Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-15

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hold, injuring himself severely.
. Capt. Henry A. Dohrman, a
prominent steamboatman, and Re,
Gently clerk and one of the owners
of the Belle of Shreveport, died at
his residence at S~tubsnyille, O, on
Friday.
The owners of floating property
at Pittsburg, Cincinnati and points
along the lower Ohio are on the
ragged edge of despair.
The Nellie Thomas was cut down
at Birds Point, opposite Cairo, by
the ice.
The Hard Cash, Captain Ed Pos
tai, will arrive to-day from White
river with a big trip of cotton and
other freight, and leave tomorrow
evening with a return trip for all
points on White, Black and Little
Red rivera. Charles Postal and
Champ Chamberlin are her clerks.
The Phil Allin, Captain George
Malone in command, is the regular
mail packet, leaving this evening
for Arkansas City and the bends.
She carries the mail and gives spe-
cial attention to all way business.
Captain A. L. Oummins, a worthy
gentleman, controls the office, and
is assisted by Lee Woolard and Billy
Smither.
The Coahoma, Captain Stacker
Lee in command, came in yester-
day morning from the lower coast
with 1875 bales and % bags cotton
and 99S sacks seed and sundries;
also a big list of people. She will
return to Friar's Point this evening
at five o'clock, carrying the mail
and giving strict attention to all
way business. Capt. Ed R. Thomas,
an afiable gentleman, presides at
the desk and is seconded by James
Thomas.
Captain Jack Carter, of the Jno.
A. Scudder, which steamer is ice
bound here, is quite ill at his resi-
dence in st. Louis.
The gorge at Fort Pillow bend
has broken and large fields of heavy
ice commenced passing here last
night. This morning miniature
icebergs, from ten to twenty feet
thick, with white caps on some of
them, standing fifteen feet out of
water, passed down. With the OK
ception Of grinding against the
w%harfboat, Coahoma and Tatum
there was no damage done to the
water-craft the ice was too rotten
to do injury to any extent. This
afternoon there will be an open
river to Cairo, with little ice to
bother steamers,
The splendid light draught YES
sci Maumelle, Captain Jas. Reese
in command, leaves positively to-
morrow evening at 5 o'clock for all
points on Arkansas river through to
Little Rock, carrying the mail and
doing all way business. Billy Butler
does the honors of the office.
The A. j. White enters the
Friar's Point trade instead of the
Belle Of Texas, and the latter boat
resumes her regular trips in the
Arkansas river trade as soon as
there is sufficient water.
A coalboat rise at Pittsburg.
The James Howard, Captain Pc
gram, came in this morning from
New Orleans with 159 hhds. of SUI
gar, 274 bbls. Of molases, 46 bbls.
of rice, n bales of cotton and
Sundries, and leaves tomorrow
evening with a return trip. She
will make all principal way land
ings and give special attention to
plantation business. Mr.: Chasing
is her accommodating purser.
The Charles Morgan and Susie
Silver will probably be down to-day,
bound for New Orleans.
The ice-bound steamers Thomas
Sherlock, Mary Houston, Ashland,
u. P. Schenck, james D.. Parker
and Geo. W. Cheek are getting
ready to-day to proceed on their
voyage to the Ohio river.
The John A.. Scudder ia getting
ready to strike out for Cairo.
Captain R. Fl. Voolfolk, Of Lou
~isYille, after an absence of twenty
years from river pursuits, has gone
hacly 20 he Grot loya aud will WIN