Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-22

the Louisville and Henderson Packet
Company have laid up their side
wheelers, and their places filed by
the Fashion, W. H. Cherry and B. S.
Rhea.
Captain Ed Postal, of the Hard
Cash, will arrive home to morrow,
when his clerks-Charlie and Joseph |
Postal, accompanied by their wives
will go to Louisville for few days.
The Golden Rule passed Evansville |
yesterday morning bound for Cincin>
natl, but in all probability will have
to lie up below Flint island bar, where
not more than thirty inches Of water
is reported.
The lighthouse tender Joseph Henry
on her last trip put up three new
lights between here aRd Cairo, namely,
one at Forked Deer river. head of
island 16 and Tiptonville No. /.
Fred Thomas and George Clinton
are at Tue wheel of the Wyoming, and
Pilot james Page is making the round
trip on that steamer to take look at
the lower Mississippi river.
Captain Dickinson, John Gilbert
and Joe Fowler have sold their inter-
ests in the Evansville and Memphis
Packet Company to s. ]. and E. Hop
kinson on basis Of 81 40. The sale
was Consummated two or three days
ago.
The splendid and popular steamer
Josie Harry will arrive tomorrow
night and returns to White river on
Saturday, taking freight and passen-
gers for all points on White, Black
and Little Red rivers.
mo arrivals or departures except
local packets" is what is wired almost
every night from prominent points on
the Ohio river, which indicates that
the water is too low for the through
packets to do business with any kind
Of satisfaction.
The Wyoming, which left Cincin,
natl on Saturday last, got pass Flint
Island and passed Evansville yester-
day afternoon bound for New Orleans.
H. G. Lowe, at the foot of Jefferson
street, is her agent, and will furnish
information if desired.
Mr.. Nose McGreger, part owner and
carpenter of the steamer j. A. Wood
soon, died on board the boat at Little
Rock on the 10th inst. His daughter
"a young LADY, and his brother we're
, with him at the time Of his death and
took his remains to Acton, Ind, for
interment,
f The little steamer Jimmie Baker,
which was here for while last season,
will run this fall and winter from
f Monroe, La, up Bayou Bartholomew
and Bayou D'ArbOnne, Captain EN-
mick having contracted with the mer-
chants Of those streams to handle their
cotton.
Engineer james T. Bailey, Of the
steamer james Lee, returned home
yesterday after spending two or three
weeks very pleasantly in prominent
cities of the East, not forgetting on
his return to stop and take in the big
Louisville Exposition, which he pro-
y nounces "big show"
"Walt" of Cairo says: The Golden
a Rule came up through Bulletin Tow
head and had quarter less four in a
' current so swift as mill race. The
government are still trying to stop it
{ from going that way, but the task
seems fruitless. AS it is a good chan
mel, it will seem to many as a useless
r task.
A dispatch from Vicksburg states
that difficulty occurred yesterday
morning between Thomas Good, a cub
pilot who is learning the river on the
Anchor Line steamer City of Provi.
| dence, and Mr.. Duvall, the third
clerk of the boat, during which the
r latter was severely cut.
0 The renowned steamer Kate Adams
q will arrive tonight and is the regular
mail packet leaving to morrow even
s ing for Helena, Friars Point, Terrene,
i. Arkansaw City and way landings
+ The Kate Adams offers special rates
to those who would like to make Q
!. round trip excursion on such fast
q and elegant steamer.
r The Ohio river is low and falling
all the way from Pittsburg to Cairo
Is though a light rise is reported to-day
4 at Cincinnati, caused no doubt By
n local rains, Abouta dozen boats are
in the vicinity of Flint Island. mos
II Of which are stuck" on the bar, aud
!. are distractions to lighter boats which
n wish to pass The James W. Gaf
got off the bar couple of days age
10 and went above, where the U. P
i SChenck was lying. The two will
i probably keep company until there is
another rise in theriver, These boats
- loft Cincinnati over ten days ago
! The Cons Millar, which left Cincin-