Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-19
ing the mail and doing all way business.
George Waltoni Is her purset.

ing tne mall q ooing all Way
George Waltonis her pursef.
The Grand Tower. Captain LennoK,
brought in from St. Louis a full cargo
Of grain and produce, and leaves this
evening with q return trip for Cairo and
81. Louis, connecting With the principal
railroads for all points East and West.
Tom White holds forth in the Office.
The o. P. schenck, Captain Lawrence
Carter 10 command, passed down to-
day for New Orleans well laden. She
put of here lOl packages glassware, l09
bales hay, $50 barrels potatoes aud a lot
Of sundriss aud added a few lots Of cot
ton.
The steamer Billy Henderson collided
at Bayou Sara, Thursday night, with the
John F. Tolle aud sunk in q few min
utes. She will prove a total loss, The
Tolle was uniujured. One deck hand
on the Henderson WAS drowned.
The City Of Alton, Captain Bixby, will
leave this evening for New Orleans and
the bends. Captain Washington will
make engagements for her.
The 0sceola will arrive tomorrow
morning from St. Francis river with a
good trip Of cotton.
The Legal Tender, Captain Ed Now.
land, arrived last evening from Arkansas
river with $50 bales and IS bags of cot
ton, 2542 sacks seed, q lot Of suudries
and q good list of people, and r~eshipped
al the mouth 376 bales Of cotton; total
out of the river. 966 bales. She leaves
this evening for Little Rock and all way
landings on Arkansas river. carrying the
mail and attending promptly to all way
business. Walker Outlaw attends to the
finances, and has for his aids Messrs.
Joe Boyd aud Tom Halliburton.
The famous passenger steamer Idle
wild will be on the track again Tuesday
next. u't
Rates on cotton from here t. New Or
leans r1ls at so to 16c per bale.
The big Mary Bell leaves here on
Wednesday next for New Orleans on a
grand Mardi -Gras excursion trip. Capt.
Washington will sell tickets for the round
trip or make engagements for her. He
has a plan of the cabin.
The Charles Morgan, alias Morgan
Rlttler, leaves Cincinnati this evening
foe New Orleans On her grand Mardi-
Gras excursion.
The Vint Shinkle leaves Cincinnati
this evening for Memphis.
There is considerable floating ice in
the upper Mississippi.
A new boat will be built for the ma
elinery OF the City of Quincy.
The Evansville ferryboat. Pleasure
BY, exploded her boiler IN Tuesday
night, at Evansville, while backing out
from the wharf, seriously wounding Cap
tain James Bluff. her commander, Der
Johnson, the engineer, and Tom Gill
gan, of Henderson.
The T. r Eckert is wrecking the City
Of Quincy, and so far has saved, in
damaged condition, 200 hogsheads o.
sugar and 80 barrels of molssses. Sew
enty-6ve hogsheads Of sugar and twenty
barrels Of molssses we're taken to St
Lous by the Belle st. Louis.
The City Engineer is putting down the
fastening posts on the levee instead O.
the Wharfmaster. The posts being pul
down will not stand much weight.
The St. Francis Belle quietly skipped
away last night for q more c~ongenia
climate. There we're several arounC
this morning, making anxious inquiries
for her.
The ]. ". Mills came down this morn
ing from the lower Ohio with a tow o
coal for the St. Bernard Coal AsSocia
ton. and returns with 8 tow Of empt,
barges.