Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-28
REcEIprs pER srEAMERs.

AANkA ~ 80 49, ]
lar packets.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per Katie Hooper, from Arkansas
river, 5ll bales cotton, Ia bags seed
cotton, 706 cotton seed.
Per 0sceola Belle, from Osceola, so
bales cotton, 3 bags seed cotton, 494
sacks cotton seed.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cold and clear.
Business only moderate.
The Ohio is rising again at Pitts
burg.
Katie Hooper, for Arkansas river.
tomorrow. i
The ice which passed here last week
reached Vicksburg.
The Yint Shinkle leaves Cincinnati
this evening forthls port.
The Paris G. Lrown, from New Or
leans, arrived at Cincinnati last even
ing.
The Ohio river at Cincinnati was
full of ice, extending from shore to
shore.
Amos Day, late of the Dean Adams,
went out yesterday bill clerk Of the
Josie Harry.
The Mary Houston, on her way to
Cincinnati, passed Vioksburg yester-
day morning.
The Kountz line steamer Mollie
Moore left New Orleans yesterday for
Pittsburg.
The Belle Shreveport, which passed
down yesterday, added 1000 SKIS Of
corn below Cairo.
The Charles Morgan, from Cincin-
natl, passed Vicksburg yesterday,
bound for New Orleans.
The Gold Dust left Vicksburg yes
terday, and is due here Sunday Fore
noon, bound for Cairo.
The Henry Frank, for this port,ar d
the Port Eads and baIges, for ST
Louis, left New Orleans yesterday.
The James Lee, for Friars Point,
and the Josie Harry, Tor Arkansas
City, departed last evening with good
trips.
The Belle Shreveport completed
her repairs and left last evening for
New Orleans loaded fat. She did
nothing here.
Captain NJ. S. Williams has char
tered the Josephine Spenqler to Iun
in tho Greenville trade as a semi
weekly packet.
Captain AL Smiths upper White
river packet Winnie came up from Il e
docks yesterday, and leaves this even
ing for that stream.
The Future CITY, from Cairo, passed
down yesterday, alter add ne barge st.
Louis, loaded with 67l2 sacks oil cake
and 299 barrels of oil.
The Commonwealth, in command of
Captain j. y. Crane, is the Anchor
line packet passing here to morrow
evening bound for Vicksburg.
The Plowboy went on the docks
yesterday for repairs to her hui, sus.
tanned a short time since by sinking in
Arkansas river below Pide Bluff.
Billy Smither, chief clerk of the
0soeola Belle, accompanied by hi
wife, returned last evening from
Evansville, after a pleasant soiourn o
a couple of weeks.
The Rene Macready will be in Sun.
day and leave on Tuesday next, hel
regular day, for all points on Ian.
guile and st Francis river through t
Wittsburg.
Mr.. II. NJ. Hills and bride, nee
Miss Ida Wise, arrived in the city las
evening to enjoy, with their man.
friends of Memphis, a few days Of tn,
honeymoon.
The Mike Davis. having met tn,
Rene Macready at Helena, concluded
not to come through to this port, bu
reshipped her Memphis freight an,
leaves Helena tomorrow for the SUM
Lands.
Under the river and harbor bill nov
being considered by the house commit
tee on commerce, the Ohio river will
receive $50 0O0, the Kanawhl 5000, G0C
the Tennessee river $780, QUO, and th'
Cumberland $4,000.
The Red Cloud, with a heavy up
stream trip, passed here yesterday
She is bound for Pittsburg. She Wa
in the cotton trade for the past tire
months, running between New Orlean
and points on White river.
Billy Mcintyre is a passenger @ u til
Golden City due down to day, an
/. bound for New Orleans. He is on hi
way to Florida to get rid of his suTplu
, cash saved from hard labor in a saw
, mill out in Gunnison county las
summer.
The great Golden City, Captain J
, D. Hegler in command, is the o. liz
Q packet passing down at 4 m. to-da
: for Vicksburg, New Orleans and tn
; bends. Captain AID Storm is be
r agent, and jim Carr passenger agent
, Captain Phineas r. Starr, tbe 'bo.
r mate, is nov stopping at the Peabod
meals and all-but will drop down
1 peg tomorrow evening, and leave her
in charge of the lower deck of the {
: w. Cheek, in the White river trad,
A brass band, composed exclusivel
Of young ladies from MichigaB,, hav
offered their services to the AnchC
/. line packet company to make a Marc
Z Gras trip on one Of their packets t
3 New Orleans. The offer should be az
o copied by all means.
The Virgie Lee, in command
Captain w. 9. Tichenor, has deferre