Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-19

Fort Smith, foot 8 inches below
bench mark, and falling.
Little Rock feet 2 inches, decline
Of 10 inches.
st. Francis river is rising slowly.
White river is falling, but at good
boating stage.
MISCELLANEOUS
Weather pleasant.
River rising steadily.
Business lively on the levee.
Kate Adams for ArkansaW City 8
p. m.
Navigation is closed at St. Paul and
Davenport on account Of floating ice,
The steamer Helena arrived at New
Orleans Saturday with big load Of
cotton.
The Dean Adams brought in 100
bales cotton, 8 bags seed cotton, 249
SKIS cotton seed.
The Chickasaw will be due to-
morrow, and is the Wednesday packet
for White river.
The new steamer Joe Peters de-
parted Saturday for Arkansaw river,
with a good list Of freight.
=All the packets which have arrived
since Saturday brought in good car
goes Of cotton aud seed.
The Golden Grown, for Cincinnati,
and the City Of St. Louis, left New
Orleans Saturday evening.
The Vint Shinkle, for this port, and
the New Mary Houston, for New Or,
leans, left Cincinnati Saturday,
The Ohas. Morgan, from the Ohio,
passed to New Orleans this forenoon
and added considerable freight here.
The Il. W. Cole will arrive this
evening and returns tomorrow even
ing to Vicksburg and all way land.
ings.
The Jay Gould and tow from St..
Louis, passed to New Orleans Satur-
day night and added here a barge load
of cotton.
The Henry Frank is due to-day
from New Orleans and goes south
again tomorrow evening. Captain E,
X. Thomas is her agent.
The large Anchor Line steamer W,
P. Halliday is announced to pass here
ct 6 pm to morrow for Vicksburg
New Orleans and the Bends.
The City of Cairo, up yesterday fol
81. Louis, put off 10 bales cotton and
added 653 bales Of compressed cotton
for reshipment East at Cairo.
The r. r. Springer, over due from
New Orleans, was expected to pass up
this forenoon on her way to the Ohio
river.
The D. r. Powell from New Orleans,
was expected to pass here for st. Louis
this forenoon, and expected to add
1000 b les OF Eastern bound cotton
here. .t
The Rene Macready is the mail
packet leaving to morrow evening fol
Mariana, the Cut OF, and all way
landings on L'Anguille and st. Fran
els rivers,
The Anchor Line steamer, City o.
Baton Rouge, passed to New Orleans
at 2 O'Clock this morning with full
cargo, having filed out with corn il
Madrid Bend.
Matt z. Ferris, river man, died il
the In the hospital at Cairo on Tues
day last. He lost two children three
weeks ago, and leaves a wife residing
at Paducah.
The government steamer Genera
Barnard which took the Congressional
Investigating Committee to New Or
leans, passed here yesterday, return
ing to st. Louis.
The Rene Macready, from st. Fran,
ois river, brought in 20 bales of cot
ton 62 bags OF seed cotton and 81 sack
Of cotton seed. She also Teshipped 81
bales of cotton for New 0rleans.
The Ida Darragh brought out 0
Arkansaw River 949 bales cotton, re
shipping 54l bales at Terrene for New
| Orleans, and bringing to this port 40|
bales cotton and 1868 SKIS cotton seed
The steamer Genevieve is the An
Choir Line packet leaving this eveninI
for Cairo, ST. Louis and way landings
Captain George Carvelle Commands
with Rolla Porter IN charge Of tn
Office.
The Commonwealth, from st. Louis
passed to Vicksburg yesterday rore
noon. She discharged here 2002 pkgs
including 9S5 bbls -four, % bbls meaI
80 SKIS corn and 279 boxes crackers
also added about 30 tons.
The Piasa is due to-day from th
Ohio river with three barges Of rocl
J Just below Rose Glare on Thursda
l last she lost the barge Bill Howard
: loaded with rock, the same havin
! been swamped by waves.
. The lighthouse tender JOSEF
$ Henry passed up yesterday for S
: Louis. The only change betwee
T Vicksburg and this point was Il
q Cabiutell Point light, which W
0 moved down 200 yards. A new ligl
0 will be placed opposite Island No. s.
, Hugh Carlisle, prominent lew
contractor, has just completed his Ia
! contract. During the past twel
months Mr.. Carlisle has built Il
: Delta and Bedford levees, each
, which is FIVE miles long and contai
= 275, 900 cubic yards Of earth, also 4
4 Elsie levee and the Omega and Mi
= liken Bend levees.
n The popular Memphis and oh
y river packet, Cons Millar, in commal
|. Of Captain j. NJ. Chenowith, is d
n to-day, and leaves promptly at 5o 'clo
I, Tomorrow evening for cairo, Evan
n vile, Louisville, Cincinnati and "
n landings, connecting with the difie
Il emit railroads and giving cheap rat
n and through tickets to points cal
! James w. Yoris and James Bray a
n in charge Of the office.
Fire was discovered among the 90
ton on board the steamer Ida Darral
early this morning when she was pas
. ing the foot Of the island, lmmet
: ately a half dozen streams OF wat
y was turned on and the ERE put o
L with but little damage. On arrival
Il the boat lat the landing the soorch
d bales were at once rolled out on I
levee to make sure Of no iurti