Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-27

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The Exporter and Minneola arrived at
Cincinnati to day.
The Capitol City for st. Louis added
here 100 bales of cotton for Cairo and
$4,000 feet of walnut lumber.
The Phil Allin and A. j. White had
fair trips out
The Shotwell Coal Company will es.
tablish coal depot at the mouth of St.
Francis river.
The Painter passed down yesterday
with barges and 3 flats of Shotwell coal.
The Parker takes to-day the remainder
of the cargo of the Kittie Hegler, which
was brought here by the Fort Gibson.
The Charles Bodmann will pass up
tomorrow night for the Ohio river.
The splendid passenger steamer Mary
Boyd, Captain Reub Haines, leaves this
evening for Little Rock and all way
points on Arkansas river, Gus O'Neal
and Billy Nuckles, two courteous and
attentive gentlemen, have charge of the
Office.
New Orleans is agitated over another
labor strike.
The Belle of Texas has laid up at
Cincinnati, and during her retirement
she will be heightened thirty feet.
The James D. Parker, in command Of
the ever popular officer, Captain Bob
Wise, leaves this evening for Cairo, Lou
isville and Cincinnati, ticketing passen-
gers through to all points East. She
has good and comfortable passenger ac-
commodations. Billy Mcintyre, genial
gentleman, does the honors of the Office
The Grand Tower, Captain Lennox, is
the Anchor Line packet leaving the ele-
vator this evening for Cairo and St.
Louis, connecting at St. Louis with the
Northern Line packets East. Billy Dill
will see that passengers wishing pleas
ant trip up the river are comfortably
taken care of.
The R. w. Dugan leaves Cincinnati
this evening for Memphis.
The St. Genevieve, Captain Viekers,
is the Anchor Line packet leaving here
this evening for Vicksburg and the
bends, carrying the mail and attending
to all way business. Captain Garrett
Huls, an affable and courteous gentle
man, presides in the Office.
The Fort Gibson, Captain Ed Now
land, leaves promptly this evening for
Pine Bluff, Little Rock and all points on
Arkansas river, carrying the United
States mail. Captain John Hardin does
the honors of the office, and is assistt d
in the freight department by Joe Boyd.
The Ella Captain John Elliott, leaves
this evening for all points on White,
Black and Little Red rivers carrying
the United States mail and attending to
all way business. Dan Sullivan, an eff
cient officer and clever gentleman, holds
forth in the Office.
The Commonwealth passed down at
noon for New Orleans well-laden. She
added here few passengers.
A fatal ARRAY occurred on board the
st. Genevieve at St. Louis on Wednes'
day between the cook, Paddy Donnelly,
alias O'Keefe, and deck hand named
VIM. Meyer. Donnelly cut him in four
places with a knife, letting his bow els
out ia two places. He was taken to the
city hospital, and died in about two
hours afterward. Donnelly escaped, aud
had not been arrested up to last &C.
counts.
The splendid side-wheel passenger
steamer Quickstep, in command OF Capt
Milt Harry, leaves this evening for all
points on White, Black and Little Red
rivers, connecting at the mouth of the
river with the Belle Yazoo for Vicksburg
and New Orleans, and at Devalls Bluff
with the railroad for Little Rock and the
Hot Springs. Messrs. Ed Postal and
John Chamberlin are her polite clerks.
Rates on freights at Cincinnati for
Memphis are 4O@5O cents per hundred.
The rates from St. Louis to New
Orleans are ia cents per hundreds 80
cents per barrel for -four.
The City of Alton will pass up this
afternoon for St. Louis. Her cargo COM
prises 1000 sacks salt, 400 barrels resin,
100 barrels rice, 200 hogsheads and $50
boxes sugar, and so tons sundries.
The H. C. Yaeger will pass down in
the morning for New Orlerns.
The Marie Louise is due up this eve
ming, bound for Louisville for repairs.
The City of Helena will leave the
elevator tomorrow morning at 10 o clock
for St. Louis.
The Shannon passed down at noon for
New Orleans, well laden with tobacco,
corn, meat, etc. She put off here 200