Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-26

The Cherokee is due up to-day for the
Ohio river with 400 tons Of freight and
so cabin passengers.
Captain Frank Hicks is swinging the
circle for business for his new boat next
season.
The new and staunch steamer Cons
Millar, Captain James Pepper in com
mand, is receiving for Cairo, Louisville
and Cincinnati, and will leave tomorrow
evening, attending to all way business
and tieketiRg passengers through to all
points East. Mr.. Reister controls the
Office.
The Anchor Line packet City of
Helena, Captain Mckee, leaves the
elevator tomorrow evening for Vicks-
burg and the bends, carrying the mail
and attending to all way business. Geo.
Walton presides at the desk.
The City Of Chester, Captain Zeigler,
is the Anchor Line packet leaving the
elevator TOMORROW evening for Cairo
and St. Louis, attending to all way bust
ness and carrying the mail. Billy
Blenker has charge of the office.
The Illinois will arrive tonight from
Vicksburg, and leaves on Friday with a
return trip for Vicksburg and the bends.
The Landing Committee should by all
means have the mud and filth removed
from the wharf.
The Kellogg arrived this morning
from St. Louis with two barges OF ice for
this market.
The San j.. Hale and barges passed
up at noon to day for Cincinnati.
Captain Archie G. Goddin, an old
citizen and a wellknOwn steamboatman,
has gone into the steamboat agency
business in New Orleans.
The new boat building for Captain
Frank Hicks, at Metropolis, Ills, will be
completed and ready to launch by the
first of August.
Captain AID Storm desires us to say to
merchants who have freights on the ele-
vator that he is expecting large arrivals
t tomorrow, and, in order to make room,
wishes them to remove their goods as
rapidly as possible.
Captain Ben Merriles, late of the Nick
Longworth, will take command of the
General Lyle in the Louisville and Gin
%cinnati trade.
Captain Lawrence Carter, of the Sam
j. Hale, dropped in on us this morning.
We we're glad to see him looking hale
and hearty. His vision reminded us Of
old times, and we hope to see him again
in the Memphis and Cincinnati trade, 10
which he made himself SO popular with
the shipping and travelling public.
The St. Louis Globe emocat of yes
terday says;
Mr.. Enoch I. Prester, an old and we'll
known engineer, attempted to drown
himself by jumping off the ~ferryboat,
foot Of Carr street. he was rescued by
parties who witnessed the act. The
whisky he had been drinking was of such
high proof hat it would not let him sink.
The Belle St. Louis had not arrived at
6 p m, but will no doubt be found at the
levee this morning. II is q matter OF
astonishmene to a great many that the
Ohio river steamers are always filled
with passengers to and from Memphis
and New Orleans, whilst our steamers,
which are the finest and largest, seldom
have a corporars guard on them. The
reason is plain; look at the Cincinnati
papers steamboat advertising column
and see the display of advertisements
then look at the attenuated ones in ouI
papers. The Cincinnati steamboatmeu
desire TO call attention to their business
just as judisious merchants do, anC
travellers, like purchasers, think thai
those who advertise freely are more
likely to give them their moneys worth
than those who for form sake merely
put in a ~picayune advertisement in The
Toe line. "A word to the wise is suf
6cient."
MEMPHIS, May %.
To the Editor Of the Cincinnati Gazette:
The Parker had a full trip Of people
Amongst her noted passengers were Mrs
Goodloe and family, Miss Good, and tn,
return excursion party, and the Heller
De Este Dramatic Troupe, two gra!
horses, and four preachers, and also
negro minstrel troupe. Captain Bol
Wise's popularity catches the public
The ladies stormed him to-day b.
presenting thirty-four bouquets ofbesuti
ful flowers. Captain Bob Intervene,
the great ~evangelists, White and Bliss
to-day, They both promised to make
round trip with him. This being
stand.of, salvation against a free ride.
l.
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