Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-04

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The City of Augusta is due from
White river.
Mr.. N. NJ. Jones returned home
yesterday from Pittsburg.
The James D, Parker leaves Gin
%cinnati this evening for Memphis,
The Ike Bonham, a new boat built
at Mason City for the Yazoo river
trade, is due from the Ohio river,
There is a large amount Of corn in
Madrid bends awaiting shipment TO
New Orleans.
The season Of business in the upper
rivers above St Louis is about closed.
The Marlin Speed cleared last even
ing for Arkansas river with an ex-
cellent trip Of freight.
The Joe Kinney returned to St.
Louis last evening with 493 bales of
Eastern bound cotton.
The Anchor Line packets, Fannie
Lewis for Memphis and Annie p.
Silver for New Orleans, leave st.
louis this evening.
The City of Alton, Captain Bixby,
of the Anchor Line, will leave the
Lee wharfbOat this afternoon for New
Orleans. giada1 e9Ds
The Illinois cleared last evening for
Vicksburg with a good trip of freight
and a fair list Of people. Her friends
gave her a good send off.
The wrecking-b boat Salyor left Cairo
last evening at 6 O'Clock for Donald
sonyille to work on the sunken steam
er Cotton Valley.
The Maumelle, Captain Thomas
Darragh, and the Katie Hooper, Cap
tain Ed Rowland, are due from the
Arkansas river.
The local packets George W. Cheek
for the lower coast, and 0sceola Belle
for the upper coast, had excellent
trips of freight and people out last
night. oi
The Katydid passed up last night
for Mound City to have her guards
and other repairs made which were
damaged by the picking up Of a snal
a few days since near Greenville.
The City of Vicksburg cleared il
the evening for st. Louis with a fai
upstream trip. She discharged her,
rs bales and q bags cotton, 1854 sack
seed and sundries, and added som
bends freight and people.
The following are the regular pack
cts leaving tomorrow 0uaohiti
Belle, Arkansas City; Phil Allin
; Prentiss; 0sceola Belle, upper coast
Ruth, White river; Jay Hardy, islam,
81, and 0. w Pierce, Scanlan's.
| The John NJ. Chambers passeI
down last night for New Orleans afte
discharging here 3S bags seed cottor
70 bbls -four, and 81 pkgs lard. Sh
D will winter South and ply in one
i, the lower streams.
. The famous passenger steamer, J
W. Gaf, Captain Bob Wise, passe
. Evansville yesterday afternoon fc
I Memphis with a big trip of freigh
and people, and will arrive here to
. morrow, and leaves Saturday with
return trip for Cincinnati.
= The Laura Lee was the first boat t
arrive at New Orleans after the ep
demic was pronounced over. 1t wa
the first arrival there for n~inety-seve
days, the Golden Rule being the la
to leave there before the plague W;
4. pronounced epidemic.
A. Captain William Miller, with h
4. new and magnificent passenger steam
the Guiding Star, will leave Glenn
wharf boat tomorrow evening at fl
O'Clock for New Orleans, making {
principal way landings, Captain Jont
a genial and clever gentleman, does Il
honors of the Office.
Captain Oscar Postal, with his c
cellent light draft steamer Trad
which has been put in splendid ru
: ming order, ~re-enters the Cache riv
trade in few days and will run reg
larly throughoutthe season, connect
IS. with the White river steamers a
Little Rock railroad at Duvall's Blu
The Hard Cash, Captain Ed Post
in command, came in at II am. fro
White river with the blue ribbon II
of the season out Of that river, havi
for here $50 bales and 30 bags cottc
IA a lot of seed and sundFies, and I
shipped at the mouth 347 bales; tot
out of the river 1906. She discharg
,e at Glenn's wharfboat and returns Il
ay evening to White river on time,
We The splendid and popular passene
Al steamer Cons Millar, Captain Willie
he Tichepor, leaves this evening 1
til Cairo, Louisville and Cipoinna
u.s. ticketing passengers through to
10 points East at a lover rate than ey
II Captain James Wilson, an affable g
he tleman, with whom it is a pleasure
es, travel and do business, is her Oh
at clerk, seconded by Mr.. Shaw.
The old reliable and punctl
nd steamer Ruth, ia command of Il
lie, careful and popular boatman, Capt.
&c, Joe Mccullough, will leave to-morr
tie evening for Whitesriver, going throu
&c. to %Jacksonport, attending to all v
,et business and making direct conn
oFt ton With the Milt Harry and Abe
fof apbef. White and Black rive
Captain W. Il. mccullough, . e9gr
Gus gentleman and accommodate
clerk, holds forth in the Office.
The mammoth cotton carrier .
elegant eld comfortable passen
an steamer Henry Frank leayes ibis 0
ming for New Orleans, making
ON principal way landings. Captain
ied drisseR, a gentleman who is noted
/. his integrity 10 business and unifo
iro kindness, controls the Office, assis
l.. yT.lI.a., WboO,oo Tho H.,