Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-06

Light rains.
Cool and pleasant.
Business quite dull to-day.
River fell four inches since last re-
port.
Saturday is now the dullest day Of
the week in river circles.
All kinds of job printing executed
at the LEDGER Office. l3 Madison.
The John A. Scudder leaves New
Orleans this evening for st. Louis.
The Fred Blanks, enroute to New
Orleans, passed Vicksburg last even
ing.
The Annie p. Silver, on her way to
st. Louis, will be due up tomorrow
night.
The Oakland and barges, from New
Orleans, passed up last evening for st.
Louis.
The, Mike Davis departed on time
with the upper coast mail and fair
trip of freight.
The Greyhound came down yester-
day after tow Of empty barges for
the Ohio river.
The James Lee departed last even
ing with a good trip for Friars Point
and way landings.
The Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers are extremely low and naviga-
ton is almost suspended.
The Henry Frank with 1000 tons of
railroad iron left New Orleans last
evening for Arkansaw City.
Insure steamboats, with C. B. Well
ford Il Co., general insurance agents,
No. D Madison street, Memphis, Tenn.
1927
The James w. Calf did not leave
Cincinnati last night, as announced,
but will probably ieave there to-day.
Captain Randall will on Tuesday
next send out either the Rene Ma
cready or Mike Davis to st. Francis
river.
The Ste. Genevieve left st. Louis
last evening for this port and leaves
here Monday evening with return
trip.
The Rene Macready is having her
chimneys placed in position to-day,
and will be ready for business next
week.
The Paris G. Brown is to come out
in the Anchor Line, leaving on Sat
urday next in place Of the Annie p.
Silver.
Pilots John Carroll and Joe Nc
Oullough are passengers on the Belle
Memphis this trip, taking a look at
the river.
DR.. f. w. Kelley, Of the river in
spection service, is expected to be
home this evening on the steamer
Gold Dust.
A move is on foot to place regular
packet in the Memphis and Hatchie
river trade as soon as the cotton sea-
son opens.
Brown& Jones towboat Billy Ezell
from the mouth of White river, ar
rived at New Orleans yesterday with
four boats of coal.
The officers of the James Lee have
placed buoy over the wreck of the
City of Quincy, near Austin, to war;
pilots of passing steamers.
The Mark Twain arrived last nigh
to take the place of the ferryboat Johr
lOverton for a few weeks, while thu
latter lays up for repairs.
The James D. Parker is receiving
new cylinder timbers and genera
overhauling. She will be ready fot
business in about ten days.
The Virgie Lee departed last even
ing for Cincinnati with Al bales cotton
| 10 bales rags, 80 hhds iron, 40 Dbl
glassware 1900 feet lumber and fai
list of people.
The Will Kyle, from the Ohio riv
er, was at CAIRO all day yesterday, bu
will probably pass here to night o
early tomorrow morning.
The Katie Hooper will arrive to-
morrow and is the regular mail packe
leaving Monday evening for Arkan
saw City and way landings.
The A. j. Baker sunk a fuel boa
cOntaing 375 tons of coal at Religion
Point. just above Cairo, on Thursda
last. 1t can be saved when the rive
| falls.
The Belle Memphis from st. Louis
passed down last evening for Vicks
burg several hours behind time. Sh
Dut off over 2C00 packages and adde,
50 tons.
Captain bud Broadhurst has hi
tug Night Hawk out high and dr.
giving her a general overhauling, ant
viii be out in few weeks as good a
new boat,
Lou Branham, well known rive
clerk, has been sick for several days
He is under the treatment of DR.. Alex
Erskine, and is receiving every att
, ton from his friends.
The towboat B. d. Wood, on Wed
+ Resday night last, struck rcck i
: Sandy Shadows and knocked hole l
feet in length in her hull, causing he
+ to sink in few minutes.
= The Gold Dust in command {
Captain j. T. McCord, is the Ancho
line packet leaving at 10 am. to.mOr
row for Cairo and ST. Louis. Henri
1 Dietrich is her polite CLERK.
g The Hard Cash, on her return t
Z this port, passes Devall's Bluff to
{ morrow afternoon, will arrive Tue;
7 day and leave Wednesday next with
s return trip for White river.
3 Captain Ashford, of the snagboa
> John X. Meigs, has received orders
work from Greenwood, Mississippi, t
the mouth Of Tallahatchie river, the