Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-03

D Ieet D inches on the gauge. lied
river at Shreveport rose 2 inches,
with 20 feet 2 inches on the gauge.
Arkansaw river tell 3 inches at Lit
tie Rock, with 10 feet 3 inches on
the gauge. White and st. Francis
rivers are falling steadily.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per Josie Harry, from White river.
79 bales cotton, So SKIS cotton seed, 10
pkgs sundries.
Per james Lee, from Friars Point,
y bales cotton, 1863 sks cotton seed, 65
bbls oil.
Per Osceola Belle, from 0sceola, 81
bales cotton, ll9 SKIS cotton seed.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear and bright.
River fell ten inches.
Cool breeze this morning.
Josie Harry, for White river, at 5
pm. tomorrow.
The Will Kyle left New Orleans
last evening for Cincinnati.
The Andy Baum from this port ar
rived at Cincinnati yesterday.
The John A.Scudder from St Louis
arrived at New Orleans yesterday.
The Idlewild departed last evening
for Arkansaw City with a fair trip.
The Cons Millar is announced to
leave Cincinnati this evening for this
port.
The A. j. Baker and barges passed
down yesterday, bound for New Or
leans.
The channel at Louisville is cutting
at the foot of the falls with five feet
over the bar.
The Red Fox has proved a grand
success and puts money in the pockets
Of her owners.
The Oakland and barges from New
Orleans passed up last evening en-
route to St. Louis.
The John A. Wood, with a tow of
empty coal boats, passed up this fore
noon for the Ohio.
The citizens Of Quincy have present.
ed fine set of colors to the new Keo-
kuk packet Glen City.
The Charles Morgan has withdrawn
her advertisement IN the Cincinnati
papers, and will lay quiet for awhile.
The Belle Shreveport, from New
Orleans, and the Ste. Genevieve, from
this port, arrived at st. Louis yester-
day,
The City of Helena left Vicksburg
yesterday at noon and passes here on
Sunday at 10 a. NJ, en- route to St.
Louis.
Very low water on the upper Ohio
river, and Raccoon is said to be the
worst place steamboats, have to con-
tend with.
The Rene Macready will be in port
tomorrow morning and leaves on
Tuesday next with a return trip for 81.
Francis river.
Captain John L. Davis, the newly
appointed surveyor at the port of
P~ittsburg, took possession of the Office
day before yesterday.
On account of the rapidly falling
river, the wharfboat at Helena has
been moved down to the Arkansaw
Midland railroad depot.
The Josie Harry arrived last even
ing, bringing out Of White river l23
bales of cotton and reshipped A bales
at Terrene for New Orleans.
The Petrol is due to-day from
Quincy, Illinois, with three barges of
ice for 0Neil & Co. Captain McCor
mick is coming with the boat.
Hatchie river has been booming for
several days and if the Poitevent bad
waited a couple of weeks longer could
have come out without trouble.
The Kountz line steamer General
Tompkins, was sold by the United
States marshall at Vicksburg yester-
day, and bid in by Captain Kountz
himself for $4,000.
The New Mary Houston, in com
mand OF Captain Charlie Miller, is
expected to pass down this evening on
her way to New Orleans. Elliott
Miller is her polite clerk.
The landing in the ncighborhood of
Lake Providence wharf boat, is slid
ing into the river and Mr.. Purdy
fearing it would grow worse, removed
his warehouse to a safe locality.
The Iron Mountain arrived at New
Orleans yesterday with several barges
containing 252,0 900 bushels of bulk
wheat which is the heaviest cargo Of
the same ever taken into that port.
The Golfer dam on the upper Ohio
that surrounds the lock at Davis
island dam, will be torn away in a few
days, and the locks he thrown oper,
to be used as an open channel while
the dam is being built,
VIM. Moloughney, one of the rep
re~sentatives of Q. b. Bryan u Co. $
coal interests at the river, was mar
ried last evening to Miss Mary i
Moore, Of this city. The ceremony
took place at st. Peters church, in the
presence of a host of friends of the
young couple.
Opposition seems to be the order Of
the day in 0uachita river. The Qua
ehita transportation company have
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