Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-13

could be rendered BY the removal Of.
snags and distractions which now
hold high carnival in that stream.
Now is the time to give the above
stream, from Little Rock to the
mouth, a good cleaning out.
The Vint Shinkle cleared last
evening for the Ohio river with 400
bales cotton, $50 bbls oil, 10 bales
paper stuff and a large lot of shrub
berry and sundries. She had also
80 cabin passengers.
The Grand Tower passed up last
evening for st. Louis with a fair
upstream trip. She added here
los bales of Eastern. bound cotton
and other ireights.
The H. G, Yaeger added here
and at Hopefeld $500 sacks of oil
cake and 300 bbls oil and pro-
ceeded on her cruise South this
morning.
The Osceola Belle, Captain j. G..
Andrews, came in last evening from
the upper coast with a tow of lum-
Der and returns this evening to
Osceola, taking the mail and doing
all way business. Messrs, B. O.
Michel and Cyrus Fay do the hon
ors Of the Office.
The elegant sidewheel steamer
Centennial, Captain Davidson, will
leave the Lee wharfboat tomorrow
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock for
Cairo, st. Louis and St. Paul direct.
Dan Garrion, one of the best fell
lows in the world, has charge of the
Office.
The John A. Scudder, Captain
A. j. Garter, leaves the elevator
this evening at 6 o'clock for New
Orleans, making all principal way
landings. Charley Dix is her chief
clerk, assisted by Henry Seaman
and Glenn Nolte.
The james D. Parker, Captain
@. B. Russell, will arrive to-day
from the Ohio river with a full
cargo of Western products, and re-
turns to Cincinnati Monday even
ing on the new schedule. Captain R.
W. Lightburne is making engage
ments for her. Captain Wash
Thompson, an affable gentleman,
does the honors of the office.
The Geo. W. Cheek, Capt. Mark
Cheek, brought In this morning 1879
bales Of cotton, a lot Of seed and
sundries. She returns this evening
to Friar'S Point, carrying the mail
and attending to all way business.
Walker Outlaw is her chief clerk,
assisted by Platt Rhodes and Thos.
Hughes.
The splendid passenger steamer
Mary Houston, Captain Charley
Miller, will leave the Lee wharf
boat this afternoon for Cairo, Louis
vile and Cincinnati, going through
with dispatch. Elliott Miller, a
genial and clever gentleman, will
be found in the office.
The Colorado is the Anchor Line
packet leaving the elevator to-mor-
row Sunday evening at sharp 8
o'clock for Cairo and st. Louis, at
tending to all bend business and
making direct connection with the
principal railroads for all points
East and West.
The John B. Maude is the An
Choir Line packet, leaving the eleva-
tor tomorrow Sunday morning at
10 Am. for yicksburg, carrying the
mail and making close connection
at Arkansas City with the Pine
Bluff railroad and at Vicksburg
with the New Orleans and Yazoo
river packets, giving through bills
Of lading and ticketing passengers
through. Captain VIM. Blake
commands, with Nj. Gobel in the
Office.
The Katie Hooper, Capt. Eugene
leaves this evening at 5
o'clock for Little Rock and all
points on the Arkansas river, carry
ing the mail, doing all way business
and making direct connection with
the light-draught steamer Maumelle
for Fort Smith and the upper Ar
kansas river. Jimmy Thompson, a
gentleman who is recognized for
his universal courtesy and prompt
attention to business, is her chief
clerk, assisted by Billy Nucles.
The old reliable mail packet