Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-29

of 10 inches. +.
Nashville-2 feet, decline of 2 inches.
chattanooga foot 2 inches, a decline
Of s inches.
Shreveport feet inches, decline OF
inch.
Fort Smith-Eallng.
Little Rock Falling
White and st. Francis rivers are
falling
MISCELLANEOUS.
Weather pleasant.
River fell one inch.
Rain needed to lay the dust.
Business quiet at the landing.
The Gayoso,on her way to this port,
passed Evansville last evening.
The Ida Darragh left yesterday for
Arkansaw river with fair trip.
The Annie z. Silver arrived at st,
Louis yesterday from New Orleans.
The Anchor Line steamer John A
Scudder is due down to-day bound foo
New Orleans.
The Ida Lee departed last evening
for st. Francis river with fine show,
ing of freight.
The upper Ohio remains low and
stationary at Pittsburg, with no pros
poets Of improving.
The large and elegant Anchor Line
steamer City of St. Louis passes up
this afternoon for Cairo and St. Louis.
Mate j, G. Collins has been promo,
ted to Captain Of the steamer Ida Lee
and left last evening for St. Francis
river.
The Arkansas City left Vicksburg
at noon yesterday and will be here to
leave on Friday morning for Cairo and
st. Louis.
The usual fall talk Of opposition has
set in, and as business in marine cir
Giles promises to be good, we may ex-
pect lively times.
The steamer City of Providence, Of
the Anchor Line, left st. Louis last
evening and passes here Friday morn
ing on her way TO Vicksburg.
The Coahoma, in command of Cap
tain Stacker Lee, Is the mail packet
leaving this evening for Helena and
FriarS Point. Platt Rhodes presides
in the Office.
The ferry boat John 0verton, thor
oughly overhauled,is due this evening
from PrduCah, and will reenter the
ferry trade between here and Mound
City tomorrow.
The Dean Adams, in charge Of
Captain Henry Cooper, is tie mail
packet leaving to-day for OsCcola,
John Rhodes and Charles Bourne are
in charge of the Office.
The City of ViCksburg, from St.
Louis, passed to ViCksburg last eve
ming after discharging here 35lO pkgi
and adding about so tons of miscella-
neOus freight for points below.
a New Orleans dispatch from Pla-
quemine reports the death there yes
terday of Captain E. Izall, who was in
charge OF the United States surveying
party making a survey of Bayou Pla-
quemine.
The little steamer Good Intent,
from up about Greensboro, on the
Ohio river, arrived last evening and
landed at the foot OF Market street
She is probably hunting a trade fol
the fall and winter season.
The popular White river steamer
Josie Harry will arrive tomorrow
night and leaves again On Saturday
for all points on White river through
to Newport, Where she connects with
the regular light draft boats for upper
and Black rivers.
Captain j. D. Randall and wife, who
have been spending the past; few
weeks at Hot Springs, returned home
yesterday, both much improved il
health. The Captain, who is the heaC
Of the St, Francis River Packet Com
pany, has big seasons business ahea(
, of him, and is ip fair trim to NEE { il
The new boat building at Littl,
Rock for Captain Hennegin, will b,
l4O feet long, % feet beam, 3 feel
hold and will have Is inch guards
designed for a.cotton boat to run in tn,
upper Arkansaw river. She is OK
pected to be ready to launch abOu
the middle Of next month, and will b.
Of very light draft.
Captain ] W. Lowell. OF Nashvi lie
has sold Tine sternwheel steamer Sill
verthorn to Captain Schreiher, Of
New Orleans, for $1,000. The latte
will run heJ in Pearl river. The Sill
verthOrn was once a packet at thi
port, and belonged to Captain Jane
Lee, who sold her for about $4,000, AN
unless size has been very mucl
abused was sold dirt cheap" ant
Captain iSchreiher has bargain
The Anchor Line steamer Bell
Memphis, due here from Vicksbur
since Mo nday afternoon, did not al
rive until this morning. Her deter