Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-19

4uC JUN 0AAAuOAN 0uN NAANc
bound for St Louis, passed Vicks-
burg Wednesday night and are due
up tomorrow.
The City of Vicksburg, from st,
Louis, arrived at Vicksburg yester-
day aud leaves there to-day at noon
with a return trip.
Captain John r. Wherry, of the
government snagboat McOomb, was
married to Miss Carrie George at
Little Rock on Monday last.
The towboat Petrol comes South
from the upper Mississippi in a few
days with a tow of GOODNESS and a
barge loaded with grain and hay.
Captain R. S. Yerkes, an old Ar
kansas river steamboatman, is about
to become business manager Of the
Little Rock Gazette.
Captain John w. Carroll, who
was Frustrated with the heat at st.
Louis a few days since, has re-
covered and is himself again.
The James d. Parker for Mem
phis and Paris @. Brown for New
Orleans leave Cincinnati to-mor-
row.
The Anchor Line packet City OF
Alton, Captain Bixby, leaves the
Lee wharf boat tomorrow evening
at 5 o'clock for New Orleans, max
ing all principal way landings.
Captain Ed Rowland will leave
Pittsburg on Monday next for the
Arkansas river, direct, with the
new light-draught Arkansas river
packet Marlin Speed,
The Susie Silver left st. Louis
last evening for Cincinnati. She
goes there to be heightened and
otherwise improved. Capt. Perry
Tharp does the job.
The A. J. Baker and barges have
gone from st. Louis to Kansas City
to get 10000 bushels Of grain in
bulk for New Orleans.
Among the items OF the cargo Of
the Cons Millar for this port are
1000 rolls bagging, 100 bbls whisky,
Sc casks bacon and 200 packages
butter.
The harvest along the upper Mis-
sissippi has been very heavy, and it
is thought that business in that
section of the country will soon
revive.
The Yazoo river packet Sun
flower Belle will be taken to Louis
vile and dismantled and her ma.
chinery placed in a new boat now
under course of construction there,
The popular bends packet A. j,
White will be found in port early in
the morning receiving for Arkan-
sas City and the bends, and leave;
tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock
sharp.
The Mark Twain, Captain Mau-
mus in command, will arrive to-
night from st. Francis river and
leave tomorrow evening for Mari
anna, carrying the mail and doing
all way business. Birdie Banning
and Lee Cummins, ir., oficiate in
the Office.
The Lower Ohio River and Mem
phis Packet Company have ad
yanced rates on Ohio river freight
from Is to 20 cents per hundred OIL
pound freight, and other freights in
proportion. Rates to Memphis
continue at 20 to % cents per hun.
bred.
The Memphis and Ohio Rive
Packet Company continue to senC
out two boats a week, and will d.
so as long as the water lasts. Capt
James S. Wise's management o
Ethe line has brought the trade W
to such a standard hat the peopl,
can't get along without the boats
The Anchor Line packet City o
Helena passed down, on time, fo-
Vicksburg with an excellent trip
She discharged here 416 bbls fouI
and meal, 432 SKIS corn, oats ant
bran, 600 rolls bagging, 81 we
bbls, SO pkgs sundries; in all, 242.
pkgs, and added 10 tons for point
below.
The elegant steamer Crane
Tower, Captain Lennox, came il
yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clocl
from Vicksburg and leaves the Lee
wharfboat this evening at sharp |
for Cairo and st. Louis, doing al
bend business and making direc
connection with the principal rail
roads for all points East and West
Tom White ia her purser.
The excursion on the Vim
Shinkle last night was a grand sue
cess, and those in attendance en-
IjOyed themselves, and all we're we.
pleased with the excursion and en-
tertainment and were profuse i
their thanks to Captain Sterlin.
Mcintyre, her worthy skipper, an.
Captain J. A. Lindsay, chief CLERK
for the kind attention shown th
guests.
The popular sidewheel passenge
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