Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09

cline of inch.
Little EOck-ll feet rise of ;
inches.
White and Arkansaw rivers are a
a fair stage.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cloudy and cold.
River fell fourteen inches.
The packets had fair trips out yes
terday. ii i1fst M
Moderate business at the landing.
The upper Ohio is rising at Pits
burg.
Everything solid about the leve,
this morning.
A STEADY decline is now going on il
the river at this point.
The Belmont, with tow Of empty
coal barges, left here this morning fol
the Ohio.
The towboats Sam Roberts, Morton
and Mcdonald arrived at New Or
leans yesterday.
The Golden Grown and Charlie
Morgan, from New Orleans, arrived al
Cincinnati yesterday.
The COahoma and James Lee are
the mail packets leaving to morrow
evening for the upper and lower
coasts.
The Mississippi, at st. Louis, i,
filling rapidly, with ice increasing
fast. Navigation at that point is Ell
tirely suspended.
The steamers City of Greenyille.
David R. Powell and Helena, which
were delayed by fog, arrived at New
Orleans yesterday.
The John A. Scudder and The
Guiding Star, the former for St. Louis
and the lattor for Cincinnati. passed
Eicksburg yesterday morning,
The Guiding Star, in command Of
Captain j, D. Hegler, will be due ur
to morrow, bound FIR the Ohio.
Henry {. Lowe, at the foot Of Jeffer.
son street; is her agent.
The weather is almost too cold 10.
day for the festive roustabout, who,
not finding enough sunshine on the
levee, repairs to the dram shop Ia
enjoy his favorite game Of "craps.p
The Tiger, being unavoidably de.
tanned, will leave to morrow at 8
p M, her regular day, for Peters
Bledsoe's and way landings, including
those in Council and Walnut Bends
The great Will $. Hays will be
here tomorrow morning and remain
until noon, thus giving our citizens
ample timG to inspect one of the
finest boats ever built for Western
rivers. aIl
Mr.. Thomas johnson, the well
known ship carpenter, who has been
in i'll health for some time, has been
confined to his house for nearly two
weeks, but hopes to be out shortly to
attend to business.
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
and blank book manufacturing estab-
lishment, ID Madison street, Memphis
Tenn is prepared to execute every
kind Of work in their line in superior
style and at low prices. + d
The City of Yicksburg arrived early
this morning, discharged Al bales
cotton, 4 bags seed cotton and 8 head
cattle. She proceeds at 5 pm. to. day
to Cairo aud possibly St. Louis. Capt
R, K. Riley commands, with Billy
Blenker in charge Of tina Office.
The Henry Frank, which left here
with a badly cracked shaft thinking
she could keep the pieces together
sntil she reached New Orleans,
missed her aim by a few miles. She
is now lying at DonaIdsonyille with a
cargo of cotton and entirely disabled.
A portion Of her crew went to New
Orleans on the Silver City.
The Rene Macready, in command
Of Captain o. X Joplin, is the regu.
lar packet leaving at 5 p IA. to-day fol-
Helena, Mariana, the Cut Of anC
way landings on L'Anguille and st
Francis rivers through to Wittsburg,
where connection is made with tn,
light draft steamer Advance for tn,
Sunk Lands. j. D. Block and Chas
StoCkley are in charge Of the Office.
The Andy Baum, from the Obi,
river, arrived early this morning, witl
about 1000 pkgs of freight, including
1900 bbls salt, 735 bbls -four, 65 Dbl
whisky, 2lS sacks corn and 1877 bales
Of hay. She leaves again this evening
for all points on the Ohio river
through to Cincinnati and gives cheal
rates to all points East. Captain Fl
j Vinton commands, with Captain G
Wash Thompson in charge of III.
office, assisted by AID Bennett ant
Charlie Vinton.
The John S. Bransford, Of the Nil
Harry Line, brought in 8 bales ccttor
and 26l8 SKIS cotton seed. She leave
again this evening for Devalls Bluff
Augusta, JacksOnport and way land
ings, attending promptly to all busi
ness intrusted to her, and cOnnectin.
nj her destination with fha ~raonl,