Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-19

Little Rocks feet 6 inches and
rising above.
White river is rising, with a good
stage from Ja~cksonport TO the mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Signs'of clearing weather.
River falling slowly.
Business active on the levee.
The Macready for Helena at 5 pm
The Katie Hooper had a good trip
out yesterday for Arkansaw river.
Shippers, send your freight to the
river as early as possible.
The Golden Grown will be due down
Sunday on her way to New Orleans.
The weather of the past few days
has been rough on cotton pickers.
The Mary Houston and Granite
State, for Cincinnati, passed Evans
vile yesterday.
The Centennial, Wyoming and Flu.
ture City, all for st. Louis, left New
Orleans last evening.
The Clinton for Memphis and the
Belle Shreveport for New Orleans,
left st. Louis last evening.
The Cons Millar passed Louisville
yesterday evening bound for Cincin-
natl.
The james Lee and Coahoma are
the local packets leaving to morrow
evening for the upper and lower coast.
The neat little sternwheel steamer
Lind Grove, from the upper Ohio,
passed down early this morning for
New Orleans.
Captain Moses Pickles is having a
propeller "a feet long built at Ash.
land. 1t is to be used for harbor
purposes at New Orleans.
The City Of Cairo, from st. Louis,
arrived at Vicksburg and left there at
noon to-day with a return trip. She
passes here Sunday forenoon.
Seessel, Ashner & Co., beef and
pork packers Nos. 5 and 6 Howard row
are prepared to furnish steamboats,
with all kinds of fresh meats at lowest
market prices. 1T
Parties are preparing to place a
packet in the Hatchie river trade as
soon as the drawbridge of the Chesa
peake and Ohio road, near Covington
is completed.
The new locks of the Louisville
canal was opened yesterday when the
U. ?. Schenck passed up and the
Golden Crown and new S. H. Parisot
passed down for New Orleans.
The Anchor Line packets announced
to leave here at 10 am. tomorrow are
the Belle Memphis, for st. Louis, and
the City of Providence, for V~icksburg.
Both are new and elegant steamers.
Harry James, formerly employed on
the CoahOma and Tiger, but of late
Waterman on the Katie Hooper, COM
mitted suicide last evening by shooting
himself in the head. He had been
married but a few weeks.
The Tiger brought in 8 bales of
cotton, IL bags seed cotton and 237
ska cotton seed. She is the packet
leaving this evening for B~ledsoe's,
DR.. Peters and intermediate landings.
Captain 5. Basket commands, with
W, R.. Darby in the Office.
The Bright Light and Charles p.
Chouteau are both due down from St.
Louis, bound COR New Orleans.
TheSte. Geneveiye, in command Of
Captain George Carvelle, is the An
Choir Line packet leaving at 5 pm. to-
daY for Cairo, st. Louis and way mail
landings. Rolla Porter and Pell
Thomas are her clerks,
The w. P. Halliday and Will Kyle
are both due up from New Orleans
the former goes to St. Louis and the
latter to the Ohio river.
The Dean Adams brought in So
bales cotton, 375 SKIS cotton seed and a
good list of people,
Captain Holt, of the John \. Brans-
ford, has sold his boat to Captain Bell,
Of New Orleans. She has gone to
Paducah to be delivered there, where
Captain Bell will put her in fine order
aud take her to New Orleans.
The Ida Darragh is due from Ar
kansas river, and will leave on Satur-
day at 8 pm. with Q return trip.
Captain John j. Darragh will com
mand, with Captain j. N. Thompson
in the Office.
Arkansaw river is rising all the way
from Fort Smith out, with over eight
feet on the gauge at Little Rock.
The Jay Gould snagged her fuel
boat at Norfolk on Tuesday last. Very
little coal was in it,
The Fannie Tatum is loading at ST.
Louis with a cargo for Helena, and
will come out independent.
The Plow Boy is badly sunk and
broken, and cannot be raised. Captain
William Ezell has contracted to take
out all the cargo he can and wreck
her.
Absolom Boyd yesterday resigned
his position as steward Of the James
Lee, having been appointed jailer by
Sheriff Athy. He is an old time
guardian Of the peace, as we'll as a
river man, and will doubtless give sat.
isfaction to the public.
Captain Milt Harry telegraphs that
the Josie Harry will arrive at noon