Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-11

luCutas
NashvilIe-2 feet 2 inches, decline Of
inches.
ChAttanOoga-s feet a rise of 10
inches.
shreyepOrt--5 feet 8 inches, a decline
Of 3 inches.
Fort Smith
Little Rock
White river is rising at headwaters
With a good stage of water to the mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Weather warming up.
River fell two inches.
Fair business at the landing.
Josie Harry for White river pm.
The W. P. Halliday leaves st. Louis
this evening for New Orleans.
The John A Scudder of the Anchor
Line will be due up tomorrow after,
noon bound for st. Louis.
The Ida Darragh will arrive to.
morrow evening, and leaves on Tues
day next for Arkansaw river.
The Golden Crown, from the Ohio,
was expected to pass here this fore
noon on her way to New Orleans.
The os.SherlOckis to berepalnted.
and her cabin newly decorated, pre-
pAratOry to entering the fall business
The large and elegant Anchor Line
steamer City of New Orleans is due
down on her way to the Crescent
City.
The Golden Rule, for Cincinnati,
and the City of Baton Rouge, for st.
Louis, are to leave New Orleans this
evening.
The U. P. Schenck is to leave Gin.
cinnati to>day for New Orleans, to be
followed by the Will Kyle on We'd
nesday next.
Frank Davis, engineer on one Of
the boatsa Wilson's Point, returned
to his post of duty last evening, after
weeks sojourn in the city.
Mate McClutchey, OF the Anchor
Line steamer City OF Vicksburg, who
was SO badly beaten at Darnells land
ing, will resume his duties next trip.
In a couple of weeks the local
packet business will be looking up and
boats which have been in retirement
during the dull season will be started
out.
The Vint Shinkle, having been I'M
avoidably detained, did not get away
until this forenoon. She took 3 bales
rags, 446 bales cotton and fair list of
people.
The neat little steamer Ida Lee will
be due here tomorrow morning, and
is the regular Tuesday packet leaving
for all points on L'Anguille and st.
Francis rivers.
Ben Forbes, receiving clerk at the
Vicksburg elevator. spent a day or
two with the boys, and left this fore
noon on the Vint Shinkle for little
"trip Of pleasure.
The Arkansaw City did not get
away for Vicksburg until evening.
She discharged 5000 pkgs and added
% tons, including 200 bars Of iron and
90 bbls potatoes.
Captain j. d. Randall and wife are
sojOurning at Hot Springs, Arkansaw.
They will return the latter part Of
next week, when Captain o. X. Jop-
lin will go off for little recreation.
The City Of Helena, in command of
Captain j. T. McOord, will be the
Anchor Line packet passing here to,
morrow forenoon on her way to ViCks-
burg, George Walton is her polite
clerk.
The Anchor Line steamer City of
Cairo will he up this afternoon, aud
leaves at ~ o'clock in the morning for
Cairo and st, Louis. Captain G. w.
Vickers commands, with Thos. White
in the Office.
The tug Vanderburg, belonging to
the estate of the late Captain W. Ii.
Longneoker, has not yet been sold,
the administrator, A. Karr, deciding
that the bids offered were too low.
She is a good and powerful tug for
her size.
Owing to the Andy Baum being
behind time in, reaching Cincinnati,
the james w. Gaff, which was to have
LETT there on Wednesday last, laid
over until to-day. She leaves there
this evening and is to return from
here on Friday next.
Captain William Hodges, the we'll
known pilot of the Kate Adams, has
purchased the tug A. B. Stafford.
He resigns his position, and will at
once engage in the wood towing busi>
ness. He was yesterday buying q
barge, and by close attention to bust
pess will soop be one Of the most Feli
able tug owners in the harbOr. Oopk
Hoyle went out on the Adams this
trip.
In the Scioto-Lomas case, on trial
in the United States Court Of ParkeFs-
burg, the jury rendered partial ver-
dict on Thursday last, finding David
| Kallor nilot of The Scioto entity Of