Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-25


The Smoky City, having in tow the
barges of the ill-fated towboat Iron
Mountain, passed up this morning.
The Jno. A. Scudder, for st. Louis,
and the Thos. Sherlock, for Cincin.
natl, left New Orleans last evening.
The City of Providence will arrive
this afternoon and lay v e until 5
pm: to morrow, when she will proceed
to st. Louis.
The Annie P. Silver, from New
Orleans, arrived at St. Louis yester-
day, and the John B. Maude left there
last evening for this port.
Captain j. N. Thompson went out
yesterday in charge of Office of the
Katie Hooper, Captain Musselman
stopping off for a few weeks rest.
Captain Muse, who has had charge
Of the office of the steamer Natchez
for a number Of years, is soon to resign
to engage in business on shore. His
successor has already been selected.
The Belle Memphis, in command of
Captain |. H. Mckee, will be the
Anchor Line packet leaving here at
10 am. tomorrow for Vicksburg.
Henry Corbyn is in charge of the
Office.
A dispatch from Captain Milt Harry
states that the steamer Josie Harry
will arrive to night with a good trip
Of freight and an excursion party. She
leaves Saturday evening with a return
trip for White river.
Merchants at river towns trading
with Memphis will find it to their
interest to order their lob printing and
blank bookstrom the PUBLIC LEDGER
job printing Office and blank book
mandatory, ID Madison street.
At a meeting of the Pittsburg
Chamber of Commerce, held on Tues
day last, a committee was appointed to
proceed 60 Washington and appear
before the Committee on Appropria-
tions to have the appropriations for
the Davis Island dam increased.
The Ste. Genevieve brought in a
moderate trip, comprising 1852 pckgs,
the principal items of which were 514
bbls -four, 932 SKIS corn, 4l8 SKIS oats
She leaves with a return trip promptly
at ) p m. for Cairo, st. Louis and way
mail landings. Captain Geo. Carvell
commands, with Rolla Porter in charge
of the Office.
Letter heads, bill heads, bills Of
lading, envelopes, hand bills and every
other kind ofjob printing executed in
the best style and at the lowest prices
at the PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
Office and blank book mandatory, IL
Madison street. /
The fleet and elegant steamer Dean
Adams, in command of Captain Mark
K. Cheek, is the mail packet leaving
this evening for Helena, Terrene, Ar
kansaw City and way landings, attend.
ing promptly to all business that Of
fers, and making close connection al
her destination with trains on the
Little Rock, Mississippi River &
Texas railroad. Captain A. L. Cum
Minis prcsides at the desk aud is as.
sisted by Walker OUTLAW and Lee
Cummins, ir.
The Vint Shinkle, from Cincinnati
arrived at noon with 500 tons of freight
and a fair list of people. She has gooC
weather to unload, and will leave with
a return trip at 8 pm. tomorrow fol
Cairo. Louisville, Cincinnati and al
principal way landings on the Ohio
giving through tickets to points Eas
at very low rates. The accommoda
lions Of the Shinkle are first class, he
tables are supplied with the best il
the market, and her officers will b,
found polite and sociable.
In the Signal Observers report o
the rivers as published in the morning
papers, occurs a very grave error a
/ regards the Louisville station. Thi
report gives a rise of IL feet II inches
with % feet 10 inches in the canal
when really the Ohio is falling it
entire length from Pittsburg to Cairo
and at Louisville there is less than Il
feet. AT the present time when a mum
Der OF plantations on the Mississipp
river are partially under water
and everybody is watching the report
from the upper streams, a glarinI
mistake like the above is enough t
cause planters to become desponden
and give up all hopes of a crop. l
would be far better to make no repor
at all. The only rises from point
above here are in the Cumberland an,
T Tennessee rivers, and this will proba
J bly, cease by to morrow, as it vii
have no effect on the river below thi
point. A decline set in here yester
dav whioh will he mora ranid in