Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-27

MISCELLANEOUS.
Weather warm.
River fell II inches.
Lively on the levee.
Packet business holding out.
Nine boats in port this forenoon.
Josie Harry for White river ito,
morrow.
The Kate Adams, for Arkansaw
City last evening, was well patronized.
The City of Providence, from Vicks-
burg to St. Louis this forenoon, doing
but little Of interest here.
The Wyoming is the next 20" Line
steamer down and bound for New Or
leans. h. G. Lowe is her agent.
The Golden Rule, for New Orleans,
and Andy Baum, for Memphis, ars to
leave Cincinnati to morrow evening.
The Dean Adams brought in 8 bales
cotton and 45 SKIS cotton seed. She
returns to 0sceola again this evening.
The local packets are doing better
business this summer than they have
done at the same season for several
years.
Tobacco raised along the Ohio val
ley is arriving at Cincinnati quite
freely, all the packets getting liberal
share.
The Buckeye State, it is reported,
will enter the Cincinnati and Mem
phis trade on her return from St..
Louis.
The Port Eads, coming up from
New Orleans, has the steamer Key
West in tow, destined to Paducah for
reapairs.
The Coahoma brought in 26 bales
cotton, $50 SKIS cotton seed and IL
pkgs fruit. She returns to Friar's
Point this evening.
The Arkansas City, from st. Louis,
passed to Vicksburg this forenoon
after dischargisg $500 pkgs and add
ing about 10 tons Of miscellaneous
freight.
The elegant Anchor Line steamer
City of St. Louis, in command of
Captain Dan Able, is announced to
pass here at noon tomorrow bound
for New Orleans. William Mason is
her chief clerk.
Harry Jacobs, a son of Captain
Josiah Jacobs, died last month. The
remains were inferred at st. Clair,
Mo-, alongside those Of his mother.
The deceased was promising Gin
cinnati and St. Louis pilot.
Captain N. B. Fowler, who pur-
chased the Welcome at Wheeling and
lost her by sinking in the lower Mis-
sisSippi, will soon go to Cincinnati to
purchase another small steamer for
the cotton seed trade in the upper
Red river.
The excursion last night on the
steamer 7. f. Eckert was a very en-
joyable affair. As they are becoming
very popular with the public they will
be kept up during the summer under
the same management. There will be
an afternoon and night excursion on
Sunday next.
The marine ways at Mound City are
actively employed, and have prospects
of being kept busy for a long time to
come. Whether Captain Haarstick
buys them or not, it is probable that
much of the repairing of the St. Louis
and M. V. 7. Co.'s barges and boats
will be done there.
The Golden Crown, five and half
days cut from New Orleans, with 500
tons of freight and sixty passengers,
came in early this morning. She dis.
charged 81 hhds and l6 bbls sugar,
2O5 SKIS salt, 20 bales sheeti9g aud l6
bbls rice. She was still here at noon
cleaning out and repairing boilers.
IN September LIST the rules govern
in, pilots on western rivers will be
cf Dgld back to the old style. so that
the ascending steamer should fr.t
indicate the side on which it desired
to pass instead Of the descending
stesmer ss at present. This change
will give general satisfaction to pilots
There is good stage Of water in the
Mississippi river from st. Paul to the
, gulf. The Chic, though rising at
Pittshgrg, is getting pretty shOal iron
there out 10 Cairo. The Cumberland
; and Tennessee rivers are very low ant
| falling. 1t is very probable that in
few weeks the season of low water OIL
!. the Ohio and Mississippi rivers viii
set in.
The tOwboat Jag Gould broke he
Q shaft few days Ago and lett he
barges at Commerce, Miss, III