Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-19
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.

NNON W. NA0 a. aADa
Tennessee at Chattanooga fell 2inches.
with 4 feet 5 inches on the gauge
Red river at Shreveport rose 6 inches
with IA feet 8 inches on the gauge.
Arkansaw river at Little Rock fell 70
inches, with 7feet4inches on the gauge.
White and st. Francis rivers are fall
ing, but in good condition.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per ~Idlewild, from Arkansaw City,
10 bales cotton, Is bags seed cotton.
Per John B. Maude, from st.
Louis, GAG bbls flour, $50 sacks bran,
100 sacks oats, lib sacks millet, 17G
sacks cotton seed, 378 bales hay. Il
casks and IA boxes bacon, q bales
cotton, 1875 pkgs sundries.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Warm and dusty.
A sprinkling rain needed.
River fell "A inches during the past
"a hours.
But little business doing at the land
ing to-day.
The james ID. Parker for Cincin.
natl tomorrow evening.
The falling river will leave consid-
cradle mud on the levee.
The Centennial left New Orleans
last evening for St. Louis.
The Golden City left Cincinnati last
evening for New Orleans.
The Andy Baum leaves Cincinnati
tomorrow evening for this port.
The Hard Cash and Marlin speed
departed last evening with fair trips.
The Golden Rule will be due down
to-morrow en- route to New Orleans.
Captain Frank Maratta piloted the
Star of the West from Vicksburg to
this port.
The U. P. Schenck is announced to
leave New Orleans this evening for
Cincinnati.
The james Lee and 0sceola Belle
are the local packets leaving to-mor-
row evening.
After dark last night it was dull
and lonesome at the levee, not single
boat being at the landing.
The Colorado left St. Louis last
evening for this port, and leaves here
Saturday with a return trip.
The Nicholson pavement on How
ards row is being taken up, and stone
will be put down in its stead.
A new Anchor line packet, building
by the Towards at Jacksonville, will
be launched on Saturday next.
A little son Of Captain Dave Dun.
seath, a we'll known pilot.died in New
port, Kentucky, on Tuesday last.
The local inspectors have reissued
the license Of pilot w. G. Brown, after
a suspension of about six months.
The Paris G. Brown passes up this
afternoon on her way to Cincinnati.
Captain Ad Storm, at the wharf boat,
is her agent.
The Ike Bonham has been chartered
by Captain John +. Krsnz, of New
Orleans, to run between that city and
Grand Isle Hotel.
The e. W. Cole, in good condition,
has been successfully launched at
Davenport, Iowa, where she has been
aground since the freeze up.
The new towboat Iron Cliff, Just
completed at Pittsburg, went into
service day before yesterday. and is to
be employed in the brick yard trade.
At Pittsburg another portion of
Dam No. is reported as having gone
out, and, as a consequence, boats are
having great trouble from low water
in pool No. 3.
John Clemens the we'll known dis
I charging clerk at st. Louis is running
the river department of the Post
Dispatch during the absence of Com
modore R%ollingpin.
The inspection station at Vicks.
burg is now established below the city,
at the same point where it was last
season. Boats coming above that port
must be provided with inspection Ger
~tiicates.
The Memphis and Ohio river packet
company have succeeded in making
arrangements by which they can fur
nish round trip tickets from Cincin-
natl to Eureka Springs at the low rate
of$3 40; tickets good for 40 days.
The Josie Harry will be found in
port this afternoon, and is the mail
packet leaving Saturday evening for
all points on White river through 10
J%acksoDport, connecting with light
draught p.ckots for upper White and
Black rivers,