Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-11
The MarY Houston for New Or.


The Cons Millar leaves Cincin-
natl this evening for Memphis.
The Cherokee for Cincinnati and
and City of Helena for st.
left Vicksburg yesterday noon.
The U. P. Schenck left Cincin-
natl last evening for New Orleans.
The City of Alton for New Or
leans and Grand Tower for Vicks-
burg left st. Louis yesterday.
Shipments for the South along
the Ohio show a big falling off.
The City of Vicksburg for St.
Louis had a fair list of cotton and
people. She added here $50 bales
Of Eastern cotton.
The Grand Tower is the Friday
morning packet for Vicksburg.
The Aggie, Captain Roberts,
came in from Dyersburg with a fair
trip of freight, and returns this
evening to Dyersburg, doing all
coasting business. B. 0. Mitchell
the honors of the office.
The tug Ida will arrive this az
ternoon from Tennessee river with a
large tow of coal for the st. Bernard
Coal Association.
The breaking loose of Glenn's
wharfboat this morning caused a
commotion at the landing.
The Robert Mitchell will be due
tomorrow for New Orleans.
Travel North by steamers is rap
idly increasing.
The Golden Rule passed up last
She put off here AZ barrels
potatoes and a lot of sundries and
147 bales cheap cotton.
The Keokuk left to-day for the
Ohio with a tow of empty
stone barges.
The Thompson Dean and A. G.
are advertised to leave
Cincinnati tomorrow for New Or
Capt. Russ Porter brings his new
Helena and coast packet to Mem
phis this week to be inspected and
registered.
The Raven, with her barges of
grain and produce, leaves Evansville
this evening for New Orleans.
The Cumberland and Tennessee
are on the rampage, being much
swollen from the effects of the rains
for the past two days.
The City of Chester, Captain
James Yore, is the regular Thurs
day Anchor Line packet, leaving at
sharp five for Cairo and st. Louis,
all railway connections.
The Vint Shinkle, Captain Ken
niston, leaves this evening at sharp
five for Cairo, Louisville and Gin
cinnati. Billy Mcintyre presides
at the desk.
The Belle of Texas will arrive
this evening from Arkansas river
with a good trip Of freight and peo-
pie and leaves Saturday next with
a return trip.
The Southern Hotel at st. Louis
burned this morning and many
lives were lost. The Southern was
generally the headquarters for
steamboatmen aud Southern peo-
pie.
We still have hopes of there be-
ing emo overflow if the weather
should prove favorable for several
days. The big swell coming from
the lower Ohio, Tennessee and
Cumberland will not have much
effect on the lower Mississippi.
Captain R. W. Lightburne re.
ceiyed a telegram from Captain
Bob Wise stating that the James
W. Gaff would arrive here this
evening with her excursion trip and
return to the Ohio river Saturday
Captain Ed Postal received atele
gram this morning from Batesvill,
informing him of a rise at tina
point Of 10 feet. The Hard CasE
will leave here this evening and g
through to B@atesyille without fail
Commodore Kountz has closed
contract at Pittsburg for the largcs
stern wheeler ever built for the st
Louis and New Orleans trade, Di
mansions: Length 26O feet, bean
40 feet, depth of hold s feet, ca
pacity 1000 tons. She will be p
feet longer than either the Yaege