Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-29

N SSASSo ~ uuO up.
The yacht Bray" left Yankton on the
10th of this month for New Orleans.
Captain Yerkes' new Arkansas river
packet, Rose City, will leave Cincinnati
next week for Arkansas river direct.
The Memphis Theater opens Monday
night for the season with Kelly & Icons
minstrels.
The 0sceola Belle is the regular Mon.
day mail packet for Ashport and the
upper coast.
Captain Charley Morris, OF the Pacific
Place, is in the city interviewing his nu.
merous friends.
Captain Marsh Miller and several other
~stoamboatmen took part to-day in the
reunion Of the One Hundred and Fifty
fourth and the Thirteenth Tennessee
Confederate regiments.
The West Wind will have her repairs
finished in about ten days, and will be
ready to enter the St. FRANCIS river trade
By the 10th Of next mouth.
Engineer James Darrsgh, Of the tug
Frank Jones, is in the city, having some
machinery repaired for his tug.
The Carl Schurz. Captain Mat Trem.
mel, is the regular packet leaving this
evening for Scanlan's Landing, doing all
bend business. Captain Phil Harmon
dictates in the office.
The George W. Cheek, Captain Mark
R. Cheek in command, leaves on Monday
at . o'clock for Helena and the bends.
Captain Lee Cummins presides at the
desk.
Captain Stacker Lee stopped off the
Coshoma last evening to look after her
interests, and he says he will have a
suitable packet to ply in the Helena
trade to keep company with the Geo. W.
Cheek.
The new steamer John Wilson. Capt.
Joe Holmes, loads at Cincinnati next
week for New Orleans.
Reese W. Dugan, the bone.picker, is
in St. Louis taking a survey ofthe WRECKS
Of the Grand Reprblic and C~arondelet.
The John H. Hanna is aAoat and run
ming again.
Henry A. Jones bought c. G. Peace's
one.eighth interest in the Tom Sherlock
for s25OO.
Horsetail bar, below St. Louis, is Civ.
ing steamboats, considerable trouble,
there being but 4 feet 8 inches on the
stick.
Captain Boockout's new V~icksburg
and S~Lbhower packet, the Fair Play,
leaves Cincinnati on Tuesday next for
New Orleans.
Captain Jules Verhaif, formerly Of the
towboat Peytona, has secured the tow
boat Sam Roberts and three large barGes
to run between Louisville and New Or
leans this fall and winter.
Captain Jack Sleeth, formerly of the
Nashville, is master of the John S. Brans-
ford, 10 the Evansville and Tennessee
river trade.
Low water and a crooked, ragged chan
mel between Cairo and St. Louis is caus.
ing much detention to downstream boats.
Navigation in the Ohio river remains
partially suspended.
Prospects are fair for an Improvement
Of business in White and Arkansas
rivers. 9l
Edward S Hawks, who died at his
residence in St. Louis on Wednesday
evening, was formerly a well.known
steamboat clerk, and served on the Belle
of Alton, Olive Branch, Bismarck and
others.
Mr.. Ed Crowell, chief clerk of the
Ruth, was in line to-day, with the remain.
ing members Of his old regiment, the
One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Tennes.
see.
Captain Geo. W. Cheek arrived in the
city last night from Hot Springs, much
improved. he has been circulating
around among his frieods, hsnd.sheking.
The alterations to the John A Scudder
are progressing with dispatch, and she
will be ready to leave St Louis on the
18Th Of next month for the South, to take
her place in the Memphis and New Or
leans trade.
The Colorado, CaptaiR James 0'Neal
is the Anchor Line packet leaving The
elevator tomorrow morning at 10 o'locel
for Y~ioksburg and the bends, carrying
the mail and doing all way business anC
connecting With the Pine Bluff railroad
at Arkopolis aud at Ylcksburg with th,
h L. Lee for New Orleans and the Yazoc
river packets.
The owners and commanders o
steamers plying in the Cincinnati ant
New Orleans trade have held severa
meetings lately, and have organized 70.
the ensuing season, and will work to
gether tremendously as they did 10 th'
early part Of last season.
The St. Genevieve, Captain Sam Nc
Phee,ers, is the regular Anchor Lint
packet leaving this evening for Cairo
and St. Louis, attending to all way bust
meas and making connection with tn
principal railroads for all points Eas
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