Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-26

cru line packets and railroads for st.
Paul and all points East. Jimmie
Thompson, courteous and attentive
gentleman, has charge Of the Office.
Tho A. j. White, Capt. Mark Cheek,
brought In fair trip, and leaves again
this evening for Napoleon and the bends,
carrying the mail and attending to all
way business. Messrs. Bob Wildberger
and Charley Sharpe two clever gentle
men, have charge Of the Office.
The Capitol City adds here $4,000 feet
Of walnut lumber and 800 bales of cotton
for 81. Louis
The City Of Alton, due up for St. Louis,
has 1000 sacks salt, 300 hogsheads and
800 boxes sugar.
The Ella, Captain John Elliott, came
in last night from White river with fair
list OF cotton and people, and leaves to-
morrow evening with return trip for
all points on White, Black and Little
Red rivers, carrying the United States
mail. Dan Sullivan an efficient officer
and clever gentleman, will be found in
charge of the office.
The Mary Boyd, Captain Reub Haines,
leaves tomorrow evening for Little Rock
and all way points on Arkansas river.
She has superb passenger accommoda-
tons. Gus 0'Neal and Billy Nuckles,
two clever gentlemen, have charge Of
the office.
A subscription is being raised in
Shreveport to place an iron railing
around the grave of Lieutenant L, A.
Woodruff, under whose direction the
great raft in Red river had been success
fully removed, and who forfeited his life
by voluntarily nursing and caring Cor
yellow.fever sufferers at Shreveport.
The Fort Gibson, Captain Ed Now
land, leaves positively tomorrow even
ing for Little Rock and all points on
Arkansas river. Captain John Hardin
presides in the Office, and the celebrated
I beauty, Joe Boyd, manages the freight
department.
The Grand Tower is the Saturday
Anchor Line packet for Cairo and St.
Louis.
The st. Genevieve, Captain Vickers,
is the Anchor Line packet leaving to-
morrow evening for Vicksburg and the
bends. Captain Garrett Huls, courte-
GUS officer, presides at the desk.
The James D. Parker, Captain Bob
Wise, is receiving at the foot of Court
street for Cincinnati and all way points
on the Ohio river, and leaves to m orrow
evening. She has excellent passenger
accommodations, and being staunch
and of light draught, will go through
with dispatch. Billy Mcintyre is her
prime minister.
The Carrie V. Kountz passed up at
noon for st. Louis with $50 tons of
freight, principally salt and sugar. She
put off here few packages of freight.
The Future City and barges passed up
this morning for st. Louis. She dropped
a barge here to be loaded with oil cake.
The Phil Allin, Capt. Jas. Lee, leaves
at FIVE o'clock this evening for Friar' s
Point and the bends. Capt. Stack Lee
does the honors OF the Office, and is
seconded by B. P. Fields and Charley
Smithers.
The Frank Forest, Capt. 0. K. Jop-
lin, leaves this evening for Osceola and
all points on the upper coast. j. W.
Rhodes, courteous and attentive gen
tleman, presides in the Office.
| E. Il. Norwood, for long time second
clerk of. the Robert Mitchell, died at
Louisville on Tuesday last of typhoid
fever.
The Commonwealth and Il. c. Yaeger
are due down this evening bound for
New Orleans.
The John B. Maude will pass up this
evening for st. Louis.
Messrs. Kirnan & SayerS received a
dispatch at noon to-day stating that the
Commonwealth would leave here to-
morrow at 9 a. m. for New Orleans.
Sterling Mcintyre, chief clerk of the
Kittie Hegler, is in the city settling up
the freights brought over by the Gibson.
The Carrie V. Kountz will pass up
this afternoon for st. Louis.
The James D. Parker, DR.. Bob Wise
in command, arrived at noon from Gin
cinnati with full cargo of Western pro-
| ducts.