Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-15
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
BOATS LEAVING TODAY.
For White river, j.. S. BraL sford...5 D m
" st. Louis, John B. Maude. ........5 D m
BOATS LEAVING TOMORROW.
For Vicksburg, Gold Dust...........1O m
" st. Louis, City of Cairo.......10 a m
ARRIVED.
Steamer Josie Harry, White river.
John s. Bransford, Helena.
r. r. Springer, Cincinnati.
John b. Maude, st. Louis.
DEPARTED.
Steamer James Lee. Friars Point.
Ooahoma, Osceola.
X. r. Springer, New Orleans.
Cons Millar, Cincinnati
IN PORT.
Josie Harry, John B. Maude, John S.
BransfOrd, Rene Macready.
STAGES OF TUE RIVERS.
Memphis-29 feet 2 inches, a fall
ola inches during the past "a hours.
Pittsburg-3 feet 5 inches, a fall
of 2 inches.
Cincinnati-23 feet 10 inches, a rise
of 2 feet 10 inches.
LouisyilIe-8 feet 6 inches in the
canal, a fall of 2 inches.
Evansville -18 feet s inches, q rise
of s inches.
Cairo-35 feet, a fall of l foot 4
inches.
St. LOuis-26 feet4 inches, a fall Of
l foot.
,yioksburg-4O feet 8 inches, a fall
Of 2 inchesI
Nashville feet 6 inches, a rise Of
2 feet 6inches.
Chattanooga feet, a rise Of 2
inches.
Shreveport-lO feet, a fall of
inches.
Little Rocks feet 10 inches, sta.
tionary.
White ard st. Francis rivers are
falling.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Business quiet.
The John S. Brahsford for White
river this evening.
The Golden Rule arrived at New
Orleans yesterday.
The Vint Shinkle leaves Cincinnati
this evening for this port.
The Annie P. Silver, going down,
passed Wick 'burg yesterday.
The Rene Macready leaves Tuesday
evening for St. Francis rivers.
The U. P. Schenck leaves Cincin.
natl this evening Tor New Orleans.
The City Of Alton en- route to st.
Louis will pass here tomorrow after
noon.
The Dean Adams will arrive to.
morrow night. and leave Monday even
ing for Arkansaw City.
The City of Helena left St. Louis
yesterday for this port. She will
arrive tomorrow night.
The City of New Orleans, bound
for the Crescent City, was expected to
pass down at noon to day.
The Gold Dust, Captain McCord, is
the Anchor Line packet leaving to-
morrow morning for Vicksburg.
The government ~snagboat g. B.
Reese leaves Little Rock Monday for
the mouth Of the river to pull snags.
The towboat Dick Fulton broke a
T head,t two cylinder heads and a piston
head Thursday evening below Madi-
son, on the Ohio river.
The Cons Millar left last evening for
Cincinnati with 449 bales cotton, 20
bales rags, $1,000 feet lumber, IS SKIS
bones and 30 cabin passengers.
The james w. CAT, Captain Bob
Wise, leaves here Tuesday next for
Cincinnati. Captain r. w. Light
Nc. Z Monroe street, is her
agent.
The Josie Harry has laid up, and
will probably 90 to Paducah for re-
pairs. Captain Milt Harry will re
main IN board to see that everything
is done in good style.
The r. R. Springer, from Cincin-
natl, passed down yesterday afternoon
for New Orleans, with a fair trip.
She put off here 800 pkgs and added
so bbls Of lime and y bbls of onions.
Captain Isaac Hammett, tina we'll
known steamboat builder, died at his
residence in McKeesport Thursday
aged So years. He was engaged
before his last sickness in superin-
tending the construction OF the hull
of the new steamer Will s. Hays.
The John B. Maudo, Captain Har.
ry Brolaski, arrived this morning from
st. Louis with 500 tons of freight, the
principal items of which we're 500 bbls
meal, 439 bbls -four, n bbls pork, 20.
boxes lbacon, HOO pieces baggiug,
1920 sks corr and 200 SKIS bran. She
returns to st. Louis at 5 o'clock this
evening, stopping at all way landings.
Lem Carter is chief clerk.
The John s. Bransford, lin place Of
the Josie Harry,) Captain Kinman,
leaves from the foot OF Monroe street
at 5 o'clock this evening, for Helena,
Terrene, Indian Bay, DeVall's Bluff,
Augusta and all way and plantation
landings on White river, She makes
direct connections with the light draft
packet Milt Harry, for points on up