Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-26
The Jas. D. Parker for Memphis

anu G0l0en OrOWn LOT new Or-
leans leave Cincinnati this evening.
The Robert Mitchell will be due
here to.morrow for New Orleans.
The Vint Shinkle will be due to-
night from the Ohio river and re-
turns to Cincinnati tomorrow eve
ming.
Arkansas river is at high tide
and still swelling.
The Golden City arrived at Gin
cinnati Monday and leaves there
tomorrow night with a return trip
for New Orleans.
The Susie Silver arrived at New
Orleans Monday afternoon.
The packets that were to have
left yesterday deferred their depar-
ture until to-day, it being a holiday
and no business doing.
The receipts of cotton by river
for the past As hours ending at
noon foot up 1912 bales.
The City of Chester, Captain
zeigler, is the regular Anchor Lane
packet leaving tomorrow evening
for Cairo and st. Louis.
The Mary Houston arrived at
New Orleans yesterday.
The st. Joseph is being disman-
tied at st. Louis.
Burr Wood, coal dealer at New
Orleans, has had the steamer Lizzie
Taylor seized for debt.
This time last year the river was
locked up tight by ice, and it was
cold as blazes. Quite q contrast.
The @. P. Chouteau turned back
from Helena. She starts from there
for New Orleans with 200 bales o
cotton, a lot Of oil cake and oil.
The @. B. Church passed dowr
at noon to-day for New Orleans.
She put off here a lot of stuff.
The Greyhound came in yester.
day with a tow of coal from the
Shotwell mines for Brown & Jones
The George W. Cheek cleared fol-
Friar's Point with a good trip Of
people, but not much freight.
|. The John B. Maude for st. Louis
had a moderate trip.
The Coahoma, Capt. Stack Lee,
is the regular mail packet leaving
this evening for Friar's Point ant
the bends. Captain Ed Thomas il
her efficient purser.
The new transfer steamer Colone
W. S. PiersOn, made a trial trip OF
yesterday afternoon. Her machin
cry performed we'll and the boa
was pronounced a grand success
On our local page will be found
full description of her and her tria
trip.
The City of Vicksburg passed
down yesterday with an excellen
trip. She put off here several hun
bred packages of freight and adde,
thirty tons for points below.
Major John Forbes, agent of til,
E. and I. H. R. r., is loading a barg
here with compressed cotton 70
the Storm No. 8, which tows it t
Evansville. The cotton thence goe
East by rail.
Captain Sam Shock, the grea
and good Texas railroad agent, al
rived in the city yesterday from al
extended trip through the South
west.
The City of Alton passed up 70
the Ohio river with 800 tons O
sugar, molasses and sundries. Sh
had also on board Coles circus
which goes into winter quarters a
Cincinnati. She put off here fort
packages of sundries.
The Belle of Shreveport passe,
down loaded to the guards. Sh
put off here 315 sacks corn, IL
sacks oats, and sundries, and addet
several lots of freight.
The Ruth, Captain W. G. Harry
will arrive tomorrow from Whit
river with a big trip Of cotton an,
leave Saturday, her regular day, OF
a return trip.
The Batesville, Captain Ma
Tremmel, is the regular packe
leaving this evening for Seaman
Landing, doing all way bushes
Captain Henry Cooper oficiates a
the desk.
The Thompson Dean arrived a
New Orleans yesterday from Men
phis with 8945 bales cotton, 1887
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