Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-19
RIVER INTELLIGENCE
poArs LEAVING ro-nAY.

a. " . 1AAAlAilhs NALIlllldI
John S. Bransford, White river.
Macready, st. Francis river.
John B. Maude, st. Louis.
DEPARTED.
Steamer James Lee, Friars Point.
Z" Coahoma. 0sceola. I.
James w. Gaff, Cicinnati.
U. P. Schenck, New Orleans.
IN PORT.
John S. Bransford, John B. Maude and
Rene Macready.
STAGES OF TUE RIVERS.
Memphis-l3 feet 8 inches, a decline
of 4 inches.
Pittsburgh foot1 inch, a decline
of 2 inches.
Oincinnati-12 feet 10 inches, a de-
cline of IL inches. ra3
Louisville-7 feet s inches in the
canal, a decline of 4 inches.
Evansyille-13 feet 2 inches, a de.
cline of6 inches.
Cairo-l9 feet 8 inches, a decline
of 2 inches.
st. Louis-13 feet 4 inches, a de-
cline Of inches.
Vicksburg-23 feet 4 inches, a de-
cline of 3 inches.
Nashville-7 feet 4 inches, a de
cline of 10 inches.
Chattanooga-4fe 2 inches, a rise
of IA inches.
Shreveport-10 feet 4 inches, a
decline Of inches. flI
Little Rock-2 feet 2 inches, and
stationary.
White and st. Francis rivers are
declining.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear and warm.
River fell four inches. d
Five boats to leave this evening.
Macready for Cincinnati at 5 pm.
Arkansaw, White and st. Francis
rivers are all falling.
The Ohio river is falling all the way
from Pittsburg to Cairo.
Captain Sam McPheeters is now in
command of the John B. Maude.
The Golden Crown leaves New
Orleans this evening for the Ohio.
Pilot Joe Gray arrived here yester-
day to take the Rene Macready to
Cincinnati.
Captain Sam Hilzheim, steamboat
agent at Pine Bluff, is sick, at Hotel
Emery, Cincinnati.
Charles Nichols and George Trun-
nell are to be the pilots of the Paris
@. Brown this trip.
Engineer Eli Samuels has returned
from his summer tour among the
watering places of the North.
The John A. Scudder will be the
Anchor Line packet leaving here to-
morrow evening for st. Louis.
The Vint Shinkle for Memphis, and
the Paris @. Brown for New Orleans,
will leave Cincinnati this evening.
d The Dean Adams will arrive to-
night and leave on Monday evening
for Arkansaw City and way landings.
The Future City and Raven, with
barges, arrived at New Orleans yes
terday, and the John Dippold left
there last evening.
The large Anchor Line steamer w.
P. Halliday, in command of Captain
will pass down this afternoon
bound for New Orleans.
The james w. Gaff departed last
evening with 100 bales cotton, 100
SKIS cotton seed meal, $1,000 feet lum-
Der and a good list of people.
The Laura L. Davis, thoroughly
overhauled, has changed her name to
the New Queen City, and will run be-
tween Cincinnati and Evansville.
The new boat building at Jefferson
vile for the st. Louis & Vicksburg
Anchor Line, will be 80 feet long, so
feet beam and 81 feet depth of hold.
1t is rumored in marine circles that
the youthful and gallant commander
of one Of the 20" Lire steamers is to
be married to a Southern belle in a
few days.
The U. P. Schenck, with almost a
full load, passed down yesterday after
noon for New Orleans. She dis
charged ZOO pkgs OF freight and added
about 10 tons.
The Fannie Lewis, running under
the auspices Of the Anchor Line, will
be here to leave at 10 am. to morrow
for Cairo and st. Louis. Captain AID
Storm is her agent.
Captain Aft Cutting, of Metropolis,
is building a tug 100 feet long, q feet
beam and IL feet hold, for the Missis-
sippi Valley Transportation Company,
which will be completed in three
weeks.
The Andy Baum, on her way to this
port, passed Evansville last evening
and will be here tomorrow night or
early Monday morning, She leaves
Tuesday with a return trip for the
Ohio. ea 'lll
The Anchor Line packet City of
Cairo, in command Of Captain G.. w.
Viekers, will leave at 10 am. to-
morrow for Vioksburg and principal
way landings. Thomas White is her
polite clerk.
The hull Of the Kate Adams was