Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-18

per head for common and 3a4c for butcher
classes; lambs Blade per ID gross. Hog
Case per ID, the latter for 200 ID stock
Mich cows and calves S20a40 per head.
yearlings $4a7 per head. Mules scarce al
Sll0a25O each for stock ranging from Ia
10 l6h hands. Horses duh at Sl2ba200 fol
saddle to good driving animals, and s4Oa7t
each for plugs.
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAVING TODAY.
For st. Francis river, Macready ND d N
White river, Hard Cash. ........5 D N
/" Arkansaw river, Ida Darragh. IS D N
!" Cincinnati, Andy Baum. ........6p II
ST. Louis, Olinton..u. ............5p n
BOATS LEAVING TOMORROW.
For ST. Louis, City Of Cairo. ......... 10 A N
Yicksburg, Commonwealth ......l0 a n
New Orleans, Annie p. Silver. 10 a II
ARRIVED.
Steamer Carrier, st. Louis.
Clinton, st. Louis.
Andy BAN, Cincinnati.
Rene Macready, Helena.
DEPARTED.
Steamer james Lee, Friars Point.
Coahoma, Osceola.
Tiger, Walnut Bend.
Central City, New Orleans.
Henry Frank, New Orleans.
Carrier, White river.
IN PORT.
Hard Cash, Ida Darragh, Rene Ma
eready, Andy Baum, Clinton, John S
Bransford'
STAGES OF THE RIVERS.
Memphis-7 feet 4 inches, a rise o.
2 inches.
Pittsburg-3 feet 2 inches, a de.
cline of 2 inches.
Cincinnati-8 feet 3 inches, a rise
of 3 inches.
LOUISVILLE feet 5 inches, a de.
cline of l inch.
Evansville-6 feet 6 inches, a de.
cline of 3 inches.
Cairo-12 feet 4 inches, a rise
of 5 inches.
st. Louis-lO feet 4 inches, a de
cline of 6 inches.
Vicksburg-1O feet 2 inches, a rise
of 5 inches.
Nashville-2 feet, a decline of
inch.
Chattanooga feet Z inches, a de-
cline Of 5 inches.
Shreveport-l5 feet l inch, and
stationary.
Little Rock-6 feet, and station
airy.
White river has a fine stage from
%Jacksonport to the mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear and cooler.
River rose two inches.
Fair business at the landing.
The extra packets are doing very
well.
The localpackots departed with fair
trips.
The Vint Shinkle leaves Cincinnati
this evening for Memphis.
The propeller, Central City, pro.
ceeded South yesterday afternoon.
The Wyoming, it is said, will enter
the Cincinnati and Memphis trade.
Six inches more of water would lei
the Kate Adams out from Pittsburg
The Golden Crown will be due uE
Monday morning, on her way to the
Ohio.
The james W. Goff, on her way to
Cincinnati, passed Evansville yester.
day forenoon.
Friedman Armstead, an old Missis.
sippi and Yazoo river pilot, died in
Vicksburg on Tuesday last.
The City of Helena left St. Louis
last evening for this port and will be
here early Monday morning.
Captain T. P. Brashear, now com.
mands the Van Etten in the Little
Rock and Fort Smith trade.
The Dean Adams will arrive to-
morrow morning and is the Monday
evening mail packet for Arkansaw
City.
The Belle Memphis added 537 bales
Of compressed cotton for reshipment
at Cairo, and left during the after
noon.
The lighthouse tender JosephHenry
stopped at Vicksburg last night and
left there this morning for New Or
leans.
The City Of Yicksburg arrived at
Vicksburg yesterday and left there at
noon to day on her return to St.
Louis.
The City Of New Orleans passed
Vicksburg yesterday and will be due
up tomorrow afternoon bound for St.
Louis.
The rumor of the explosion Of the
Andy Baum originated in Cincinnati,
and was ~telegraphed to Cairo and
Memphis.
The cotton seed crop is larger this
year than usual. The mills are pretty
we'll filled, and boats continue to bring
in large quantities.
The John A. Scudder, from St.
Louis, arrived at New Orleans yoster.
day, and the Charles P. Cbouteau lett
there for this port.
Captain W. Il, Edwards, at Wheel