Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-06-11

Nashville--ls feet 4 Inches, rise of l6
inches.
chattanooga-5 feet 2 inches, decline
Of inches.
lShreveport-l5 feet, rise of | inch.
Little Rock-l5 feet, q decline of 4
inches. 81 r
White and st. Francis rivers continue
at a good stage.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear and warm.
River rising again.
Good business on the landing.
Three local packets leaving to. day.
Cons Millar for Cincinnati to-mOr-
row.
The Yint Shinkle, for Memphis.
and the Will Kyle, for New Orleans,
lett Cincinnati Saturday.
The City Of New Orleans, with
heavy trip of freight, passed to New
Orleans Saturday afternoon.
The Annie p. Silver, from New
Orleans, passed up yesterday afternoon
doing but little Of interest here.
The VIII s. Hays arrived at New
Orleans Saturday, and leaves there
Tomorrow evening on her return to
Cincinnati.
For Wheeling stogies, navy clip
pings, Turkish cut and best fine cut ia
the world, 60 to II. Esch, 2l7 Main,
corner Adams. Sit
The Charles Morgan, for Cincin-
natl, and the City OF Baton Refuge,
Tor st. Louis, left New Orleans on
Saturday evening.
Pilot Walter s. Counor, one of the
Will Kyle's pilots, was married on
Wednesday last in New Albany, Ind,
to Miss Lettie s. Halstead.
The City Of Cairo passed to Vicks-
burg yesterday forenoon after dis
charging 24OO pkgs and adding about
10 tons of miscellaneous freight.
Captain Frank Bedard, late master
OF the wrecking boat T. E. Eckert, is
now chief clerk of the steamer Cen
tennial, in the st. Louis and st, Paul
trade.
The machinery of the wrecked
steamer John s. Bransford was taken
to st. Louis yesterday by the Anchor
Line steamer Commonwealth, and will
be sold on its arrival there.
The fine sidewheel steamer Thos.
Sherlock, in command OF Captain
James Nichols, will pass down this
evening On her way to New Orleans.
Ames Fisher is in charge of the office.
The Belle Memphis, in command of
Captain l. H. Mckee, will be the
Anchor Line packet leaving from the
elevator at 10 am. eto-morrow for
Yicksburg. Henry .Uorbyn is her
polite clerk.
The Commonwealth departed on
time yesterday for St. Louis after add
ing here $50 bbls oil, 100 bbls pitch,
the machinery Of thewreeked steamer
Bransford and about 40 tons OF mis-
cellaneOus freight.
The large and elegant Anchor Line
steamer w. P. Halliday, in command
Of Captain s. Jolly, will pass down to-
morrow afternoon on her way to New
Orleans. Captain Ad Storm at the
elevator is her agent.
The Hard Cash will arrive to.mor
row morning, and is the regular
Wednesday evening packet for White
river, going through to Jacksonport,
and connecting with packets for upper
White and Black rivers.
The r. r. Springer, from New Or
leans, passed up yesterday afternoon
bound for Cincinnati. On account Of
her crippled condition she refused to
add anything at this point, but will 20
through to Cincinnati for repairs.
The Anchor Line steamer City Of
ViCksburg will be up this evening and
lay here until 10 o'clock in the morn
ing, when she will leave for Cairo and
st. Louis. Captain r X. Riley com
mands, with VIM. Blenker in the
Office.
The elegant passenger steamer
Golden Rule, in command of Captain
0. Z. Shinkle, will pass up this after
noon on her way to Cincinnati. She
is first class boat and in charge Of
experienced officers. Albert Shinkle
is in charge Of the office.
The hull Of the paper steamboat
recently built at LansiDgburg is only
three eighths Of an inch thick, but a
bullet from a revolver discharged only
four feet away not only failed to penes
rate it, but did not even leave an
abrasion on its surface. t!Et
The Cons Millar, from Cincinnati,
arrived this morning with about 300
tons of freight, and leaves at 5 p m.
to morrow with return trip for Gin
cinnati and principal way landings on
the Ohio river, offering special in
duoements to passengers and shippers
in the way OF through tickets and
cheap rates to points East,
The Dean Adams, in command of
Captain Thomas Foster, is the Lee
Line mail packet leaving this even
ing for Osceola, Plum Point and in
termediate landings on the upper
coast and attend promptly to all bust
ness that offers. Hugh b. Tomlinson
presides in the Office, assisted by
Charles Bourne and John Rhodes. A
The new chimneys of the steamer
Josie Harry we're placed in operation
yesterday, They look very pretty and
reflect credit on the young firm com
prising the members of the Eagle
Boiler Works who did the job. The
repairs Of the Harry are progressing