Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-06
crowded with Mardi Gras excursion.

evening for the upper and lower
coasts.
The ehas. P. ghoutcau passed
Vicksburg yesterday, bound for this
port, and should arrive tomorrow
evening.
The canal locks at louisville are
submerged aud the passage Of boats
can only be made by the channel over
the falls.
1 The Muskingum, SciOtO and both
Mains are pouring out a food with
great destruction Of property and
damage to bridges and railroads.
Captain r. w. Wise writes that the
Jas. w. Gaff will arrive here Oh
Thursday, February 9Th, and return
TO Cincincinnati on Friday at 5 p. m.
At New Orleans, on Friday last, as
soon as the Laura Lee commenced
unloading, a FIRE was dicoveTed in the
cotton, but was quickly put out with
small damage.
Captain Pete Macarthur, after a few
days very pleasantly spent among his
friends here, left by rail last evening
to join his steamer, the Milt Harry, Oh
the upper White river.
The planters accommodation packet
Tiger, owing to the bad weather.
deferred her departure until to-mor-
row evening, when she will leave fer
Council and Walnut bends.
The Golden Rule, nine days out
from New Orleans, with 1900 tons oil
freight and a good list of people,
passed up during the night for the
Ohio river and discharged here near
800 pkgs.
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
and blank book manufacturing estab
lishment, 10 Madison street, Memphis
Tenn. is prepared to execute every
kind Of work in their line in superior
style and at low prices. +
The U. 2. Schenck, in command Of
Captain j.. l.. Carter, was expected to
pass here at noon, bound for Vicks>
burg and New Orleans. Henry Lowe,
her agent, had considerable freight on
the levee awaiting her arrival.
The Vint Shinkle, from Cincinnati,
was expected this morning, and will
leave at 5 pm. tomorrow on her re.
turn trip to Cincinnati, and will give
cheap rates to points Fast. Captain
K. w. Lightburne is her agent.
The Hard Cash will arrive this
afternoon and is the regular packet
leaving tomorrow evening for all
points on White river through to
Newport, where connection is made
with light draft steamers for upper
White aud Black rivers.
A dispatch from Louisville states
tkat a model coal barge belonging to
w. ii. Brown q Sons, Of Pittsburg,
containing 1000 bushels Of coal inflow
OF the Percy Kelsey, struck an OBJ
struction on the falls and sunk. The
coal and barge are a total loss.
Quite a food of water is coming
from the upper Ohio and its tribu
taries At Wheeling yesterday it wa,
cising at the rate of 6 inches per hour
and last night there was 81 feet on the
gauge. The MOnOngahela and Ale
sheny were also rising fast with q
icet at Pittsburg
A rumOr prevailed yesterday thai
about two miles of the government
works at Plum Point had been washed
away and several lives lost, but az "a,
as we could learn only q small portion
washed away and the little launch
MinneOla was turned over and sunk
in fifteen feet of water, but no lives
lost.
Mr.. Jere Matson, steward of the
new Will S. Hays, is winning golden
opinions with the travelling public, be.
'ng polite and attentive to the wants
Of passengers and serving them with
table fare unsurpassed by any boat on
the river. Mr.. Matson formerly haC
charge of the cabins of the Kate
Adams, and vas a drawing card in tn,
Memphis and Arkausaw City trade.
The new, fast and elegant palatiaI
steamer Will S. Hays is announced tc
pass here this evening bound fol
Vicksburg, New Orleans and tn,
bends. She is first class in ever,
respect, as near FIRE proof as can b,
made and is supplied throughout Will
the great electric light. Her cabin il
the finest on the river, and her officer
are clever and experienced boatmen
Captain W. @. Tichenor commands
with Captain G. Wash Floyd and Har
ry Millar in the office.
The Rene Macready, from St. Fran
els river, arrived this morning will
3O5 bales cotton, 20 bags seed cottol
and s62 SKIS cotton seed. She reship
ped at Helena 1l8 bales cotton and Sc
SKIS cotton seed, and had a total of AZ
bales cotton outs; the river. OWN
to the bad weather she will not leav
until 10, morrow evening, takin
freight and passengers for all point
on L'Anguille and st. Francis river
through to Mark Tree, which is 10
miles above Wittsburg, at the crossin
Of the Memphis and Kansas City rail
road.
The Ida Darragh arrived last nigl
Q rom Arkansaw river with 1874 bale
cotton and 2l5O SKIS cotton seed. 81
D reshipped 5C7 bales nj Terrene e.