Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-24

Gold Dust, Vicksbnrg.
Annie 2. Silver, st. Louis.
IN PoRT
Dean Adams, James Lee, Coahoma.
City Of Helena, Rene 'Macready, Mark
Twain.
STAGES OF TUE RIVERS.
Memphis-22 feet 6 inches, a fall Of
foot 3 inches during the past As
hours.
Pittsburg-3 feet, a fall of foot.
Cineinnati-l3 feet 3 inches, a rise
of l foot 5 inches.
LouisyilleA6 feet 6 inches in the
canal, a fall OF l foot.
Evansville IL feet 6 inches, a fall
of 2 feet.
Cairo-28 feet, a fall of / foot
inches.
St. Louis-22 feet 10 inches, a
fall Of l foot 2 inches.
Vicksburg-39 feet 8 inches, a fall
Of 2 inches.
Nashvillo-5 feet 6 inches, a fall o.
6 inches.
Chattanooga feet 4 inches, sta.
t%iouary.
Shreveport-8 feet 10 inches, a fall
of 3iDches.
Little Rock-3 feet II Inches, a rise
Of 2 inches.
White and St. Francis rivers arc
fallingslowly.
MISCELLANEOUS.
|. Four local packets leaving this even.
ing.
The Dean Adams for Arkansaw
City this evening.
The Paris G. Brown is the next 20"
liner due down.
TIE Golden Rule, going up, passed
Evansville yesterday.
The james W. Gaff, going ND,
passed Evansville Saturday night.
The City Of New Orleans lett New
Orleans Saturday evening for St.
Louis.
The John s. Brausford left Satur-
day evening for White river with a
good trip.
The Louisville canal was thrown
open to navigation early yesterday
morning.
The Granite State left Cincinnati
Saturday evening for this port, in
place Of the Cons Millar.
The City Of Alton left st. Louis
Saturday for New Orleans. She will
pass here to morrow morning.
The City Of GreeDville, Captain
Bryan, leaves the whariboat to morrow
morning for Cairo and st. Louis.
The City of Providence, from
Vicksburg, and the Ste. Genevieve.
from this port, arrived at st. Louis
yesterday.
The City Of Vicksburg, Captain
Bob Riley, is the Anchor Line pack
ct leaving tomorrow morning for
Vicksburg.
The Katie Hooper, Captain e. B,
Smith, leaves Wednesday evening for
Pine Bluff and all way points on Ar
kansaw river.
The City Of Cairo passed down Sun
day morning for Vicksburg. She put
off here 260 bbls -four and added Is
tons of way freight.
The Hard Cash, Captain Ed Postal,
will arrive to night and leave We'd
nesday evening for Jaoksonport and
all way points on White river.
Colonel Ed Richardson has Dur
chased the Jimmie Baker, now being
rebuilt at Cincinnati. to run in CON
nection with his oil mills next season.
The Annie P. sSilver arrived last
night from New Orleans with a fair
trip. She broke her pitman strap
below here aud laid here until this
morning repairing it.
The Rene Macready, Captain O. K.
Joplin, leaves to morrow evening for
Mariana, the Cut OF, Wittsburg and
all way points on the L'ADguille and
St. Francis rivers. A. L. Banning is
her clerk.
The Coahoma. Captain Henry
Cooper, is the U. s. mail packet leav
ing this evening for Osceola and way
and plantation landings on the upper
coast. Messrs. Hugh Tomlinson and
Charles Bourne are her clerks.
Thos. M. Warrall, in former years a
partner with Nicholas Springer in the
boat store business and we'll known in
river circles, died Thursday night last
in st. Louis. He was an uncle of
Captain Brolaski of the John B
Maude.
Captain Mark Check backs out the
Dean Adams at 5 pm. to day for Ter
rene, Concordia, Arkansaw City and
intermediate points. She connects at
Arkansaw City with trains on the Lit
tie Rock, Mississippi River & Texas
railroad for points in Arkansaw and
Texas. Captain A. L. Cummins is
chief clerk.
A strong effort will be made by
steamboatmen at Pittsburg to have the
present rule as regards steamboat sig
mails revoked. Petitions with that end
in view will be circulated for sigma.
lures. The meeting at Pittsburg last
Thursday was almost unanimous in
favor Of a change back to the old sys.
TEN.
The Andy Baum, having been de
tanned at Louisville by the closing of.
the canal, will not get here in time to
leave tomorrow evening. She will
probably arrive tomorrow night and
leave Wednesday evening. Captain
L%ightburne, No. z Monroe street, is
her agent.
The City of Helena, Captain Elem
Calvert, arrived this morning from st.
Louis, with 5g04 pkgs of freight. in.