Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-06-28

inch.
Little Rocks feet o inches, decline
inch.
st. Francis and White:rivers continue
at good stage
MISCELLANEOUS.
Warmer to day.
River falling slowly.
Business quiet on the levee.
Kate Adams, for Arkansaw City,
8 pm.
:, The Dyersburg left yesterday for
New Orleans.
The Hard Cash departed last even
ing with fair trip for White river.
Steamers arriving at St. Louis have
to discharge their cargOes in the streets
and alleys.
The Andy Baum arrived at Cincin-
natl yesterday and the James w. Gaff
left there for this port.
After the present trip of the New
Mary Houston it is said she will lay
up for the summer at Louisville.
The Guiding Star has withdrawn
from the "O' Line, and gone into the
excursion business at Cincinnati.
The Golden Rule got 1850 bbls pork
at Evansville and had 1000 bags of
corn engaged ct points below there.
The W. P. Halliday arrived at St.
Louis yesterday and the City of New
Orleans left there last evening for
New Orleans.
The Anchor Line steamer City of
Providence will be up this evening
and leaves from the elevator at 10
o'clock in the morning for Cairo and
st. Louis.
The spendid Anchor Line steamer
Arkansas City will be down tonight
and leaves at 100 clock in the morning
for Vicksburg. Captain Harry Bro.
laski is her commander.
The Vint Shinkle came in last
evening with a fair trip of freight, and
returns to the Ohio river tomorrow
evening, giving through tickets and
cheap rates to points East.
The Will Kyle, four and half days
out from New Orleans, with light
freight trip, passed up early this morn
ing bound for the Ohio river. She
discharged 100 pkgs and added but
little.
A number of marines took in the
COW catchers' show yesterday, but it
did not come up to their expectations,
having often seen much better hand
ling Of wild cattleby steamboat roust-
abouts.
The pooling arrangement Of the
Southern Transportation Line closes
on Saturday next, after which those
steamers not intending to lay up
during the summer will run indie
pendent.
Captain Lee Howell and George II,
Start have gone to Jacksonville to
close the contract with the Howards
for a new boat for the recently organ,
lied Florence and Evansville Packet
Company.
The Iron Age, with nine barges Of
railroad iron, arrived yesterday, drop
ped four barges here, aud with the
balance proceeded to Vicksburg. The
iron is for the Memphis and New Or
leans railroad.
The popular passenger steamer
Golden Rule, of the Southern Trans
pOrtation Line, will pass here to-
morrow bound for Vicksburg, New
Orleans and the Bends. Captain H.
y. Lowe is her agent.
As soon as the bridge is completed
over the Arkansaw river, the Texas
narrow gauge will have been complet-
ed to Gainesville, and sleeping cars will
then run to that point-a distance of
40 miles-frOm Cairo.
The break reported at Prices
Landing, on Monday last, washed out
the Iron Mountain railroad above
Charleston, Mo, for several hundred
yards, and will interfere with traffic
on the Belmont division for several
days.
Memphis has the best levee of any
city in the West Even at the high.
est stage Of the river there is plenty Of
levee room for couple Of dozen boats
to discharge their cargoes, and the
streets leading up from the landing
are also in fine condition.
The difficulty between the Charles
Morgan and Will s. Hays has beer
settled and the Morgan left Cincinnati
last evening for New Orleans, the
Hays holding over until Saturday
This will probably be the last trip o,
the Hays this season and it is reported
she will spend the summer at Cairo
so as not to be caught up the Ohio il
low water when business opens in tht
fall.
The Kate Adams, in command O.
Captain Mark r. Cheek, brought ID
70 bales cotton, 346 SKIS cotton seeC
and fair t.of people. She is thu
Adams Line mail packet Leaving
again this evening for Helena, Ter
rene, ArkansSw City and intermediate
landings, attending promptly to al
business that offers and connecting a
her destination with trains on th
Little Rock, Mississippi River ant
Texas railroad. E.W. Outlaw preside
in the Office, assisted by Walker Out
law and John 0. Wyckoff.
HoMEwARD BOUND.
The two railway engineers. men
ltioned yesterday, Messrs. T. II