Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-15

mail and attending promptly to al
way business, and making close
connection at Wittsburg with the
light-draught steamer Anna for the
upper st. Francis river and the
Sunk Lands. The Mark Twain il
not only a safe carrier but has good
and comfortable passenger accom-
modations. A. L. Banning, a gen.
tleman who is noted for his courte-
sly and promptness in business, is
her chief clerk, and is ably assisted
by Lee Cummins, ir.
The West Wind, Captain j. G.
Andrews, is the regular mail pack
ct leaving this evening for 0sceola
and all points on the upper coast,
taking the mail and attending to
all way business. Messrs. B. 0.
Michel and Cyrus Fay, two very
courteous and attentive gentlemen,
do the honors of the office.
The New Orleans and st. Louis
Anchor Line packet John A. Scud-
der, Captain Jack Garter, leaves
the elevator this evening at five
o'clock for Cairo and st. Louis, do
ing all bend business and making
direct connection with the princi-
pal railroads for all points East and
West.
The great favorite passenger
packet of the Memphis and Cincin-
natl packet line, the ]. W. Gah,
Captain Bob Wise, will arrive to-
day from Cincinnati with u good
trip of freight and people, and re-
turns to Cincinnati Friday evening
on a grand excursion trip ticket
ing passengers through to all points
East. Captain ]. d. Moore, a
clever and agreeable gentleman, is
her chief clerk
The Golden Rale passed down
this morning for New Orleans fully
laden, being compelled to refuse
freight here, which was offered her
by Captain Washington, Of the
Lee wharfbOat. She put off here
u packages of freight the princi-
pal item Of her cargo being Is, OOO
sacks of corn taken on board in the
lower Ohio. She had a fair list OF
people, including the veteran Peter
Shinkle, father of Captain 0. P.
Shinkle and Captain Vint Shinkle,
who is making the round trip. He
went with his father to Ohio in
1896, aud is now IS years old, and
was on the first steamboat that ever
ran on the Ohio river.
The elegant sidewheel steamer
Ben Franklin, Captain 81. H.
Drown in command, leaves this
evening for Cairo, Louisville and
Cincinnati, ticketing passengers
through to New York city for s27
and to all other Eastern points at
correspondingly low rates, passen-
gers and baggage transferred to the
depots free of charge. The Frank
lin has unsurpassed passenger ac.
commodations, and is in charge Of
experienced and careful boatmen.
Captain Sterling Mcintyre, a gen.
tleman with whom it is a pleasure
to travel and do business, controls
the Office. He never fails to please
the most fastidious. VIII Colbert,
also clever gentleman, is associated
with him in the Office.
The splendid passenger steamer
A. j. White, which is one of the
best appointed and most popular
packets in the lower trade, leaves
this evening for Arkansas City,
giving special attention to all plan
tation business and making direct
connection with the Pine Bluff
railroad. Captain N. S. Green, an
experienced aud careful boatman
commands, with John G~wathmey,
a favorite in the bends, in charge
Of the Office, assisted in his clerical
duties by Neil Booker and Billy
Thomas. All business entrusted
to the White will meet with proper
care and attention, while her off
GERS are untiring in their efforts tt
accommodate and please the ship.
ping and travelling public.
The commanders of the steamers
Hard Cash and Ruth nave made
an arrangement or agreed to rur
one boat per week in the Whit
river trade during the dull summer