Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-15

ielI II lnehes at Little Rock, with z
feet 8 inches on the gauge. White
river is falling, with 5 feet from
Jacksonport to the mouth.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per Tiger, from Cottonwood Point
-lOO bales cotton, % bags seed cot
ton, ll3O SKIS cotton seed.
Per Josie Harry, from White river
I'll bales cotton, u bags seed cot
ton, lO4 sacks cotton seed, 5000 feet
lumber.
Per City Of Helena, from st. Louis
73O bbls -four, so bbls meal. 200 SKIS
bran, 2O9 SKIS oats, 81 skis corn, 525 SKIS
wheat, 60 SKIS rye, 243 SKIS potatoes.
90 pckgs lard, 200 rolls bagging, l4l
bales cotton, 1900 pckgs sundries.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear, hot and dusty.
Rain badly needed in this section.
River about stationary this fore
noon.
Josie Harry for White river at 5
pm.
The Ohio continues stationary at
P%ittsburg.
The packets departed last evening
with good trips,
Business quite brisk to-day, but
confined to local packets
The Rene Macready goes through
to Friars Point this trip.
The City Of Vicksburg from Vicks.
burg arrived at st. Louis yesterday.
The John Overton ferry dock is
again in position and as good as new.
A branch of the Marine Engineers
Association has been formed at Nash
vile, Tenn.
The Dean Adams is the Adams
Line mail packet leaving on Monday
evening for Arkansaw City.
The Annie P. Silver is to leave New
Orleans this evening for st. Louis
and will pass here on Wednesday next
Will Darragh, second clerk of the
Marlin Speed, has recovered from his
recent illness, and resumes work to
day.
The John B. Maude left St Louis
last evening, will arrive here Monday
morning and leave same evening with
a return trip.
Colonel Joe Violet, proscriptionist
OF the Mike Davis, returned yester-
day after a very pleasant visit to his
family at St. Louis.
The Mike Davis will leave here on
Tuesday next for Mariana, the Cut
OF, and all waylandings on L'Angnille
and st. Francis rivers.
The safe of the burned Idlewild was
yesterday recovered from the wreck,
and the few dollars therein, both
paper and silver, found to be ali OK.
The Charles P. Chouteau left Nav
Orleans last evening for Helena, but
will come through to this port if
there should be any cotton here for
her.
Captain Denuic O'Neil, represent.
ing the coal interests of Messrs. g. B.
Bryan Il Co returned yesterday from
a visit to friends in Pittsburg and St.
Louis.
Jim Franklin, the we'll known dis
charging clerk, returned home yester-
day, and will leave to. night for Little
Rock, Where he drills with the Porter
Guards on Monday next.
The repairs of the Mark Twain are
completed, and she will leave on Mon.
day next for Hailes Point, Dyersburg
and way points on 0bion and Forked
Deer rivers.
The City of Greenville arrived at
Vicksburg yesterday and left there at
noon to-day with a return trip, and
will be here to leave for st. Louis at
10 am. Tuesday.
There is great competition among
cotton seed drumners, aud the woods
are full Of them, $l2 so is now being
paid for seed IN the bank, and the
planters are happy.
The L, W. Cole has been sold
to Ed Richardson & Co., of the
Refuge Oil Mills. She will in the
future ply above and below that port
as a cotton seed carrier.
The comodious Anchor Line steam
er John A. Scudder, in command of
Captain A. j.. Carter, will pass down
this evening en- route to New Or.
leans. George Baker Is in charge Of
the Office.
The Grand Tower, in command of
Captain George Carvell, is the Anchor
Line packet leaving here at 10 am to-
morrow for Vicksburg and all prin.
cipal way landings. Tom White is
her chief clerk.
The Gold Dust, 10 command of
Captain j. T. McCord, will leave from
the Anchor Line wharfboat at 10 am.
ia. morrow for Cairo, St. Louis and all
principal way landings. Henry Die
trich is her polite clerk.
Merchants at river towns trading
with Memphis will find it to their in.
terest to order their job printing and
blank books from the PUBLIC LEDGER
job printing Office and blank book
mandatory, IL Madison street. +
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 at the PUBLIC LEEGER Job
printing Office and blank book manu-
factory, ID Madison street. I
The Tiger, in command Of Captain
VIM. Flowers, leaves this evening for
Cottonwood Peint and all way land.
ings on the upper coast, giving close
attention to all business entrusted to
her. Kneel Booker presides at the
desk, and is assisted by John Rhodes.
The Golden Rule is having much