Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-12
GIVRR INTELLIGENCE

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RIVER INTELLIGENCE
BOATS LEAVING hi DAI.
For Friars Point, Coahoma .........5 pm
Osceola, Rene Macready .........5 pm
Arkansaw City, Dean Adams....5 pm
st. Louis, John b. Maude........6 y IN
ARRIVED.
Steamer Coahoma, Friars Point.
Rene Macready. Osceola.
Grand Tower, Vicksburg.
Gold Dust, st. Louis
j. ii. Bigley, New Orleans.
Dean Adams, Arkansaw CITY.
Future City. ST. Louis.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Plow Boy, Arksnsaw river.
Milt Harry, White river.
Grand Tower, ST. Louis.
Gold Dust, Vicksburg:
j. ii. Bigley, st. Louis.
Future City, New Orleans.
IN PORT.
Ooahoma, Rene Macready, Dean Adams.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per Gold Dust, from St. Louis-6O5
bbls -four, 30 bbls lard, 5 coops chick
ems, IL bales cotton.
Per Rene Macready, from Osceola--
.243 bales cotton, 3 bags seed cotton,
l45 SKIS cotton seed.
Per Coahoma, from Frisrs Point
563 bales cotton, so bags seed cotton,
354 SKIS cotton seed.
Per Dean Adams, from Arkansaw
Oity-l63 bales cotton, 20 bags seed
cotton, BAL SKIS cotton seed.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river at this point is stationary,
with z feet 2 inches on the gauge, or 3
feet ! inch above low water mark.
The Ohio at Pittsburg rose 6 inches,
With 8 inches in the channel. At Gin
clnnati it is stationary, with 2 feet on
the gauge. AT Louisville it is also
stationary, with 3 feet in the canal.
At Evansville it is 2 inches below the
zero of the gauge. At Cairo a rise of
8 inches is reported, with 5
feet = inches on the gauge.
The Mississippi at st. Louis has risen
i inches since Saturday, with 8 feet
. inches ON the gauge. The CumLer
land at Nashville is stationary, with 4
inches on the gauge. The Tennessee
at chattanooga fell ] inch, and is
down to the zero of the gauge. Ar
kansaw river is rising at Little Rock,
with 2 inches ION the gauge. White
and st. Francis rivers continue low
and unchanged.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear, cool and pleasant.
River stationary at this point.
Business good, but confined to local
packets.
The VIII Kyle is due up this alter
noon, bound for st. Louis.
The Annie P. Silver is due down
to-day, bound for New Orleans.
The upper Mississippi is still rising,
with over eight feet at St. Paul.
The Hard Cash is the Wednesday
packet leaving for White river.
The Piasa will be due tomorrow
morning with another tow Of stone.
The Marcus Collins leaves to-
morrow evening for st. Francis river.
The painters at work on the james
Lee struck this morning for an in
crease of wages.
The local packets brought in 1858
bales cotton, l04 bags seed cotton and
$50 SKIS cotton seed.
Walker Outlaw is now lovee dis.
charging clerk, and entered upon his
duties this morning.
Jake Faux, a well-known river
pilot, is confined to his room with a
case of malarial fever,
The Grand Tower, for St. Louis,
passed up yesterday forenoon, doing
nothing Of interest here.
Though stiff, it was a welcome
breeze that shook up the boats at the
landing Saturday evening.
The Montana left St. Louis Satur-
day night for New Orleans, under the
auspices of the Anchor Line.
But fifteen inches reported at
Puppy creek bar and twenty inches
over the fat rock at ROckport.
An improvement in the rivers above
may be expected this week, as rains
have fallen along the water courses.
The Wildwood, now lying at Gin
c%innet;, is to be dismantled. Dumont
will take off her machinery aud over
haul it.
The ferryboat John Overton left
yesterday at daylight for Paduoah,
where she is to be taken on the docks
tomorrow.
The Milt Harry, for White river,
and the Plow Boy, for Arkansaw
river, departed Saturday with good
trips Of freight.
The Belle Shreveport has gone on
the docks at St. Louis, to readjust a
hog chain, and the Montana is coming
south in her place.
The Anchor Line packets leaving
tomorrow at 10 am. are the Bright
Light, for St. Louis, and the Joe Kin
ney, for Vicksburg.
The repairs on the James Lee will
be completed by Monday next, when
she will resume her place 10 the
Friars Point trade.
Captain Flowers sternwheel steamer
Tiger, left st. Louis Saturday evening
for this port, and il is said will run in
one Of our local trades.
The marines as well'as the country
folks have circus on the brain, the
chief attraction for the marines being
the seven long-haired women.
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