Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-30

The City of Helena leaves St
Louis this evening for Vicksburg.
and leaves here Friday morning a
ten o'clock.
The Illinois will be repaired anC
reprinted as rapidly as possible, and
will resume her regular trips in the
Vicksburg trade by the middle OF
next month.
The City Of Alton, which left
New Orleans Saturday evening fol
St. Louis, has S59 hhds. and 2lt
boxes of Cuban sugar for the st
Louis refinery.
Captain John w. Cannon is con,
fined to his room at the Louisville
Hotel by sickness. He will leave
for Colorado as soon as he iSable to
be out for his health.
The A. j. White, Captain N. S.
Green, will arrive to-day from Ar.
kansas City, and leaves tomorrow
evening at five o'clock with a re.
turn trip. The White will attend
promptly to all way business,
The Vint Shinkle, Captain Ster,
ling Mcintyre, will arrive to-mor.
row night from the Ohio river with
a full cargo of Western products
and returns to Cincinnati Friday
evening next.
Capt. R. W. Lightburne, sup't o.
the Memphis and Ohio River Pack
ct Company, will give the ]. W
Calf a good send-of this evening
She will not only have a good trip
of freight, but viii be full Of people,
The new Arkansas river packet
Marlin Speed passed Evansville
yesterday afternoon and will arrive
here tomorrow. She will leave
here Saturday for Arkansas river,
taking the place Of the Katie
Hooper during low water.
The Coahoma took down to quar-
antine last evening DR.. Laurence,
his assistants and outfit, and from
to-day quarantine at Presidents
Island will be rigidly enforced
against boats coming from New
Orleans and Vicksburg.
The Belle OF Shreveport, Captain
Coghill, of the st. Louis and New
Orleans Anchor Line Packet Com.
pany, will leave the Lee wharfboat
this evening at five o'clock for New
Orleans, making all principal way
landings.
In consequence of yellow fever at
New Orleans and the establishment
of quarantine at most of the ports
south Of Cairo, Superintendent ].
A. Scudder announces that the An.
Choir Line Will send out but one
boat per week from St. Louis fol
New Orleans until further notice
Mr.. Marlin Jones, clerk of the
Illinois, while returning from {
funeral yesterday, was thrown from
his buggy and received severe inju.
ries, having a shoulder dislocated.
leg broken, and injured internally
but we hope he will soon recover
from his injuries.
The City Of Vicksburg passed
down on time for Vicksburg well
laden. She discharged at the Lee
wharfboat 2O70 bbls flour and meal
26 SKIS bran, Gs6 SKIS corn, 4S0 Skis
oats, 60 bales hay and 1919 pkg
sundries-4634 pkgs in all, anC
added between 10 and Is tons fol
j., points below.
4 The Mark Twain, Captain Mau.
mus in command, leaves this even.
ing at six o'clock, sharp, for st
Francis and all points through t.
Wittsburg, carrying the mail ant
! doing all way business. Messrs
A. L. Banning and Lee Cummins
; jr, two courteous young gentlemen
have charge of the office.
The Belle Memphis, Captain
; James Yore, came in last nigh
; from Vicksburg and leaves the lie
wharfOoat this evening at sharp fv,
| for Cairo and st. Louis, doing al
!, bend business and making direo
!. connection with tho principal rail
roads for all points East and West
}. Mr.. 0. Hewitt presides at the desk
+ Memphis has never been in
healthier condition than it is at tn
present time. In fact there is les
sickness than there has been at thi
: season Of the year for several year
past, and the city is being put in
: good sanitary condition, and Their
ia no occasion for all the sensational
e reports being circulated about tn
yellow fever.
e Capt. j. j. Darragh informed u
/. this morning that the A. j. Whit
would remain in the Arkansas Cit
trade and make her regular trip
e She will not take the place of tn
Illinois in the V~icksburg trade ON
= ing to the determination Of tn
board of health to rigidly enforc
quarantine measures on all boat
from New Orleans and VioksburI
Consequently the A. J. White an
Illinois will not enter the Vicksbur
n trade until the embargo is raised.
The tow-boat John Porter passe
up last evening for the Ohio rive
Her crew Of twenty.six men wei
all well with the exception of on