Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

Slight decline in the river.
Business good at the landing. :
Levses breaking everywhere.
Ohio river on a regular bender.
The City of Alton will be due up
tomorrow bound for st. Louis
The City of Vicksburg, flying light,
departed last evening for St. Louis.
The Thomas Sherlock from New
Orleans arrived at Cincinnati yester-
day.
The lighthouse tender Joseph Hen
ry left st. Louis last evening for New
Orleans.
The Tiger, for St. Francis river,
departed last evenidg with a splendid
trip Of freight.
The Andy Baum, for Memphis, and
the U. P. Schenck, for New Orleans,
will leave Cincinnati this evening.
The Charles p. Chouteau departed
last night for New Orleans with l25
bales cotton and 1900 SKIS cotton seed.
The City of Baton Rouge for st.
Louis, and the Charles Morgan for
Cincinnati, leave New Orleans this
evening.
The Dean Adams will arrive to-
morrow morning, and is the mail
packet leaving in the evening for Ar
kansaw City.
The Ohio is rising rapidly at Louis.
vile, and last night was within feet
6 inches of the highest water of the
season. A big river is expected.
The lower part Of the falls at Louis
vile is filling up, making the channel
UP the Kentucky side easy. There is
about ten feet of water over the dam.
The W. P. Halliday, with big trip
Of freight and crowded with people,
passed down this forenoon for New
Orleans, She added several people
here.
The Ste. Genevieve will be here to-
morrow morning and is the Anchor
Line packet leaving in the evening
for Cairo, st. Louis and all way mail
landings.
Philander White, a we'll known
steamboat engineer, died few days
ago st his residence in Freedom, Pa.
He was twenty-nine years of age and
unmarried.
The Steamboat Officers Protective
Association met at Pittsburg, and
passed resolution favoring a span Of
420 feet for the Point Pleasant West
Virginia. bridge.
The river is reported to have fallen
3 inches at Osceola and three -fourths
Of an inch at Helena night before last.
The latter was caused by the breaking
of levees below.
The steamer Mike Davis, now in
st. Francis river, is engaged in remov-
ing families and stock to safe places.
Much damage has been done in the
overlooked sections.
The John B. Maude, from Memphis
arrived at st. Louis yesterday, and the
Belle Memphis, for Vicksburg, and
the David r. Powell, for New Orleans,
left there last evening.
The Guiding Star, due up to-mor
row. has on board the remains O
Frank Timon, who died at Vicksburl
from the effects Of injuries received
on board the Paris G! Brown.
Watchmen on the levee think tina
the lamps should be kept burning al
night, aud not put out at 3 am, a
was the case this morning. The moon
announced to be out, was not visible
The w. p. Halliday left Cairo las
evening and was expected to pass her,
, this forenoon with her Mardi, Ora
3 trip for New Orleans. The Colder
Rule leaving here to morrow mornu
D will be the last Of King Rex feet.
The City of Greenville passed dow
last night for Vicksburg with a BIZ
e trip Of both freight'and people Sh
4 was delayed by fog and bad weather
T but will make the connection al
4 Vicksburg with the Robert K. Lee 70
, New Orleans,
: The Katie Hooper departed las
d evening for Madison, and the Rem
e Macready is the railroad packet leav
: ing this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Thes,
boats make dirent connection at Mad
+ ison with trains on the Memphis ant
Little Rock railroad for points West
The reliable upper coast steame
Coahoma of the Lee Line leaves at
pm to-day for 0sceola and all wa,
, landings, carrying the mail and givinl
, strict attention to all business entrust
q ed to her, j. w. Smithers preside
d at the desk and is assisted by Johl
a Haley and Hugh Tomlinson.
When the Golden Rule left Cincin
a natl on Saturday last she had 600 ton
= of freight and over 100 cabin passen
gers. She will be due down to morrow
! morning, bound for New Orleans, anC
will arrive there on Monday next il
good time for the Mardi Gras festivi
p ties. Captain Ad Storm, at the wharf
boat, is her agent, and will give full
information.
Passengers now destined to Nev
Orleans by boats for the purpose @
witnessing the Mardi Gras festivitie,
have an additional attraction not t
be seen every year, We refer to tn
s. great Father of Waters" on ben
der, holding its head several feet abov
land in many places and stretching il
arms for miles around, breakin
u through levees in order to have NOR
room to spread itself.
The Hard Cash, in command q
2 Captain &. G. Postal, is the regula
a packet leaving at 5 pm. to. day 70
!, Devalls Bluff, Augusta, Jacksonpor
a and all intermediate landings attend
e ing promptly to all business that offer
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