Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-27
MISCELLANEOUS.


The Rene Macready, for Helena, at
pm.
No change in the condition Of the
Ohio at Pittsburg.
A rise of 10 inches is reported at
Cairo for yesterday.
About eight feet of water between
st. Louis and Cairo.
The Dean Adams, for Arkansaw
City, had a good trip out.
Graves of soldiers killed in a fight
at Sanchez. Cal, have been violated.
United States Training ship, Sara.
toga, went ashore on Prudent Island.
Sheriff Jno. Lommie was killed by
Ed. and Lem Maxwell, at Hamburg,
I'll.
The Henry Frank, from New Or
leans, passed Vicksburg Sunday mid
night.
Per Rene Macready, from Helena:
III bales cotton, AZ bags seed cotton,
250 sacks cotton seed.
The Hard Cash will be in tonight
and leave tomorrow evening with a
return trip for White river.
The Will Kyle and Chas. p. Chou
teau passed Vicksburg Sunday even
ing, bound for New Orleans.
The local packets Dean Adams,
Hard Cash and Josie Harry, it is said,
will 0 o have the electric lights.
The John B. Maude brought in
1926 packages Of freight and returned
to st. Louis last night flying light.
The Annie P. Silver, with 700 tons
cffreight, passed up yesterday after
noon. She discharged here $50 pack
ages.
The James Lee and Coahoma de-
parted with good trips, and will be
back to leave again tomorrow even
ing.
1t is said that the barge lines at
Pittsburg arc going to consolidate.
Their steamers arc new and powerful
boats.
The John Gilmore laid here all day
yesterday, cleaning out her boilers,
and in the evening proceeded to St.
Louis.
1t is slow work, but Captains Ma
guire and Postal will peg away at the
wreck o thc Idlewild until they have
it removed.
The Ste. Genevieve loft St. Louis
last evening for this port, and will be
here to leave Thursday evening with
a return trip.
The foods of the upper Mississippi
will not be materially felt at or below
this point, though we may get a foot
or two more of a rise.
Captain j. Fl. Griffith has resigned
the elerkship of the Fannie rs tum,
and goes to Louisville to take com.
mand eta Green river packet.
The electric light is being pretty
generally used this season, and almost
every day we hear of some boat
making this needed improvement.
Several boat hulls and barges are ly-
inc at the Pittsburg boatyards for
want Of water to get them away, and
this retards the progress of building.
Per City of Greenville, from St.
Louis, 10 bales cotton, 223 pkgs lard,
10 barrels apples, 5 barrels kraut,
2 boxes eggs, 2 boxes chickens.
Governor Blackburn, of Kentucky,
has appointed viii S. Hays a delegate
to the River Improvement Convention
which is to be held at st. Louis 0cto-
Der 18th.
The Tiger, in command of Captain
William Flowers, leaves this evening
for Cottonwood and all way landings
on the upper coast. Neil Booker is
her chief clerk.
Per Annie p. Silver, from New Or
boxes tin, 100 cases coffee
mills, ID barrels rosin, 40 cases sar-
dimes, 20 boxes r%aisins, 10 cases wine,
81 packages sundries.
The Marine Engineers Assaeiation,
of Cincinnati, was well represented in
the procession in that city yesterday,
the occasion being the funeral of the
late President Garfield.
The Anchor Line packets City of
Greenville and City of Vicksburg
both passed here on time this forenoon.
The City of Greenville, for Vicks-
burg, added about 40 tons.
Mrs. Jennie Dukes, vile OF Wan.
Dukes, Waterman of the Anchor
Line wharf boat, died on Saturday
last Of that dread disease, consump
ton, and was buried Sunday.
Captain A. j. McConnell's splendid
steamer. Carrier, will pass down this
evening under the auspices Ofthe An
Choir Line for Vicksburg, New Orleans
and the bends.
The new gates for the middle locks
Of the Louisville canal were Hoated by
the rise and will be put in place dur
ing the present week. Their draught
of water is Z feet, and the weight of
each gate is so tons.
Captain Nathan Kaffer, an old
steamboatman, has built a snagboat at
Jackson, Miss, and with it is cleaning
Pearl river of all distractions. When
last heard of, he was at Byrum,
about seventeen miles below and doing
good work.
The 0sceola Belle will not leave for
Osceola to morrow, as announced in
the Appeal river column. Her de-.
molished hull lies in the water down
about Fort Pickering and her ma
chinery on the levee at the foot OIL
Jefferson street.
The Illinois Central railroad man.
agement are searching for a solid bot.
tom in the Ohio river at Cairo, OF
which to erect piers for a bridge. Tit
ohj'ct is to do that part of the worl
while the river is low, aud they desir,