF
mail packets, will place their fine side
wheel steamer Osceola Bale in the
Memphis and Commerce trade as a
daily packet.
The railroad company will as soon
as they have finished their work on
the levee give it a thorough washing,
and put no Instructions in the way Of
steamboatmen during the season il
they can prevent it,
Bulk grain shipments from St,
Louis last week were 1891 bushels
of wheat and 181,472 bushels of corn.
Remaining in the elevators on the 4th.
1,5l5,4l9 bushels Of wheat and $685.,
500 bushels Of corn.
A copy Of a circular letter issued
by Supervising Inspector b. o. Carr
and received to-day by the local in.
spectors at this port, will be found il
another column. 1t is very interest.
ing to steamboatmen.
.Soundings were being made thil
morning in the river in front Of anC
below tue Anchor line wharf boat tt
ascertain the depth of the water ant
see if any distractions we're in tn,
way Of boats landing at the lowe.
, levee.
The John B. Maude, Captain Harr,
Brolaski in command, will be founC
in port to morrow morning, and is tn.
Anchor line packet leaving in tn
evening with a return trip for Cair
and st, Louis. Billy Blenker is he
l polite clerk.
, The new iron steamer, John I
! Moore, Captain j. Ed. Montgomer
q in command, arrived last night an
leaves tomorrow evening with a re
turn trip for Helena and all interme
date landings, paying prompt atten
ton to all business entrusted to hel
W. ii. Stone presides at the desk.
The 0sceola Belle, Captain Henri
Cooper in command, brought in a iai
trip, aud is the mail packet leavin
this evening for 0sceola and all wa