Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-23

ana OhaS. Morgan Tor New Orleans
leaves Cincinnati this evening.
Inc Belle Memphis left st. Louis
last evening for Memphis.
The Thomas Sherlock from Gin
cinnati and Future City and barges
from st. Louis arrived at New Or
leans last evening.
The storm at New Orleans last
Wednesday sunk W. r. Rabbits
stave- boat. Loss 5000.
The Kellogg, with a tow of ice
for this market, left Peru Thursday
last.
The City Of Alton left New Or
leans last evening for st. Louis.
The Grand Tower cleared for ST.
Louis with a fair list of cotton and
other freight.
The Chouteau left the mouth of
White river Thursday evening with
1000 bales Of cotton, adding 800.
bales at Terrene.
The Barnard and barges passed
up last evening for the Ohio river
after adding here $50 bales of East
ern-bound cotton.
The John Means and barges are
due down to-day for New Orleans.
Captain ]. T. Washington was in
formed last evening by telegraph
that the Robert Mitchell would be
here to leave promptly Sunday at
IL m. for New Orleans.
The tug Vanderburg, with a tow
of slaves out of Tennessee river,
passed down last evening for New
Orleans.
Captain Rees Dugan will station
the wrecking steamer I. +. Eckert
at Memphis hereafter instead Of.
Vicksburg.
The well-known coal firm of
Pittsburg, John Dippold & Son,
have been forced into bankruptcy.
Liabilities $4,000.
Mrs. Captain James s. Wise pre-
sented the Golden Crown with a
basket of beautiful flowers. The
center piece shows, in varied de-
tail, the name Of the steamer.
The Maumelle has completed her
repairs and is again making he
regular trips between Little Rock
and Fort Smith.
The admiralty cases of the Hi
nois, White and Cheek come up
Monday.
Captain Milt Harry left Cincin-
natl Friday night for Pittsburg to
solicit bids for the construction of
a new White river packet.
I
Shippers and travellers will bear
in mind that the Anchor Line
packets leave here now on Satur.
days, Mondays and Tuesdays at 5
pm, instead of Sundays, Tuesdays
and Fridays at 10 lam.
The imperial passenger steamer
Thompson Dean will arrive Mon
day and leave Wednesday evening
with her grand Mardi-G ras excur-
sion for New Orleans.
The local inspector has revoked
the licenses Of W. II. Conner, en-.
gineer, Derritt Groves, engineer,
and William J. Haines, first pilot,
on account Of intemperance.
The elegant passenger steamer
Mary Houston, Captain Charley
Miller, leaves the Lee wharfboat
this evening for Cairo, Louisville
and Cincinnati, going through with
despatch. Elliott Miller does the
honors of the Office.
Captain j. D. Randall, Of the
steamer West Wind, came over from
Madison last night by rail to make
engagements for his steamer, which
will arrive here tomorrow morning
from st. Francis river with 500
bales Of cotton and 1000 sacks Of
seed, returning to Wittsburg Tues
day evening.
Mr.. ]. H. Chasing, the efficient
chief clerk of the James Howard,
arrived last evening from New Or
leans by rail to make engagements
for his packet, which will arrive
here Tuesday morning and return
to New Orleans Wednesday even
ing, Mr.. Chasing is the guest of
Captain Thad Ely, the indehtigable
agent Of the Howard.
Colonel J. D. Moore, purser of
the famous JAS. W. Gaff, writes us