Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-04
evening and wilI he here Thursday

evening and will be here Thursday
morning.
The Cherokee is loading at Pitts
burg with $50 tons OF cotton ties
for this port and points below.
Paul Anderson, at Helena, has
sold his wharfboat and landing
privileges to Messrs. Bennett Il
Turner.
The City Of Augusta gives an
excursion tomorrow night, leaving
the wharf at half past eight. Fare
so cents. l H7i
The George W. Cheek and Bates
vile win be taken to Paducah next
Saturday, there to be docked and
oyerhauled.
The City Of Helena is the Vieks-
burg Anchor Line packet, leaving
st. Louis this evening and arriving
here Friday morning.
Shreveport, La, so far this sea-
son has received 101,237 bales of
cotton, with only POI bales remain
ing on hand last week.
The rates on freights from the
lower Ohio to Memphis and from
Cairo dewn rule at 121c per cwt,
25c for dry barrels and "a per ton
on hay.
Mr.. D. B. Abrahams, late chief
clerk of the West Wind, leaves this
evening on the Capitol City, bound
for the Northern lakes to spend the
heated term,
The Cons Millar passed Evans
vile yesterday at 2 pm. for Mem
phis, well laden, and will be here
tomorrow night, returning to Gin
cinnati Friday.
The Robert Mitchell passed down
last night well laden. She dis
charged at the Lee wharfboat $40
pieces drainage pipe and 1870 pack
ages merchandise and added a lot
Of oil meal.
The J. B. NJ. Kehlor is hugging
a stump in the neighborhOod Of the
future city. Low rates, slow time,
and a patent wheel to push a big
flat boat hasn't put the balance on
the right side of the ledger.
Captain Wise will give his boats
an orerhauling one at d time, being
determined to not only keep his
boats in the most complete repair,
but also to keep them in the trade.
His pluck is deserving of success.
The City of Vicksburg will make
an excursion trip next Thursday
from Vicksburg to Davis's planta-
ton. Her guests will be the Mis-
sissippi editors, Of course Robert
X. will see that they are properly
taken care of.
The Mark Twain, Captain j. D..
Randall, is receiving at the foot Of
Monroe street for st. Francis river
and all points through to Wlttsburg,
leaving promptly Tomorrow even
ing. A. L. Banning and Lee Cum
minis, jr.,two clever young gentlmen,
are her clerks.
The Capitol City, Captain John
G. Crane, is the Anchor Line
packet leaving this evening at sharp
five for Cairo and st. Louis, attend
ing to all bend business and con-
Meeting with the principal railroads
for all points East and West. Billy
Bleckner is her chief clerk.
The favorite and well managed
lower coast packet A.. j. White,
Captain N. S. Green in command,
will arrive to-day, aud return to-
morrow evening to Arkansas City,
giving special attention to all way
business. John Gwathmey, Neil
Booker and Billy Thomas, a trio of
clever gentlemen, oficiate in the
office.
The st. Louis and New Orleans
Anchor Line packet Common
wealth, Captain Shields, will leave
the elevator building tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock for New Or
leans, making all principal way
landings. Owen Gates, a courte-
GUS gentleman, o~fliciates at the
desk. Freight will be received for
her at the Lee wharf boat and the
elevator.
Captain Yinton entertained a
pleasant party aboard of the Andy
Baum last night. Refreshments
were served with a liberality char
acteristic Of the popular comman-
der of this favorite packet, and
dancing was kept up till after mid.
night. The captain and his asso.
ciate officers we're the recipients Of
many thanks for the entertainment
Commodore Kountz talkso of run.
ing one Of the pink-topped chin.
ney boats in the Helena and New
Orleans trade the coming season
and lay several days at that port
taking on cotton as it arrives, liter
ally cleaning up the yards as she
goes. The crew will DO hired By
the season, and fuel be contracted
for ahead. The Commodore thinks
he can carry cotton at thirty-thret
and one-third cents, and make {
reasonable profit on it.
The departure Of the Coahom.