Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-09

ternoon from the Illinois river.
The Katie Hooper cleared las
evening for Arkansas river, with
big trip of freight and over 1OC
cabin passengers, the majority o
them being returning Mardi-G Graz
excursionists. Among the numbel
were Miss Bette Jones, of South
Bend, and Mrs. Charles A. Burr.
of Pine Bluff.
The Samuel J. Tilden, which has
been in the cotton seed business in
one Of the lower tributaries for the
past season, came into port yester.
day.
The cotton season is partly over
and business in the bends is falling
off.
Captain James Lee, sr., of the
Coahoma, remained on shore this
trip to recuperate and take a little
rest.
The James w. Calf took into
Cincinnati the blue ribbon trip Of
the season, having registered on the
round trip 225 cabin and 50 deck
passengers.
The powerful tow-boat Joe Will
liams, is due down for New Orleans
with a large tow. of coal, SO pieces
in all.
The famous and popular pasSen-
ger steamer Charles Morgan, Cap
tain All Stein in command, leaves
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock for
Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati,
going through with dispatch and
tlcketlng passengers through to all
Eastern cities at low rates. She
has a large number of excusionists
on her, and q trip on her will be
one Of pleasure and mirth. Harry
Stein, one Of the cleverest boatmen
on the river, is her chief clerk. She
will go from here to Cincinnati in
three days.
Captain John W. Cannon and
j. j. Brown have been awarded the
mail contract between New Orleans
and Bayou Sara to carry three
mails per week at $4,000 per year.
Captain Thomas Barrett, master
and pilot on the Arkansas river,
has been notified by the local board
of the district that his authority to
act as master and pilot has been
suspended for sixty days from date,
by reason of failure to renew IL
cense.
The elegant and popular passen-
ger steamer Vint Shinkle, Captain
Kenniston, leaves this evening at 5
o'clock for Cairo, Louisville and
Cincinnati, attending to all way
business, and ticketing passengers
through to all Eastern cities at ex-
ceedingly low rates, transporting
passengers and baggage to the rail-
road depots free of charge. Cap
tain A. J. Lindsay, a gentleman
with whom it is a pleasure TO travel
and do business, is her purser.
The John B. Maude, Captain
William Blake, is the Anchor Line
packet leaving the elevator this.
evening at 5 o'clock for Vicksburg
and the bends, doing all bend bust
ness and connecting at Arkansas
City with the Pine Bluff railroad
and at Vicksburg with the New Or
leans aud Yazoo river packets, Civ
ing through bills of lading, and
ticketing passengers through. Mr..
Gobel, a clever gentleman, presides
at the desk.
The new steamer General Terry
will be the first boat to leave St.
Louis for the Yellowstone and Fort
Benton. She leaves on the goth
inst.
The excellent passenger packet
Geo. W. Cheek, Captain Mark
Cheek in command, is the regular
mail and passenger steamer leaving
this evening for Frisr's Point, at
tending to all way business. Walker
Outlaw is her gentlcmanly and ac-
commodating clerk.
The st. Genevieve, Captain Sam
McPheterS, is the Anchor Line
packet leaving the elevator this
evening at sharp 5 for Cairo and
st. Louis, attending to all bend
business and connecting with the
principal railroads for all points
East and West.
Captain Eugene Smith went out