Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-03

Dust laid for a season.
Arkansaw river is rising again.
No water in the river at Pittsburg
Business only moderate at the land
ing.
The Mike Davis will lay over unit
Tuesday next.
The Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers are swelling a little.
The james Lee and Rene Macready
departed last evening with good trips
The slight rise at Cincinnati :
couple Of days since came OUT of the
Licking river.
The Plow Boy, with a fair trip Of
freight, departed last evening fol
Arkansaw river.
|. The John B. Maude left St. Louis
last Ievening for this port, and will be
here Monday morning.
The John Porter and barges, ten
days out from New Orleans, passed III
yesterday for st. Louis.
The Belle Memphis having been
detained above Cairo will not pass
down until this afternoon.
Sixteen inches of water only is Ie.
ported in the Ohio at Puppy creek
which is the lowest since 1856.
The new Anchor Line steamer City
OF Baton Rouge is to be launched
from Towards shipyards to-day.
The hull of O'Neil & Co.'S. new tow
boat now building at Pittsburg was
successfully launched Thursday even
ing.
The Paris c. Brown, from New Or
leans, arrived at st. Louis yesterday
and leaves there to. day with a return
trip.
The Chas. P. Cbouteau leaves St.
Louis next week to enter the cotton
trade between this city and New Or
leans.
The COahoma, all nicely painted
and Overhauled, will go out on Mon
day next in place of the james Lee,
the latter lying up a week or two to
repaint.
Captain Jim Franklin, levee clerk,
came in yesterday from his summer
resort at luka to suporintend the I'M
loading Of Captain Andrews steamer,
II. j. Dickey.
The John L. Rhodes is the Anchor
Line packet leaving here at 8 pm. to-
day tor Cairo, st. Louis and way
landings. Captain AID. Storm at the
wharfbOat is her agent.
Mr.. John O. Wyckof, chief clerk
of the Milt Harry, arrived yesterday
morning by rail, accompanied by his
wife, who has been spending the sum
mer season at Batesville, Ark.
The City of Helena has been under
going a thorough overhauling at St.
louis, and will probably leave there
next week, looking as pretty and as
staunch as the day she was built.
The Dean Adams will be at the
landing tomorrow, and goes out on
Monday evening next, thus relieving
the Katie Hooper, which has been
running for couple of months past.
The steamers Laura Lee, sunk at
Baton Rouge, and the Cornie Bran
don, sunk near Shreveport. have both
been raised, a telegram from Capt.
Dugan to that effect having been re.
ceived.
The Anchor Line packets leaving at
10 a.. m, tomorrow areth Gold Dust for
st, Louis, the Grand Tower for Vicks.
burg and the Carrier for New Orleans.
all elegantly appointed passenger
packets.
Navigation at and above Cincinnati
is so near suspended that boats have
to be continually blowing their wistles
and sometimes come to a halt to keep
from running over numerous boys
playing in the channel.
Willie Meyers, an employe of the
steamer Plow Boy, disappeared a few
days ago from the boat while she lay
at Terrene, and it is thought he fell
overheard and was drowned. His
mother resides in Pine Bluff.
The public are warned not to pay
any bills to A. d. Graham, bookkeeper
for Gillespie & Callahan, as we will
not be responsible for anything he may
do. as he has left cur employment.
B GILLESPIE d CALLAHAN.
Captain Alex McConnell's splendid
steamer Carrier from St. Louis is an
nounced to pass down at 10 a m. to.
morrow for Vicksburg, New Orleans
and Principal way landings. Captain
AID. Storm at the wharfboat is hel
On October 10, 1879, the Ohio
became SO low that there was but 2.
feet in the canal, and the same closed
for repairs. To day there is 2 feet 5
inches in the canal, but the river is in
a worse n~avigable condition now than
then with much less water over the
, 40 lest bars.
Colonel Jerry MatSOn, the popular
steward Of the Dean Adams, arrived
yesterday from Little Rock, where he
has been visiting his family. He was
around to day replenishing the larder,
and will see hat the table fare of the
Dean Adams shall equal, if not sur
pass that of any other boat on the
river.
Mr.. John A. Jennings, with a force
OF men, yesterday completed the work
of removing the machinery of the
burned 0sceola Belle. The same has
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