Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-02-21

high water, which will cause a food
ing Of the low lands. The Ohio is
rising rapidly at Pitts5urg, with IA
feet 4 inches on the gauge, being an
increase Of 7 feet since last report.
At Cincinnati it is falling, with 80
feet 10 inches on the gauge. AT Lou
isville it is also falling, with 10 feet in
the canal. At Cairo it continues to
rise with 40 feet 6 inches on the gauge.
The Mississippi at st. Louis is report
ed rising rapidly with over IL feet on
the gauge. The Cumberland rose 26
inches at Nashville with "a feet 5
inches on the gauge. Arkansas river
is rising rapidly, with II feet on the
gauge at Little Rock. White river is
rising, with plenty Of water from
JacksonpOrt to the mouth.
The Mary Houston, which passed
down to-day, ran through heavy ice as
far as New Madrid, and did not get
out Of it all until she reached
Island Is.
BOATS LEAVING HIS DAY.
For Friars Point, James Lee.........5 p m
Osceola, Osceola Belle~...".....5 p m
Vicksburg, City of Providence..5 . m
New Orleans, City of Greenville.8pm
" st, Louis, Ste. Genevieve.........6 p m
ARRIVED.
Steamer James Lee, Friars Point.
" Osceola Belle, Osceola.
John Dippold. Cairo.
j. b. NJ. Rehlor. st. Louis.
Mary Houston. Cincinnati.
,. Andy Baum, Cincinnati.
Salvor No. 2, New Orleans,
DEPARTED.
Steamer Josie Harry, Arkansas City.
Katie Hooper, Arkansas river.
/" James d. Parker, Cincinnati.
" Ida Stockton, Hatchie river.
John Dippold. New Orleans.
j. B. M. Kehlor, New Orleans.
Mary Houston, New Orleans.
IN PORT.
James Lee, Osceola Belle, Salvor No.2,
Andy Baum.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMER.
Per Andy Baum, from Cincinnati
1892 bbls potatoes, 1851 bbls -four, g.
bbls onions, 20 bbls apples, ZIG SKIS
bran, GA SKIS corn, 79 SKIS potatoes, 525
kegs nails, 1900 pkgs sundries.
Per j. B.. M. Kehlor, from S I. Louis
100 SKIS bran, 20 bbls beans, 10 bbls
kraut, 10 hbls onions, 925 bbls -four,
687 SKIS corn.
Per Osceela Belle, from Osceola-
1888 bales cotton, 3 bags seed cotton,
S79 SKIS cotton seed.
Per James Lee, from Friars Point
$50 bales cotton, l38. bags seed cotton,
647 SKIS cotton seed.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
Cairo, February 20: Arrived -
Andy Baum, Cincinnati, midnight.
Mary Houston, Cincinnati, 2 am.
Lioness, Memphis 3. Departed
Andy Baum, Memphis, 2 am; Belle
Shreveport and Gold Dust, st.
Louis, 6; City Of Greenville, New Or
leans, 4. River 40 feet 6 inches and
rising. Showing. Thermometer 36'.
The steamer Idlewild has been pur-
chased by Major John D. Adams, of
Little Rock, and leaves tonight for
Memphis.
Cincinnati, February 20: River 80
feet 10 inches and falling slowly.
Warmer and threatening. Arrived
Golden City, New Orleans.
Pittsburg, February 20: River IA
feet 4 inches and rising. Weather
cloudy and cool. Arrived: Andes,
$50 am; G. W. Bachelor, noon.
Departed: Andes, 4 pm.
New Orleans, February 20: No ar
rivals. Departed: John A.. Wood,
Pittsburg. Weather cloudy and cool.
Light rain this evening.
Shreveport, February 20: River
rising, Weather clear and pleasant.
Arrived: Marie Louise and Kate
Kinney, New Orleans; Caddo' Belle,
upper Red river. Departed; Ash
land, New Orleans.
Louisville, February 20: The river
fell l foot during the past "a hours,
and is falling this evening, with Is
feet in the canal and II feet in the
chute on the falls. Business good.
Weather partly clear and cloudy, with
indications Of rain. Arrivals and de.
partures: Hornet, coast to coast; Vir-
gle Lee, Cincinnati to Memphis; Chas.
Morgan, Cincinnati to New Orleans;
Granite State, Pittsburg to St. Louis;
Rainbow, Henderson.
Evansville, February 20: Arrived,
James w. Gaf, 10 O'Clock; Thompson
Dean, 10 p Golden Rule, 7 am.
Departed, Gsf, midnight; Thompson
Dean, New Orleans, l pm. River
stationary; 80 feet 8 inches. Wind
from the south. Light snow since
dark.
St. Louis, February 20: Arrived
-
New Belle Memphis, Commonwealth
and City of Helena, Cairo. Departed
Mono River rising ranidlv hut boU