Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-30

Little Rock feet 6 inches, rise
of 2 inches.
White river is at very good stage
from Jacksonport to the mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear and pleasant.
River rising slowly to-day.
Fair business at the landing.
Cons Millsr for Cincinnati to-mor.
row.
The Josie Harry departed on time
with good trip for White river.
The U. P. Schenck will be due up
tomorrow, bound for the Ohio.
The R. R. Springer was expected to
pass up at noon to>dAy, bound for
the Ohio.
The Jay Gould and barges from
New Orleans, passed up yesterday for
St. Louis.
8The Viut Shinkle for Memphis, and
Charles Morgan for New Orleans, left
Cincinnati Saturday.
The Kyle for Cincinnati, and the
City Of Baton Rouge for st. Louis,
left New Orleans Saturday evening.
The Ida Lee came in Saturday from
Obion river with cargo Of lumber
tor the Kansas City and Memphis
railroad.
The Hard Cash is due this evening
from White river and leaves again on
Wednesday, going through to Jack
sonport.
The Annie P. Silver, with a lair up
stream trip, passed here early this
morning for st. Louis and discharged
about 5QD pkgs.
The Anchor Line steamer W. P.
Halliday will be due down tomorrow
evening bound for New Orleans.
Captain Ad Storm, at the elevator, is
her agent.
The Port Eads, from st. Louis,
passed here last night bound for New
Orleans. She added here barge No.
70, containing 1909 tons of oil cake
and meal.
The Commonwealth, from ViCks-
burg passed up on time yesterday
bound for St. Louis, and added 500
bales of Eastern bound cotton for re.
shipment at Cairo.
The City of Vicksburg will be due
up this evening and leaves at 10 am.
to-mOrrcw for Cairo and St. Louis.
Captain r. K. Riley commands, with
Billy Blenker in the office.
The Belle of Memphis, in command
of Captain [, II. Mckee, is the An
Choir Line packet leaving here at 10
am, to morrow, bound for Vicksburg.
Henry COrbyn is her chief clerk.
The Anchor Line steamer City of
New Orleans, with 1900 tons of
freight, passed here Saturday night
bound tor New Orleans. She added
25O bales cotton and 300 SKIS oil meal.
The Anchor Line steamer City of
Cairo, from St. Louis, passed here
yesterday forenoon bound for Vicks
burg. She discharged 22l3 pkgs and
added about 20 tons of miscellaneous
freight.
The Thomas Sherlock, four days
out from New Orleans, passed up
Saturday evening for the Ohio. She
had 800 tons Of freight and 40 passen-
gers, discharged $50 pkgs and added
3O4 bales cotton and 35l bbls oil.
The Rene Macready is the mail
packet leaving at 5 pm. tomorrow for
Mariana, the Cutoff, Wittsburg and
way landings on L'Anguille and St.
Francis rivers through to Mark Tree,
the crossing Of the Memphis and Kan>
SaS City railroad.
The James Lee, after four years of
almost steady running between here
and FriarS Point, retires from the
field for a few weeks to receive a gen.
eral overhauling and brushing up. She
has done noble work and proved a
grand success from the day she first
landed at this port.
The punctual upper coast steamer
Dean Adams, in command of Captain
Thomas Foster, is the Lee Line mail
packet leaving this evening for Osco
ola, Plum Point and way landings on
the upper coast, and will attend
promptly to all business that offers.
Hugh Tomlinson presides in the Office,
assisted by Chas. Bourne and John
Rhodes.
Captain John Darragh returned
with the I. f. Eckert on Saturday,
having accomplished all that could be
done to the sunken Bransford. Find
ing it impossible to raise the boat, the
cargo and machinery were taken out
with the exception of the niger en-
CINE and 10000 feet of lumber, which
will have to remain until the water
falls This is the first big job the
Eckert has had under her present
management and they did it success.
fully.