Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-26

with 10 feet 5 inches on the gauge.
Red river at Shreveport rose 6 inches,
with IL feet 5 inches on the gauge.
Arkansas river is rising, with 5 feet
on the gauge at Little Rock. White
river is also rising, with a good stage
OF water from J%ackgonport to the
mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Pleasant.
River rising rapidly.
Business moderate to-day.
The Red Cloud is due up to-day
from New Orleans.
No arrivals or departures at New
Orleans yesterday.
The Josie Harry for Arkansas City
tomorrow evening.
The Annie P. Silver has laid up at
Cairo for the present.
Over 3,000,000 bushels of coal left
Pittsburg on the present rise.
Barge st. Louis is here, loaded with
OIL and cake, waiting to be towed
south.
The Belle Shreveport was expected
down this forenoon bound for New
Orleans.
The Katie Hooper is due tomorrow
and is the next boat leaving Tor Ar
kansas river.
The John Gilmore and John A.
Wood, from New Orleaus, arrived at
Cairo yesterday.
The Henry Frank, from this port,
passed Vicksburg yesterday on her
way to New Orleans.
The Granite State, from New Or
leans, passed Vicksburg yesterday
bound for P~ittsburg.
The locks Of the Louisville and
Portland canal are submerged and all
boats have to go over the falls.
The Charles Morgan, with a big
trip of both freight and people, passed
down last evening for New Orleans,
doing nothing OF interest here.
The Yirgie Lee, for this port, passed
Evansville at noon YESTERDAY ', Is due
here tomorrow evening and leaves
Friday with a return trip for t'ae Ohio.
Captain George Clark, of the tow
boat Jay Gould, is lying i'll at the
Peabody hotel. His boat passed up
this forenoon on her way to Cairo and
st. Louis.
The George w. Cheek will be in to-
morrow, and in charge of Captain
Kinman will leave Saturday in place
Of the Josie Harry for all points on
White river through to Jacksonport.
The James w. Calf departed last
evening for Cincinnati with ga bales
cotton, lilo bbls oil, 498 bdls cotton
ties, $50 bales batting, Is tons old iron.
81 bales paper stock and a good lot of
people.
Several upward bound boats have
been detained at Paducah on ac count
OF fuel. In several instances tow
boats have been obliged to drop their
to@s and u to some port to replen-
ish their fuel.
The Mike Davis will be found in
port this afternoon receiving to leaVe
tomorrow evening for Mariana, the
Cut OF, Witsburg and all landings on
LAnguille and st. Francis rivers,
through to the sunk lands.
The Hard Cash, on her trip to this
port, passes Devalls Bluff tomorrow
morning, will arrive Sunday and leave
on Wednesday next. her regular day,
for all points on White and Little
Red rivers through to Ja~cksonport.
The Lee line steamer Osceola Belle,
in command of Captain Henry Coop
er, is the regular packet leaving at 5
pm. to-day for Osceola and all way
landings, paying prompt attention to
all business entrusted to her. John
Haley presides at the desk.
The Thompson Dean arrived last
night, and lay here until noon cleaning
out her boilers. She had about 400
tons, the principal items of which were
$500 bbls molasses, $50 hhds sugar,
AGO bbls rice, 100 bales rags, 100 tons
OF old iron, and 3O7 mahogany and
cedar logs.
The great iron steamer and cham
pion cotton carrier, Chas. P. Chou
teau, Captain VIM. Thorweigan in
command, leaves at five pm. to-day,
for Helena, Terrene, Arkansas City,
Greenville, Vicksburg, and all way
landings through to New Orleans.
Besides being a big freight carrier she
has splendid passenger accommoda-
tons, and her officers are polite and
sociable.
The elegant sidewheel passenger
steamer James Lee, Captain stacker
Lee in command, is the regular mail
packet leaving at 5 pm. to-day for
Helena, Friars Point and all interme-
date landings, paying prompt atten-
tion to all q. 0. D. and plantation
business, and connecting at Glendale
with the Mobile and Northwestern
train. Captain Lloyd w. Whitlow
presides at the desk and is assisted by
Platt Rhodes, Arthur Brown and
Willie Harrell.
The feet and elegant steamer Josie
Harry, III command of Captain Milt
r. Harry, takes the place of the Dean
Adams in the Arkansas City trade,
leaving on her initial trip to morrow
at 5 pm. for Helena, Terrene, Arkan-
sas City and all intermediate landings,
carrying the mail, paying prompt at
tention to all way and plantation bus
mess and'connecting at Arkansas City
with the Little Rock, Mississippi
River and Texas railroad; also with
the Dean Adams for Vicksburg. The
accommodations Of the Harry will be
found fully equal to any boat ever
placed in this trade. She has earned
a reputation for speed, comfort and
safety, and her officers will be found
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