Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-09


City New Orleans. New Orleans
+" Clara, Ohio river
IN PORT.
James Lee, Dean Adams, Kate Adsns
4a.reAdy
HIe7 WATER MARK.
The high water level of the food of
1882 at the port of Memphis vas
reached on March 9th. when the goy>
eminent gauge at the foot OF Jefferson
street read % feet 2 inches.
STAGES OF THE RIVERS.
Memphis-28 feet 1 inches, a rise of
z feet inches during the past As
hours; now 6 feet 10 inches below high
water mark.
Pitlsburg-16 feet II inches, rise
of 9 feet.
Cincinnsti-48 feet 2inches, a rise
Of s feet 4 inches.
LOuisville-22 feet 10 inches, a rise
of feet 2 inches.
Eysnsville-36 feet inches, rise
Of II inches.
O-itO-- ~ feet ii inches, rise Of 10
inches. .o.t
81 Lonis-l6 feet 9 inches, rise
of % inches.
Vicksburg-43 feet 5 inches, de
;llnf 1T inches.
Nashville-34 feet s inches, a decline
of IA inches.
Chattanooga III feet 9 inches, a
rise OF 8 feet s inches.
Shreveport-20 feet IL inches,
rise Of 8 inches.
Little Rock-14 feet 2 inches, a rise
Of 4 feet s inches.
White river is rising at head
waters.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Warmer to-day.
River rising steadily.
The week opens with fair business.
The CAT for Cincinnati to- morrow.
Three local packets leaving this
evening.
River 6 feet 10 inches below high
water mark Of 1882.
The electric lights on the levee will
probably shine forth tonight.
The Cumberland river is falling but
the Tennessee river continues to rise.
i A large raft 6oated by tie city yes
ter1ay forenoon with no one on board.
The Guiding Star leaves Cincinnati
Tomorrow evening for New Orleans.
The Henry Lourey aud barges pass
ed here at daylight hound for st.
Louis.
The Henry Frank is announced to
leave here on Wednesday at noon for
New Orleans.
The City of Cairo passed up yester-
day forenoon for st. Louis, and added
10 tons Of way freight.
The Andy Baum, for Memphis, and
Thomas Sherlock, Tor New CLEANS,
left Cincinnati Saturday.
Captain james Moore, the well
known diver, has gone to Helena to
raise a sunken stave boat.
The Josie Harry got away for
White river with good showing of
both freight and people.
y The W. P. Halliday will be- the
Anchor Line packet passing here to.
morrow, bound for New Orleans.
The towboat w. w. 0'Neil is com
ing out Of the Ohio river with SOC. ono
bushels of coal, equal to q, $40 tons.
The Paris G. Brown is due up Cd
her way to the Ohio, and the Annie
2 Silver is due up bound for ST.
Louis. r.
The City of Baton Rouge. for St
Louis; and New Mary Houston, ior
Cincinnati, left New Orleans Saturday
evening.
The Hard Cash will arrive to NOR
rowland esve again on Wednesday for
all points on White river, through 10
Jacksonport.
The Sallie J. Cooper, which was
here for couple of weeks repairing,
left on Saturday last for upper ST.
Francis river.
Thesmall towboats Celina and Clara
from New Orleans, the former last
night, and the latter this morning,
passed up for the Ohio river,
Freight rates from Cairo to points
above Vlcksburg have fallen to 2O|
cents per 100 pounds, but Vicksburg
and through rates have remained un.
changed.
On Friday last at Falmouth, Ohio,
the Licking river rose l6 feet in 6
hours. Great damage has been sus-
tanned by mill owners and log men
along the river.
Captain Daniel Howard, the origi,
nal founder of the Howard boat yards
at Jefferaonville, Ind, is said to be
lying very low in that town and not
expected to recover.
The Commonwealth from St. Louis,
passed down early this morning for
Vicksbnrg, about 20 hours behind
time She discharged $50 tons and
added 30 for points below.
TIE Anchor Line steamer City of
New Orleans, with 1000 tons Of freight,
pa . DOWN yesterday, She added
b re 200 Nales cotton aud 20 tons mis-
cellaneous freight, and took on in
Madrid Bend $500 SKIS corn.
The Viii Hays coming down ran
from Madison to Louisville in little
over tive hours. The distance is
80 miles. The james Lee or Kate