Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-03-14

The splendid steamer Legal Tender, Capt.
John Elliott. leaves for all points on White,
Little Red and Black rivers. carrying the
United States mail and attending to all way
business. Walker Outlaw is her efficient and
courteous clerk. apa
The X. W. Dugan, Captain Ed Rowland, is
receiving at the wharf for all points on Ar
kansas river through to Fort Smith. and
leaves this evening. carrying the United
states mail. Irwin Duean arrived In the city
to-day from Cairo. and takes charge Of the
Office of tho n. w. Dugan. Mr.. Shoarer,
the clever gentleman who has filed
the position Of head clerk crcditably. will be
his second.
Captain Joseph Elliott received adyices
by telegraph last evening" informing him that
White river is falling. and that the Bannock
City had left Augusta for Memphis with a
good trip Of cotton. AkfatH
The City of Augusta. Captain Thomas Bow
man. is the regular Saturday packet for Hell
ena, the bends. Mariana and Wittsburg, at
tending to all way business. She leaves
promptly this evening at 1--WE o'clock. Messrs.
Ed Postal and Dan Sullivan are her clerks.
The coal dealers here are about to reduce
the price Of coal to zoe per box. Competition
is the life Of trade, but the opposition don't
see it; hence the cutting Of prices. Aslong as
the fight lasts steamboatmen will reap the
benefit.
Henry @. Yaeger. the great -four dealer Of
St. Louis. for whom the steamer ii. G. Yaeger
was named. died in St. Louis on Wednesday.
aged n years. ~ sa
The ferryboat South, which has been laying
sometime at Mound City, has been purchased
by A. NJ. Boyd. She will be repaired and
taken to Pine Bluff and used as ferry across
the Arkansas.
A portion Of the cotton on board the W. j.
Behan. caught FIRE in her trip down the Red
river, and about sixty bales had to be rolled
overheard before the flames were squelched.
The tcwboat Falls Pilot. en- route from the
Ohio river for Memphis with a tow of coal for
the st. Bernard Coal Company. burnt her
boilers and had to lay up at Paducah for thir-
ty-six hours repairing. She left Paducah on
Thursday. and will be due tomorrow night.
The City of Augusta had 1877 bales Of cotton
and 103 sacks of seed. and put of at Helena A
bales Of cotton.
The St. Francis brought in 2l4 bales Of cot
ton and lot Of seed.
The A. j. White had rs bales Of cotton and
$50 sacks of seed. -
The R. w. Dugan came in from Arkansas
river with 2i6 bales Of cotton and 100 sacks of
seed.
The magnificent passenger steamer Charles
Bodmann, Capt. Shinkle, will leave here to-
morrow at two p. M. for Cairo, Louisville and
Cincinnati Captain Frank Stein, an affable
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Lightburne will make engagements for her.
The City of Augusta, Captain Bowman.
owing to the high water and engagements of
freight. lays over. and will leave on Tuesday,
her regular time. for Helena and Wittsburg.
Captain Jack Grammar, late Superintendent
of the Cairo and Evansville Packet Company,
arrived in the city this morning. and Is pros
pecting for a sidewheel steamer to put in the
mail trade between Cairo and Evansville.
The Chicot City and Pine Bluff railroad is
submerged, and no trains have arrived at
Chicot City for three days.
The Pat Rogers arrived at noon from Gin
cinnati with full cargo of Western products.
Sid. Dare, late engineer of the George W.
Cheek. has had all of his teeth pulled out.
with the intention Of improving his physiog>
nomy.
The owners of the Pat Cleburne this morn
ing traded her off to Captain Jack Grammar.
Superintendent of the Cairo and Evansville
Packet Company. for the sidewheel steamer
Quickstep. The Cleburne leaves this evening
for Cairo to enter the Cairo and Evansville
trade. and the Quickstep will arrive here on
Tuesday, and will leave on Wednesday fer
Chicot City in place of the Cleburne. The
Quickstep is good boat and well adapted for
the trade. The officers of the Cleburne will
be transferred to her.
The H. c. Yaegsr passed up at noon for st.
Louis. after coaling and putting off here n
few lots of freight. af4u0
The Julia arrived at noon from St. Louis
with 700 tons Of freight. and gets away this |
evening for Vicksburg.