Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-04

Evansville it Tell Z inches with 2 feet
8 inches on the gauge. At Cairo it
rose 8 inches with II feet 10 inches on
the gauge. The Mississippi at st.
Louis rose 2 feet 9 inches with II feet
8 inches on the gauge. The Cumber-
land at Nashville is stationary with y
inches on the gauge. The Tennessee
at Chattanooga fell 3 inches with 2
feet on the gauge. Arkansaw river
rose 2 inches at Little Rock with l6
inches IN the gauge. White river is
rising slowly.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Warm and close.
Some indications OF rain.
River at this point rising slowly.
Only a moderate business being
transacted at the landing.
The Dean Adams departed last
evening for Arkansaw City.
The Montana, from New Orleans,
arrived at st. Louis yesterday.
The Ohio at Pittsburg is stationary
with only four inches in the channel
The harbor tug Montauk of Cairo
burned to the waters edge on Sunday
last.
The Annie p. Silver is to leave St
Louis tomorrow evening o rNew Or
leans.
The Will Kyle from New Orleans
is due up this evening bound for st.
Louis.
The City of Greenville, from Vicks-
burg, passed up this forenoon for st..
Louis.
The Henry Frank, 90 her way to
New Orleans, passed Vicksburg last
evening.
viii the mud and filth on the new
levee below the wharfboat ever be
removed?
The Hard Cash is due here tonight
aud will leave tomorrow evening for
White river.
The Belle Shreveport and Carrier,
from st, Louis, arrived at New Or
leans yesterday.
The Belle Memphis arrived at
Vicksburg yesterday, and left there at
noon to-day with a return trip for st.
Louis.
The Golden Rule is advertised and
will probably leave Cincinnati to-
morrow evening and come out on tho
present rise.
The James Lee and Ooahoma de
parted last evening with good trips
and will be back to leave again to-
morrow evening.
Dispatches from the mouth of Red
river state that navigation through
Old river has teen resumed with 4.
feet in the channel,
The Chas. p. Ch%outeau, from New
Orleans, passed V~icksburg Sunday
evening, and will probably be here to.
morrow morning,
The Ste. Genevieve left st. Louii
last evening. She will be here Thurs
day morning, and leave the same even
lIg Win Il return lIip'
The receipts of cotton by steamer
; is increasing, but this only goes tt
; show that the season will be a shOr
one and lively while it lasts
, The Taxing District Enginee
y should pay some attention to the right
Of steambOatmen and have those bi
holes in the levee repaired.
! The Paris g. Brown, running undo
the auspices Of the Anchor Liue, i
i announced to pass here at 6 pm. to
c day, en- route to New Orleans.
! Messrs. Carroll and Powell in orde
i to save themselves purchased tn
d steamer Duty at the sale on Saturda
last, the price paid being $500.
Captain N. M, Jones, the Momphi
coal king, is. taking in the st. Lou
4 Fair and the Yelled Prophets.
d Captains Mcguire and Postal ar
working hard at the wreck of tn
! Idlewild. They yesterday remove
: the iron safe with millions in it"
The pilots association Of Evansvil
70 now numbers over forty members, WI
n meet weekly and transact business
interest pertaining to the professior
t: st. Louis enjoyed a three da.
4 steady rain-and has enough for Il
u present. Memphis would be thankf
~ I, just for a few hours of that kind
IN weather.
The Evansville and Cairo Pack
b Company have discarded bars on {
10 steamers of their line, the majority
"a the members being Of the temperan
persuasion.
The City Of Vicksburg, from
Louis, arrived last evening. ShAG
off a couple hundred pkgs here
u, 80 tons, and proceeded to NEARLY
this forenoon. Idrs. Tbe
to The river at Cincip rains which
3 feet during the % swell and put
W. reason being he water.
~ caused LicE@rday the upper Mis-
~ forth a big9se 3 feet z inches 90
Day6eith over II feet in tb ~ i,
s''at St. Paul this season sor'' Che a
Tiger, in command Il Captain /
LbiOmers, Is the regular PICKET leaving I
lis evening for Cottog@ood Point and b
=; way and plantation landings. Can
am q hneel Booker is in charge of the 6
ihe Anchor Line packet W. p. Q
Halliday, which on account Of lov, b
'at ATE has been laying up at st. Louis Il
leave there for New Orleans on :
aturday next, During her retire. 10
lent she has been thoroughly over.
auled and repaired. O,S' Y,
The Katie Hooper came IN yos,o.L d