Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-22

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The John B. Maude passed down
yesterday at noon for V~icksburg
with an excellent trip. She put off
here 945 bbls flour and meal, 9S0
sacks corn and oats, 1888 pieces
bagging, 90 bbls whisky, 2 casks
bacon, l tierce hams, 20 bbls pork,
l bale cotton and 2Sl pkgs sundries
1891 pkgs in all, and added 10
tons for points below.
The Anchor Line packet Belle
Memphis, Captain James Yore,
will leave the Lee wharf boat to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock for
Vicksburg and the bends, carrying
the mail, attending to all way bust
ness and connecting at Arkansas
City with the Pine Bluff railroad
and at Vicksburg with the New Or
leans and Yazoo river packets, Civ
ing through bills of lading and
ticketing passengers through. Mr..
0, Hewitt, II clever gentleman, pre-
sides at the desk.
The Maumelle, Captain Thomas
Darragh, will arrive to-day from
Arkansas river with a fair tip of
freight and people and leaves to-
morrow evening at 6 o'clock sharp
for Little Rock and all points on
Arkansas river, carrying the mail,
attending to all way business and
making direct connection at Little
Rock with a light-draught steamer
for Fort Smith and upper Arkansas
river and the narrow gauge road
for Hot Springs. Charley Mussel-
men and w. B. McEnulty have
charge of the Office.
The Cons Millar, Captain VIM.
Tichenor, will arrive to-day from
Cincinnati with a full cargo of
Western products, and leaves to-
morrow evening at 5 o'clock with a
return trip for Cairo, Louisville and
Cincinnati, ticketing passengers
through to New York and all other
Eastern points at a cheaper rate
than ever. She is a safe and re-
liable carrier and has unsurpassed
passenger accommodations. Cap
tain James Wilson, an affable gen
tleman, presides at the desk. Cap
tain Lightburne will make engage
ments for her and give all informa-
tion as regards her departure.
The elegant and swift passenger
steamer Illinois, Captain j. j. OAR
ragh in command, came in last
night from Vicksburg with IL bales
cotton, 1914 sacks seed and sundries
and a large list of people and did a
heavy way business all the way up.
She returns tomorrow evening to
Vick8burg, leaving at six o'clock
sharp and giving special attention
to all way business. She makes
direct connection at Arkansas City
with the Pine Bluff railroad and at
'Vicksburg with the New Orleans
and Yazoo river packets, Captain
Lee Cummins, a worthy gentleman,
controls the Office, and has asso.
ciated with him as clerks Marlin
Jones and Will Darragh.
The Ooahoma, Captain Stacker
Lee, came in yesterday from the
lower coast with a fair trip of
freight and a big list of people, in
Guiding a number of tourists bound
East. She leaves this evening at 6
o'clock sharp with a return trip for
Friar's Point, carrying the mail
and paying strict attention to all
way business. She has palatial
passenger accommodations, and ia
complete in all of her appointments
and one Of the safest and best pas
senger steamers that plies the Mis-
sissippi. She makes all landings
on schedule time, thus avoiding de-
lays at way points. Captain Ed
Thomas, a genial and clever gentle
man, is her chief clerk, assisted by
Billy Smithers and Plat Rhodes.
Cincinnati Commercial Of Satur-
day: civilian Webb, a cabin boy
on the Paris G. Brown, was found
in a precarious condition on the
boat, early yesterday, and sent to
the Marine Hospital for treatment.
About a month ago, the young man
claims, he was hit in the head by q
colored rufian with a pair of brass
knuckles. He bled prolusely at the
time, but the wound appeared tc
heal, but nothing further was
thought Of it, Thursday night
however, the wound broke out
afresh, and Webb sustained such {
loss Of blood before he was dis.
covered, that little hopes are enter.
tanned Of saving his life"
!. Little Rock Gazette, 81: Thu
steamer Big Rock, Captain JameI
| Brodie, left this port on the lott
for Arkansas City, Kansas, ant
went up the river as far as For
Gibson, Choctaw Nation. Upoi
arrival at that point Captain Brodi
S found that the water was falling
too fast for them to proceed furthe
on the voyage and he concluded Il
turn back. After taking on som
S corn at Fort Gibson they left Their
, for Little Rock, ard arrived hor
D yesterday afternoon, after an ab
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