Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-14

Ihe John i. Iolle Is due u0Wn
to-day for New Orleans.
The Osceola Belle for the upper
coast and Carl Sehurz for the lower
coast had excellent trips out.
The James ID. Parker leaves Gin
cinnati tomorrow for this port.
The Cons Millar will be due from
Cincinnati Thursday morning.
The officers of the Hattie Now
land report the crops along Arkan-
saS river as being in a flourishing
condition.
Mr., Il. b. Dawson, late engineer
of the 0riole, on Sunday was made
the happy father of a 19-pounder
girl baby.
The Andy Baum, which was
aground at Caseyville for two days,
got off Sunday evening, and passed
Evansville yesterday morning all 0.
X.
Captain John W. Cannon has
bought the 0uachita Belle, paying
Captain Blank S22, 900 for her.
iShe will ply in the Bayou Sara
trade.
Jimmy McMean, the popular re-
ceiving clerk as the elevator, left
on the City of Helena for Vicks-
burg, and makes the round trip.
John E. Burke, late second clerk
on the Phil Allin, has retired from
the river and gone into the COM
mission business at Chester, III.
The Mark Twain, Captain Ran
dali, leaves this evening at five
o'clock for st. Francis river and all
points through to Wittsburg, carry
ing the mail and giving special at
tention to all way business. Mr..
Banning, a courteous gentleman,
oficiates in the office.
The Phil Allin for Riverton had
a splendid trip. She returns in
the morning and leaves tomorrow
evening at sharp five for Vicksburg
and the bends, making all regular
way landings, and connects at
Vicksburg with the R. E. Lee for
New Orleans and the Yazoo river
packets.
The principal items of the ALI
Stevens cargo were 1910 bbls corn
meal, 1744 SKIS corn, 239 SKIS oats,
.220 SKIS bran, 557 bbls flour and
500 pkgs sundries. She will finish
d~ischarging her cargo to-day and
then go to the bank and choke a
stump for d while.
The Belle Of Shreveport for New
Orleans, and Grand Tower for
VickSburg, leave ST. Louis to-day.
The Nail City and bargcs are adj
vertiSed to leave Cincinnati to-day
for New Orleans, and the steamer
Home tomorrow.
Captain Eads' jetties are salts
factory and giving deeper water at
the mouth of the river, and the in
creased depth so far affords the
passage of the largest tonnage.
Captain Elisha Evins, who has
been ~Sojourning for several weeks
at Fort Smith, came around on the
Hattie Rowland.
W. J. Hare, in years past a clerk
on several packets in the Memphis
and st. Louis trade and streams
tributary, but more recently in the
employ of the Southern EXPRESS
Company at Little Rock, is in the
city, having returned here in re
spouse to kilograms rendering hin
an important position in another
business. Rumor has it that he
will accept it, and again become {
citizen Of the Bluff City.
The John B. Maude passed down
this morning well laden. She puI
off here S17 barrels cornmeal, 1S(
barrels flour, 40 barrels potatoes
III sacks corn, 40 sacks oats, 4;
crates cabbage, 1875 rolls bagging
SO tubs butter, 20 tierces lard, q
barrels vinegar, 4 boxes eggs ant
1889 packages sundries and adde(
8 tons of miscellaneous freight ant
a good number of people.
80.
The City of Vicksburg, Captain
Bob Riley, is the Anchor Lin,
packet, leaving this evening 70
Cairo and st. Louis, attending t,
all bends business and making
direct connectionwith the principa
railroads for all points East an,