Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-07
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

plVO 10 llO eacn LOT l4I 10 10 hands, and
upto 500 for large extra.
RIVER INTELLIGENCE
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
For Madison, Katie Hooper......4 D N
st. Francis River, TIger.....5 D n
Cincinnati, Cons Miilar......5 D m
st, Louis City of Greenville.5 p n
BOATS LEAVING TOMORROW.
For Osceola, Coahoma..............l2 N
Madison, Rene Macready.. I'D D n
White River, Hard Cash......5 p n
Arkansaw River, Plow Boys D n
ARRIVED.
Steamer City ofVicksbufg, st. Louis.
Cons Millar, Cincinnati.
City of Greenville, Vicksburg.
Jno, A: Scudder, New Orleans.
+" Tiger, st. Francis River.
J. Sharp Mcdonald, Ohio River
Hard Cash, White River.
U. 2. Schenck. Cincinnati.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Coahoma, Friars Point.
Dean Adams, Arkansaw City.
City Of Helena, st. Louis.
=" j. Sharp Mcdonald. New Orl'n
City Of Vicksburg, Vicksburg.
Jno A. Scudder, st. Louis.
Mark Twain. Dyersburg.
U. Z. Schenck, Cincinnati
IN PORT.
Tiger, Katie Hooper, Cons Millsr, CITY
of Greenville Hard Cash.
Explanation.
AS there has buen so much con.
fusion and argument in reference Il
extreme high water mark at Memphis
the LEDGER has come to the con.
c~lusion to call the food of 1882 the
highest water mark known. The gov
eminent gauge, located at the foot o
Jefferson street, yesterday forenoon
read 30 feet l inch. In order to CORES.
pond with the United States Signal Oh.
erver IL inches must be added to the
reading OF the gauge, as they report
daily how nue. the river is above the
lowest point reached
CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
At noon to-day the reading of the
gauge was "a feet III inches, being a
decline Of II inches during the past "a
hours. The Ohio at Pittsburg rose 3
inches, with feet on the gauge. AT
Cincinnati it rose 4 feet, with % fest
on the gauge. At Louisville it is
stationary, with 10 feet in the canal.
At Evansville it fell 2 feet 5 inches,
with "a feet s inches on the gauge.
At Cairo it fell 4 inches. with
48 feet IL inches on the gauge. The
Mississippi at st Louis is stationary,
with 16 feet 6 inches on the gauge. At
V~icksburg it fell l inch, with "A
feet Z inches on the gauge. The Cum
berland at Nashville rose Is feet 6
inches, with 36 feet 6 inches on the
gauge. The Tennessee at Chattanooga
fell 2 feet 10 inches with IA feet 10
inches on the gauge. Red liver at
Shreveport fell l inch, with 30 feet 6
inches on the gauge. Arkansaw river
fell | inch at Little Rock, with Ia feet
II inches on the gauge. White river
is falling at headwaters, with yet a big
stage all the way out.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cooler to-day.
River falling steadily.
Business good at the landing.
The Louisville canal is again open
for business.
The Golden Rule was due at Gin
oinnati this forenoon.
The levee looks cleaner than it has
been for many day.
Another slice of the Madison street
bluff slipped" last night.
The Ste Genevieve, for Memphis,
left st. Louis last evening.
The Thomas Sherlock is due down
on her way to New Orleans.
The upper Ohio and the Cumber-
land rivers are rising again.
The r. r. Springer from Cincinnati
arrived at New Orleans yesterday.
The j. Sharpe Mcdonald, with a
tow Of coal, passed down yesterday.
The City Of Helena departed last
evening for St. Louis with a return
Captain Sam Brown, of the great
coal firm of Brown & Jones, is in the
city.
The Dean Adams and Coahoma de-
last evening for below with good
As soon as the river declines bust
ness will loom up with the local
packets.
The John A. Scudder, from New
Orleans. passed up this morning for
81. Louis.
The U. P. Schenck was expected to