Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-16

Dds nOur, oIU Dds potatoes, 70
bbls whisky, 1923 SKIS oats, 22I SKIS corn,
5O3 kegs nails, 1893 pkgs sundries.
Per City of Helena, from st. Louis
$50 bbls -four, 10 bbls meal, 581
pkgs lard, Is tierces hams, 344 SKIS
corn, IL bales cotton, 35 SKIS seed, Col
pkgs sundries.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Rains general.
Heavy fog since midnight.
Several steamers are overdue.
The packets departed Saturday with
fair trips.
The surface Of the river is covered
with drift.
The Andy Baum will leave here
Wednesday evening for Cincinnati.
The new steel hull steamer Chatta-
hoochee is to leave Pittsburg to-day,
Owing to high water and bad
weather the packets are doing but
little business.
|, The Mary Houston for New Or.
leans, and the James W. Gaf for this
port, left Cincinnati Saturday evening.
The City Of Alton, for New Orleans.
passed down yesterday after adding
800 SKIS cotton seed meal and ITO bales
hay.
Pilot VIM. Turner, of the Dean Ad
ans, who was paralized in the arm a
few days ago, has gone to New Or
leans.
The Gold Dust, for Vicksburg.
passed down yesterday forenoon after
adding about 30 tons of miscellaneous
freight.
The City of Baton Rouge is the
Anchor Line packet passing down to.
morrow evening en- route for New
Orleans.
Torrents of water we're rushing
down the levee this forenoon, and mud
from the bluffs has accumulated
thereon.
The Charles p. Chouteau departed
yesterday morning for New Orleans
with 2l40 SKIS cotton seed meal and
ZOO SKIS cotton seed.
The river at Louisville has covered
all the wharf space from Fourth
street to the canal, with much lumber
and iron in the water.
The Joe Kinney is on her way from
st. Louis to the 0uachita river with
500 tons of private freight, all shipped
by one St. Louis house.
The Chas. Morgan and W. P. Hal
llday were due up this morning, and
the U. P. Schenck was expected down
en- route for New Orleans.
So foggy was it on the river this
morning that it was necessary to walk
along the waters edge to see what
boats were at the landing.
The Jas. D. Parker departed Sat.
urday evening for Cincinnati with 400
bales cotton, 81 SKIS cotton seed meal,
l26 bbls oil and a big lot of sundries
A suitable monument is to be raised
over the remains of the late George G.
Wolf. A fund has been created by his
friends, and the sculptor will soon be
at work.
The Harry Brown arrived Saturday
with a big tow of coal for Brown &
Jones. The Dick Fulton passed
down about the same time for
Natchcz.
The Golden Crown arrived at New
Orleans Saturday, and the John A.
Scudder, for st. Louis, and the Golden
City, for Cincinnati, left there Satur
day night.
During the past year there were
23O,OOO,OOO passengers carried on
steamers under the supervision of In
spectOr General Dumont, and only 26S
lives were lost.
Nelson f. Constant, of St. Louis,
and Miss Sallie Toms, Of Pittsburg,
were married on Thursday night last.
The bride is a sister Of Captain Sam
Toms, of the Mississippi Tradsporta-
ton Company.
The City Of Helena, in command of
Captain Elem Calvert, is the Anchor
Line packet leaving promptly at 5
p m. to-day for Cairo, st. Louis and
all way mail landings. George Walton
and Theodore Phillips are her,polite
clerks.
The City Of Gresnville, in command
Of Captain Joseph Bryan, is the An.
Choir Line packet leaving here at 10 a.
m. tomorrow for Vicksburg and all
principal way landings. The City of
Vicksburg passes up for st. Louis to-
morrow evening.
The laura l.. Davis, with 250 tons
of freight, and ten days out from New
Orleans, passed up yesterday on her
way to Cincinnati and expects to take
on a lot of lumber above. Her officers
report very bad weather and fog,
causing a detention of four days.