Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear and bright.

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MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear and bright.
Business brisk o.day.
Winter is now over and spring bust
ness has opened up.
The rise in the river here will prob
ably cease by Sunday.
The L. II. Durfee left st. Louis
last evening for Ouachita river.
The Thomas Sherlock will be due
up tomorrow bound for the Ohio.
The Virgie Lee, from this port, ar
rived at Cincinnati yesterday morning.
The Jay Gould and barges passed
down this forenoon for New Orleans.
The Piasa, from Chester, was ex-
rected this forenoon with another tow
OF stone.
The Idlewild departed last evening
for Arkansaw City with a good trip of
both freight and people.
The Colorado is the Anchor line
packet leaving here at 5 pm. to-mor-
row for Cairo and st. Louis.
The Port Eads and barges left st.
Louis yesterday for New Orleans with
10000 bushels of bulk wheat.
The Paris q. Brown, for Cincinnati,
and the W. p. Halliday, for st. Louis,
left New Orleans last evening.
The Piasa arrived this forenoon
with several barges of stone and one
barge of produce for Speed & Graves.
The Gold Dust, for V~icksburg,
and the Centennial, for New Orleans,
with big trips of freight, left St.
Louis last evening.
The City of Helena arrived last
evening from st. Louis and left this
forenoon for Vicksburg after adding
40 tons of freight.
Joe Dukes, late Of the Katie Hoop
err, left yesterday for st. Louis, and
will probably come out on one of the
Anchor line packets.
The Vint Shinkle, for this port,
passed Evansville last evening, and
leaves here on Tuesday next with a
return trip for Cincinnati.
The John A. Scudder is due down
this afternoon, bound for the Crescent
City. She is one Of the largest and
finest steamers on the river.
The Belle Memphis is behind time
to-day, but will pass up this afternoon
and will get here 1928 bales of cotton
for reshipment at Cairo.
The iron steamer, John T. Moore,
which was announced to enter the
New Orleans and Red river trade, has
withdrawn, and there will be no war
The James D. Parker got away this
morning for Cincinnati with $50 bales
cotton, $50 bbls oil, 30 tons oil meal
10000 feet lumber and a fair trip o.
people.
Two boats Of coal, sunk bv the Billy
Ezell at Island No. 10. will prove
total loss, or nearly so. The boats anC
contents were worth about $3.50; NJ
insurance.
The sidewheel steamer Ben Frank
lin is to leave Cincinnati for this por
this afternoon, with Captain r. w
Wise as master and Harry Galley a
chief clerk.
Captain r. w. Lightburre, super
intendent at thi; end Of the line 10
the Memphis and Ohio river packets
returned home yesterday full Of in
formation, which he will impart to al
who call on him.
The Ed Richardson, from New Or
leans, passed Vicksburg yesterday at
ternoon, and is due here to morroV
; evening on her way to st. Louis t
come out in the Anchor line.
The Katie Hooper will be found il
port this afternoon receiving to leav
to ,morrow evening for Pine Bluff an,
all intermediate landings, making di
rect connection with the steamer Mau
melle for Little Rock and point
above.
Engineer James NJ. Phillips, VIII
was injured on the Dean Adams
week or ten days ago, was worse hur
than at first supposed, and is nov
reported in a dangerous condition a
Yicksburg, very little hopes being en-
: tertained of his recovery.
Mrs. Mary Vanderpool desires in
formation Of her son, William Wander
pool, who used to reside here SOM
years ago, at No Water street. An,
information sent to her at Bend post
office, Texas county, No., would b.
gratefully received.
| The Gaff is still in a critical position
/ at Louisville. A cotfer-dam is beinl
built on the lower side of the coal boa
on the dam for the purpose of damini
the water up sufficient to float her off
and it was thought she would b,
Aoated off to-day.
The Helena merchants, or thos,
who belong to the cotton exchange o
thai tovp, are advertising in the Gin
%cinnati Commercial for a small boa
to come there and run from that por
to Arkansaw City, a distance of l6I
miles. Several have tried it already
but given it Up as a bad job.
The Rene Macready is due thi
evening, and is the mail packet leayin.
= tomorrow evening for Mariana, tn
Cut OF, and I'll intermediate landing
4 on LAnguille and St. FRANCIS rivers
( making direct connection with tn
J Nike DAVIS, which leaves Helena to
morrow evening tor the Sunk Lands
q The Osceola Belle, IN command q
Captain Henry Cooper, is the ms.
packet leaving at 5 pm. to-day 70
a Osceola and all way landings, attend
ing promptly to all business entruste
6 to her. Billy Smithers presides at tn
desk and is assisted by John Hale