Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-25

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tends to all way business.
The Kittie Hegler is due tomorrow
from Cincinnati en- route to Arkansas
river.
The Mary Ament, Captain o. X. Jop-
lin, is receiving at the foot Of Monroe
street for 0sceola and the bends, and
leaves tomorrow evening, attending to
all way business. Joe w. Rhodes, one
Of the best fellows in the world, has
charge Of the office.
The levee was well-covered with
freight this morning, and levee room
was much contracted.
The Coal Hill aud barges light out to-
day for the upper Ohio.
The John Kyle, Captain Abe Hutchin-
son in command, will be down tomorrow
for New Orleans.
The Quickstep, Captain Milt Harry,
is the regular Saturday White river mail
packet. She will be in port tomorrow
to receive.
The hulls Of the defunct steamers
Ida Handy and Continental, with the
barges Alice V. and Parker, all loaded
with ice, and belonging to Huse, LOOMS
Il Co., are out on the bank below Peru,
where they were carried by the recent
food in the upper Illinois. Their com.
bined cargoes are about 5000 tons of ice.
The Julia, Captain Blake, will pass up
10 morrow for St. Louis.
The Garrett and barees will be due to.
morrow from New Orleans.
Captain Hamblston, Of Mound City,
Illinois, is in the city for the purpose 81
making arrangements to remove the dry.
docks from here to Cairo.
S~teamboatmen will have a good time
by attending the mask ball at the Mem.
phis Club Hall on next Wednesday
night.
The wreeking boats have left the
sunken Mary Alice and given her up as
a hopeless case of wreck.
Captain Swivel, ofthe John B. Maude,
arrived in the city to-day, and leaves
this evening on the Cheek for the pur.
pose Of interviewing his old friends in
the bends. The Maude will resume her
regular trips in the New Orleans trade
as soon as business revives.
The records of the Surveyors Office
show that there are registered at Nash.
vile tw~enty.four steamers on the Cum.
berland river, and ten on the Tennessee
river above Decatur, and that the totaI
amount of their tonnage, according to
custom-house measurement, is less than
1000 tons.
DR.. George D. Blakey, Of Bowling
Green, Ky, has in his possession a sill
yer goblet presented by II. r. W. Hill c
Captain s. NJ. Barner as a testimonial.
compliment for a fast trip the RiHemar
made from New Orleans to Nashville in
1920.
Captain Nose Gibbs, late of the Belle
Lee, is now mating on the City Of Alton
The City Of Augusta will arrive thi,
afternoon from White river with a bi,
trip of cotton, seed and cattle, anC
leaves again with a return trip fol
White river.
Captain Milt Harry, of the steame,
Qaickstep, came over this morning b,
rail from Devalls Bluff, and say tn,
ouickstep will be in portin the mornin.
to receive, and leaves promptly satur
day evening for all points on Whit
river.
Captain Harrison Blasdel came arounc
this morning on the Legal Tender.
The Charles Bodmann, Captain 0. P
Shinkle, will leave the wharf to-morrov
evening tor New Orleans and the bends
Captain Stein is her worthy purser.
The towboat Coal Hill, o at tn.
landing, is about one of the oldes
steamboats, running the rivers. She wa.
built in 1856 and is yet in a fare con
dltion, She has the machinery of tn,
old Boon in her.
The City Of Chester, Captain Zeiqle
IN command, arrived this morning from
st. Louis with a full cargo of grain an,
produce, and leaves this evening with
return trip for Cairo and 81. Louis. car
rylng the mail and attending to all wa
BUSINESS. Shs also connects a. Cair'
ana st. Louis with the principal rail
roads tor all points East and West. Bill,
Blenker, formerly of the Belle Memubi:
controls the affairs of the office.
The Colorado, Captain Ed GRAY. il IN,
Anchor Line packet, leaving the elevate.
Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock foI
Vicks0urg and the bends, carrying tn,
mail and attending to all way business
The officers Of the Legal Tender re
port the planters more cheerful ON Ar.
kansas river and the majority of plan.
tiers are preparing to put in large crops.
The Minneola, Captain Skunk in com
mand, came in last night from the Ohio
river with 400 tons of freight, including
24O barrels salt, 500 barrels -four and
| meal and 60 head of cattle. She is re-