Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-01-10
The Golden City for New Orleans

lne G0lQen OltY t0r New Orlean
passed Evansville yesterday.
The Katie Kountz for Che Arkan
sas passed Yicksburg last evening
Heavy running ice is reported a
st. Louis.
The Vint Shinkls left Cincinnati
last evening for Memphis.
The ]. D. Parker, Mary Houston
and Cherokee arrived at Cincinnati
yesterday.
The Andy Baum cleared for Gin
cinnati with 1853 bales of cotton, {
lot of old iron and rags and 81
cabin people.
Navigation at st. Louis remains
partly suspended on account of thu
heavy running ice. The weather
is moderating to-day, with indica
tions of a clear river and early re.
sumption of navigation.
The Thompson Dean took into
New Orleans this trip 5000 bales.
1926 bags of cotton, 5000 sacks o.
seed, $50 barrels oil and sundriet
and 80 people.
Captain Dick Robinson, a jolly
good fellow, succeeds Captain Lev
Cooper as inspector and agent Of
the Board Of Underwriters at New
Orleans.
The .. z. Schenck leaves Gin
cinnati this evening for New Or
leans.
The cold and disagreeable wealth
er of the past two weeks has had a
tendency to check business in cur
river circles.
Freight rates at st. Louis to New
Orleans and way points rule at rs
to 80 cents per hundred and so to
60 cents per barrel on dry barrels.
The West Wind left at noon for
Witt8burg with fair trip.
The Ruth for White river had a
splendid trip of freight and a fair
list of people.
The Batesville, Captain Mat
Tremmel, is the regular mail packet,
leaving this evening for Scanlan's
landing. Captain Henry Cooper
presides at the desk.
The John A. Scudder cleared for
New Orleans with 1000 bales of
cotton, $50 bbls oil, so tons oil
meal and rs tons oil cake, and has
engagements below sufficient to fill
her out.
The Coahoma for the lower coast
and Osceola Belle for the upper
coast, had a good showing of freight
and people.
1t cost $4,000 to repair the
damage to the st. Genevieye caused
her collision with the Yaeger,
near st. Genevieve last week.
Capt. Ben White has contracted
with D. O. Hill & Co., at New AL
for the building Of a ferry
boat for the Shreveport trade.
Captain Dick Varble has pur.
chased The towboat James Hobson.
jobbing business around the
price, $4,000.
Miss Hettie Hegler presented
Mcintyre, clerk of the O. B.
Church, with a crimson heart beau
tlfully embroidered with the legend,
g Bachelors Secret, u.s." When
held to the light the emblem dis
plays the outlines Of a mitten.
The O. B. Church will pass up
to-day for the Ohio river with 600
tons of freight, principally sugar
and molasSes. She adds here 200
bales Of Evansville cotton.
The Commonwealth is due at
Cairo to-day from st. Louis en- route
to New Orleans. She had a good
START on leaving st. Louis, including
200 head of stock, so cabin passen-
gers and a big lot of deckers, and
had all the freight she wanted at
the advanced rates.
Captain ]. A. Lindsay, clerk of
the Vint Shinkle, was the winner
of a magnificent basket of artificial
fruit, which was ratified off on the
last trip Of that steamer. There
were so chances at SOC a chance.
Mrs. Alexander was the maker of
the work of art.
The M. V. T. boat, My Choice,
en- route to New Orleans with a tow.
came in this morning with some of
her machinery crinnled Sbo 70 40