Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-06
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by" comes in;
"There was not single arrival all
day on this side of the stream. The
John w. Wood came TO DeSoto and sent
tug over for stores, but was not able
to stand the wharfage for the sake OF
little ice
Political kilograms are a new feature
contemplated for the river column of a
morning contemporary.
The Tidal Wave and Forsythe will be
due up tonight.
The Cora Bell, small sidewheel craft
for the upper White river trade, left Gin
cinnati last night. She is very light
draught boat, and can, it is said, carry
200 bales of cotton on twelve inches of
water.
The Bodmann is having serious
time at Louisville, and is stuck fast in
the muddy canal. She will have to
tighten to get through, The Robert
Mitchell will have to do the same.
The U. S. mail steamer t. Fl, Allen,
Captain Eugene Smith, leaves for Little
Rock, Pine Bluff and all way points
this evening at FIVE o'clock, connecting
with the stages for Hot Springs. Pat.
Morrison and Billy Wilson clerks.
Among the firstclass boats advertised
to go out tomorrow are the st. Francis,
for Wittsburg, A. j. White, for Napo-
leon. Chicot City aud Legal Tender, for
White river, and Sam. j. Hale, for Gin
cinnati. ala aHt
Rumor says that Jeems 0'Durf, late
of the Crescent City, and previously the
gallant chief of the mackerel brigade
of this city, is soon to return to this city.
Jeems howleth for his native fodder.
We are panied to learn of the death,
on Saturday last, in Walnut Bend Of
the father of Captain Tom Berry. He
was over eighty years of age, and up to
the time Of his recent illness, was an
active and energetic man, kind-hearted
and beloved by all who knew him.
The Belle Memphis, Captain Crane,
leaves at FIVE o'clock this evening for
Cairo and St. Louis. Billy Blenker is
purser.
The City of Vicksburg leaves for
Vicksburg tomorrow at ten am. CAPT.
B. J. Carter is master, and Garrett Hulls
is chief clerk.
George Solari, brother Of James So
lari, mate of the steamer GAINESVILLE, fell
overheard from the Thos H. Allen last
Saturday, two miles from Helena, and
was drowned before assistance reached
him
The Glencoe, due up, has for St. Louis
2ll9 bars of railroad iron, 700 boxes of
sugar, and 200 tons Of other freight.
The Postmaster General has ordered
the mail service of &. L. Rooms, be-
tween New Orleans and Vicksburg, re
duced to twice week. and ordered
contract to be made with Captain T. P.
feathers, Of the steamer Natchez, for
the Saturday mail, until the Both day Of
June, 1875, at 1000 per year. So says
New Orleans exchange.
Captain Conley and party had up to
Friday found eleven bodies at or near
the wreck of the 0ceanus. The only
body they could recognize was that of
+. NJ. SleIght, the keeper of the lions.
They found his body about two and
half miles below the wreck, in the bend.
He had on silver watch, shirt studs and
some dispatches, by which he was recog-
nized. All the rest of the bodies were
so much decomposed as to be uurecog-
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on the shore. Captain Conley and party
deserve great praise for their untiring
efforts in searching for those who were
lost by that terrible disaster.
Captain Elem Calvert left by rail yes
terday for his home in Missouri, to be
absent for some time.
A committee OF half dozen hand
some young ladies waited upon Billy
Blenker, of the Belle Memphis, this
morning, to inform him that he had
been elected as Grand Marshal of the
German Maifest. Billy, on coal black
charger, conducted the procession
through the streets in frstclass style.
The solicitor for the firm of Storm,
Hall & Co., fish and frog dealers, having
demanded his weeks wages-ffteen
cents-from the treasurer on Saturday
night, and there being no funds in the
treasury, he (the blonde solicitor) threw
the firm into bankruptcy and all the fish
in the river, winding up the establish
ment in short order;