Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-16

Plenty of weather items, but very
little river news.
The Will Kyle for New Orleans
left Cincinnati last evening.
Transient packets are doing the
bulk Of the business to-day.
Idlewild for Arkansaw City is the
only local packet leaving this evening.
The Dyersburg departed last even
ing for 0bion and Forked Deer rivers.
Work on the new elevator at the
foot of Washington street is progress
ing favOrably.
The John Gilmore with 4 barges
passed down at 4o'clork this morning
for New Orleans.
The John Porter grounded a cou-
pie OF her barges at Point Pleasant,
below VicksbuIg.
Navigation in Obion and Forked
Deer rivers will cease for awhile, bus
mess having played out.
The Golden City, Captain Hegler
commanding, is due down this even
ing bound for New Orleans.
Harry Galley, late chief clerk of
the Ben Franklin, is coming down
second clerk Of the Vint Shinkle.
The James Lee and 0sceola Belle
will be in tonight, and are the local
packets leaving tomorrow evening.
The towboat Pacific left Pittsburg
Tuesday with six barges of steel rails,
part of which is consigned to this port.
The Jennie S%tinson, which has
been running in upper White river,
is to be converted into a floating saw
mill.
A dispatch received, states that tho
Josie Harry will be here tonight and
leave at her regular hour Saturday for
White river.
Jack Fleming an old sailor and ship
carpenter, fell off the whariboat at the
stone depot at Cairo day before yester-
day and was drowned.
The City Of Alton for st. Louis
passed up last evening, putting of
about $50 pkgs, cleaning out boilers
and adding 400 bbls Of potatoes.
Captain James II. Pepper, accom-
panied by his estimable wife has left
Hot Springs and will go to the noun
tains Of Colorado. He is improving
slowly in health.
The New Mary Houston, in com
mand of Captain Charlie Miller, is
due up to-day en- route to Cincinnati.
+. +. Miller and Charles Stowell arc
her polite clerks.
The Gold Dust from Vicksburg,
arrived at st. Louis yesterday, and
the Colorado for this port, also the
John A. Scudder for New Orleans left
there last evening.
The Golden Rule Pilot, published
on the steamer Golden Rule, has ceased
its publication for the season, and it,
editor will spend his vacation at The
pleasure gardens of Cincinnati.
There is plenty of water at Louis
vile for boats to run the falls. Tn,
new gates in the canal are about ready
for the old locks which are being
dredged out and put in working
order.
The Annie P. Silver, from st. Louis
and loaded fiat passed down at 8 am
without landing. Several passenger
we're here in waiting and will probably
take the Golden City, due down thi,
evening.
Captain John Porter's new towboa.
building at Pittsburg will have stee
boilers, steel shaft, steel wrists, stee
7 heads and steel piston rod. Thu
hull will be launched about the mid
die of July.
Now that the Kentucky river i
being improved, it would be in ordeI
for the authorities at Frankfort to re
move the obstruction at that point
known as the foot bridge, in orde
that steamers a reach the city wharf
The Louisville and Cincinnati U. S
mail line company have bought anC
reitted the Hornet and are building
a steamer at Madison and severa
barges expressly for the Kentuck.
river trade, at an expense of $6O,OOU
The New Orleans States is authorit,
that the big bet Of $4,000 on the j
NJ. White has been accepted by Cap
tain w. f. Davidson, owner Of tn
new Gem City, of the st. Louis an,
st. Paul trade, and an interesting rae
may be looked for.
The barge containing compresse,
cotton and oil cake sunk last white
at the foot of Jefferson street is nov
about 10 feet under water and badl
broken. As soon as the river fall
sufficiently Captain Bob Speed wit
? the Salvor No. 2 will save what h
can Of the wreck.
Pilot G. f. Owens, of the And
Baum, reports two sunken coal boat
> in the channel and very much in th
way. They lie abreast of the first bi
white house above Sam Hildredth'i
halfa mile above Craig's bar. The
are out at a six foot stage, and pilot
should run on the Indiana side {
a them.
Two of the finest of the large fee
of Anchor line packets are due her
tonight, and leaves from the foot
Union street at 10 o'clock Tomorrow