Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-26

day morning with all the freight
she could carry on the water.
The steamboats, laid up at the
river front are cleaner and in a bet
ter condition than any portion of
Memphis,
The Belle Memphis arrived at
Vicksburg yesterday at 3 p. M, and
leaves there to-day at noon with a
return trip for ST Louis
The Vint Shinkle, for Memphis,
and Golden Rule, for New Orleans,
leave Cincinnati tomorrow even
ing. s0
Captain John Richardson, the
veteran pilot, is still very i'll at Lou
~isville, with little hopes of his re-
covery. His disease is dropsy.
T. f. Mccarthy, for many years
clerk of the Madison packet, has
retired from the river and will go
into business at Madison, Ind.
TIE Phil Allin and Keystone
were removed yesterday from the
foot Of Monroe street to Fort Pick
ering as a sanitary measure.
The contractors viii commence
paving the levee to low water mark
as soon as the river gets down to
extreme low water stage.
Captain Bob Wise, Of the James
w. Gan, has rented a cottage at
Loyeland, and his family leaves for.
that retreat to spend the season.
The Pool Line, at Cincinnati, are
laying out plans for next seasons
campaign, which promises to be
highly successful.
The James w. Gatf, bound for
Memphis, passed Louisville yester-
day, and will arrive Sunday evening
and return to Cincinnati Tuesday
evening next.
The board of health should let
poor steamboatmen alone. Abate
the nuisance at the foot of Wash
ington street and have that dump
removed.
The funeral Of pilot Madison
King, Of Madison, Ind, Wednes-
day last, was attended by many
friends and river men that were in
port, thus paying a last sad tribute
to their dead comrades remains.
The A. J. White, Captain n. S.
Green, is the regular Saturday
packet for Arkansas City. She
will be found in port in the morn
ing ready to receive, and leaves on
her regular time in the evening.
The Gaff, which left Cincinnati
Wednesday evening for Memphis,
has 800 tons for Memphis. The
following are her principal items:
600 rolls bagging, 500 slaves and 40
casks bacon. She has in tow the
barge John A. Conn to lighter her
out of the Ohio river.
st. Louis may be hot as Old
Nick's bake-oven, Cincinnati may
smell loud as a nest of ~pole.cats,
Chicago may be busted and bank
rupt, but when it comes to rough
streets, dirty cutters and high
taxes, they can put the horns on
Memphis. She's boss,
The Anchor Line packet CITY Of
Helena, Captain Mckee, came in
last night from Vicksbug, and leaves
this evening at 5 o'clock, sharp, for
Cairo and st. Louis, doing all bend
business and connecting with the
principal railroads for all points
East and West. George Walton
does the hono-s of the ofie.
The st. Louis and New Orleans
Anchor Line packet John a. Scud-
der, Captain Jack Carter, leaves
the Lee wharf boat tomorrow even
ing at 5 o'clock for New Orleans,
making all principal way landings.
Captain Garrett Huls, a genial and
clever gentleman, is her purser.
Captain H. L. Lees new boat,
the Laura Lee, was launched yester-
day afternoon at Towards ship
yard. She is a first. class stern
wheel cotton boat Of 1000 bales ca
pacity, 30 feet long, IS feet beam,
81 feet hold, full cabin, 173-iuch
cylinder, 81 feet stroke, 2 steel
boilers 2S feet long, AZ inch diane
ter, with six l0-inoh lues.
The West Wind will have her re-
pairs completed to-day and leaves
tomorrow evening for Osceola and
the upper coast, carrying the mail
and doing all way business. On
Monday evening she takes a grand
excursion to Randolph to attend a
barbecue and bran dance at that
place. Captain Andrews command
with Cyrus Fay officiating in the
office.
The Grand Tower passed down
on time this morning for Vicksburg
with an excellent trim. She dis.
charged at the Lee wharf boat 1925
bbls meal and -four, Ais sacks corn.
bran and oats, 9 casks bacon, sc
kegs and so pals lard, A wet bbli
and 334 pkgs sundries, 2l30 pkgi
in all, and added 10 tons for points
below and several people.
The Katie Hooper, Capt. Eugene
Smith, will arrive to-day from Ar.
kansas river and leave Tomorrow
evening with a retura trim for Lit