Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-17
RIVER IHTELLIGEEUR.
noLrs LEAVING rH1s nay.

Steamer Belle Memphis.
" Mary Houston, New Orleans.
Golden City, Cincinnati.
" James w. Gaf, Cincinnati.
City Of Providence, st. Louis.
James Lee, Friar's Point.
Osceola Belle, 0sceola.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Idlewild, Arkansaw City.
Mary Houston, Cincinnati.
Golden City, New Orleans.
" Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
City of Providence, Vicksburg.
A. j. Baker, st. Louis.
IN PORT.
james Lee, Osceola Belle, James w.
Gaf, Josie Harry, Phase.
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
At noon to-day the reading Of the
gauge was 16 feet s inches, or II feet
Z inches above low water mark, being
a rise Of IL inches during the past "a
hours. Since last report the Ohio at
Pittsburg rose l inch. bat is now
stationary, with Z feet 4 inches on
the gauge. At Cincinnati it fell z
feet, with 80 feet on the gauge.
At Louisville it rose 2 inches,
but was stationary this morning,
with IL feet 4 inches in the canal. AT
Evansville it is rising rapidly, with
10 feet on the gauge. AT Cairo it
rose II inches, with "A feet 4 inches on
the gauge. The Mississippi at st.
Louis fell 3 inches, with @ feet 4
inches on the gauge. The Cumber-
land at Nashville fell 8 inches, with
8 feet 7 inches on the shoals. The
Tennessee at Chattanooga rose 5
inches, with 4 feet on the
gauge. Rec river at Shreveport fell
81 inches, with 20 feet Z inches on the
gauge. Arkansaw river at Little Rock
fell 2 inches, with 4 feet on the gauge.
St. Francis and White rivers are
falling, and in the latter there is 5
feet at ~Jacksonport.
RECEIPTS PER STEAMERS.
Per 0sceola Belle from 0sceola, 13
bales cotton, Ill SKIS. cotton seed.
Per Mary Houston from New Or
leans, 80 Dbl. molasses, 80 bales domes-
tic, 70 rolls bagging,
Per Josie Harry from White river,
60 bales cotton, 438 SKIS. cotton seed.
68 SKIS. corn, 4 head cattle, 125 pkgs,
sundries.
Per City of Providence, from st
Louis, 800 bbls -four, $50 bbls meal
30 sacks corn, 200 sacks bran, 500 rollI
bagging, 400 pckgs sundries.
Per James w. Gaff from Cincinnati
1851 bbls. flour and meal, 1921 SKIS
corn, 4O3 SKIS. oats, 500 bxs. starch anC
glassware, 20 tierces and 40 bxs. meat
200 pkgs. furniture and 48S pkgs. O
suhdries.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Weather--the same.
Refreshing rain needed.
Dust now impedes locomotion.
River now rising at the rate Of tel
inches a day.
Josie Harry, for White river, at
p.H. tomorrow.
James W. Gaf, for Cincinnati, to
morrow evening.
The Will Kyle is the next 20" lin,
steamer due down.
A good business is being transacted
at the landing to-day.
The w. P. Halliday from st. Loui
arrived at New Orleans yesterday.
The Vint Shinkle added 100 tons a
Louisville, including 60 tons of bacon
The A, j. Baker, after cleaning on
boilers, departed this morning for st
Louis.
The Paris G. Brown is announced
to leave Cincinnati to morrow evening
for New Orleans.
The Gold Dust left St. Louis las
evening and passes here Sunday at II
a. IN, for Vicksburg.
Captain w. j. Ashford, with the
%snagboat John r. Meigs, is at work il
the upper YszOo river.
The Idlewild departed last evening
for Arkansaw City with a good showing
Of both freight and people.
The City of Helena left Vicksburt
at noon yesterday, and passes herr
Sunday at 10 a. m, for Cairo and St
Louis.
John Merriman, an old and we'll
known steamboat mate, died at hi
residence in Phillipsburg Tuesda.
night,
A locomotive and a steamboat col
lided at the Wheeling levee u few
days ago. OF course the boat got tn,
worst of it.
The Pacific, with her tow Of stee
rails, and bound for this port, strucl
an obstruction at Davis Island dam
but sustained no damage.
The many friends hereabouts o
Captain James H. Rees, of Pittsburg
will be glad to learn hat he has en-
tirely recovered from his late spell.
At Marietta, Ohio, the recent bigl
water undermined the upper bridg
across Front street on Wednesday last
causing it to fall, whereby severa
persons were injured.
The prospects are that there will b
low water on the upper Missouri earl,
this season. The heavy rainfall
throughout the far west early in Apr
demolished the snow and left nOthin.
to sustain the river during the heate,
term.
Mr.. A. Ude, who some months ag
purchased the little steamer H. ?
Rogers, is having her thoroughly re
paired whore she lies on the bluff a
Helena. If the river should ris
!, sufficiently she will be Aoated from
her perch, and if not she will have t
ho launched