Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-31

tyre IS her prime minister.
The rain last night, sc much needed by
vegetation, came just in time to rave the
crops in and around the city.
The towboat Liberty No. 3, with six
barges Of slaves in tow, arrived this
morning from the upper coast, and will
leave this evening for New Orleans with
her tow.
The Andy Baum leaves Cincinnati
this evening for Memphis.
The Rosa Miller has laid up at Little
Rock.
Mike Higgins, second engineer Of the
Rosa Miller, has gone to Pittsburg to
bring out the Arkansas river packet A.
a. Garland. 3f-
The Capitol City willb e down Friday
morning at ten o'clock for Vicksburg
and the bends. Freight will be received
for her at all times at the elevator.
The Phil Allin, Captain Stacker Lee
in command, came in last evening from
the lower coast with a good list of peo-
pie and a fair trip of cotton aud seed.
She returns to Arkansas City this even
ing, carrying the mail and doing all way
business. Jimmy Thompson presides at
thedesk, ably assisted by Cook Creighton
and William Mcdonald.
The Belle of Memphis and City of
Chester will in all probability resume
there regular trips between here and ST.
Louis next week.
The Thompson Dean passed up last
night for Cincinnati with 300 tons of
freight, including 600 barrels of potatoes,
1926 barrels Of resin, l25 barrels of oil,
It's barrels Of rice, 400 packages of sun.
dries, 225 packages of molasses AMI 10
cabin passengers. She put off here
several packages of freight.
Captain J.. B. Woods purchased the
steamer Texas at marshal's sale at New
Orleans a few days since for $l2, 0O0-a
good bargain.
The Martha brought $4,000 dollars at
marshal's sale at New Orleans a few
days since.
The Belle of Texas, Captain ], ]. Oar
ragh, came in last night from Arkansas
river with 1886 sacks of seed, 40 bales of
cotton, 81 barrels of new potatoes and a
lot Of sundries. She leaves this evening
at sharp five on a return trip to Little
Rock and all points on the Arkansas
river, carrying the mail and doing all
way business. Messrs Billy Butler and
Billy Nucles, two accommodating clerks,
have charge of the Office.
The George W. Cheek, Captain Nat
Green, is the regular Wednesday packet
for Friar's Point and the bends. She
leaves at sharp five, giving prompt atten-
ton to all way business. Mr., D. P.
Davis, q clever gentleman and efficient
officer, presides at the desk, and is ably
assisted by John Langlois.
The M. Livingston was sold at Padu-
cab on Monday to parties of Dakota Ter
ritory to make connections for the Black
Hills; price, $2525.
A piece Of one Of the Cleburne's boil
ers, four rings, was found $50 yards from
the river.
Arkansas is exporting new Irish pota-
toes. The Belle of Texas brought
around the first shipment for this mar
ket.
The body Of pilot George Fowler was
found a few miles below New Albany.
Commodore Rollingpin, river chron.
icler of the st. Louis Times, was pastry
cook on the W. R. Arthur when she blew
up below here. The explosion and q
trip to the other world turned him into q
river reporter and comical writer.
Stanton Pierce Mcclure, poor, friend
less and crazed, recently died in a Ken
lucky lunatic asylum. For many years
previous to his confinement in that insti
tuition he had been prominently con
nected with Cumberland river steam
boats as captain and clerk. At Louis
vile he built the Grapeshot and J. II
Baldwin. The latter was a very gooC
steamer, and is, we believe, still running
now a government boat, called Montana
commands by John B. Davis, and EN-
ployed on the Mississippi river above st.
Louis.
Brooks, in referring to the fast time Of
the Grand Tower-ststing that she beai
the Bob Lees famous run-neglected to
mention that the river is shortened six.
teen miles between here and Helena by
the Peters cutoff, aimee the Lee mad,
the run; and that she also cooled down
and cleaned out between Helena and this
point. The Alton big run was between
here aud Cairo, and the Lee won the
horns from her by making the run il
sixteen hours aud thirty.seven min utes
and wooded from the banks three times.
The City Of Atoms time was nineteen
hours and some minutes.
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