Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-11

The Csrondelet will be due tomorrow
from st. Louis.
The St. Francis Belle will likely 60 TO
the Ohio river TO spend the summer.
The George W, Cheek, Captain Nat
Green, brought in from the lower coast
81 bales enddS bags Of cotton and GA
sacks seed. She leaves this evening with
a return trip for Helena and the bends,
paying strict attention to all way bust
ness. D. P. Davis and John Langlois,
two clever gentlemen, %oficiate in the
office. e'4 vents
The Osceola Belle, Captain D. K. Jop-
lin in command, leaves this evening for
Haile's Point and the bends, attending
to all way business. Ally Hancock and
Jim Franklin are her clever and accom-
modating clerks. She makes a grand
Mardi-G ras excursion trip to Memphis,
and will arrive here Monday evening, in
order to give her passengers an oppor-
tunity to witness the entrance into the
city of King Menus, and lays oyer until
Wednesday so that all can participate in
the carnival and festivities.
The Ruth, Captain Ed Postal, will ar
rive to. day from White river with a big
trip of cotton and leave again tomorrow
evening with a return trip for all points
on White, Black and Little Red rivers,
carrying the mail and attending to all
way business.
The Vint ShinkIe, Captain Remission,
leaves this evening for Cincinnati and
all way points on the Ohio. Billy Me-
Intyre does the honors Of the office.
The Phil Allin, Captain James Lee,
brought in this morning from the lower
coast 266 bales and so bags Of cotton and
sos sacks Of seed. She leaves this even
ing IN a return trip to Friar's Point and
the bends, carrying the mail and attend
ing to all way business. Jimmy Thomp-
son presides at the desk.
The Charles Morgan, alias Morgan
Rather, will leave Glenn's wharf boat to-
morrow morning at eve o'clock for
Cincinnati and way points on the Ohio.
Harry Stein presides at the desk.
The Legal Tender, Captain Ed Now
land, win arrive to-day from Arkansas
river with a big trip of cotton, cotton
seed and a big list of passengers; she
leaves tomorrow evening with a return
trip for Little Rock and all way points
on Arkansas river, carrying the mail and
attending to all way business. Walker
Outlaw, a worthy gentleman, controls
the office.
Quite a number Of people appeared on
the bluff last evening to witness the de-
parture of the MarylBell.
The Grand Tower is the Saturday
Anchor Line packet for St. Louis.
The City of Quincy will be due up to-
morrow.
The Belle st. Louis passed down this
morningfo for Vicksburg we'll laden. She
added here 40 tons of way freight.
The Thomas Sherlock, with 600 tons
of freight for the Ohio river, passed up
this morning on one wheel, having run
through herself thirty miles below here,
bursting out the cylinder heads and
breaking the piston rod Of her larboard
engine. She put off here 200 bags and
20 barrels salt, 30 barrels rice, 20 barrels
molasses and 10 hogshesds sugar. AS
she rounded out from the wharf the wind
caught her and carried her down to the
point before she could straighten up.
This is the second mishap Of the same
nature that the Sherlock has met with
this season.
Mr.. A. Galley is coming down in the
Office Of the Andy Baum, Captain Deems
being sick and having stopped off al
Cincinnati. ras N e
The James D. Parker for Memphis
and Mary Houston for New Orleans
leaves Cincinnati tomorrow evening.
The Commonwealth and Cherokee had
a lively time coming out of the Ohio in
cutting rates and hurrying from one
point to another to secure freight.
The Mary Houston, on her up trip
will make q Mardi-Gr excursion trip tc
Louisville.
Captain James S. Wise, Superintend
ent of the Memphis and Ohio River
Packet Company, celebrated the forty.
sixty anniversary of his birth Tuesday
in Cincinnati.
The popular and fast passenger packe,
Idlewild, Captain Stack Lee, is the regu
lar Saturday mail packet for Chicot CITY
and the bends. She will be found 10 port
this evening ready to receive. Mr.. Ed
Thomas, a prince Of good fellows, holdI
forth in the Office. p,
The Alf Stevens will be down to.mor
row with a cargo Of grain and produce.
Nest Of the furnaces Of the Ohio River
Salt Company have suspended for sixty
days.
The Vicksburg Herald of Wednesday
has the following:
The much talked Of "Chicot contract
for carrying the railroad cotton from thai
point to New Orleans, has been secured
by the Thompson Dean, and now it would
seem that Captain Frank Hicks had used
the John B Maude, in the expressive
language of VIII &. Hava. aa. a aort nj