Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22

wet spell, which will be welcome.
The City Of Greenville, from Vicks-
burg, arrived at st. Louis yesterday
The John A. Scudder, from st.
Louis, arrived at New Orleans yester-
day.
The Dean Adams is the mail packet
leaving on Monday for Arkansaw
City.
The W. P. Halliday will be due up
70 morrow evening on her way to st.
The banks at Moore's landings, be-
low Vicksburg, are said to be caving
rapidly.
The Belle Shreveport is announced
to leave st. Louis this evening for
New Orleans.
The Grand Lake and barges, from
st. Louis, passed down last evening
for New Orleans.
The R. r. Springer will be the
next 70" line packet to leave Cincin-
natl for the South.
Heavy fogs are reported on the Ohio
river, andthe packets are thrown from
II to "a hours out oftime.
The Golden Grown is laid up three
miles below Evansville, and most of
her officers have gone home.
Commodore R. C.Gray has lust pur-
chased a large number of shares of
the st. Louis Dock Company.
The General Barnard, with the
United States River COMMISSIONS on
passed up yesterday for St.
Louis.
A good business will be dono by the
Memphis and Cincinnati packets as
soon as there is a sufficient rise in the
Ohio river.
Business men will find it to their
interest to have all their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER lob
printing Office, IL Madison street.
The John B. Maude left St. Louis
last evening for this port. She will
here Monday morning and leave
in the evening with a return trip.
The Henry Frank carried into New
Orleans 6l38 bales of cotton and
about $4,000 SKIS of cotton seed. She
left there last night with a return
trip.
The Grand Tower, in command of
Captain Geo. Carvell, is the Anchor
Line packet leaving here at 10 am to.
morrow for Cairo and st. Louis. Tom
White is her polite clerk.
The Josie Harry arrived last even-
ing, having brought out of White
river 478 bales of cotton, 100 bales of
which she reshipped at Terrene for
New Orleans and brought 1853 bales to
this port.
The Gold Dust, in command of
Captain ]. T. McCord, is the Anchor
Line packet leaving at 10 am. to.
morrow for Vicksburg and all priu.
cipal way landings. Henry Dietrich
is her polite clerk.
The Tiger, in command of Captain
VIM. Flowers, is receiving to leave
to-day for Cottonwood Point and all
way landings on the upper coast.
hneel Booker and John Rhodes are
in charge of the Office.
The City Of Helena is the regular
Anchor Line packet leaving at 5 pm.
to-day, tor Cairo, st. Louis and all
way mail lar dings, Captain Elem
Calvert commands, and George Wal.
ton is in charge of the Office.
The commodious Anchor Line
packet, City of Alton, is announced. to
pass down at 5 pm. to-day for Vicks-
burg, New Orleans and the bends.
Captain Horace Bixby commands and
VIM. Mason is in charge of the office.
The Cairo Board of Trade has ap.
pointed his honor Mayor N. B. This
tlewood to represent it at the River
Convention at st. Louis, and Captain
w. T. Holiday is delegate for the
state at large appointed by the Cover.
nor.
Captain William Varble, falls pi,
lot, IS placing a riugbolt, chains, lines.
buoy boat and light, 300 feet above the
gap in the cross dam a. the head of
the middle chute to help boats unable
to stem the current to ascend the
falls.
The Lee line steamer Rene
Maeready, in command of Captain e.
T. Order, is the regular packet leay-
ing this evening for Helena and all
way landings including those around
Walnut and Council Bends. and will
give strict attention to all G. o. D.
and other business entru sted to her.
Charlie Bourne presides at the desk
and is assisted by Charles Stockly.
The Golden Rule, of the Southern
Transportation Line, and the first
boat from the Ohio river for several
weeks, got out to Cairo yesterday at
moor after considerable trouble on ac-
count of the low condition of the river.
From Cairo south she will have no
more trouble, and is announced to
pass here tomorrow at noon on her
way to New Orleans. Captain AID.
Storm, at the wharfboat, is her agent
and will furnish all information in re-
gard to freight or passage.
The splendid light draught steamer
Katie Hooper, thoroughly overhauled
and reprinted, starts out to day on
her first trip of the season and will
leave at ) pm for Pine Bluff and all
intermediate landings on Arkansay
river, carrying the mail, attending
promptly to all business that offers
and making close connection with
light draught steamers for Little Rock
and points above. Captain Ed Now.
land commands, and the office is in
charge Of Captain j. N. Thompson
assisted by Will Darragh.
The fast and elegant steamer JOSIE
Harry, in command of Captain Milt r
Harry, is the regular packet leavinI
this evening for Devalls Bluff, Angus
to, Newport and all way landings
carrying the mail, paying promp
attention to all business entrusted /,
her and making direct connection a
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