Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-18
Louis with a good passenger trip but

Louis with a good passenger trip but
little freight.
The elegant steamer Illinois, in COM
mand of hat ever popular officer Capt.
Mark Cheek, leaves this evening for
Vicksburg and the bends, paying strict
attention to all way busipss and con.
Meeting at Vicksburg with the Natchez
for New Orleans, Joe Spears, a gentle
man who is noted for his prompt atten-
ton to business and uniform kindness,
has charge of the office, and is ably
seconded by Owen Jameson.
The st. Genevieve, Captain Vickers,
is the Anchor Line packet leaving the
elevator this evening for Cairo and St.
Louis, connecting with the principal
railroads for all points East and West.
Captain Lee Finney, a clever gentleman,
presides at the desk.
The Frank Forest, Captain O. X. Jop-
lin, leaves this evening for Ashport and
all way landings on the upper coast.
William Joplin presides at the desk.
The Frank Forest lays over from next
Monday to Wednesday 10 make an ex-
c%ursion trip to 0sceola to the Masonic
demonstration. She leaves here on
Wednesday at 10 am. and arrives at
Osceola the next morning at 6 a m and
lays OF Osceola until 10 that night to re-
turn the excursionists to their homes.
Halt fare for the round trip.
The Legal Tender, Captain Ed Now
land in command, came in this morning
with a big trip Of people and a good
freight list. She leaves tomorrow even
ing with a return trip for Little Rock
and all way landings, carrying the mail
and attending to all way business.
Walker Outlaw, a courteous gentleman,
does the honors Of the Office.
The Quickstep, Captain Milt Harry in
command, came in last night from White
river with a good trip of people and
freight. She leaves tomorrow evening
for all points on White, Black and Little
Red rivers, carrying the mail and attend
ing to all way business. Ed Crowell is
her prime minister.
The A. ]. White, Capt. Geo. Malone
in command, arrived last night from the
lower coast with Is bales of cotton, l29
sacks seed and a big passengers trip.
She made the run from Helena to Mem
phis in s hours and 35 minutes. She
made Ten landings for passengers and
freight, and wooded twice. A good run
for a short steamer, She leaves to-mor-
row evening with a return trip for Napo-
leon and the bends, carrying the mail
and attending to all way business. Capt.
A. L. Cummins has charge Of the Office.
Joe Spears and Owen Jameson,
clerks on the Illinois, knows every man,
woman and child in the bends, and their
names are household words. Even the
yaller dogs knows Joe Spears in the
bends below Napoleon.
The Phil Allin, Captain Stack Lee, is
the regular Friday packet for Friar's
Point and the bends, leaving this even.
ing and attending to all way business.
Messrs. Jimmy Thompson and Billy
Willis are her clerks.
The Cons Millar from Memphis ar
rived at Cincinnati to-day.
The new steamer Mary Lewis will be
down to-day en- route to New Orleans.
The Illinois is meeting with unbounded
success in the Vicksburg trade. She
grows more popular each trip. Commo-
dore Geo. W. Cheek will have a tri,
weekly line of packets in the Memphis
and Vicksburg trade this fall.
One item Of the cargo Of the james
D.. Parker for Memphis is 1900 kegs o.
nails.
Captain John Woodburn has named
his new Arkansas river packet Rosa
Miller, in compliment to an estimabl,
young lady Of Little Rock.
A North Memphis widow, like Grant
avors a third term.
The crops in the bends we're nevel
more promising.
The Legal Tender had 1852 sacks seed
60 bales cotton, 100 packages of sun
dries, and reshipped at the mouth a 10
of cotton.
The Painter passed up last night will
a tow Of empty barges,
The John F. Tolle passed down las
night for New Orleans without landing
She could not stand the exorbitan
wharfage tax.
The City of Quincy is due dswn to
morrow for New Orleans.
Captain Glenn has 500 sacks oil cakt
awaiting shipment to New Orleans.
YIN. Hollis, at Bernard landing, Ark.
presented to Joe Spears, Of the Illinois
a beet raised Oh his plantation; weigh.
ing Al pounds.
The Vint Shinkle, Captain Kennistop