Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-21

river remains unchanged, there being
about q inches between J~acksonport
and Augusta, and 3 feet over shoal
places below.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear and warm.
Getting dusty again.
River rose two inches.
Arkansaw river rising again.
Packets are being detained by fog.
A fair business doing at the land
ing.
Some little improvement noted in
the Ohio.
The Golden Crown is loading at
Cairo for New Orleans.
The Annie P. Silver leaves New
Orleans this evening for St. Louis.
Colonel Silverthorn, of the Evans
vile Journal, is reported seriously i'll.
From present indications the Ohio
will continue low for several weeks
yet. .
The Belle Shreveport is announced
to leave St. Louis this evening for
New Orleans.
That bar at the mouth of Red river
is a great obstacle to the navigation
of that stream.
Captain Ed Nowland left this morn
ing by rail to bring the Marlin Speed
from Mound City.
A child of Pilot Mart Hampton, of
the Silyerthorn, died on board the
boat a few days since.
The H. j. Dickey left st. Louis last
evening for this port with another
good cargo Of produce.
The local packets brought in this
morning 667 bales cotton, - bags
SEED cotton, z7l8 SKIS cotton seed.
The City of Providence left St.
Louis last night and passes here Fri
day at 10 am. on her way to Vicks-
burg.
A new seven foot channel is rO-
ported at Birds Bend. 1t goes into
the middle ofthe field above Birds
house.
The Dean Adams will be in to.
morrow morning and leave in the
evening with a return trip for Arkan
saw City.
Steamers while in port will continue
their flags at half. mast until alter the
funeral ceremonies of the late Presi-
dent Garfield.
The new locks Of the Louisville and
Portland canal were closed yesterday
for repairs. Boats can pass through
the old locks.
B. b. Wilkins fell from the tow
boat Octavia at Metropolis while
overseeing the loading Of some barges
and was drowned.
The rise in the Kanawha river will
cause a suspension in the work of
blasting the bed Of the Indiana chute
over the falls at Louisville.
Captain John Mcclure, of the
wrecking boat T. Il. Eckert, is here to
remove the wreck of the Idlewild, and
is to commence work at once.
The Ste. Genevieve will arrive to-
morrow morning and is the regular
Anchor Line packet leaving tO-mor-
row evening for Cairo and st. Louis.
The Henry Frank is announced to
leave New Orleans on Friday next for
this port and she and the Ohouteau
will continue in the trade throughout
the season.
Mr.. James p. Devens, who was
steward on the Golden Rule last sea
son, died at Allegheny City, Pa, on
Saturday last, leaving a wife and son
nearly grown.
A new invention for hosting and
lowering steamboat chimneys is now
on exhibition on the steamer New
Ohio, at Cincinnati, aud is said to be
Just the thing
The John 0vertou is expected to
come off the docks at Paducah on
Friday, when she will return here to
resume her ferry business between
this port and Mound City.
The full extent of the levee last
night was lit up by the powerful
electric light ofthe Chas. P. Chouteau
and the wreck Of the IdIewild could
eseen plainly by visitors to the bluff.
The wreeking boat T.. +. Eckert,
succeeded in raising the wharfboat
recently sunk at Lake Providence, and
is taking it to New Orleans where it
is to be placed on the docks and over
hauled.
Captain Dugan, Of the wrecking
boat 4. Il. Eckert, has a contract to
raise the Liverpool iron steamer
Gresham, sunk near the New Orleans
elevator last spring. She was valued
at Sl50,009.
The Rene Macready departed last
evening for Helena with Captain Il.
P. Order in command. Wash Floyd
in the office and Pilots John B.
McCune and Charley Parish in charge
of the wheel.
Captain Lew Hates elegant steamer
Will Kyle is announced to pass down
at 5 pm. to-day for Vicksburg, New
Orleans and the bends. James Alex.
ander is her polite clerk and Captain
AID Storm at the wharfboat is agent
The staamar VsnEtter now +