Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-05

stream. Captain George Malone com.
mands, aud Charles smithera aud Neil
Booker are clerks.
MISCELLANEOUS,
Clarence Hall was passenger up last
night on the Belle Memphis for st. Louis.
whittier be goes to improve his health
aud find an appetite. The poor fellow
ia In delicate health, Some even say
that he is eonsumptive.
Freight rates advance again at st.
Louis to-day.
The H. s. Turner went up late last
night with forty passengers aud 800 tons
freight.
The Bismarck coming up. has for st.
Louis 600 tons sugar, 400 tons miscella-
neous freights and 40 passengers.
A st. Louis paper says Of the Keokuk
Northern Line division at the rapids:
The Keokuk packets will be the Gin
ton, Lake Superior aud Northwestern,
the Andy johnson aud Rob Roy going
to the banks for the remainder Of the
season. There will be eight boats above
Keokuk, forming a daily line to st. Paul,
consisting OF the Rock Island, Dubuque,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Red Wing,
Muscatine, Belle La Crosse aud Alex
Mitchell The Dan Hines and Bill Hen
derson will be used rs transfer boats at
the rapids. This new arrangement
forms a direct through line from st.
Louis to st. Paul, so that passenger
travel and freight will suffer no inter-
ruption, and be as speedy almost as
when the through boats were running.
There will be no changes made in freight
or passenger tariffs by the formation of
this line, through tickets being still sold
at thirty dollars, and the officers Of the
boats now running will be retained as
before"
The wreck of the Jennie Howell has
drifted one hundred and fifty yards down
stream, pulling the snsg that she suak
on with her. She is also much nearer
to shore, aud sunk nearly out of sight.
The channel has, therefore, been i'm
proved by her misfortune.
The Glencoe added 1000 sacks of corn
below Cairo.
The Ames had 1900 tons on board
when she left St. Louis.
Rule l3 revised regulations governing
pilots says: "The following chutes
may be navigated by descending steam
ers during daylight when the river is
high enough, viz: Islands Nos. 8. "a,
30, 40, Al (called Paddy's Hem, 46 Tor
Presidents Island), 65, IS Tor Ozark Is
land), &c, SO, 81, lO9 (or Palmyra Is
land), ITO Tor Big Black, ll6 Tor Glas-
cocks, 1913 Tor Profts)." Rue IA
says that the following island chutes
may be run by descending steamers at
night when there is water enough: Is
lands Nos 8, "a, 65, rs, SO, 81, lO9, ITO
and ll6
Chris Sharpe, the best looking man
about the elevator, returned yesterday
from trip to all the principal watering
places East, but didn't bring wife with
him, as was expected he would do.
DRIFTwooD,
The H. c. Mutt is back again from
Cairo, and resumed her place in the
transfer business. .....,..That was a fine
round to made by one of the coal
tugs early this morning in front of the
city...-,.Says Sundays St. Louis Re-
publican: George C. Wolf has be-
come general superintendent of steam
boat repairs Having put through the
Belfast creditably, he is now engaged on
Conrad steamer P. W. Strader, setting
back her cabin, cutting off fourteen
rooms, etc She will be locked and put
in thorough good condition. The Stra-
der is one of the best business boats of
her size aAoat. She will be in the ex-
press line to Cincinnati next season,
and run in the South during the fall and
winter .,,....It is sight to see the City
Of Alton on the sectional DOCKS Capt.
Sheble assures us that the rebuilding of
this boat will cost $4,000. Not an old
stick of timber will remain in the hull.
She will be 2500ton boat-the second
largest on the river. In order not to be
mistaken for the boat that has run in
the Mississippi for several years past,
Shebles boat will be called the New
City of Alton. He started in to spend
$4,000 on her, but concluded to re-
build. ...."...A St. Louis paper says
Captain Jim Montague left for Cairo
by rail on Thursday eyening.........The
John Kyle looks magnificent. 1.-THE
license of G. W. Elder, pilot on the
Morning Star, has been suspended for
thirty days by the Local Inspectors at
Evansville, for violation of Rule gov
ernng pilots Mr.. Elder will take an
appeal from the decision of the Evans
vile Inspectors.