Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-19

am, and is due tomorrow.
The John B. Maude left Vicks-
burg yesterday noon for ST. Louis
She will arrive Saturday night and
leave Sunday evening.
The Colorado left st. Louis yes
terdsy for Vicksburg, and will leave
here Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
The Cons Mlllar for Memphis and
Golden City for New Orleans left
Cincinnati last evening.
The Andy Baum for Memphis
passed Evansville yesterday noon
and win get here tomorrow even
ing and leave Monday evening with
a return trip for Cincinnati.
The hard rains this morning
washed the paved leyee and cleaned
off the accumulated dirt and filth.
The Cheek returned to Friar's
Point with a fair showing of freight
and people.
The Charley Bowen with her tow
of empty salt barges cleared last
eyening for the Ohio.
The Katie after next week will
be Withdrawn from the lower trade
and goes to Louisville to be dis
mantled and have her machinery
placed in a new boat. The Frank
Pargoud takes her place.
Captain Marsh Miller hasanother
barge of Paducah gravel at the
mouth of Wolf river waiting to be
disposed Of.
The Mollie Moore is due to.mOr-
row from st. Louis.
Captain Charley Arthur has pur-
chased from Captain Dugan the
machinery of the Shannon.
The Future City and barges for
New Orleans has 5000 tons freight.
The Charles Morgan, Captain
STEMS railroad packet, will be. up
tomorrow night for the Ohio. She
will go through to Cincinnati with
dispatch.
The Golddust will be up Sunday
morning for st. Louis.
The Golden Rule gets 10000
sacks of corn in the lower Ohio for
New Orleans.
The Mary Houston for New Or
leans and the Vint Shinkle for
Memphis leave Cincinnati to-mor-
row.
The A. G. Donnally passes south
to-day on a flying trip.
The Mark Twain left Vicksburg
Tuesday night for Memphis and is
due to-day.
The Alf Stevens is loading at St.
Louis for Memphis at u cents per
hundred and 10 cents per Dbl. on
-four. She is announced to leave
there tomorrow.
The st. Louis and New Orleans
Anchor Line packet Common
wealth, Captain Shields, will leave
tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock for
New Orleans, making all principal
way landings. Owen Gates, a clever
gentleman, holds forth in the office.
The Katie Hooper, Captain Eu-
! gene Smith, will arrive to-day from
the Arkansas river, and leave to.
morrow evening with a return trip
for Little Rock, carrying the mai
and attending to all way business
Jimmy Thompson and Billy Nu-
Giles are her clever and accommoda
ting clerks.
, The annual May party given on
the J. W. Gaff by Capt. Bob Wise
to the Memphis little folks, come!
off this year on May I'd, the mex
: trip Of the Gaf. The little one
are making grand preparations fol
their great feast, and Captain Wis
= intends to make the coming Males
: surpass those Of the past.
: Captain J. w. Cakes, formerly o
: the towboat Lookout, was foun'
dead Monday morning, near hi
home, three miles below Charleston
W. Va, on the track Of the 9. ant
0. r. r. The head and left shout
der we're entirely severed from th
body. The deceased was about 5
=, years old, a we'll known salt-maker
and a steamboat captain on th
" Kanawha and Ohio rivers.
. The c. P. Chouteau, Oaptai
VIM. Thorweigan, having been un
IS able to get her cotton hauled dow
yesterday on account of the rain
. will fill her engagements to-da
and leave for New Orleans this ev,