Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-20
The Cherokee Is due tomorrow

The Cher8kee IS due tomorrow
from the Ohio river. She has
big lot Of cotton-ties for this port
The new steamer Paris @. Brow
leaves Cincinnati this evening an,
viii be followed on Saturday by tn
Robert Mitchell.
h A bill passed the Senate yester
day making an appropriation TO
the families of the crew who wer
lost on the MeAllister.
The Mark Twain will arrive to
morrow from st. Francis river ant
leave on Saturday with a return
trip for Mariana. arna
The steamers B. III. Cooke, Johi
s. Bransford and E. B. StahlmaI
viii be sold at public auction a
Nashville on Saturday next.
Captain E. w. Gould and his sol
Emmerson Gould, of the Steame.
Matte Belle, late of the Gold Dust
are quite sick at st. Louis.
The Katie Hooper, Captain E(
Rowland, will arrive tomorrow
from the Arkansas river, and leavI
on Saturday with a return trip 70.
Little Rock.
Ed. Wright, a colored rouster OF
the transfer steamer McComb, wa
crushed between the incline an(
boat at Cairo on Tuesday, and wa
fatally injured.
The Arkansas river is flush, will
an unprecedented high stage of wa
ter for this season of the year. 81
far the rise has done no damage t
the growing crops.
Captain P. ]. Whitledge has beer
elected to fill the office of secretary
of the Missouri River Packet Com.
pany, made vacant by the death o.
Captain Alter.
A dispatch from Omaha las
night gave alarming reports con.
corning prevailing high water
which was imperiling a grea.
amount of valuable property.
The elegant steamer Golden Rule
Captain o. P. Shinkle, leaves thu
Lee wharfboat tomorrow evening
at sharp five for Cincinnati, going
through with dispatch. Captain
Washington will make engagement;
for her.
The A. j. White returned t
Arkansas City last night with /,
good trip of freight and people
One item of her cargo was 80, OOC
feet of dressed lumber, shipped by
Hope, Jordan & Co., to Rosedal(
and CarSon's landing.
Mr.. Joe Boyd, who is one of thu
best freight clerks on the river, has
resigned the second clerkship OF
the Hattie Rowland and is nov
open for an engagement. Joe il
not only an expert clerk but a
genial and clever gentleman.
The cornerstone of Kinney's
new mansion, to be erected on tn,
levee, will be laid on Saturday with
due ceremonies. The members o
the club and all the celebrities O
the wharf will participate. Al
grafton will be delivered, and ate.
the ceremonies an elegant repas
will be served.
The Grand Tower will arrive to
night from Vicksburg and leave tn,
elevator tomorrow evening a
sharp ) for Cairo and st. Louis, at
tending to all bend business anC
connecting with the principal rail
roads for all points East and West
Captain Lennox commands, will
Tom White in the office.
The United States Lily below
Evansville established three new
lights, as follows: One at the heaC
of Walnut bend, one in Slim Island
bend, at a point known as Beaver
Dam, and one on the Illinois shore
opposite Caseyville. They discon.
tinued the light on Bald Rock anG
removed the one from the foot o
Tradewater 800 yards lower down
and the light at Weston 200 yards
lower down.
The City of Helena, Captain Nc
Kee, is the Anchor Line packe
leaving the elevator tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock for Vicks
burg and the bends, carrying tn,
mail, doing all way business anC
connecting at Arkansas City will
the Pine Blnf railroad and a
Vicksburg with the New 0rlean.
and Yazoo river packets. Georgu
Walton is her purser.
A new style Of paddle wheel ha
been invented and placed on tn,
steamer Massachusetts, at New
York. 1t was tested, and on tn,
first trip the steamer made nearl,
twenty-three miles an hour, Will
less power than usually applied
The wheel works by pressure in
stead of impact. The blades ar,
twice the size of ordinary blades
but the wheels contain only one.
half the usual number.
The June rise, coming now from
the mountains and devastating tn.
crops along the Missouri, was pre-
dicted several months since by al
old boatman, who predicted tina
near or about the middle of JIM