Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-17

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City Of Augusta for Mariana got awsy
last evening with fair trips of freishr
and people.
The Mary Alice and barges passed
down for New Orleans. She added here
a barge loaded with cotton and oil cake.
The Belle of Texas, Captain John
WOODBURY. in command, came in yester
day afternoon with 263 bales of cotton,
S7S sacks seed, a lot Of sundries and a
good list of people. She leaves this even
ing with a return trip for all points on
Arkansas river through to Pine Bluff,
carrying the mail and attending to all
way business. Billy Butler, an efficient
officer and clever gentleman, has charge
of the office.
The o. S. mail packet Geo. W.
Cheek, Captain Nat Green, leaves this
evening for Haile's Point and all way
landings in the bends, attending to all
way business. Captain Ed Outlaw is
her purser.
The Phil Allin, Captain James Lee,
came in this morning with 1913 bales of
cotton and $50 sacks of seed. She
leaves this evening on a return trip for
Friar's Point and the bends. Captain
Stack Lee and Jimmy Thompson are
her %gentlemanly clerks.
The West Wind, Captain Thomas Bow
man, is receiving for all points on St.
Francis river through to Wittsburg,
attending to all way business. She will
leave tomorrow evening. Messrs. Han.
cock and Rhodes are her clerks.
The Belle Lee, Captain Frank Hicks,
arrived this morning from New Orleans
with 1874 bales of cotton, a lot of seed
and groceries and did a big way bust.
ness coming up. She will leave to.
morrow evening on a return trip for
New Orleans and the bends, attending
to all way business. Captain All Girls.
som controls the affairs Of the Office,
and is ably assisted by Messrs. Thomas
and Wayne.
Mr.. James T. Madden, an old.time
citizen of Memphis, and for the last nine.
teen years connected with river interests.
a purchased a farm near J~acksonport,
Ark, and hereafter will devote his time
to agriculture. We wish our old friend
suecess in his new calling, and hope he
will reap a rich reward.
The Legal Tender, Captain John D.
Elliott in command, came in this morn.
ing from White river with l6l bales of
cotton, a lot Of seed and sundries, includ.
ing 10 bales Of hay, and reshipped at the
mouth SO bales Of cotton. She also had a
fair list of people, She leaves this
evening with a return trip for all points
on White, Black and Little Red rivers,
carrying the mail and attending to all
way business. Charley smither, a pop.
ular and efficient officer, has charge of
the office, and is seconded by James
Salisbury.
The Mary Boyd will arrive tomorrow
from Arkansas river and leave on Friday
with q return trip for Pine Bluff.
The John F. Tolle and City of Helena
are due down to-day.
The Charles Morgan and Bismarck
leave New Orleans this evening.
The suagboat McComb, which has
been doing good service in removing
snags in the bends below here, came into
port to-day at noon.
Billy Thomas, formerly clerk on the
John B. Maude, and by the way a clever
gentleman, succeeds Captain John
Langlois on the Belle Lee.
The Cheek line is illustrated in the
New York Daily Graphic.
The Susie Silver, Captain Silver, will
leave the elevator this afternoon for
Cairo and the Ohio river.
The City of Helena, Captain Mckee,
is the Anchor Line packet leaving the
elevator at twelve m. for Vicksburg and
the bends, carrying the mail and attend.
ing to all way business, Mr.. Walton is
her prime minister.
The Committee on Commerce in the
National Congress will report favorable
on Captain Ead's jetty plan for deepen.
ing the channel at the mouth of the
Mississippi.
The Ohio is gorged with ice at several
places between Evansville aud Louis.
vile.
The G. B. Church and City of Alton
leave New Orleans to-day for the Ohio
Aleck Fraser, q we'll known Red river
clerk, while en- route from
New Orleans to his home in Ohio, died
on the cars at Water Valley, Miss, on
Sunday. The last boats the deceased
olerked on were the Bart Able and the
Sabine.
The Utah is loading at New Orleans
for Arkansas river.
The damaged freight Of the Quincy
was sold at New Orleans at an average
Of over fifty per cent. OF invoice prices.
Peter Eichols is making a big effort
on paper" to purchase the iron steamer
John T. Moore for the Memphis and
Cincinnati trade.
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