Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

Cooler.
Clearing weather.
River still rising here.
Business only moderate to-day.
The upper Ohio river is rising
again.
Vint Shinkle for Cincinnati TO-
morrow.
The river at this point rose 2 inches
since last report.
The Dean Adams departed last
evening for Arkansaw City with a fair
trip.
Fer Coahoma, from Osceola-75
bales cotton, l6 bags seed cotton, "a
SKIS cotton seed.
The Commonwealth left Vicksburg
yesterday and passes he Sunday for
Cairo and St. Louis.
The Laura L. Davis and Golden
City, from New Orleans, arrived at
Cincinnati yesterday.
All the Anchor Line boats that
have been aground betweens Cairo and
st. Louis are now aAoat.
The Dyersburg should be here to
leave tomorrow evening for 0bion
and Forked Deer rivers.
The W. P. Halliday was at Cairo
last night and will probably pass down
to night bound for New Orleans.
The Chas. P. Chouteau will arrive
Sunday and probably leave with re-
turn trip Monday evening for New
Orleans.
The City of Helena arrived at st.
Louis yesterday, and the Gold Dust
left there last evening for Vicksburg.
She passes here Sunday at 10 am.
The Belle Memphis, in command Of
Captain |. Il. Mckee, is the Anchor
Line packet leaving here promptly at
3 pm. to-day for Cairo and st. Louis.
Henry Corbyn is her polite clerk.
The rise at this point will surely
cease in day or two. At present it
is 6 inches above the so called danger
line and l8 inches below what is gem
orally known as high water mark.
The licenses of pilots James Ham
ilton, of the Bright Light, and Kirk
Culver, of the Ohio, have been sus-
pended for sixty days on account of a
collision which happened in Deem
Der last.
The City of Alton with 500 tons of
freight and five days out from New
Orleans, passed I'D last night for St.
Louis. She was delayed by fog just
below Helena, during which time she
cleaned out boilers.
The Marlin Speed is the mail pack
ct leaving at 8 pm. tomorrow for
Pine Bluff and all way landings on
Arkansaw river making direct counec-
ton with Irregular packets for Little
Rock and points above.
The r. r. Springer, which passed
here Tuesday night, took 2300 SKIS of
oil cake at Helena for New Orleans.
She is on fast run, probably trying
to get back to Cincinnati in order to
bring out Mardi Gras trip.
The Josie Harry, will be found in
port this afternoon receiving to leave
at 5 pm. tomorrow for Helena, De-
walls Bluff, Augusta. Newport and all
way landings making direct connec
ton with the light draft packets ior
upper with and black rivers,
The Coahoma, in command Of Cap.
tain Henry Cooper, is the Lee Line
| y. S. Mail packet leaving this evening
for Osceola and all intermediate land
ings on the upper coast, and will give
strict attention to all business that of
fers j. w. Smither presides at tn,
desk and is assisted by John Hale,
and Hugh Tomlinson.
The wharfmaster should notify tn,
City Engineer, and the CITY Enginee
should notify the Taxing District off
Gals that there is big hole in tn
center of the levee at the foot of Mon
roe street, made during the recen
rains, Until it us repaired a pos
should be planted there and ligh
hung out at night to warn the passe
by.
The Cumberland river continues t,
decline slowly at Nashville, ant
steamers are to resume business to day
At Jacksonville the Tennessee rive
is falling, and the bridge at that poin
now carries weight of 1000 tons t
prevent injury from current and drift
lSevoral houses foated against tht
bridge and had to be tOwedin to th'
banks.
The James Lee, in command O
Captain Stacker Lee, Is the mai
packet leaving this evening for Helena
Friars Point and all intermediate
landings, attending promptly to al
business intrusted to her and making
close connection with trains on thC
Mobile & Northwestern railroad. Cap.
tain Lloyd W. Whitlow presides al
the desk and is assisted by Plat
Rhodes and Arthur Browne.
Captain G. Wash Thompson's pop
ular Ohio river packet Vint Shinkl,
arrived this morning with 400 tons O.
miscellaneous freight. She has the
same all out, and is receiving to leave
at 5 pm. tomorrow for Cairo, Louis
I vile, Cincinnati and all principal way
landings, offering special in lucement,
in the way Of close connections, cheaI
rates and through tickets to all point,
East.
The Golden Rnle, five days out from
} New Orleans with 600 tons of freight
} passed up last night for the Ohio
She added 250 barrels of oil this side O
Vicksburg, lost 10 hours by fog Just
below Helena, and considering the
very high stage of the river and heavy
current she made exceedingly gooc
time, being in sight of the City of AL,
ton nearly all the time since they LEFT
New Orleans on Saturday last.
A well known pilot who has spent
his entire life on the Mississippi and