Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-18


RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per Golden Crown, from New Or
leans, 10 hhds sugar, 30 bbls molasses.
Per 0sceola Belle, from Osceola, 3
bales cotton, 3 head cattle.
Per James Lee, from Friars Point,
20 bales cotton, 81 SKIS cotton seed.
Per John A. Scudder. from New
Orleans, 70 bbls rice, 30 baskets cham
payne.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Pleasant weather.
The nights are quite cool.
The Paris G. Brown is the next 90"
line packet due up.
Idlewild, for Arkansaw City, at 5
pm. tomorrow.
A more rapid decline of the river
has set in at this point.
The Centennial is to leave New Or
leans this evening for st. Louis.
The Chas. Morgan, for New Or
leans, passed Vicksburg last evening.
The Golden Rule will be due down
Friday on her way to New Orleans.
The w. p. Halliday is to leave St.
Louis this evening for New Orleans.
The Rene Ma3ready had a fair trip
out last evening for st. Francis river.
The Greyhound left this morning
with a tow Of empties, for the Ohio
river.
Business to-day is mostly confined
to local packets, four being announced
to leave this evening.
The Oakland and John Dippold.
with barges, passed down last night,
bound for New Orleans.
The U. P. Schenck arrived at New
Orleans yesterday, and the Mary
Houston left there for the Ohio.
Pilots found completely color blind
can receive licenses to act on vessels
known to inspectors not to be engaged
in day time.
Captain A.. J. Carriers fne Anchor
line packet John A.. Scudder is an
nounced to pass up at 3 pm. to-day
on her way to Cairo and st. Louis.
The Josie Harry will arrive to-
morrow, and is the mail packet leav-
ing Saturday for White river.
The Belle Memphis left Vicksburg
yesterday, and passes here Friday at
10 am. on her way to St. Louis.
The Will Kyle arrived at Cincinnati
yesterday, and the Cons Millar left
there last evening for this port.
Captain Randall is having the Mike
Davis thoroughly overhauled and put
in irst-class order for the dull season.
The Ben Franklin departed last
evening for Cincinnati with 500 bales
Of cotton and a good list OF sundries.
The golden Crown with about 400
tons of freight and a big list of people,
passed up last night five days out from
New Orleans.
The Guiding Star has laid up for
the present, and the Golden City
leaves Cincinnati this evening in her
place.
Birds floating operahouse is at
Helena, where an exhibition is given
to-day and tomorrow. She will be
up here about Monday next.
The John A.. Scudder, three days
fifteen hours out from New Orleans
with 200 tons freight and 80 cabin pas
sengers, arrived this morning and lies
here to clean out boilers. She pro
ceeds to st. Louis this afternoon.
At a conference day before yester.
day between Captain Miller and par
ties interested in matters of the steam.
err Guiding Star, it was decided that
the boat be sold through the courts
with a view to the settlement of her
affairs.
Captain John D. Conover, whose
death occurred at Salem, Ind, a few
days ago, was at one time engineer of
the famous Louisville and New Or
leans steamer Eclipse, and commanded
the government snagboat DeRussey
several years ago.
The ocean steamer Gresham, while
starting from New Orleans on Monday
last for Hamburg, with 1900 bushels
OF corn struck broadside against a
barge and soon afterwards sunk. The
vessel was valued at 800, 900, the car
60 at $40 900 and insured.
The local inspectors have received
a petition from Captain Elish Evans
and others, asking that the license of
Engineer Lawrence Rozell, which
was revoked a short time ago for in
temperate habits, be renewed, he hav-
ing promised to reform. The matter
is under consideration.
In the alarming bulletin sent out
several weeks ago by General Hazen,
the probability man. at Washington,
it was stated that a.general overflow
was to take place in this section be-
tween the LIST and 10Th of Nav, but it
is past that time now and no overflow
yet. with the waters receding rapidly
here and all points north. Some low
places we're submerged, that is all.
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