Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-10
MISCELLANEOUS.
River falling rapidly.

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The week opens with good bust
ness at the landing.
The river at this point fell 10 inches
since Saturday noon.
The Cumberland river rose IA feet
at Nashville since Saturday.
The Emma Etheridge passed down
early this morning for Lake Provi-
dence.
The City Of Baton Rouge, with a
good trip Of freight, passed down Sat-
urday night.
The Port Eads and barges from
New Orleans passed up yesterday at
noon for st. Louis.
The Gold Dust, for Vicksburg,
passed down yesterday forenoon, after
adding about rs tons.
The Golden Rule, for Cincinnati,
and the Annie P. Silver, for St. Louis,
both passed up last night
The Andy Baum, for Memphis, and
the Thomas Sherlock, for New Or
leans, left Cincinnati Saturday.
The Josie Harry, for White river,
and the j. A. Woodson, for ArkansaW
river, had good trips out Saturday.
Captain H. U. Harris popular Ohio
river steamer r. r. Springer is due
down, on her way to the Crescent
City.
The large and elegant Anchor Line
steamer City of Alton will be due
down morrow, bound for New Or.
leans.
The Commonwealth added 300 bales
OF Eastern bound cotton, and passed
up last evening for Cairo and St.
Louis.
The City of New Orleans, for St.
Louis, and the U. P. Schenck, for
Cincinnati, left New Orleans last
evening.
Ben Hsyman, q. we'll known en-
gineer, died in the city hospital at
Cincinnati on Thursday last, after a
lingering illness.
Captain Elem Calvert's popular
Anchor Line steamer City of Helena
leaves at 5 pm. to day for Cairo, St.
Louis and way mail landings. George
Walton is her polite clerk.
The pretty James Lee, in her new
spring dress, will go up to the mouth
Of Wolf river this evening, round to,
and, with colors flying, SHOW off, as
she passes the city under a full head
of steam.
The Anchor Line packets leaving
tomorrow will be the City of Green.
vile for Vioksburg at 10 I'm. and the
City of Vicksburg for st. Louis at 5
pm. Captain Ad Storm at the wharf
boat is the agent.
The ferryboat John Overton, on &C
count OF the declining river, has ceased
her trips to Marion, and on and after
to-day will leave here regularly for
Hopefeld and Mound City at 8, IL, 3
and 8 o'clock each day.
The Rene Macready, in command Of
Captain o. K. Joplin, is the railroad
packet leaving at 4 p N. for Madison,
where direct connection is made with
trains on the Memphis & Little Rock
railroad for points West.
The Plow Boy will arrive tonight
and will leave Wednesday at 8 pm.
with a return trip for Pine Bluff and
way landings on Arkansaw river,
making direction with the regular
packets for Little Rock and points
above.
The Hard Cash will arrive to. NOR
row morning and is the regular packet
leaving Wednesday evening for all
points on White river through to
Jacksonport, making direct connection
with light draft steamers for upper
White and Black rivers.
The j. S. Bransford, in command of
Captain w. H. Holt, is the packet to,
morrow evening for Mariana, the Cut
Of, Wittsburg and all way landings
on I'Angnille and ST. Francis rivers,
making direct connection with the
light draft steamer Advance for the
Sunk Lands.
The Coahoms, in command of Cap
tain Henry Cooper, is the Lee Line
mail packet leaving this evening for
Osceola and way landings on the upper