Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-13
MISCELLANEOUS

sugar, ~ Dds rice, III Dale5 cotton,
16 pkgs sundries.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Warmer.
Navigation resumed.
Business little brighter to-day.
The river is rising at this point.
Ice rotten to-day, and less IN guam
tity.
More life and animation on the leveC
to-day.
The river here will be free of ice by
tonight.
Thawing fast and quite muddy at
the landing.
The james Lee for Friars Point
this evening.
A heavy frost fell at New Orleans
night before last.
Cairo may now be considered the
head Of navigation.
A seventeeninch rise is reported at
Cairo for yesterday.
The ice in the Ohio is very heavy
and moving rapidly.
A breaking up of the ice is looked
for in the upper Mississippi.
1t is probable that the VIM. Fagsr
will be rebuilt at Louisville.
Captain Rafe Hicks is in the city
but very much under the weather.
The Cumberland river is falling
again, and the Tennessee is rising.
The Josie Harry, for Arkansas City
and White river, on Saturday, 4 pm.
No arrivals or departures at Cairo
yesterday, and very little ice running.
The Charles P. Chcutoau, from
Helena, arrived at New Orleans yes
terday.
The K. L. Norton and barges are al
Mhoon's landing tied UP on account Of
the ice.
The John Gilmore and barges passed
Vicksburg Tuesday night bound fol
Cairo and st. Louis.
The ice gorge in White river is re-
ported broken, and that stream in
good condition for navigation.
The gorge at Three Mile island
broke yesterday morning, and the
danger about Evansville is said to be
over.
Captain Reese, of Pittsburg.is build.
ing a new tug for Messrs. Brown &
Jones, the extensive coal dealers Of
this city.
The Belle Shreveport will probably
leave Cairo this evening for New
Orleans, to be followed by the w. p
Halliday.
The Guiding Star is at work sheath
ing her bow, in order to fight the ict
to Cairo. and, if possible, through t
Cincinnati.
The Annie P. Silver, from New
Orleans, passed V~icksburg yesterday
and is due here tomorrow evening
enroute to Cairo.
The United States steamer Hitch.
cock left Vicksburg for ,Greenville, tC
assist in raising the surveyboat Baton
Rouge, sunk at that point.
Captain Burton, of the Helena
wharfboat, was a passenger up on the
Frank, and will, for a few days, be
mingling with his many friends.
Captain Sam Hilzheim, agent at
Pine Bluff for the Memphis and Ar
kansas river packet company, is 10
the city mingling with his friends.
John Kyle, one OF the clerical force
of the John Il. Moore, came up on the
Henry Frank, and will settle up some
outstanding business of the Moore.
The Thompson Dean will not be
taken in the Southern transportation
hue, but will run as an independent
packet, and will not, as they say, cut
rates.
The big tow-boat, Jos. B Williams,
from New Orleans, arrived at the foot
of the island day before yesterday and
tied up to await the running out Of
the ice.
The Henry Frank arrived last night
from New Orleans, and as there is DO
cotton ready for shipment at points
below here, will lay over until Tues.
day next.
The gorge in the Ohio river. at
Shawneetown, broke yesterday after
noon and heavy ice is expected to pass
Cairo by tomorrow morning. No
boat will leave Cairo until this heavy
ice run ouL.
The legal representatives of Henry
Nj. Shreve are to be paid $4,000 for
his invention of the steam s~nagboat, a
! committee of congress having again
reported fayorably on a bill presented
for that purpose.
The Jay Gould, with barges 80, 96,
Andy johnson, and Gordon, was at
V~i9ksburg last night on her way from
New Orleans to St, Louis, Her cargo
consists Of 667 tons of iron, 275 tons Of
salt, 262 casks of soda ashland 400bbls
Of Venetian red.
The gay 0sceola Belle, In command
of Captain Henry Cooper, resumes
her trips tomorrow in the 0soeola
trade, leaving at IL m. sharp. Billy
SmitheF. assisted by John Haley and
Hugh FomiiRsoB, are her polite
clerks.
The Josie Harry, leaving Saturday,
will be the only boat leaving here this
week for points below Friars Point
and passengers and shippers should
make a note Of this. The Harry goes
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