Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-15

The Hard Oa9h Tor White river
departed last evening with a fair trip.
Tho Colorado and II. j. Dickey,
from this port, arrived at st. Louis
yesterday.
The National Board of Health
steamer, II. II. Benner, is a drug on
the market.
Nearly ~ inches Of rain fell at
Vicksburg yesterday, which is the
first in five weeks.
st. Louis reports very little bulk
grain moving, and package freight dull
to points south. Ell
Fourteen inches reported at Puppy
creek, where the Louisville and Hem
derson packets have to swap trips.
The Rene Macrsady departed last
evening for 0sceola with a fair trip,
and will be back to leave again to-
morrow.
The John L. Rhodes left st. Louis
last evening for this port and will
leave here on Saturday evening with n
return trip.
Captain John Lynn King, an old
steamboatman, died in lei eesport on
Saturday last in the sixty-third year
Of his age.
Nine feet of water reported between
st. Louis and st. Paul, and the Gem
City and War Eagle have resumed
their weekly trips.
The Annie p. Silver, which passed
here on Monday last, got on a mud
lump at Rosedale, and was pushed of
by the Dean Adams.
Captain Dick DePrieste, of the Ap-
peal, arrived this morning, a passenger
on the Dean Adams. He looks very
much improved By his trip.
The Marcus Collins will be off the
docks and ready for business by Satur.
day, aRd leave for st. Francis river on
Tuesday next, her regular day.
The Montana, which lett st. Louis
on Monday last, under the auspices 81
the Anchor Line, will pass down to-.
morrow en- route to New Orleans.
The levee was a deserted place at
dark last evening. The only boats at
the landing were the wreck of the
ldlewild and the sunken ferry dock.
On Tuesday last Mr.. W. B. Maiden.
an old river man, died at the residence
Of his o in Cincinnati, in the Seth
year of his age. The funeral took
place yesterday.
The condition of the IdleWild re-
mains the same. No material change
during the past twenty-four hours"
except a slight rise of the water
around the wreck.
A little fisticuf took place on the
leVee yesterday afternoon between a
steamboat mate and watchman, and
afforded amusement for the rousta-
bouts standing around.
The burn. district of Arkansaw
City is being rapidly rebuilt, and ere
long that portion laid in ashes a short
while ago will be filled up with new
and substantial buildings. rs
The steamer John G. Fletcher, re-
Gently purchased at Little Rock by
the White brothers, Of Shreveport,
has started for her new field Of labor,
with Captain A. Drinkwater at the
wheel.
Mr.. Alfred Dixon, steward of the
Bright Light, not being used to the
climate OF the Sunny South" took in
few chills, and was suffering from the
effects of the same when his boat
passed here yesterday.
The Commonwealth, 10 command of
Captain j. c. Crane, is the Anchor
Line packet leaving here at 10 a. m.
tomorrow for all points on the lower
river as far as y~icksburg. William
Fitzgerald is her chief clerk.
The snagboat @. B. Reese is in
Arkansaw river neal the mouth work
ing her way up; and the snagbOat
John r. Meigs is in White river near
Newport Work on L'Anguille and
st. Francis rivers is to be commenced
at once.
The United States snagboat Wich-
ita, wich is TO work in the Arkansaw
river, above Fort Smith, is almost
completed. She will be commanded
by Captain Joe Evins, Of D~ardanelle,
who is experimenting the construc-
ton of the boat.
Captain George Lenox's elegant
Anchor Line packet, City Of Provi-
dence, will be up tonight, and loave
from the foot of Union street to
morrow at 10 a. m. for Cairo and st.
Louis. Frank Perkins and Jimmie
McMeen are her polite clerks.
The new steamer j. R. Woodson,
built for Captain l.. P. Drake, and to
be used in the lower ArkansaW river,
draws only IL inches of water aud is
1876 feet long, 80 feet beam, 3! feet
hold, with 2 engines aud 10 inch cyl
inders. Her freight capacity is about
800 bales cotton.
Lee Cummins, jr., Of the Dean
Adams, has been quite i'll since the
boat loft here on Monday last. 1t
was thought he had a congestive chill
Tuesday night, from the effects of
which he has not recovered. He was
taken home this morning, where he
will receive good nursing.
The Coahoma, due yesterday morn
ing did not get in until eight o'clock
last night, the cause Of her delay was
grounding at Norfolk Monday night,
where she remained eight hours, and
on her return the machinery got out
OF fix. She will lose O, trip and go out
tomorrow at her regular hour.
The Chas. P. Chouteau is announced
to leave St. Louis this evening for