Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-13

Thompson Dean laid over all day ana
got away at night with ll0O tons, load
ing her to nine feet. She got here ITO
tons oil cake and 1000 bales Of cotton
as well as large lot Of people, aud left
800 sacks Of oil cake and 30 tons Of
miscellaneous freight for the Susie Sill
yer.
BoATs TO LEAVE.
FoR ARKANSAS RIyER.-The Mary
Boyd goes out tomorrow evening" and
has the best list Of officers Of any boat
on the river. Captain Rice aud Secre-
tary Ned Outlaw are the names Of two
ofthem.
FoR FRIARs PoIST.-The Phil Allin,
Coptain James Lee, leaves at her regu-
Ter hour this evening, for Friar's Point
and all landings this side. w. P. Gray,
clerk.
FoR HALE's THE fine passen-
ger steamer George W. Cheek, Captain
George Malone, leaves this afternoon at
five o'clock for Hales Point and all tho
usual way landings. She is frstclass in
every respect. Mr.. George Griffin is
chief parser.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Two or three tug boats will try and
butt the ice from the st. Louis harbor
to-day.
Several tows of the great coal feet
have arrived at Cincinnati and the bal.
ance Of the feet will arrive there to-day.
A new propeller for service in Hatchie
river is being built here by John II.
Jones & Bro. She is 37I feet in length,
will draw three feet loaded, and has
power enough to pull all the wood boats
and log RATS that can be got into the
stream she is intended for.
One item Of the trip of the Thompson
Dean yesterday was huge bull buffalo,
sent all the way from the plains to
banker in New Orleans, but rather tx
pensive, however, as the freight bill Oh
the railroads and c. o. D. attached
amount to little over $500.
The H. c. Yaeger for Cincinnati and
Lady Lee for st. Louis are coming up
with cargoes Of sugar and molasses.
Fort Scott is now the greatest coal
mart west of St. Louis. The Fort Scott
Coal and Mining Company ship about
10000 bushels per day, the lowest price
being ten cents per bushel
The Thompson Deans aecommoda-
tons for live stock are probably better
than any other boat on the river. She
has large and roomy stalls, iron hay
racks, into which the hay is put from
the monkey deck, and water pipes lead
ing to each stall or pen, in which are
tubs and boxes that can be filed in
moment by turning faucet
The Mary Miller is coming up with
450 tons of sugar and moasses for
Evansville, Louisville and Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Commercial of Satur-
day says:
The suit of the city against the r. W.
Skillenger will prove expensive to the
losing side The whole amount of wharf
age claimed to be due cannot be sued
for at once, as every time the steamer
has come to the wharf she has, as
claimed by the Council violated the Or
dinanee, and consequently suit must be
entered separately for each bill rendered
by the wharfmas.er. That is, If she has
landed at the wharf fifty times, the city
will have to enter fifty suits against her,
and each suit requires distinct trial.
The City Solicitor was instructed to
commence proceedings three months
ago; but nothing has been done yet.
Cotton is brought from White river to
this city at 81 so per bale.
During the cold weather and low water
the small sternwheelers in Red river paid
SIS per cord for wood along that stream.
The Alaska, now due from below, has
Col hogsheads of sugar, 97S barrels of
moasses, and 100 tons of miscellaneous
freight for points on the Ohio river.
Mr.. John Robinson, the Snowman, has
purchased the Era No. 9, for $4,000.