Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-13
Business dull TO-DAY.

Business dull to-day.
No local packets leaving to-day.
River about stationary this fore.
noon.
The Rob Roy is being dismantlod al
St Louis.
The Piasa with a tow of stone is
due to-day.
The Montana will be due down to-
morrow for New Orleans.
Two feet of water on Portland bar
and q inches at Hughes bar.
The Minnie, sunk last week near
Donaldsonville, has been raised.
The Hard Cash will be in tonight,
and leave tomorrow evening for White
river.
The rise in the Ohio river has
ceased. 1t was but slight and did no
good.
The T. j. Dickey with a cargo Of
lumber passed Cairo yesterday en-
route to st. Louis.
The Laura Lee is still in charge Of
the Eckert, nothing having as yet been
decided in regard to her,
The Future City had to double trip
over Presidents Island bar, and she
was detained "a hours at the job.
The Joe Kinney, from st. Louis,
passed down at noon after adding Is
tons Tor Vicksburg and way landings.
The Ste, Genevieve, from this port,
and the City Of Alton from New Or.
leans, arrived at st. Louis yesterday.
The towboat John Porter, after a
thorough overhauling and r~epainting,
will change her nam to Sidney Dill
lon.
The Marcus Col Inns will be off the
docks in a day or two, and leave for
st. Francis river the latter part Of the
week.
The Dean Adams, for Arkansaw
City, departed last evening with a
splendid trip of both freight end
people.
The Missouri river steamer Lady
Lee is to be given a day in the Anchor
Lire and will come out as a Memphis
packet.
It is rumored thai the Fred. A.
Blanks will ply in the Memphis and
New Orleans trade during the cotton
season.
The levee was a deserted place this
forenoon. The wreck Of the ldlewild
being the only craft Of any kind at the
landing.
The Will Kyle with about 200 tons
passed mp at daylight for st. LOnis,
She discharged SO pckgs but added
nothing.
The City Of Providence, from St.
Louis, arrived at V~icksburg last even
ing, and left there at noon to-day with
a return trip.
The Coahoma and Rene Maeready
departed last evening with good trips.
and will be back to leave again to-
morrow evening.
The John B. Maude discharged
yesterday 1900 pkgs Of freight, and
went back last evening to st. Louis
with a light trip.
Captain Lew Hates, of the Will
Kyle, stopped off his boat as she
passed here this morning, aud left by
rail for Cincinnati.
The Annie P. Silver, which DE- ssed
down yesterday afternoon, remained
at Cat Island all night in order to pass
over the bar in daylight.
The Bright Light, on her way to
st. Louis, and the Joe Kinney, en-
route to Vicksburg, were expected to
pass down this forenoon.
During the month of August there
were shipped from Natchez 1923 bales
of cotton, against ia bales for the cor
responding month last year.
The Anchor Line wharf boat is
filled with freight, and consignees
should see that it is removed at once
to make room for fresh arrivals.
Captain o. P. Shinkle, ofthe Golden
Rule, is commanding the light draught
steamer Ella, in the Cincinnati and
Ripley trade. making daily trips.
On account of the low condition of
the Ohio river the Louisville and
Henderson Jacket Company are talk.
ing of transferring its mails in yawls.
The Annie p. Silver aud barge,
from St, Louis, passed down yester.
day afternoon for New Orleans. She
refused freight here, having all she
wanted
The dam at the head Of the Louis.
vile canal is to be made q feet higher
from Seventh street to the canal wall
and an adjustable dam placed opposite
Seventh street.
Captain Frank Dicks champion
cotton carrier, Henry Frank, is TO
have the electric light this season,
thus doing away with the pine torch"
which is considered dangerous.
Rains have fallen in the vicinity of
Pittsburg during the past week, End
a better stage OF water is looked for.
The coal men have plenty of black
diamonds ready for shipment south.
Miss Katie Hooper, a bright and
pleasant young lady, aud after whom
one of tbs boats of the Arkansaw
river line is named, is in the city,
visiting Captain Ed. Nowland's fam
lily.
The longest drought that ever oc.
CURED 10 America was in the summer
Of 1852 No rain fell from the LIST of
May to the LIST of September Many
of the Inhabitants sent to England
for hay and grain.
The sand dredge boat, Red Fox, in
command Of Captain Matt TremeI, is
doing a little cotton business, she hav-
ing yesterday towed from Presidents
Island a barge containing IS bales cot
ton and a lot Of seed,
Captain Pink Varble, assisted By
Captain Adams, Of the U. s.. canal, is
pushing the work vigorously Of blow
ing out the chute on the falls. A
large force of men are at work and it
will be completed by the time a rise