Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

Snow storm at Louisville yesterday
The Colorado passed down yesterday
morning for Vicksburg She added here
rs tons of way freight.
The City of Vicksburg passed up yes
terday morning for St. Louis. She
added here q hogsheads Of scrap iron
5000 feet of lumber and some cotton.
The Glencoe will be up tonight en-
route for St. Louis.
The John Kyle and Belle of Shreve
port left New Orleans Saturday evening
for St. Louis.
The Exporter and barges for New Or.
leans, Kittie Hegler for Arkansas river
and james D. Parker for Memphis, left
Cincinnati Saturday evening.
Cairo was treated to six inches of snow
on Saturday.
Thirteen steamers left Cincinnati Sat.
urday evening, and the kilograms say il
was the largest days business on that
WnarI since the war.
While the City of Vicksburg was lay.
ing at the elevator yesterday morning
her cash drawer was robbed Of thirty
five hundred dollars. Full particulars
of the affair will be found in our local
columns.
The steamers Legal Tender and Ban
mock City we're auctioned off on Satur-
day. Mr.. Dave Campbell, of St. Louis,
purchased the Bannock City for $3.50.
The State bid the Legal Tender in.
The Glencoe, due up for st. Louis, has
5000 sacks salt, $50 hogsbeads sugar, ITO
barrels molasses.
The Robert Mitchell is due up this
evening en- route to Cincinnati with a
big cargo Of sugar and molasses.
The Illinois brought into port the blue
ribbon trip of the season.
We regret to learn that Jimmy Cham
berlain, freight clerk of the steamer A.
]. White. is confined to his room with an
attack of pneumonia.
The John A. Scuddsr passed up this
morning for st. Louis with $50 tons of
freight. She landed at the elevator and
put off aslot of sugar and molasses.
The Mollie Moore passed down we'll
laden. She coaled here but added no
freight.
The bee and barges passed up this
morning for st. Louis.
The packets out Saturday evening
we're we'll laden.
The Thomas Sherlock, from Cincin.
natl, passed down yesterday afternoon
for New Orleans, partially laden. She
put of here few packages of freight
and skipped off in hurry. She has on
board the Dayton, Ohio, Knights TEN.
plar, whom she contracted to land in
New Orleans tomorrow morning.
The towboat Mary Davige, with tow
of coal bound from Pittsburg to Louis
vile, ran under ard sunk ten miles be-
low Pittsburg on Thursday last. The
crew narrowly escaped. The boat was
owned by n. j. Bigley & Co., aud unin.
sured.
Seven million bushels Of coal are COM
ing out on the present rise in the upper
Ohio.
The d. G. Yaeger and Future City
are due up tomorrow en- route for St.
Louis.
The Bee and bsrges are due up this
evening en- route to st. Louis.
The Belle of Texas, Captain John
WOODBURY., brought in Saturday evening
from White river the blue ribbon trip of
the season. She had for Memphis 1893
bales of cotton, and reshipped at the
mouth 548 bales She loads for return
trip.
The Illinois, Captain Mark Cheek in
command, came in yesterday from the
lower coast with big trip of people, 1871
bales cotton and 1914 sacks seed. She
had one of the best trips of the season
from the lower coast. She leaves this
evening with return trip for Napoleon
and the bends. carrying the mail and
attending to all way business. Messrs.
Jimmy Thompson, Charley Sharpe and
John Chamberlin, trio of clever gentle
men and accommodating clerks, have
charge of the Office.
The Belle of Texas, Captain John
Woodburn in command, is receiving for
Arkansas river and resumes her regular
trips in the Memphis and Pine Bluff
trade, leaving here every Tuesday. Mr..
Billy Butler has charge of the Office.
The Phil Allin, Captain James Lee,
brought in from the lower coast 3O7 bales
of cotton, 6sl sacks seed and 8 lot of
sundries. She leaves this evening with
a return trip for Friar's Point and the
bends, attending to all way business.
Captain Stack Lee is her prime minister,
and has for aids Billy Willis and George
Griaiug, two of the best fellows in the
world.
The George W. Cheek, Captain Nat
Green in command, brought in from the
upper coast 6s bales of cotton, 322 sacks
seed and a lot of sundries. She leaves
this evening with a return trip for 0sce-
ola and the bends, attending to all way
business. Captain Ed Outlaw has charge
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