Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-20

AZ hOAO huChOr Llne steamer 10
be launched at Jacksonville is to be
called the City of Cairo.
Mr.. VIM. Talbot, an old time steam
boat carpenter, died at Louisville on
Monday last, aged SO years.
The river is rising slowly at Pitts
burg but the prospect Of coal boat
water is not very promising.
At st. Louis the river is again
rising rapidly, but there will be no
very high water below that port.
The Ohio was stationary at Gin
o%ienati this morning but will proba-
bly, commence rising again to. morrow.
A large force Of men are at work
cutting timber for the river improve.
ments to be done at Lake Providence,
La.
AT Warsaw, Illinois, the river is 4
inches higher than the big rise of last
spring, and much damage is expected
to result.
Charlie Stowell, now second clerk of
the Will Kyle, will have the same DO
sition on n Of the new Anchor Line
steamers.
The City of Helena left St. Louis
last evening for this port, and vii
leave here Saturday evening with a
return trip.
Business men will find it to their
interest to have oil their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER Job
printing Office, 10 Madison street.
The rising river has aoated off the
Sallie Carney, which has been aground
In Davis Bend several weeks, and is
to be taken to ViOksburg for repairs.
The Alex Chambers and barges,
which arrived here last week will prob
ably shove out in a day or two for the
South and enter the cotton seed bust
ness.
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
Office and blank book mandatory, 10
Madison street, execute every class Of
such work in good style and at low
rates. +
Colonel George G. Wolf, a we'll
known steaniboaiman, and owner of
steamboat bars for a period of forty
years, died at St. Louis on Tuesday
last oGconsumption.
On the Fanny Tatum a few days ago
a fight ensued between the mate of
the boat and some roustabeuls, in
which one ro~ustabout was shot and
bya deck hand.
The City Of Alton left St. Louis
last evening, and passes here Saturday
next on her way to New Orleans.
Ad Storm, at the wharfboat,
will give further information.
A new steamer is being built out of
the cabin AMI machinery of the ILL
nois, which formerly ran in one oEour
local trades. She is to be 265 feet
| ong and have capacity for 1900 tons.
The elegant Anchor Line steamer
Belle Memphis, in command OF Capt
|. II. Mex ee, will leave here at 10
am tomorrow for Cairo. St. Louis,
and principal way landings. Henry
Corbyp presides at the desk.
The Annie P. Silver, with 800 tons
OF height. aud Al days out from New
Orleans, pc ssed up at noori. She put
off near 500 packages, and added 647
bales Of compressed cotton to be re-
shipped at Cairo foJ the East.
The Marlin Speed is due tonight
and is the regular packet leaving Sat-
urdav evening foj Pine Bluff and way
landings on Arkansaw river, making
direct connection with light draught
boats for Little Rock and points
above.
CaptS.in R. W. Lightburne. agent
of the Memphis and Ohio river pack
cts, has returned home, and reports
his line of boats all in perfect order
a'Ld waiting for sufficient water in the
Ohio river to allow them to renew
their trips.
Captain D'ugan is hard at work
making preparations to raise the
steamship Gresham, sunk several
months since OF New Orleans. He
has already plated 81 chains around
the boat, aud is washing the mud from
her deck.
The City of Providence, in com
mand Of Captain Geo. Lenox, is the
Anchor Line packet leaving here at
10 am. tomorrow for Vicksburg and
principal way landings. Frank Per
kins and jim mie McMeen are her pc
lite clerks.
Letter heads, bill heads, bills Of
lading, envelopes, hand bills and every
other kind of job printing executed
in the best style and at the lowest
prices az thu PUBLIC LEEGER. job
printing office and blank book manu-.
factory, 10 Madison street t
The Anchor Line steamer, Ste.
Genevieve,. will leave from the foot o.
Union street at 5 pm to-day for Cairo
st. Louis, and way mail landings
Captain %. w. Vickers commands
and the o flee is in charge of John d
Messengale, assisted by Harr.
Crane.
A telegra m from Captain Milt Har