Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-02

nlte ana st. Francis rivers are
at fair stage but declining.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Weather mixed.
River fell four inches.
Heavy shower last evssing.
Light business at the landing.
Kate Adams for Arkansaw City,
pm.
The upper Mississippi is rising at
st. Louis.
The Vint Shinkle passed Louisville
yesterday bound for Cincinnati.
The Andy Baum will arrive to,day
from Cincinnati, and returns to-mor.
row evening.
The Will Kyle, from New Orleans
was expected to pass up this forenoon
on her way to Cincinnati.
The Anchor Line steamer City Of
Baton Rouge passes here Saturday
hound for New Orleans.
Simon Ralph, a river engineer, and
VIM. Mayhall, a pilot, died in New
Orleans during the past week.
The W. P. Halliday, for St. Louis,
and the Paris G. Brown for Cincin-
natl, left New Orleans last evening.
The City Of Helena left Vicksburg
at noon to-day and passes here SUI
day forenoon on her way to st. Louis
The Cons Millar left Cincinnati las.
evening for this port. She will arrive
Monday and goes back Tuesday even
ing.
Fogs on the Ohio river are giving
boats little trouble, causing them to
drop behind their regular schedule
time.
Mate McCloskey, of the City of
Nicksburg, has recovered sufficiently
to bear removal and has been taken
home by his wife.
The rise in the river at St.. Louis is
said to be but temporary, caused by
local rains, two inches Of rain having
fallen there Saturday.
The lighthouse tender, Jos. Henry
passed down yesterday bound for New
Orleans, and stops by the wayside to
rearrange the becon lights.
The Golden Rule will be due down
to morrow evening on her way to New
Orleans. H. G. Lowe, at the foot Of
Jefferson street, is her agent.
The big sidewheel steamer New
Mary Houston is anchored off the
wharf at Louisville aud during the
exposition will do duty as hotel.
The steamer Mississippi brought
out Of the Ohio river IA barges of stone
to be used on the government works
at Plum Point and Lake Providence.
The H. NJ. Graham completed her
repairs, was tested yesterday and re-
turned to duty this morning, going to
the government works at Thomas
Landing, just above the city.
Commodore kellogg, Of the United
States Navy, in charge of the 18th
Beacon Light District, will shortly
make a tour of the Tennessee river
with a view Of ascertaining the cost
of introducing government lights on
that stream.
Captain H. Fl. Drown, a former
commander Of the steamer Golden
Grown, died in Cincinnati on Tuesday
last of apoplexy. He was % years Of
age, and leaves a married daughter to
mourn his loss.
Captain james Nichols, late Of the
Thomas Sherlock, is m king a round
trip on the Golden Rule noting the
rivers changes, with a probability of
returning to the wheel of one Of the
"Q' liRe packets this fall.
The City Of Providence, of the
Anchor Line, passes here to morrow
morning at 70 o'clock bound for
ViCksburg and way mail landings
Captain George Lenox commands,
with Frank Perkins iD the Office.
The Louisville and P0FtaBG:lansl
Superintendent is preparing two fats
with boilers and engines to pump out
the Golfer dam % the end Of the wing
dam, to put up the Fhenara shatteFq
in the falls in the Indiana chute.
RThe Annie P. Silver, from St.
Louis, passed to New Orleans yester-
day afternoon, with big trip, Below
Cairo she took on 5000 SKIS corn and
200 bbls potatoes, Here she added
l2O bales hay, 200 SKIS oats, l09 sis
corn and about q tons Of misceilaRe-
Gus freight. ih
Captain Harry Brolaski's elegant
Anchor Line steamer Arkansas City
Yill be up this afternoon and leaves
from the elevator at 10 o'clock in the
morning for Cairo, 81. Louis and way
landings. She is popular boat and