Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-04
RIVER IITELLIGRNCE.

Steamer City of Alton, Cairo
James Howard, New Orleans.
Dyersburg, Dyersburg.
Mark Twain, Dyersburg.
IN PORT.
Josie Harry, G. w. Cheek, James Lee
0sceola Belle.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per Josie Harry, from Arkansas
City-209 bales cotton, 100 bags seed
cotton, 100 sacks cotton seed, 800 bbls
oil and 80 pkgs sundries.
Per James Lee, from Friar's Point
-329 bales cotton, II bags seed cotton,
562 SKIS cotton seed, ia bbls oil and 6
head cattle.
Per Osceola Belle, from 0sceola-
100 bales cotton, bags seed cotton
and SO SKIS cotton seed.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
The river at this point is on the de-
cline, and at noon to-day,
there was 10 feet 6 inches on the
gauge. The Ohio is rising at
Pittsburg, with Z feet 10 inches on the
gauge. At Cincinnati it fell 10 inches,
with Is feet Z inches on the gauge. AT
Louisville it rose 4 inches, with 8
feet 2 inches in the canal. At Cairo
it fell l foot II inches, with % feet 1
inch on the gauge. The Mississippi,
at st. Louis is ON a stand, with z feet
10 inches on the gauge. The Cumber-
land, at Nashville, rose 6inches, with
IL feet N the gauge. The Ten
nessee, at Chattanooga rose 46 inches,
with 10 feet A inches on the gauge. Red
river, at Shreveport rose 2 inches,
with il feet II inches on the gauge.
Arkansas river is on a stand, with 2
feet on the gauge at Little Rock.
White river is in good a boatable
condition.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cool weather again.
River falling rapidly,
A little animation in business to-
day.
Another coal boat rise at Pitts
burg.
The Eldorado, it is said, will prove
a total loss.
Navigation is again suspended at
Louisville and above.
Ice is again running at Cairo, but
not enough to do any damage.
Mr.. Fred Jones has been appointed
bill clerk of the Josie Harry.
The Paris G. Brown is due down
to morrow, bound for New Orleans.
The Virgie Lee, en- route to Cincin-
natl, passed Evansville last evening.
The Andy Baum and James W.
Gaf arrived at Cincinnati yesterday.
The Charles P. Chouteau, from this
port, arrived at New Orleans yester-
day.
The Future City and bnrges left
New Orleans last evening, bound for
Cairo.
The Thompson Dean is laid up at
the head Of the Louisville and Port
land canal.
No packets running at Cincinnati
on account OF the fast making ice, the
river being full oft.
The General Lyle is being repaired
at the Madison ways, and will come
off as good as new.
The Dyersburg and Mark Twain
both got away last eYening Tor Obion
and Forked Deer rivers.
The new tug Billy Ezell. now build
ing for Messrs. Brown & Jones, is to
do service at Terrene, Miss.
The Johu R. Meigs arrived yester-
day from Greenyille, where she went
to raise the sunken survey boat Baton
Rouge.
Captain James Rees and A. l..
Cummins, late clerk of the Dean
Adams, arrived yesterday from Yicks-
burg.
Harry Galley has retired from the
position Of second clerk Of the Cons
Millar and has been succeeded by Tom
Boylsn.
Captain Deeriug is having the cabin
of the Ida Stockton heightened, and
she will also receive a new pair of
chimneys.
The Katie Hooper is the regular
packet leaving tomorrow for Pine
Bluff and all intermediate landings on
Arkansas river.
Captain N. M. Jones has the tow
boat Q. y. Sheppard in use to-day,
taking the place of the DeSoto which
is at present repairing.
The Paris G. Brown is announced
to leave here at Z am. tomorrow for
New Orleans. She belongs to the
Southern transportation line, OF
which Captain Ad Storm is agent.
The James Howard, from Cairo,
passed down this morning with about
$500 tons Of freight, one item of which
was 5000 sacks corn, taken on in Mad
rid bend. She added about 20 tons
here.
The Gold Dust is the Anchor line
packet passing down tomorrow even
ing for Nicksburg, leaving from the
company's wharfboat, loot Of Union
street.
Navigation in the Ohio river just
now isn't very profitable, when the
amount Of fuel bill is considered that
it takes to ploW through the ice and
lay up every night.