Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-09


Of Cairo, building By the Howards, of
Jacksonville, will be completed April
LIST.
The City Of Baton Rouge, for St.
Louis, and the R. R. Springer, for
the Ohio, left New Orleans last even
ing.
The Gold Dust, from Vicksburg.
arrived at st. Louis yesterday, and
leaves there this evening with a return
trip.
The Paris G. Brown passed down
last night with a big trip ofboth freight
and people. Sheput off over 800 pckgs
here.
The Belle Memphis will be here to-
night, and is the Anchor Line packet
leaving tomorrow evening for Cairo
and st. Louis.
John Morris, pilot of the Rene
Macready, stopped off this trip on ac-
count OF sickness, and John B. Nc
Cune went out in his place.
Yesterday the Andy Fulton took a
barge to the wreck of the James D.
Parker, aud all the cargo that can be
reached will be loaded thereon.
A number of Cincinnati river men
have organized a colony and will build
cottages for the occupancy of their
families next summer in Northern
Michigan.
Captain Ed Nowland's splendid
steamer Katie Hooper is the railroad
packet leaving at 4 pm. for Madison,
to connect with trains on the Memphis
d Little Rock Railroad
The Ste. Geneveive, in command of
Captain G. w. Vickers, is the Anchor
Line packet leaving ats pm. to-day
for Cairo, st. Louis and all way mail
landings. John Il. Massengale is her
polite clerk.
The City Of Providence, in command
OF Captain G. w. Lenox, will be the
Anchor Line packet to leave here at
III am. to morrow for Vicksburg and
principal way landings. Frank Perkins
is in charge Of the office.
Those who made their high water
marks on Monday last should move
them an inch higher to-day, as the
rains of last night put all the
"notches" an inch out of sight-at
least it was that much higher on the
gauge.
The Josie Harry arrived last night,
and was only four days making the
round trip to Augusta and return.
She lost considerable time at Devalls
Bluff, delivering her railroad freight
and passengers. The Josie will leave
again OF Saturday for all points on
White river through to Newport.
The swift and elegant steamer Dean
Adams, in command of Captain Mark
X. Cheek, will leave promptly at 5
p m. to-day for Helena, Terrene.
Arkansaw City and all intermediate
landings. Captain A.. L. Cummins
presides at the desk, and is assisted by
Walker Outlaw and Lee Cummins, ir.
The Mary Houston, four and a half
days out from New Orleans with four
hundred tons Of freight and full Of
people, passed up this morning. She
laid up last night about thirty miles
below here and took on 10000 feet of
lnmber. She put off here 200 SKIS DO
tatoes and added 300 SKIS cotton seed
meal.
The Coahoma arrived from the
upper coast and will leave at 5 pm.
to. day for Helena, Friars Point and
all way landings, carrying the mail
and attending promptly to all business
entrusted to her. Captain Henry
Cooper commands, with the Office in
charge Of Hugh Tomlinson. assisted
by Platt Rhodes and John Haley.
The government gauge, located at
the foot OF Jefferson street, is the only
official gauge at Memphis, and the
LEDGER gives its exact reading for
noon each day. The United States
Signal Observer does not give the
gauge reading. Its figures denote how
much the river is above the lowest
point reached, which was on the 18th
day of December, 1872.
The entire upper works of the
Parker have become a mass of wreck,
the hurricane roof having fallen
through to the cabin floor and a rising
river is likely to sweep away the Upper
works and deck load Of whatever is
movable, at least there can be no
more than twenty. five per cent saved
on cargo. The canal is again cut off
by high water, and the falls are now
~blOekaded By the sunken Parker in