Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-23
The Belle of Texas left Little

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The Belle of Texas left Little
Rock yesterday for Memphis. She
will arrive Friday morning and
return to Arkansas river on Satur-
day. ialss''''as ~
No arrivals or departures at New
Orleans yesterday.
The City of Augusta and Charles
Morgan, bound for New Orleans,
passed Vicksburg yesterday.
The st. Genevieve arrived at
V~icksburg yesterday, and leaves
there to-day for st. Louis.
Yesterday was the warmest day
of the season at Little Rock.
The A. G, Donnally and Shannon
arrived at Cincinnati yesterday, and
the Vint Shinkle arrived this morn
ing.
The Capitol City left st. Louis
yesterday and win leave here Fri
day morning at ten o'clock for
V~icksburg and the bends. +
The Andy Baum leaves Cincin-
natl this evening for Memphis. She
gives an excursion next Monday
night for the benefit of the Central
Baptist church.
The Golden Rule for New Orleans
passed Evansville yesterday morn
ing at two o'clock. N
The Robert Mitchell is due down
tomorrow for New Orleans,
The ALT Stevens left Cairo yes
terday for st. Louis.
The Mary Houston and Golden
City leave Cincinnati to-day for
New Orleans.
The veteran Cincinnati and New
Orleans pilot, Dan Weaver, is still
sick with chronic diarrhea, on his
farm at West Franklin, twenty-five
miles below Evansville.
Jim Stephens, a pilot, and lately
of the Florence Lee, has bid a long
farewell to the river and gone into
business at Paducah.
The new mountain steamers Rose
bud and Big Horn leave Pittsburg
to-day for st. Louis.
The storekeepers at Searcy have
closed their doors and gone to dig
ging for gold dust.
The Centennial leaves st. Louis
the latter part OF the week for New
Orleans.
The City Of Helena left Vicks-
burg yesterday for st. Louis and
will arrive here Friday morning.
The Ruth passes DevalPs Bluff
to-day for Memphis and will reach
here Friday morning.
The John A. Wood, with a tow
of empty barges, came up from New
Orleans and landed over at Hope
field to clean out. She proceeds
up the river this afternoon with
her tow. ma-
The 9. B. Church passed up last
night for the Ohio river with 500
tons of freight, principally sugar,
100 punches spf bananas and so
cabin passengers. HIE
Thirty-four thousand bales of
cotton have been reshipped from
the mouth of White river this
season.
The Anchor Line packets are
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carrying to st. Louis large quanti-
ties of walnut lumber. The City
Vicksburg yesterday received
here a large lot Of the above timber.
The splendid passenger steamer
Cons Millar, Capt. VIM. Tichenor
in command, leaves this evening
for Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati,
ticketing passengers through to all
points East at reduced rates. Capt.
James Wilson controls the Office.
The punger gourd presented us
by Captain Charley Morris has at
tracted much attention. Quite a
number Of gentlemen have called
to see the wonderful vegetable.
The 0Sceola Belle, Captain An.
drews, came in from the upper coast
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with fair trip. She returns to
osceola and Ashport this evening,
carrying the mail and attending
promptly to all way business. Plat
Rhoades and Cyrus Fay, two clever
gentlemen, have charge of the Office.
The City Of Vicksburg cleared
for st. Louis last evening with a
moderate trip, including a fair list
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