Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-29

the hlehlWatsr Of 1872, and nearly forty
feet above low water mark"
The John Kilgour made the run from
Cairo to Cincinnati in ffty.fouF hours
and did the way business. The distance
is about 600 miles. o..
Sundays Little Rock Gazette reports
the Halle aground at Skylark, with a
full trip Of cotton, and says she won't
get OF until the river rises. What was
the Halle skylarking l29 miles above
Little Rock FORT
The Strader, we understand, will run
as weekly packet between St. Louis
aud Jacksonville, on tho Tennessee
river.
Sundays New Orleans Times Rnnoun.
ces the death of a popular steamboat
passenger agent as follows; " Mr. John
Teller, the wcllknown passenger agent,
and for the past quarter Of century
pursued that avocation on our steam
boat landing, died at his residence yes
terday morning. His demise was caused
by chronic attack Of pneumonia. His
many friends elsewhere, as well as on the
river, will no doubt regret to learn Of his
exit to that land from whence no traye-
Ter returns. The steamers at the land
ing yesterday displayed their colors at
half mast, as token Of respect to tho
memory Of the deceased, His funeral
will take place to-day at pm, from 30
Urquhart street, Third District. Peace
to his ashes"
BY telegram received at noon to-day
from Captain Thorwegan, we learn that
the Great Republic will be here ready 10
to leave at noon tomorrow, positively,
for Vicksburg, Natchez and New Or
leans. Wait for her, all who desire
comfortable room and sumptuous fare.
DRIFTwooD. Nathan Pats, pilot of
the New State, has had his license re-
voked by the Pittsburg United States
local inspectors, for causing the col
lision between that steamer and the Ea-
gle, April 7.........Captain c. G. Pearce,
who has been superintendent and presi-
dent Of the Louisville and Cincinnati
United States mail line for the past
twenty-six years, says he was not can
didate for reelection to the presidency,
at the annual meeting which took place
IN Cincinnati yesterday Friday the
Tom Sherlock picked up snag below
Cairo, which took away thirty feet of
her bsrrieade ......... The sternwheeler
lobe Hurt, Captain j. II. Maratta,
burned at Orange, on Trinity river,
Texas, last Thursday, and then sunk in
fifteen feet of water Boat and cargo
total loss. She was built at Evansville
and was valued at $780, and had a pol
icy of insurance on her for S5000.........
The Gray Eagle has $1,000 to put up that
she can beat the Idlewild FIVE minutes
on fair start from Evansville to Mount
Vernon........The John Kilgour made
the run from New Orleans to Evansville
in four days and twenty-three hours, the
best time made by any of the Ohio river
and New Orleans packets, and nearly
equal to the r. E. Lees time.........
While the tug Albany was going through
the Dubuque bridge Wednesday. her
machinery became deranged, and the
superstruoture knocked of her pilot
house, smoke stacks and upper rigging.
She was towed to the Dubuque ways,
where she will be repaired. ....... Cincn-
matt collected Sll3 10 wharfage last
week..,,.,..The Uncle Buck is now as
sisting in the building of the GAINESVILLE
bridge, in place of the Dick johnson.
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