Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-01

Inc Belle memphis lett st. Louis last
evening for Memphis.
The City of Helena passed down last
evening for Vicksburg with 500 tons of
freight. She put off here 1872 bbls meal,
n head of stock and 230 packages of
sundries, and added 10 tons of freight
for the bends.
VIM. 81. Woodruff, a well-known river
clerk, died at st. Louis on Wednesday.
His remains will be taken to Cincinnati
for interment.
The West Wind has gone up 10 Cotton
wood Point to get repaired and painted
The Shannon is in the clutches of the
United States Marshal at Cincinnati.
Fifteen thousand barrels Of salt and
100000 bushels of coal left Kanawha
river on the present rise.
The r. w. Dugan has gone from Gin
cinnati to Pittsburg.
The Glencoe leaves St. Louis to day
for New Orleans.
A riot is reported at Vicksburg.
The Ella, Captain BLY, Weaver in
command, leaves this evening for Cairo,
Louisville and Cincinnati, attending to
all way business. The Ella is staunch
boat and will go through with dispatch.
The Quickstep, Captain Milt Harry in
command, leaves this evening for all
POINTS on White, Black and Little Red
rivers, carrying the mail and attending
to all way business. She connects at
the mouth of the river with the Pargoua
for New Orleans and at DevalPs Bluff
with the railroad for Little Rock and
Hot Springs. Messrs. Ed Postal and
John Chamberlin, two clever gentlemen,
have charge of the Office.
The Ella Hughes, Captain Drinkwa-
ter, leaves this evening for Helena, the
bends and Mariana, attending to all
way business. The Ella Hughes is a
siauuch boat and in charge of efficient
officers. Billy HARE is her supercargo.
The Grand Tower, Captain Lennox is
the Anchor Line packet leaving this
evening for Cairo and St. Louis, con-
Meeting at St. Louis with the Northern
Line packets and railroads for all points
East and West. Tom White is her
purser.
The Henry Ames, Captain Jacobs,
will pass down this evening for New Or
leans.
The Julia, Captain VIM. Blake, is the
Anchor Line packet leaving Monday
evening for Vicksburg aud the bends
John Blake does the honors Of the
Office.
The Cherokee, Captain Wolf is due
from the Ohio en- route to New Orleans.
The steamer George W. Cheek, Capt
George Malone in command, will excurt
the Chamber of Commerce delegation on
Monday next up and down the river.
The Thompson Dean leaves Cincin-
natl for New Orleans this evening and
the Vint Shinkle leaves for Memphis.
The principal items of the Parker's
cargo for Memphis were 1000 barrels of
salt and $50 casks of bacon.
The Government dredge boat, 0ctavia,
has been put in service again.
The Belle of Texas will be heightened
twenty-five feet
James Daugherty, the steamboat mate
confined in the Jail at Manchester, Ohio,
for murder, made his escape on Monday
night last
Ed Parker, recently scalded by the
explosion of the steam pipe on the Penn
Wright, died of his injuries on Tuesday.
1t is a singular coincidence that his
father, who was raft pilot, was fatally
injured near where the son received bis
injuries, causing his death.
The work of dismantling the low
pressure Richmond was commenced on
Wednesday at St. Louis. She bank
rupted her owners, and was never able
to keep out Of the tolls Of her creditors
on account of the dull business on the
river for the past three or four years.
Mr.. John Mccain, chief engineer of
the Quickstep, received the sad intelli-
gense of the death of his father, which
took place at Curdsville, Kentucky, on
Wednesday.
The new iron snagboat which is in
tended for service on the Mississippi and
Missouri, is on her way to Mound City
to receive the machinery of the wooden
snagboat, ]. J. Ebert.
The Belle Yazoo, en- route from Vicks-
burg to Yazoo City, on Wednesday last,
exploded her steam pipe near Satartia.
The flooring was torn out and the boat
considerably damaged. Mr.. John Rocco,
the barkeeper, Mr.. Phipps and several