Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-06
RIVER INTELLIaENCE.
boats LEAVING ro-nAx.

bOAio LEAflNd 1O-DA1.
For Friars Point. Coahoma............5p m
" Osceola Dean Adams....,.......5p m
Cincinnati, Andy Baum .........5 p n
BOATS LEAVING TOMORROW.
For Cincinnati, Mary Houston. ~ m
" New Orleans, City st Louis. 10 n
NJ ARRIVED. tS
Steamer Coahoma, Friars Point
Dean Adams. 0seeola
Arkansas City, Vieksburg.
CITY Of Providence. st Louis
" Wyoming New Orleans.
John Gilmore New Orleans
DEPARTED.
Steamer John Gilmore. st Louis
Kate Adams. ArkRnsaw City,
" Arkansas City, St LOUIS
City Providence. Vicksburg.
Wyoming, Cincinnati
IN PORT.
Coahoma, Dean Adams, Andy Baum
HIGH WATER MAsK.
The high water level Of the food Of 1885,
at the port Of Memphis was reached on
March 9th, when the exact reading of the
government guage at the foot Of Jeffer-
son street was 30 feet z inches. lI
STAGES OF THE RIVER.
Memphis-29 feet Z inches,a decline Of
inches during the past "A hours.
Pittsburg-S feet 2 inches, decline o.
3inches.
Cinci1nati-l4 feet l inch, decline
of inches.
LOuisville-7 feet 5 inches, decline Of
2 inches.
EyaRsvillo--ll feet inches, decline
of6 inches.
Cairo-a5 feet 4 inches, a decline of Il
inches.
St. Louis-20 feet, a decline OF Il
inches.
Vicksburg-89 feet inches, and sta.
tionary.
Nashville-5 feet 6 inches, decline OF
6 inches.
Chattanooga feet, decline of 4
inches. t1
Shreveport-l7 feet 8 inches, decline
of inches.
Little Rock-6f feet inches, a decline
Of 6 inches.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Hot.
Business fair.
Three boats leaving this evening.
The Kate Adams had a good trip
for Arkansaw City. i
The little towboat Annie L. passed
south yesterday afternoon.
The Vint Shinkle, from this port,
arrived at Cincinnati yesterday.
The John Gilmore, towing five
barges, passed to st. Louis yesterday.
The City Of New Orleans and R.
S. Hayes, from st. Louis, arrived at
New Orleans yesterday.
The Commonwealth left Vicksburg
yesterday for st. Louis. She will pass
here Sunday morning.
The Arkansaw City left this morn
ing for st. Louis after adding a lot Of
potatoes and other freight.
The City of st. Louis, Captain Dan
Able, will pass down tomorrow even
ing for New Orleans and way points
The New Mary Houston will pas
here at noon tomorrow for Cincin-
natl. Captain H. G. Lowe is her
agent.
The Coahoma, Captain Marsh Mil
Ter, is the Lee Line packet leaving al
5 o'clock to day for Friar's Point
Platt Rhodes is chief clerk.
Captain H. j. Vinton's Andy Baum
leaves at 5 o'clock this evening fol
Cincinnati and way points. Robert
Mccoy and Charley Vinton are in the
Office.
Captain Cottrill, the veteran horse.
man, has sold the famous two year
olds Mona and Buchanan to Captain
Sam s. Brown, Of Pittsburg, fol
$4,000.
Lively times are reported on the
upper Kanawha. There are four
boats running above Charleston, and
you can go to any point you please ior
% cents.
The Dean Adams, Captain Foster,
leaves this evening for 0sceOla and
points on the upper coast. Hugh
TOmlinson and Charles Bourne are
her clerks.
The City of Providence, bound for
Vlcksburg, passed down this morning
with a good trip. She discharged a
lot of freight at the elevator, and
added about 20 tons OF suDdries.
The Black Hills, of the Benton
Line, arrived at Bismarck on the LIST,
2 days and y hours from Fort Ben
ton, the quickest time on record
round trip IL days and % hours from
Bismarck.
The Wyoming, Eve days out from
New Orleans, passed up last night for
Cincinnati with 700 tons of freight.
She put off here $500 bdls cotton ties,
100 SKIS salt, 60 boxes sardines, and
added 200 bales cotton, 270 bales bat
ting and 10 bbls oil.
Since Captain Charlie David has al
tered the City of MadisOns water
Wheel, by splitting the 26 inch buck
cts and placing l9 INCH buckets fore
apd aft on the arms, ope abOye the
other, the boat, with sixty pounds OF
steam, makes 20, or two more reYolu-
lions q minute than before the c hapge,
and shakes very little, compared With
the old fashioned buckets, while these
is less friction on the wheels as well as
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