Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-12

passengers, including 46 excursion
lists that make the round trip. She
put of at the Lee wharfboat 100
bbls meal, IS bbls oil and As pkgs
sundries. Several of her passen-
gers who Outstayed their time in
taking a stroll through the city got
left.
The O. P. Ohouteau left New Or
leans last evening for Memphis.
She will arrive Tuesday morning
and leave Wednesday next with a
return tripforN New Orleans. MesSrs.
Bradford & Ely, her agents, are
making engagements for her, and
will have freight received at Glenn's
wharf boat.
The Anchor Line packet Grand
Tower, Captain Lennox, leaves the
elevator this evening at sharp 5 for
Cairo and st. Louis, doing all bend
business and making direct counec-
ton with the principal railroads for
points East and West. Tom
White oficiates in the office.
The Coahoma, Captain Stacker
Lee, brought in from the lower
coast an excellent trip of freight
and people, and returns to Friar's
Point this evening, carrying the
mail and doing all way business.
Captain Ed Thomas is her prime
minister.
The Mary Houston, Capt. Charley
Miller, passed Yicksburg yesterday
at 2 pm, and will be here to-mor-
row morning and will leave the Lee
wharfboat at IL m. for Cairo, Louis
vile and Cincinnati, going through
with dispatch. Elliott Miller pre-
sides at the desk.
The City Of Helena passed down
at noon for Vicksburg, well freight
ed. She put off at the elevator
1900 pkgS of freight, including 75O
bbls. flour, 55 casks meat, 20 tierces
and 100 pals lard, 2S0 sacks oats,
300 sacks corn, $50 sacks bran, 40
head cattle, 8 hogs, 2 head horses,
$50 bbls meal, 2 bales cotton, and
added rs tons of freight for points
below, and a good number of peo-
pie.
The Ruth, Captain w. @. Harry,
is the Saturday White river mail
packet. She will arrive tonight
with a good list of cotton and other
freight, and returns tomorrow eve
ming, carrying the mail, going
through to Jacksonport and max
ing direct connection with the Al
berta and Milt Harry for upper
White and Black rivers. Ed Crow
ell, a prince of good fellows, con-
trolls the Office.
Captain Henry Carter has con-
tracted with Mr.. Barmore, at JEFF
fersonville, for a sternwheeler for
the New Orleans and Bayou Sara
trade. She will be $50 feet long,
SO feet beam and 81 feet hold. She
will have a full, fine cabin, and be
supplied with the machinery of the
sidewheel steamer Blue Wing, now
on her way up from New Orleans,
in tow of the Charley Mcdonald.
The Kehlor, several days out from
New Orleans, bound for ST. Louis,
with 1900 hhds sugar, 200 bbls.
molasses, $50 bales hay, 800 bbls
rice, and $50 tons %sundries, is due
up tonight. The Kehlor is a reg
ular floating warehouse, an oddly
of marine structure. While the
monster was unloading her cargo at
New Orleans, and the freight being
discharged from her cargo box a
son Of Erin standing on the leyee
exclaimed: "Be jabersl the pork
barrels are coming out Of the la
dies cabin"
The Vint Shinkle, Captain Ken
niston, leaves this eveningfor Cairo,
Louisville and Cincinnati, on the
new schedule, instead of tomorrow
as previously advertised. ThiS boat
has excellent accommodations and
goes through with dispatch, ticket
ing passengers through to Eastern
cities at very low rates and making
all transfers free of charge. Capt.
A. j. Lindsay, a gentleman with
whom it is a pleasure to travel or
do business, is her chief clerk. The
James D. Parker follows the Vint
Shinkle, leaving Monday evening
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