Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-29

carrying the mail and attending TO all
way business. Captain Tom Darraeh il
her worthy aud efficient chief clerk,
The James ID. Parker leaves Cincin.
matt THE evening for Memphis.
The St. Francis Belle, Captain Mill
Harry, is the regular mail packet leav.
ing this evening for White river.
The City Of Chester, Captain Ziegler,
is the regular Thursday Anchor Line
packet for Cairo aud St. Louis, leaving
tomorrow evening. Billy Blencker is
her prime minister.
The. City Of Augusta is due to-day
from White river.
The 0soeola Belle will be here to
leave on Friday.
An old boatman at Cincinnati a Y he
never saw a food similar to the pressz;
oEe in the Ohio river at this season Of
the year, SO sudden did it appear.
The Joe Kinney is due down to-day
for Vicksburg.
The Phil Allin, Captain James Lee, is
the regular Wednesday mail packet for
Friar's Point and the bends, leaving
promptly this evening. Jimmy Thomp-
son is her courteous head center.
The Cherokee, en- route to New Or
leans, came in this morning we'll laden.
She put of here several packages OF
freight and adds some cotton, which was
engaged for her by Captain Glenn.
The Thomas Sherlock leaves Cincin.
natl this evening for Memphis.
Uanh Douao lac n.k - A. NJ
msrck, died ct St. Louis a few days ago.
he was about ffty-eight years old and
has been on the river for ovor forty years.
Dispatches from Arkansas river report
a slight rise at Fort Smith.
Walker 4 Nellis, Of Cairo, have pur-
chased the tug Laurel Of Captain Dough
erty.
The local inspectors Of Cairo have
suspended pilot Totten's license for
sixty days.
The Carrie V. Kountz is due down
from St. Louis.
The 0sceols Belle, Captain Andrews,
csme in at moor with a big trip of cotton
and sundries, and returns to the upper
coast this evening, going as far as Ash.
port. Captain 0. K. Joplin presides in
the Office, and is ably assisted by jim
Franklin.
ANOTHER STEAMER GONE TO DAvY
JONES LoCKER.--The Memphis and Ar
kansas river mail packet Fort Gibson, in
command of Captain Eugene Smith, en-
route for Pine Bluff, struck a snag in the
cutoff and sunk in six feet of water, and
will probably prove a total loss, as she
lays where the current is swift and
treacherous. The Fort Gibson was about
eve years old; was Of light draught,
and has been a faithful boat in her time.
She was owned by Major John Hardin,
Captain Ed Rowland and others, valued
at $4,000, and insured in st. Louis aud
Cincinnati for $4,000. She will prove a
severe loss to the Memphis and Arkan-
sss River Packet Company. Her cargo
comprised seventy-6ve tons Of merchan-
disc, which is principally insured here in
local Offices. Captain Rowland and
Major Hardin will do all in their owe
to raise her, though it IS feared their
efforts will prove fruitless if the river
should rise suddenly, which is prophe-
sled by several steamboatmen. Insur-
ance men left last night and to-day for
the wreck.
The LEDGER job printing office, ID
Madison street, pays especial attention
to printing steamboat posters, bills Of
lading, manifests, bill-heads, ETC., etc.
We guarantee our work to be second TO
none in the city and our prices to be
reasonable. 5St