Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-29

repairs COulpleteu u1 DAohVdl next,
and viii resume her regular trips in
the st. Francis river trade ON
Tuesday next.
Captain Dick Love has estab-
lished himself in the steamboat
agency business at St. Louis.
The Alf Stevens leaves st. Louis
to-day for Memphis and Dyersburg.
The Glencoe will leave st. Louis
the latter part Of the week for New
Orleans.
Southern freights at st, Louis
and along the lower Ohio are get
ting scarce.
The A. j. White for Riyerton
had a splendid trip of freight and
people,
The Carl Schurz will arrive to-
morrow from New Orleans, when
she will resume her regular trips in
the Scanlan's Landing trade.
Billy Thomas, of the Carondelet,
is in the city, interviewing his nu-
merouS friends. He takes a sum
mer tour through Colorado.
The Garrett and barges, loaded
with corn and produce, are due
from the lower Ohio, en- route to
New Orleans.
The j, W. Gaff leaves Cincinnati
tomorrow for Memphis.
The steamboat local inspectors
at Pittsourg will be changed.
Captain Joseph Yandergrift, an
old Ohio river steamboat com
mander, aged 8eventy-six years, died
at North Vernon on Sunday last.
The Golden City added 100 hhds.
Of tobacco at Paducah.
The elegant passenger steamer
Golden City, Captain Hegler, leaves
this evening at five o'clock for New
Orleans, mrking all principal way
landings. Sterling Mcintyre pre-
sides at the desk.
Captain Parisot has contracted
at Jacksonville for another steamer
for the Parisot Line of the follow
ing dimensions: Length 1875 feet,
81 feet beam with 81 foot hold.
She will be finished and ready for
business by the opening of the
coming cotton season.
The Andy Baum, Captain Vim
ton, leaves tomorrow evening for
Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati,
doing all way business, and ticket
ing passengers through to all points
East at reduced rates. The Baum
has unsurpassed passenger accom-
modations. Captain Deems, an
affable gentleman, prefides at the
desk.
The Aggie, Captain Maumus, is
the regular mail packet leaving this
evening for the st. Francis, going
through to Wittsburg, and giving
prompt attention to all way bust
ness. B. 0. Michel, an efficient
and worthy officer, controls the
office.
Joseph Lewis, mate on the trans
fer steamer Maggie Smith, run
ming between Henderson, KY, and
Evansville, was struck on the head
yesterday morning at Henderson
with an iron bar in the hands Of
Sam Hastler, and died % few min
utes afterward. Hastlel' was ar
rested and taken to Evan sville and
placed in jail.
The 0sceola Belle for the upper
coast had a good trip of freight and
one of the largest passenger lists o.
the season. She tows down from
Fulton tomorrow morning a rafr
Of logs containing 600, 900 feet 0.
lumber, and returns tomorrow
evening to Ashport and the uppel
coast.
Major John Hardin, superin.
tendent of the Memphis and Arkan
sa8 river packet company, returned
home this morning from Cincin.
natl, whittier he has been on a bust
ness trip.
Serious fears arc entertained a
Omaha that the river will cut 9
channel through the bend immedi
ately in front Of the city, which
will throw the whole body Of waite
against the bottom above thu
bridge, which will doubtless carr
away the whole bottom above TIN
bridge.
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