Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-02

left Cincinnati last evening.
A stencil is beginning to arise iron
the mud and decayed vegetable mat
ter allowed to remain on the levee.
The Golden City arrived last night
put off about 800 pkgs, and lay a
Hopetield all night taking on oil cake
The Centennial from St. Louis ar
rived at New Orleans yesterday, anC
leaves there this evening with areturI
trip.
Thirty inches of water is reported
this morning on the gauge at Littl,
Rock, and rising there and at point.
above.
The John B. Maude arrived at st
Louis yesterday, and the City o.
xicksburg left there last evening fol
Vicksburg.
The new shaft of the Paris G. Brown
Is being placed in position, and she
will be ready to leave New Orleans OF
Saturday next.
Coal men at Pittsburg are not anx-
Ious for a rise at present, as the mar
kets below are well stocked with
P%ittsburg coal.
The Coahoma will arrive tonight
and is the mail boat leaving tomorrow
evening for Arkansas City, Greenville
and way landings.
The Robert Mitchell, Captain Oar
Moore in command, will pass up this
evening en- route to the Ohio. Frank
Stein is her chief clerk.
The Commonwealth, for St. Louis,
passed up yesterday with a fair trip.
She put Oft here four crates of cab
bage and 100 boxes bitters.
A skif containing three raftsmen
was caught in the wheel of the steam
or K. Il. Lee, Friday night, and one
OF the men, George Bohannen, of Des
Arc, Arkansas, drowned.
The Star of the West, Captain j. w.
Brown in command, is the daily packet
leaving this evening for Scanlon's, Cat
Island and way landings. Charley
Dudley is her clerk.
The Colorado will arrive tomorrow
morning and leave in the evening with
a return trip for Cairo and st. Louis.
She is an Anchor-liner and will leave
from the company's wharf boat at the
foot of Union street.
The signal service report from Lit
tie Rock in reference to the stage of
water as indicated by the government
gauge at that point is very unreliable.
1t IS either guess work or a mistake is
made almost every day.
Pilot John Evelyn, who has been
under the weather for several weeks.
is a passenger ON the Virgie Lee,
making the round trip and posting
himself. He is regaining his strength
and will soon be able to resume work
The boats of the Anchor line going
north on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fri
days, will hereafter leave here at lC
am. instead of 5 pm. as heretofore,
and the boats passing up on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays will leave
at . pm. as usual.
Captain Frank Ottendorler's new
sidewheeler will be 175 feet long, 30
feet beam and 5 feet depth of hold.
She will have a full length cabin, and
q treedman's bureau beneath her
boiler deck. The contract for her
construction will be closed in the
course ola week.
The 0sceola Belle, Captain Henry
Cooper in command, arrived last night
with B bales cotton and 1853 SKIS cotton
seed, She is the regular mail boat
leaving at 3 pm. for 0sceola and all
way landings. John Haley and Hugh
romlinsOn, a couple of clever gentle
men attend to the affairs Of the Office.
The splendid light draught steamer
Maumelle, Captain j. j. Darragh in
command, arrived last night from
>rkansas river with 8 bales cotton,
I1Oz axis cotton seed, 1923 empty SKIS,
and n GOOD list Of sundries. She
leaves agaif this evening for Pine
Bluff and all way landings, connect
ing with light draught boats for Little
Rock, Fort Smith and intermediate
points. Charley Musselman is her
nolite clerk. and Is assisted by Will
Darragh.
The Commonwealth was the GFst
boat from New Orleans stopped at the
inspection station at the lower end o.
Presidents island. After a thorough
examination, she was found to be free
from sporads and allowed to proceed
on her journey, The James Lee, from
Helena and Frisr's Point, was in
spected last night, given 2 clean bill
Of health aud allowed to conc up ID
the city. All boats coming up should
keep a lookout for a hail from the in
spection station and comply with the
rules of the national board Of health.
The feet and elegant passenger
steamer james Lee, Captain Stacker
Lee in command, arrived this morn
ing with a fine trip of both freight
and people. She is the regular packet
leaving this evening for Helena,
Friar's Point and oil intermediate
landings, connecting at Glendale with
the Mobile and Northwestern rail
road, carrying the mail, and paying
prompt attention to all business en-
trusted to her. The Lee has superb
passenger accommodations lis No. l in
her appointments, and her officers are
polite and accommodating. Lloyd
w. Whitlow presides at the desk. and
is assisted by Mike Logan and Plat
Rhodes.
The Virgie Lee, from Cincinnati,
arrived at 6 I'm. with about 300 tons
frnirht innlndinr LIZ hhla meal 100