Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-15

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the gauge. Red river at Shreveport
fell3 inches, with 13 feet 6 inches on the
gauge. Arkansaw river rose IL inches
at Little Rock, with 6 feet on the
gauge. White, Black and Little Red
rivers are rising.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Pleasant to-day.
Some drift in the river.
Upper Ohio river rising rapidly.
A good business doing at the land
ing.
The Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers continue to rise.
The Future City and barges passed
up last night for st. Louis.
The Idlewild departed last evening
for Arkansaw river with a fair trip.
The City Of Providence, from Vicks-
burg, arrived at st. Louis yesterday.
The Mary Houston, bound for New
Orleans, passed Evansville this morn
ing.
The Thompson Dean and W. P.
Halliday, from st. Louis, arrived at
New Orleans yesterday.
The John Gilmore left st. Louis
last evening with four barges of bulk
grain and two scows Of ice.
1t don't often happen so, but to-day
the Josie Harry, Ben Franklin and
Osceola Belle are allat the landing.
The Commonwealth left st. Lonis
last evening and passes here Sunday
at 10 am. on her way to Vicksburg.
The Gold Dust left Vicksbufg at
noon yesterday and passes here Sun
day at 10 am, en- route to st. Louis.
The Chas. Morgan, for New Or
leans, left Cincinnati last evening,
and will be due here on Mon day next.
Tho City of Helena passed up for
st. Louis after adding 1000 bales of
eastern bound cotton for resllipment
at Cairo.
The Chas. P. Cb%outeau, for st.
Louis, and the Golden Crown, for
Cincinnati, left New Orleans last
evening.
The Il. w. Cole is to My betwe en-
this city and Davenport, Iowa, in the
interest of a heavy grain dealing firm
Of this berg.
The Grand Lake, with a tow Of coal
from the Ohio, and the j. w. Garrett
and barges, from St. Louis, arrived at
New Orleans yesterday.
The T.. P. Schenck, loaded to her
full capacity and with about 40 cabin
passengers, passed down last night,
doing nothing Of interest here.
Captain Pete McArthur's neat
Black river packet, Milt Harry, will
soon leave for her field of labor. She
is just off the docks and thoroughly
overhauled.
According to the LEGAL inspector "a
report the officers ofthe Futur City
were not in any manner at fault in
connection with the recent accident
in which she blew out her drum head.
The My Choice and barges arrived
last evening from New Orleans, and
lay on the opposite side of the river
till this morning cleaning her boilers.
She left this forenoon for St. Louis.
The Ed Richardson passed Vicks.
burg at B pm. yesterday and is due
here to morrow morning, boInd for
st. Louis. She will get a big lot Of
COMPRESSED cotton here for reslIipment
at Cairo.
The My Choice and barges passed
here this morning, adding a grain
barge for st. Louis. On her way up
her fuel boat struck a snag, sinking it
out Of sight, the loss Of which is prob
ably about $1,000.
The beautiful Belle Memphis passed
down on time with a fine trip of
freight and a fair list Of people. She
put off over 300 bbls of -four and
added about fifteen tons for Yicks-
burg and way landings.
The Colorado will be in to rorrow
morning aud is the regular Anchor
line packet leaving in the evening for
Cairo and st. Louis, Captain Sam
McPheeters commands and Joe o.
born presides at the desk.
Billy Weaver, late Of the r Il. Lee.
is coming up pilot of the Ed Richard
son.. This is his first trip to st. Louis
since he stood watch on the famous
old R. &. lee during the race with
the Natchez from New Orleans to St.
Louis. Billy has many friends here
who will be glad to meet him.
Captain Henry Cooper's Lee line
packet OsceOla Belle is the mail pack
ct leaving at 8 p m. to-day for Osceola
and all intermediate landings, paying
strict attention to all business en-.
trusted to her. Billy Smithers, John
Haley and Hugh T~omlinson, a trio of
clever young men, are in charge of
the Office.
The hene Macready will be found in
port this afternoon and is the mail
packet leaving at 5 pm. tomorrow
for Mariana, the Cut Of and all in
termediate landings on L'AnguilIe
and st. Francis rivers, making direct
connection with the regular packet
Mike Davis. for Wittsburg and the
Sunk Lands.
The Josie Harry came through from
TerreDe in 49, hours, made six land
iugs and lost an hour at the bank. The
Josie is a fast boat and will always run
on schedule time as long as Billy
Short and John Taylor is in charge Of
her machinery. Both these gentle
men are excellent officers, the engine
room is clean and neat, and the ma
chinery as bright as a dollar.
The elegant sidewheel passenger
steamer James Lee, in command of
fiaDtain Stacker Leo is tho rarplar