Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-20


Overcoats were in demand to-day.
The Arlington unloaded at the eleva.
tor.
The Charles Bodmann leaves Ciucin-
matt this evening for New Orleans.
The Kittie Hegler leaves Cincinnati
this evening for Arkansas river.
Major Harphsm, Adjuster and Iuspec-
tor Of the Board of Underwriters, leaves
this evening on the Quicksiep tor the
wreck of the Ella.
The'Mary Houston, Captain Charley
Miller in command, will leave the wharf
tomorrow evening for New Orleans and
the bends.
The st. Genevieve, Captain Vickers in
command, is the Anchor Line packet
leaving the elevator tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock for vicksburg and the
bends, carrying the United States mail
and attending to all way business.
The food in the Susquehanna river is
causing great destruction to railroads
and other property. Also houses and
bridges have been swept away by the
food, and many lives lost.
The Arlington, Captain Dan Moore in
command, arrived last night from Gin
c%innati with a full cargo Of grain and
produce. She leaves this evening with
a return trip for Cairo, Louisville and
Cincinnati, ticketing passengers through
to Baltimore and Washington for $40,
Philadelphia for $23 and New York for
$25, meals and staterooms included.
Alex Mcconnell is her prime minister.
The Phil Allin, Captain James Lee in
command, came in this morning from
the lower coast with SO bales cotton and
a lot of seed and sundries. She leaves
this evening with a return trip for Friar's
Point and the bends. Jimmy Thompson
presides at the desk.
The Fort Gibson. in command Of Car
tain Ed Rowland, an efficient and popu.
lar boatman, leaves this evening for Pine
Bluff and all intermediate landings. car.
rying the mail and paying strict atten.
ton to all way business. The Gibsen ia
a good carrier and is in charge of old
and experienced boatmen. Walker
Outlaw, a gentleman noted for his mr.
banity and uniform kindness, has charge
of the office.
The Grand Tower came in this morn.
ing from St. Louis with a big trim ri
grain and other produce, cattle and gen.
eral merchandise. She leaves the eleya
tor this evening with a return trip fol
Cairo and st. Louis. carrying the mail
attending to all way business and con
Meeting at Cairo aud St. Louis with the
principal railroads for all points EasI
and West. Captain Lenuox command,
this magnificent steamer. and Tom Whit,
is her purser.
The Nick Longworth, en- route from
Cincinnati to New Orleans, came in mi,
morning we'll laden. She put off her,
1856 empty hogsheads. 30 boxes soap an,
candles, s74 barrels -four and meal. p,
bales OF cotton and a lot Of sundries
She added here 20 tons Of oiLmeal |.
head of stock, a lot Of potatoes and lOI
packages of butter and eggs and 90
away at moo for New Orleans with
good trip. Captain Ben Merriles i
himself again, after his late sick
ness, and be runs his fine steamer. III,
Nick Longworth, on railroad time, doin,
all the business and pleasing everybody
The elegant steamer a. } White /,
command of Capt. Geo. Malone, leave
this evening for Napoleon and the bends
carrying the U. s. mail and uayip,
strict attention to all way business. Tn,
white has no superior in fare, speed an,
comfort Capt A. L. Cummins. an Al
laoie gentleman and accommodating OF
heer' presldes at the desk. He viii
make it pleasant aud comfortable for Al
who chance to take passage on N.
White.
The elegant sidewheel passepve
steamer Legal Tender, Captain VIM
Elliott in command. leaves this evenin,
tor Little Rock and all way landings d
Arkansas river, attending promptly /,
all way business. She will also pa,
strict attention to all way business in d,
bends between here and Napoleon. Or
her trip she passes Pine Bluff Sunday
morning, and leaves Little Rock ON !
return trip to Memphis Monday at 10
am. The Legal Tender has unsurpassed
passenger accommodations, il a good
carrier and in charge Of careful aud ex
perienced bOatmen. Dan Sullivan, who
has made himself quite popular with the
shipping and travelling public by his
prompt attention TO business aud
courtesy, has charge of the Office, and is