Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-27

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235 SKIS cotton seed.
Per Dean Adams, from Arkansaw
City-319 bales cotton, 8 bags seed
cotton, 191 SKIS cotton seed.
Per Ste. Geneyieve, from st. Louis
-465 bbls -four, 30 bbls meal, 1873
pigs lard, 227 rolls bagging, 60 bales
hay, 10 head cattle, 1871 bales cotton,
bags seed cotton, 1876 pkgs sun
dries.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cloudy, with light rains,
Good work, low prices, this Office.
Drift catchers are reaping a harvest.
The rise will soon cease at this
point.
Only a light business doing at the
landing.
The packets leaving yesterday had
good trips out.
The Mississippi is rising at all points
south of St. Louis.
The Il. w. Cole is due down to-day,
en- route to Vicksburg.
The Henry Frank leaves Helena
this evening for New Orleans.
Another heavy rain will put the
evee in an excellent condition.
The Mark Twain will be here to
leave tomorrow for Hale's Point.
The Commonwealth will leave st.
Louis in place Of the disabled Jno. B.
Mande.
The John A.. Scudder was expected
to pass up this forenoon on her way
to st. Louis.
The Grand Tower, John d. Maude
and W. P. Halliday all arrived at St.
Lonis yesterday.
The Josie Harry will be here to-
morrow and is the mail packet leaving
Saturday for White river.
Music books, magazines, illustrated
papers, etc., bound at the PUBrIC
LEDGER bindery, IL Madison street
-Four feet Of water is reported over
Portland bar and three and a half feet
at Puppy creek where the channel is
cutting out.
The little sternwheel steamer Head
light, with a fair trip of freight con
signed to Helena, passed down yestor-
day without landing.
The Coahoma is the mail packet
lea wing tomorrow evening fer Osce-
ola, and the James Lee leaves for
Helena and Friars Point.
Hal. Aydlet went out yesterday Sec
ond clerk of the Hard Cash in place Of
Joseph Postal, who stopped off on ac-
count of the illness of his wife.
Captain W. @. Hardwick returned
home yesterday on the steamer Belle
Shreveport, He has engaged a large
supply of corn for his patrons south.
The City of Providence will be up
tonight from Vicksburg, and is the
Anchor Line packet eaving here to-
morrow evening for Cairo and st.
Louis.
The Gold Dust. from St. Louis,
arrived at VicksOurg yesterday and
left there at loon to-day with a return
trip. She will PISS here Saturday at
10 am.
The government steamer General
Barnard had her chimneys knocked
down on Monday last while endeavine
to pass under the west span of the St.
Louis bridge.
When the Cherokee, from White
river, passed Vicksburg, she had 2l92
bales of cotton, and 24OO SKIS of cotton
seed; 229 bales of this amount she
took on at Vicksburg.
Major John d. Adams has pur-
chased the Bradish johnson. and will
place her in the trade above Vicks.
burg. She has of late beef, running
in the Alabama river.
The Ohio river steamer Fashion
had twenty timbers broken nigh
before last by striking a hidden lol
while crossing Fallen Run Bar. Shit
will go on the ways for repairs.
The Belle Memphis, in command o
Captain l. H.. Mckee, is the Anchor
Line packet leaving here at 10 am
tomorrow for V~icksburg and all wa.
landings. Henry Corbyn is her polit,
clerk.
Lieut.. Black, the officer in charge o
Davis Island, is reported as havin.
stated he would commence the worl
Of removing the CofFer-dam the latte
part of the week Every effort is be
ing made to get it out Of the way a
soon as possible.
Captain Ernest, United States en-
gineer, in his reply to tue protest Q
-
the pilots against his proposed i'm
provements in the river at Twin Hol
low, urges the necessity Of the wOr
for various reasons-one among Their
that it will shorten the chaunel fou