Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-22

oI Louis yesterday from New Or-
leans.
Consumers Of sour mash when
they get overloaded now call it sun
stroke.
The Ruth for White river and
Katie Hooper for the Arkansas had
good trips out Saturday evening.
Steamboatmen anticipate the
busiest season they have had since
the war.
The James Howard left New Or
leans on Saturday evening for st.
Louis.
The Marlin Speed leaves Pitts
burg tomorrow for the Arkansas
river direct.
The Golden Rule leaves Cincin-
natl Wednesday next for New Or
leans.
Henry Baumgartner, late of the
Capitol City, has shipped as mate
of the Gold Dust.
The engines of the Henry Pro-
basco will be placed in the tow-boat
John Means.
The John Gilmore and tow
passed up Saturday night for St.
Louis.
Large receipts of wheat are ar
irving at st. Louis from the Mis-.
souri, river.
The Paris G. Brown, for New
Orleans, and the James D. Parker
for Memphis passed Louisville yes
terday.
The officers of the Illinois report
the crops between here and Vicks-
burg as doing finely and prOmies a
large yield.
Favorable reports of the growing
crops continue to reach us from all
sections of the country, from here
to the gulf.
The James D. Parker for Mem
phis, and Paris @. Brown for New
Orleans left Cincinnati Saturday
evening.
The Belle Memphis for Vicks-
burg, ALI Stevens for Memphis and
Gold Dust for New Orleans left st.
Louis Saturday evening.
The Golden City will have her
repairs completed at Cincinnati in
about ten days, and will then load
for New Orleans.
VIM. j. Lewis, of st. Louis, was
elected president of the new Kan
sas City Packet Company and R.
j. Whiteledge secretary and treasu-
rer.
The pilots of the Ohio river
packets report only four feet of
water in the channel on the bar at
Caseyyille.
The Mary Houston passed up
Saturday afternoon for Cincinnati.
On her arrival there she will in all
probability lay up for the summer.
The Thomas Sherlock will not go
into the St. Louis trade. She has
laid mp at Cincinnati and will re-
enter the Pool Line the coming
season.
The A. ]. White had a good trip
out Saturday evening for the bends.
She will arrive in port again to-
morrow evening, and return to
Arkansas City Wednesday evening.
The j. W. Calf will leave Gin
ciRnati Wednesday next for Mem
phis, and will arrive here on the
2Sth and leave on the 30th of July
with a return trip for Cincinnati.
Major T. B. Sheridan, formerly a
well known Southern boatman, is
now city editor Of the Daily Stan
dard, published at Fort Worth,
Texas.
The rapid decline Of the river
will leave the channel between here
and Cairo crooked and lumpy, and
in a few days steamboatmen will be
crying out low water.
The Belle of Shreveport passed
up this morning for st. Louis. She
discharged at the Lee wharfboat
$50 sacks salt, 100 bundles gunnies
and a few lots of miscellaneou:
freight.
The towboat Robin came in Sat.
urday afternoon from the Ohio
river with two barges of salt. One
is being discharged at the foot o.
Jefferson and the other at the foot
Of Monroe street.
}, The West Wind, Captain ]. G
Andrews, is the regular mail packet
leaving this evening at 6 O'Clock
sharp for 0sceela, attending
/, promptly to all way business. Cy.
rus Fay preSides at the desk.
The Colorado passed up las.
evening for St. Louis with a gooC
list OF people, but little freight
She discharged here 6 bales of cot
} ton and added a lot of fruit anC
t other stuff.
t The City Of Alton passed dow
e yesterday morning for New Orlean
, we'll laden. She discharged her
! 1877 bbls flour, and added 30 bbl
t lime, 40 boxes pairs and 40 pkg
5 miscellaneous freight.
b Captain R. w. Lightburne, tn
e indefatigable agent OF the Memphi
r and Ohio river packet company
D has removed his headquarters /
No. z Monroe street. ~oppogite IN