Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-28


Trivia DpgAn. recently clark Of the
Peabody Hotel here, has gone 10 assist
his brother, Rees W. Dugan, on the
wrecking-boat T. f. Eckert.
The New Orleans Picayune charges
several river editors of that city with
having been caught playing seven-up,
and says one OF the players got jolly on
the lemonade he drank. The next
morning the following appeared in the
river column of the National Republi-
can The sickly column which appears
! this morning is owing TO the creek re-
porter being sick" We couldn't say
who the editor is, but think he once com
manded the mackerel brigade here.
The flag staff of the Belle st. Louis,
aft of the texas, was struck by lightning
while that steamer was lying at Duck
port, and partially destroyed. The rain
was coming down in torrents at the
time, and being an excellent conductor,
carried off the lightning with it, but not
till a part of the roof of the texas was
torn open.
The Belle Lee left New Orleans last
night with 1000 tons of railroad iron for
White river, and the c. B. Church had
500 tons for the Ohio river.
A hoater was found in the river at
Fort Pickering yesterday. His name is
supposed to be cook, and he is believed
to have been an employee of the steamer
Valid.
Our friend Captain George Alcoke,
who, by the way, is real estate owner
of this city, will, we learn, 90 upon the
Andy Baum as first clerk. AL Creal,
his former assistant, gets a similar posi-
ton upon the Nashville. Both these
steamers enter the Cincinnati and Mem
phis trade.
The rain fall at Vicksburg from Mon
day of last week until Saturday was nine
and quarter inches.
When the Mary Miller landed at Vicks-
burg on Friday last there was, as usual,
a large crowd of hackmen, porters, news
boys and idle negroes to rush aboard the
moment the plank was half way out.
They all got on, and the Miller having
landed only to put ont few passengers,
she at once backed out with the crowd.
Among them was a burly porter, who,
upon finding that he was left, offered
to pay the captain to land him, but the
captain could not see it, whereupon the
porter became obstreperous and wanted
a fight, for which the captain landed him
and twenty others in the woods about two
miles below Delta, on the Louisiana side
of the river.
The Peytona and barges are coming
up with 500 tons railroad iron for Edge
vile and 200 tons for Paducah.
The Richmond has over 100 passen-
gers, 5000 bars railroad iron and 600 tons
other freight, including 1881 boxes sugar
for st. Louis.
The fleet passenger steamer Thomas
II. Allen, in command Of Captain Eu-
gene Smith, leaves this evening at FIVE
O clock for Pine Bluff, Little Rock and
all the usual way landings, Messrs.
Morrison end Willis are her clerks.
The fine steamer Alice Dean, Captain
John Skunk, will pass up tomorrow
| on her way to Cincinnati and all Inter
mediate points.
The passenger steamer A. j. White,
Captain Mark Cheek in charge, leaves
this evening at FIVE clock for Napoleon,
Chicot City and all way landings. b.
F. Fields and Charles Sharp are her
clerks.
The feet passenger steamer st. Fran
els, Captain I. R. Bowman, leaves this
evening at FIVE o'clock for Helena, Ma
riana, Wittsburg, and all the usual way
landings. Sam Paine and Billy Dean
are clerks.
The Nick Longworth, Captain Lew
Hates, will pass up at noon tomorrow
for Evansville, Cincinnati, and all points
on the Ohio.
Captain Charlie Schultze denies the
report that he is about to resign the
command Of the Mary Houston.
The Colorado went down last night,
discharging 100 tons here.
The Dexter went up before daylight
this morning.
The Sam J. Hale arrived during the
night and will return to Cincinnati to-
morrow. She brought large cargo of
produce