Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-03

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ern Line packets for st. Paul.
Henry Deadrick does the honors of
the office. She adds here q good
list Of Eastern cotton, a lot of po-
tatoes and apples and a good num-
Der of people.
The Mark Twain, Captain Ran
dali, is the regular mail packet,
leaving this evening for St. Francis
river and all points through to
Wittsburg, attending promptly to
all way business. Master Banning
assists Captain Randall in the office.
The steamer Red Wing, en- route
from the upper Mississippi to St.
Louis, burst her steam-pipe on Sat
urday afternoon, scalding William
Morgan, second cook, Of Rock
Island, who died Sunday at Mont
rose; Isaac Myers, Portsmouth, O.,
deck passenger, died Sunday; Ed
Weary, steward, missing, probably
drowned; M. E. Tracy, of Mount
Ida, Iowa, badly scalded John
Pierce, st. Louis, first cook, scalded
in the face and hands Pete Coll.
st. Louis, pastry cook, slightly in
jured; John f. Darrow, deck pas
senger, scalded dangerously.
The Maumelle, Captain Thomas
Darragh, is the regular mail packet
leaving this evening for Little Rock
and all points on the Arkansas, Civ
ing special attention to all planta-
ton business. Captain VIM. M.
Morrison is her chief clerk and is
seconded by Charley Musselman.
The John B. Maude passed down
this morning for Vicksburg we'll
laden. She put off here 125 tons
of freight, including sol bbls. corr
meal, 210 bbls. flour, asa sacks corn,
29G sacks malt, SO sacks bran, Is
casks meat, 200 packages lard, 70
tubs butter and sundries, and added
10 tons of miscellaneous freight and
5 tons of ice.
The famous passenger packet
Hard Cash, Captain Ed Postal in
command, came in this morning
from White river with IL bales of
cotton, 14S sacks shelled and 272
sacks ear corn, and ITO bushels of
ear in bulk, 225 sacks cotton seed,
So packages of butter and eggs, 8
coops chickens, 2 head stock, 40
packages sundries, and 70 cabin
passengers-one of the best trips
of the season. She leaves promptly
tomorrow evening with a return
trip, going through to Batesyille
and giving special attention to all
way business. Charles Postal, a
gentleman with whom it is a pleas
ure to travel and do business, con-
trolls the office, and is ably assisted
by Count Chamberlin, the great
explorer of the Searcy gold mines.
That swift-running and popular
passenger steamer Charles Morgan,
commonly called the Morgan
Ratler," and in command of Capt.
Albert Stein, an experienced and
careful boatman, viii leave Glenn's
wharf boat tomorrow evening at 5
o'clock for New Orleans and inter-
mediate points. The Morgan is A
No. | in every respect and runs on
time. Those desiring a
safe and pleasant journey to the
Crescent City cannot do better than
by taking passage on this modern
floating palace. On her last trip
she made the run from New Orleans
to Cincinnati in six days and eleven
hours, making AZ way landings and
registering on the trip 119 cabin
and 81 deck passengers. This is
an evidence of popularity which
Captain Stein and his fcllow-officers
may justly feel proud of. Passen-
gers on board this steamer are made
to feel at home, the tables being
supplied with the delicacles of the
season and all provided with neat
and elegant staterooms. Mr.. Harry
Stein, her purser, is untirng in his
efforts to please his guests and make
them comfortable. The Charles
Morgan is irSt.class in all her APP
and has a most enyiable
reputation from Cincinnati to New
Orleans.