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

RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per Gold Dust from Vicksburg,
Z bales cotton, Fl bbls -four.
Per Virgie Lee, from Cincinnati
433 bbls potatoes, 4G bbls -four, 81
bbls meal, 567 SKIS oats, 945 SKIS corn,
81 SKIS bran, 1872 stoves 523 pieces hol.
low-ware, 470 packages furniture, 458
bbls salt, 2S9 bales hay, $40 kegs nails,
45 bbls whisky, 800 pkgs sundries.
Per James Lee from Friars point,
240 bales cotton, AIS SKIS cotton seed,
"a bbls oil.
Per Idlewild, from ArkansaW City,
148 bales cotton, II bags seed cotton,
1913 SKIS cotton seed.
Per Osceola Belle, from 0sceola,
81 bales cotton, 1873 SKIS cotton seed.
MISCELLANEOUS. i.
River falling.
Cold, clustering weather.
Idlewild for Arkansaw City at 5
pm.
The week opens.with a fair business
at the landing.
The Piasa has gone to Paducah to
go on the docks.
The upper Ohio aud upper MissiS-
sippi rivers, also the sidestreams, are
falling.
The Katie Hooper departed Satur-
day evening for Arkansaw river with
a fair trip.
The My Choice and barges, from st.
Louis, passed down yesterday, bound
for New Orleans.
Captain Geo. Wolf, of the Chero-
kee, left yesterday on the Ben Frank
lin for Cincinnati.
The Annie P. Silver, frem New
Orleans, passed up last evening, bound
for Cairo and st. Louis.
The Golden Rule, for Cincinnati,
and the John A. Scudder, for St.
Louis, left New Orleans Saturday.
The Josie Harry departed Saturday
evening for White river with a splen-
did trip of both freight and people.
The Hard Cash will arrive to.mor
row and is the regular packet leaving
Wednesday evening for White river
The dirt piled on the west side o
the "leyee railroad" is being removed
after which the levee will be paved tt
the track.
The Ohio continues to decline a
Louisville and the Gaf will have Il
! remain in her perilous condition 70
! some time yet.
Captain Cannon is a passenger OF
the I'D Richardson, bound for Ney
Orleans. His family is at their HON
! in Frankfort, Ky.
The Thompson Dean arrived at 81
t Louis Saturday, and the Ed Richard
d son left there for New Orleans with
big trip Of both freight and people.
= 1t is said that efforts are bein
r made to organize a barge company I
run next season in the cotton trad
between this point and New Orlean.
The Gold Dust, for st. Louis, passe
up yesterday forenoon, adding hel
1917 bales of compressed cotton fC
0, reshipment east.
The Commonwealth passed down q
6 : time yesterday for Vicksburg, putin
y off a few packages and adding 30 tol
of freight for Vieksburg and VT
Q, landings.
10 Stickney's circus, which has beC
- wintering here, was taken up Saturdi
on the Ben Franklin, and consolidat
or with the Hudson and Costello circ.
q, at Pana, III.
i. The Guiding Star, from Cinoinna
-, passed down at noon to-day en- rou
r.. to New Orleans. She was loaded
,af the guards, and had over a hundr
cabin passengers.
o. Mr.. Samuel +. Stickney and wi
y. were among the passengers who |,
q. here yesterday for Cincinnati on t
or steamer Ben franklin. They go
join Hudson and Costello's circus.
az The City of Providence is the A
y Choir line packet passing down at
am. tomorrow for Vicksburg, and
foi the same hour the City of Greenvi
yes will pass up for Cairo and st. Louis
iim The Ben Franklin got away al
St pm. yesterday with $50 bales colt,
nd 45 bales paper stock, 80 bbls oil, 10
nd 600 feet lumber, end a fair lise of p,
to pie. She was detained here rivetin
9sep boiler.
per The popular passenger steam
ID Guiding Star, in command of Capt.
ar w. B. Miller, is due down this aft
=, noon bound for the Crescent CT
lsk Colonel John s. Jones is her pol
.SsSG clerk.
les. The Ste. Genevieve is the Anc'
S75; line packet leaving at 5 I'm. to
Ito for Cairo, st. Louis and all way Il
landings. Captain Geo. w. Wick
commands, and John Messengalt
her polite clerk.
The big Ed. Richardson, now r
D m ming in the Anchor line will |
p IN down at 10 am. to morrow, bound
p m New Orleans. Captain Frank b
p m is in command, and Mr. McVey i
charge ofthe Office.
The John A.. Wood, with a TOW
empties, arrived yesterday from
Orleans and lay on the opposite
+. of the river until this morning, !
ans, ting in two new sheets TO her boi
She was bound for the Ohio.
The Mary Houston, on her fifth
out, with 800 tons and full of pee
passed up yesterday afternoon, d.
nothing of interest here. The pas
gers have been enjoying singing, d.
ing and preaching all the way up.
The Marlin Speed is due to. mol
mi leavas here at her regular hou