Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-16

for, medium grass fed to choice
and lhR2c for common; sheep slal 50
per head for common and 3a3c for medium
70 choice. Hogs 5ks7c per ID, the latter
for 200 Id stock. Mil h cows and calves
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RIVER IETELLIGHKCR.
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY,
For White river, Josie Harry. MD D m
ARK river, Ida Darragh. .........5 D m
81; Francis river, Macready... IS D m
Walnut Bend, Tiger..........5 D m
Cincinnati, james w. GAtf......5 D m
ARRIVED.
Steamer James w. Gaf. Cincinnati.
Macroady, st. Francis river.
Josie Harry, White river.
Ida Narragh, Arkansaw river.
Tiger, Walnut Bend.
DEPARTED.
Steamer James Lee. Friar's Point.
Ceahoma. Oscenla.
Henry Frank, New Orleans.
IN PORT.
Josie Harry, Ida Darragh, Tiger, Rene
Macr,ady, James W. Gait.
BOATS LAID Up.
John B. haude, City of Providence.
STAGES OF THE RIVERS.
Memphis feet 10 inches, a decline
0 inches during the past "a hours.
Pittsburg-4 feet 9 inches, a decline
Of 3 inches.
Cincinnati-l4 feet, 8 inches, and
stationary
L%Ouisville-7 feet 2 inches, a de-
cline OF inches.
E~vansville-8 feet 5 inches, a de-
cline Of 3 inches.
Oairo-S feet, a decline of4 inches.
st. Louis leet Z iuches,a decline
Of 8 inches.
Vicksburg-ll feet, a decline of 2
inches.
Nashville-5 feet 4 inches, a rise
of8inches.
Chattanooga feet 6 inches, a rise
Of inches.
shrevepOrt-2l feet 8 inches, a
decline Of 4 inches.
Little Rock feet, and station.
airy.
White river continues to decline,
but retains a fair stage to jackson.
port.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear and cold.
River tell i've inches.
Gaf for Cincinnati at 5 p NJ.
Business good with the packets.
The Thomas Sherlock will DO due
down Monday, bound for New Or
l1ans.
The r, R, Springer expected to
leave New Orleans some time this
forenoon for Cincinnati.
The Andy Baum for Memphis, and
Charles Morgan for New Orleans,
will leave Cincinnati this evening.
The Carrier, from New Orleans.
aud bound for tho Ohio river, will
pass up to morrow evening or eally
Monday morning.
Captain Thomas i Davidson's in
dependent aud elegant steamer Cen
tennial will be due up o.morrow
bound for Cairo ana st. Louis.
A shipment of Wheeling Stogies
will be received in a few days by II.
Esch, cigar dealer, corner Main and
Adams streets, under the Worsham
House. SIT
The Montana and w. P. Halliday
are overdue from 81. Louis, the former
bound for V~icksburg aud the lat er
for New Orleans. Captain AID Storm,
at the elev,tQr is their agent.
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
evd blank bonk m .Hu aeturiug estao
.lishment, 10 Madison street, Memphis
Tenn is prepared TO ex cute every
kind OF work in their line in superior
style and at low prices. +
The weather is quite cold at St.
Louis with the mercury below the
freeziugpoint since yesterday morning.
Some Ice is making but it would not
obstruct navigation if there was water
enough for boating purposes.
The Golden Eiule and the Golden
Crown got out Of their trouble at the
foot Of Presidents Island yesterday
morning, and were passed in tho
afternoon going down all right, one
just a short distance behind the other.
The Wyoming, which started out as
an independent packet in the Ciucin-
natl and Memphis trade, and made
q trip, is now offered for sale. She
is 25S feet long, 40 ie,,t beam, is three
years old, and has capacity for 14OO
tons.
The time Of the Kate Adams from
Cincinnati to Louisville was nine
hours, and from Louisville to Evans
vile fourteen hours, Very good time
Tor a new boat on the present stage of
the river, wb en- she dare not run
under a full cad Of steam.
Diver Jamen Moore arrived yester-
day from PluTn Point, whore he did q
little work Tor the government, and
speaks in high terms Of Captain
Knight and his men employed there.
Ills next work will be to remove the
stumps Of thu, old elevator at the foot
of Beal street.
The wrecking boat Salvor, which
left St. Louis a few days ago for the
&nuth wot ,,ror . al. 80 .o.L. k..I