Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-24
MISCELLANEOUS.


Clear and pleasant.
River rising slowly.
Dullest day Of the week.
Rene Macready for St. Francis river.
The Anchor Line packets ne on
time again.
Only nine inches on the gauge at
Pittsburg and falling.
The Paris G. Brown was due at
New Orleans this morning.
The Will Kyle passed Evansville
yesterday, bound for Cincinnati.
The Golden Rule passed Louisville
yesterday on her way to New Orleans.
The Wyoming from New Orleans
passed up last night for St. Louis.
The Cons Millar should leave here
on Friday next for the Ohio river.
The City Of Vicksburg on good time
passed up this forenoon for st. Louis.
The Lee Line packets and the Dean
Adams had good trips out last even
ing.
The Belle Shreveport, With a big
trip, passed down early this morning
for New 0eleans.
Lee Cummins, jr,, bill clerk of the
Dean Adams, stopped off yesterday to
enjoy a weeks rest-and pleasure.
The Centennial, which passed up
yesterday for st. Louis, took the
wrecking boat Charlie Hill in tow at
Cairo.
The r. r. Springer passed Vicks-
burg yesterday coming up, and will
either turn back from this port or 20
through to Cairo.
The Golden Crown has been de-
tanned in the Ohio by fogs and a heavy
business, but should pass down to.
morrow forenoon.
The Tiger went out yesterday to
Bledsoe's, aud, it is said, has changed
her days of departure to Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
The Henry Frank turned back from
Helena, and passed Vicksburg yester
day on her second trip OF the season in
the New Orleans trade.
The City Of Helena arrived yester
day afternoon from st. Louis with
Bali packages of freight, and went
back during the night.
The new steamer, Lind Grove, from
Wheeling, w. Va, arrived at New
Orleans yesterday and will run in
the Ouachita river trade.
The new channel in the Ohio runs
close to the Cairo shore and under the
point, thus causing a reduction Of the
distance to the Cairo wharf.
The Mary Houston, bound for Gin
cinuati, has been compelled to lay up
just below Flint Island because she is
drawing more water than there is on
the bar.
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
The Guiding Star is announced to
leave Cincinnati tomorrow evening
for New Orleans.
The st. Louis Anchor Line treated
the commercial clubs of the country,
who are now in session at that point,
to a trip on the Father Of Waters.
Navigation at Pittsburg has been
suspended for over a week, and some
of the weather wise predict that there
will be no rise until there is snow.
The w. P. Halliday is to leave st.
Louis tomorrow, to be followed on
Saturday by the City of Baton Rouge.
The Cherokee has gone up White
river after o load of cotton. Dave
Thomas and W. A. Joyce are her
pilots,
The mask ball at the Exposition
last night attracted quite a number O.
marines. They will have another
chance on Thursday night, when the
: house will be crowded"
A st. Louis rumor states that Cap.
tain David Silver has sold the steamer
Bright Light TO parties 10 the South
and.that she will not return to st
Louis.
The Hard Cash is the regular paCkeI