Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-22

q ialr trip OF freight aud people.
The Illinois for Yicksburg had a
good showing of freight and peo-
pie.
The James W. Gaff and Robert
Mitchell, bound for Cincinnati,
passed Evansville yesterday morn
ing, aud will probably arrive at
Cincinnati tonight.
The Lioness Ne. 2 came in last
evening from the Ohio river with
IL pieces loaded with coal for this
market.
The Capitol City got away on
time for St. Louis with a fair list of
people and freight, having added
here SO2 bales of Eastern bound
cotton.
The Charles Morgan added in
the lower Ohio river between twelve
and fifteen thousand sacks of corn
for New Orleans.
Mr.. D, B. Abrahams, who has
been spending a few days in the
city interviewing old friends, re-
turns home to Mariana this even
ing on the Mark Twain, the guest
of Captain j. d. Randall.
Captain Randall, of the Mark
Twain, will build this summer a
fine packet for the St. Francis river
trade, and have her ready for next
seasons business.
The James d. Parker left Gin
cinnati last evening for Memphis.
A New Orleans letter says that
Captain Frank Hicks new boat
will be named Harry Frank, after a
heavy cotton shipper of C%arson's
Landing, above Vicksburg.
The fine sidewheel steamer Ben
franklin leaves Cincinnati to-mor-
row for Memphis, and leaves here
to-day one week with a return trip
for Cincinnati,
Captain Fowler, of Paducah, re-
ports the new Tennessee river
packet Silver Cloud a complete sue.
cess.
The Hard Cash, Captain Postal,
came in at noon from White river.
Owing to a crack in her shaft she
will be unable to get out this even
ing, and has deferred her departure
until Friday. She is receiving
freight at Glenn's wharf beat and
will return to White river Friday
evening without fail.
The prompt and reliable upper
coast packet, the West Wind, Capt.
j. G. Andrews, leaves the foot Of
Monroe street this evening for 08-
ceola and all way landings on the
upper coast, carrying the mail and
promptly attending to all way bust
ness. B. o. Mitchell and Cyrus
Fay are her attentive and accom-.
modating clerks.
The Vint Shinkle, Captain Ken
ni8ton, will arrive tonight from the
Ohio river with a fine trip of freight
and a fair list of people, and leaves
Friday evening with a return trip
for Cincinnati, ticketing passengers
through to New York city and
other Eastern points. Captain A.
j. Lindsay does the honors of the
office.
The worthy workers of the tenn
perance cause have succeeded in re-
forming several boatmen, and we
hope the good work will not be
stopped until there is many more
Of the river fraternity come for
ward and take the pledge and don
the red ribbon.
The Anchor Line packet Gold
dust passed down this morning for
New Orleans, heavily laden. She
put off here at the Lee wharf boat
3l5 bbls meal and a few packages
sundries, and added $50 sacks oil
meal, and took on at Hopefeld a
lot of oil cake and meal, and filed
out at the elevator with a list of
Gotten and oil meal and cake.
Engineer L. R. Barber has been
deprived of his license by the Mem
phiS Board Of Inspectors, on a
charge of having raised the number
of his license from 5 to 16. 1t APP
pears that there is no law against
such a procedure, but it was count
ed a misdemeanor of sufficient mag
nitude toiustiGy the sentence, which
is sustained by the department at
Washington. The admonition,
therefore, to the boys is, "Don't