Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-19

gauge at Little h0ck. w hlte river is
rising at head-waters, and has a good
stage as high up as Jacksonport.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cold.
clustering.
Northwest winds.
Clear weather again.
The levee received a good washing.
Josie Harry for White river 5 pm.
The week winds up with a fair bust
ness doing.
The 0sceola Belle and James Lee
departed last evening with fair trips
Of freight.
The Mississippi river is reported
open as high up as Quincy.
Local inspectors RalstOn and Gar
rett are expected home tomorrow,
and will commence the investigation Of
the towboat Means disaster.
The Golden City, from New Or
leans, was expected to pass up this
forenoon.
The Idlewild will arrive tomorrow,
and is the mail packet leaving Mon
day evening for Arkansaw City.
The b. o. Stauard, from New Or
leans, passed up this forenoon with
out landing.
The upper Mississippi, upper Ohio,
Cumberland and Tennessee rivers are
rising.
The City of Alton from st. Louis.
arrived at New Orleans yesterday, and
the Henry Frank left there for this
port.
The Vint Shinkle for Cincinnati,
passed Evansville yesterday morning.
The Ste. Genevieve left St. Louis
last evening for this port, and leaves
here with a return trip on Monday
Dext.
The Thompson Dean arrived at st.
Louis yesterday afternoon and left
there last night in the Anchor line
lOt NtW
The Guiding Star, for Cincinnati,
and the City of Alton, for st. Louis,
leave New Orleans this evening.
A steady rain fell during the night
and the March winds whistled and
howled, shaking up river craft gener-
ally.
The Paris G. Brown, with a full
load, passed down last evening for
New Orleans doing nothing Of interest
here.
The Joe Kinney, in command Of
Captain Cartwright, is the Sunday
packet leaving at 10 I'm. for Vicks-
burg and intermediate landings.
The Anchor line steamer Colorado,
in command of Captain Sam Nc
Pheeters, is the regular packet leav-
ing at 5 pm. to day for Cairo, st.
Louis aud way landings.
The Anchor line packet Centennial,
from New Orleans, passed up last
night with 200 tons of freight. She
put off about one hundred pkgs here,
and added "a bales of cotton for st
Louis.
The cabin of the exploded towboat
John Means Aoated down yesterday
afternoon, and was caught by Brown
4 Jones tugboat DeSoto, and toweG
to shore below the foot of Bea
street.
The City of Helena, from Vicks
burg, passed up last night severa
hours behind time. She put off a 10.
cotton and stock and added 600 bale
of compressed cotton for reshipmen.
at Cairo.
Sam Fisher, one of the crew of tht
Maggie Harper who was scalded b!
the bursting of a steampipe some tim,
ago, has brought suit at Louisville t
recover $4,000.
The Ed. Richardson is now consid
cred the largest boat on western waters
taking the place of the Inflated jane
Howard.
The Savannah river is higher jus
now than it has been for the past Il
years. 1t rose "a feet in II hour
a day or two ago. and portions o
Augusta were flooded.
Billy johnson, late levee discharg
ing clerk for the Lee line, left las
night on the City Of Helena for St
: Louis, and will come out ON one of tn
Anchor line packets.
Captain j. II. McCord's glitterinI
Gold Dust is the Anchor line packe
leaving at 10a.m. tomorrow from til
company's wharfboat for Cairo an,
St. Louis. Henry Dietrich is her pc
lite clerk.
The Hard Cash, with a return triI
for this port, passes Devalls Bluff to
morrow at noon, will arrive Tuesday
and leave on Wednesday next for al
points on White river through t
. Jacksonport.
! Brown & Jones new towboat Bill
Ezell, bound for this port, is agroun,
at Island No. 10, nearly a mile out O
! the way. Assistance has been sen
them from Cairo, and the rising rive
! will probably helpthem off.
t Mr.. James Phillips, chief enginee
. of the Dean Adams, haG his han.
caught in the machinery and so seri
ously injured that amputation may b
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