Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-08

natl last evening for New 0rlean
and will pass here Monday evening
The George ". Cheek backed GU
with a good trip for Friar's Point
The City of Chester returned b
st. Louis with $50 bales of Eastern
bound cotton and other freight.
The Port Eads and barges 70
New Orleans and City of Heleni
for Yicksburg, left St. Louis las
evening.
The Ashlandand Katie P.Kount.
from the Arkansas, and Charlie
Morgan from Cincinnati, arrived
at New Orleans yesterday.
The Golden Crown for Cincin
natl and James Howard for Mem
phis, left New Orleans last evening
The Golden City, en- route from
Cincinnati to New Orleans, passel
Evansville yesterday afternoon, aut
is due down tomorrow evening.
The Charles Morgan leaves New
Orleans tomorrow evening fol
Cincinnati.
On our local page will be found
a list Of the packets which vii
issue ten days Mardi- Gras excursion
tickets.
The Illinois leaves Vicksburg to-
day at noon for Memphis.
The Simpson Horner passed NJ
with a tow of ''empties7 this morn.
ing.
Captain Les Ware is negotiating
for the Batesville. He wants hel
for the st. Francis river trade.
The Mary Elizabeth has entered
the upper Arkansas river trade.
plying between Little Rock and
Fort Smith.
The Belle of Texas left Little
Rock yesterday for Memphis.
The Alice, seven days out from
New Orleans, passed up last night
for Pittsburg, with COG tons Of
freight. She put off 5 bales of cot
ten and added at Glenn's wharfboat
100 barrels oil, z bales cotton and
sundries.
The Capitol City passed down
this morning for VicksbuIg well
laden. She discharged here 40
bales of cotton, a lot of seed and
a few hundred packages of miscel-
laneous freight and added 80 tons
for points below and % people.
The GoldduSt passed up last
for st. Louis with a moderate
trip. She put of here 20 hogsheads
sugar, 200 barrels cement and sew
eral small lots Of miscellaneous
freight.
The Commonwealth, Captain
Shields, with Owen Gates in the
Office, will leave Glenn's wharfboat
tomorrow morning al 10 O'Clock
for New Orleans. Captain Glenn
is making engagements and recelv-
ing freight for her.
Will Vischer, at one time river
reporter Of the Louisville Courier
and later editor of the Richmond
Headlight, has turned himself
into an actor, and is now starring
it through California with a five act
play on Border Life, written by
himself.
The Osceola Belle, Captain j. G.
Andrews, brought in from the mp.
per coast a good trip of cotton and
miscellaneous freight, and returns
this evening TO Johnson's Landing,
carrying the mail and doing all way
business. B. 0. Michel and Cyrus
Fay are her clever and accommo-
dating clerks.
The Grand Tower, Captain Len.
nox, arrived last night from Vieks-
and leaves the elevator this
evening at sharp five for Cairo and
st. Louis, doing all way bushes:
and making direct connection with
the principal railroads for all points
East and West. Tom White is hel
prime minister.
The Coahoma, Captain Stacker
Lee, came in frorA the lower coast
with 1874 bales and 8 bags of cot.
ton, 40l sacks seed and sundries,
aud returns this evening to Friar's
Point, carrying the mail and doing
all way business. Captain Ed
Thomas, a gentleman who is recog-
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