Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-05-26

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White river is rising, with good stage
OF water its entire length.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Pleasant to-day.
River rose 5 inches.
Heavy shower last night.
Nothing doing at the landing.
No local packets leaving to-day.
The Ohio is falling at points above
Louisville.
The Cons Millar, bound for this port.
was at Evansville last evening.
The Rene Macready will be the Tuesday
packet for st Francis river.
There is considerable cutting of rates
both at Pittsburg and Wheeling.
The City of New Orleans is to leave
New Orleans this evening for st. Louis
The Ella Kimbrough is trying her
chances in the Cairo and New Madrid
trade.
The Paris G. Brown and Will KYLE
both from the Ohio, arrived at New Or.
leans yesterday.
The Kate Adams will arrive tonight.
and Is the Monday evening packet for
Arkansaw City.
The Andy Baum had very light trim
for the Ohio river, the principal item be-
ing 81 bales cotton.
The Ida Darragh will be due tomorrow
evening and is the regular Tuesday pack
ct for Arkansaw river,
The, Annie p. Silver will be theAnchor
Line packet leaving st, Louis this even
ing for New Orleans.
The John A, Scudder will be the An
Choir Line packet passing up tomorrow
afternoon for st. Louis.
The Cons MiIlar will be due Monday
morning, and leaves on Tuesday at s
o'clock for the Ohio river. I
The Thomas Sherlock, from New Or
leans, was expected TO pass up this fore
noon bound for the Ohio river.
Tha U S. Government steamer A. s..
Humphrey has gone up the Missouri river
to work on that stream rip-rapping.
The Dean Adams, for Osceola, and the
Coahoma, for Friars Point are the Lee
Line packets leaving Monday evening,
The Piasa arrived yesterday from the
Ohio river and this morning dropped her
four barges Of stone down to the landing
The Hard Cash coming down White
river passes peyalls Blqif tosmorrov
morning and will DO here on Tuesday
next,
The Charles Morgan and Vint Shinkle
are TO leave Cincinnati this evening, the
former for New Orleans and the latter for
this port.
Captain w. w. Coulson writes that the
Rosebud was forty days making the trip
from Yankton to Benton and back to
Bismar K.
The K. X. Springer will be the next
"O' Line steamer passing here bound Tor
New Orleans. She was at Evansville yes
terday afternoon.
1t is reported that Commodore Kountz
he's been awarded the upper Missouri
c9ntFAst He has two boats up there, and
can got more # be needed them. e
Captain Dan Able's fact and elegant
Anchor Line steamer City Of st, Louis
Louis will pass here this evening, bound
for New Orleans. james Elton is her
chief clerk.
The Anchor Line steamer City of Cairo
In command Of Captain g. w. Vioken,
will leave from the elevator at 10 a. IN, TO
morrow on her way to Vicksburg; Thos
White is her polite clerk
A Troy, N. Y, dispatch says, ga Lam
singburg firm has almost completed a
small steamboat oraPittsbnrg company"
Why not have paper steamboats, when
we have paper carwheels.
The COMMONWEALTH, in command of
Line packet leaving 1t f0b icfdcK tor&brt
| row mofhing for Cairo and st. Louis.
Henry Dietrich Presides in The office. = :
The bet time N4dQ bF Che City Of New
l0d0ans TO Baton Rouge was u HqYts ana
! -'Salag by The phy Of Bht6h RqdEe'
% - hours No. and - .'sasias and }. Sy ths nSg
Aoehor Line steamer U..y ~ l9a''
IL hours and 40 minutes,
Captain Lee Howell, general freight
agent of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company at Evansville, is an
old steamboat captain, having built, owned
and commanded the Rapidan No. 2 in
the Tennessee river and Paducah trade.
The New Mary Houston, lacking about
lOO tons OF being loaded, passed down
this morning for New Orleans refusing
freight here in order to reach. her destina-
ton by Wednesday next, She being ad-
vertised to make several excursion trips
on that day. fa cte
The Vint Shinkle managed to squeeze
through the Louisville canal at 8 o'clock
Thursday morning, but in coming Out
along the break IN the canal dam She was
caught in the suck and ran against The
thigh dam with such force rs TO break 5 OIL