Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-14
RIYER INTELLIGENCE.
A LEAVING TO-DAY.

hlteh MIeLlitENDE,
BOATS LEAVING TODAY.
For 0sceola. Dean Adams. ..""s"u..6 p m
Friars Point, Coahoma""""",,6 p m
BOATS LEAVING TOMORROW.
For White river, Josie Harry.."..5 p m
ARRIVED.
Steamer Coahoma, Friars Point
q" Dean Adams. Osceola
Josie Harry, White river
Arkansas City, Vicksburg
" Central City, st Louis
Billy Ezell, Paducah
DEPARTED.
Steamer Arkansas City, st Louis
Kate Adams, Arkansaw City
IN PORT.
Coahoma, Dean AdamS Josie Harry,
Central City, Billy Ezell
STAGES OF THE RIVER,
Memphis-5 feet l inch, a decline Of
2 inches during the past "a hours.
Pittsburg-5 inches, a rise of 3 inches.
Cincinnati feet l inch, a de-
cline off inches.
Louisyille-S feet o inches, a decline
Of 2 inches.
EVANSVILLE foot 6 inches, a decline
Of | inch.
|. Cairo G feet IL inches, a decline of 8
inches.
St LOuis-s feet 4 inches, a decline of
0 inches.
,Vicksburg-7 feet 10 inches, a decline of
4 inches.
Nashville-8 inches, and stationaly.
Chattanooga inches, q decline Of /
inch.
Shreveport feet 10 inches, a decline
off inches.
Fort Smith, feet 10 inches below the
zero Of the gauge; fell l inch.
Little Rocks feet 4 inches, and sta
tionary.
White river has a fair stage to Jack
sonport, but is falling.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear and warm.
River fell two inches.
Fair business at the landing.
Josie Harry for White river to.
morrow.
The W. P. Halliday is announced
to leave st. Louis tomorrow evening
for New Orleans.
The City Of st. Louis, bound for
New Orleans, passed Vicksburg night
before last in good shape.
The hull Of Captain John Darragh's
new tOwboat building at Pittsburg will
probably be launched to morrow.
The upper Ohio river is rising
slowly ct Pittsburg caused from local
rains, but will not amount to much.
The Anchor Line steamer City Of
New Orleans will be due up to-mor.
row. bound for Cairo and st. Louis.
The Kate Adams departed on time
last evening tor ArkansaW City with a
good trip of both freight and people,
Pilot John B. McCune went down
tho river last evening on the steamer
Kate Adams, Ia. note the late changes
The John A. Scudder arrived At
st. Louis yesterday, and the City Of
Cairo left there last evening for Vicks.
burg.
The whereabouts of James Sher.
man, an upper Mississippi river en-
gineer, is desired ct the Office Of the
Commercial Gazette, Of Cincinnati.
Captain D. H. Silver yesterday pur.
chased at St. Louis the steamer John
L. Rhodes. Terms private, as usual,
1t is said he will place her in the Red
river cotton trade.
The large and elegant Anchor Line
steamer City Of Baton Rouge is an.
nounccd to pass here on Sunday morn
ing, bound for New Orleans. Captain
AID Storm at the elevator is her agent.
The U. s. Mail Line Company keep
up a daily connection between Cincin.
natl and Louisville, notwithstanding
they had to charter very light draft
boats, theirs being too large for the
stage If the river.
The Anchor Line steamer City Of
Providence passes down to-day fol
V~icksburg, and the Arkansas CITY
passes to st. Louis. Both are a littlt
behind time on account Of the miser,
able condition Of the ri yer.
Messrs. Brown 4 Jones towboa
Billy Ezell, which has been on the
ways at PaducOh for several weeks
returned here last night looking a
pretty as a picture. She was thor
oughly overhauled and rCpainted.
The new steamer Mabel Comeaux
now coming out Of the Ohio river, i
the first departure from Cincinnati 70
New Orleans in three weeks. She !
not q large boat, but what there is Q
her is the substantial snd the elegan
combined.
The COahOma, in command Of Cap
tain Stacker Leo, brought in 40 bale