Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-25
The james Howard Ieft New or.


The Cons Millar cleared last even
ing for Cincinnati with 44S bales of
cotton, rs bbls of oil, 231 bars of
railroad iron and sundries and 20
people.
The Hard Cash returned to
White river last evening with a
good trip of freight and people.
The City of Augusta will be
heightened this summer and be
converted into a sternwheel boat.
The West Wind for st. Francis
river had an excellent trip of
freight.
Charley Postal, chief clerk of the
steamer Hard Cash, paid several
bills for his steamer yesterday IN
gold, thus showing that his steamer
was in reality what her name in
dictated.
The Geo. W. Cheek for the lower
coast and 0sceola Belle for the
upper coast had fair trips out.
The City Of Alton left st. Louis
last evening for New Orleans, and
will leave here tomorrow evening
at 6 o'clock.
The Katie Hooperfrom Arkansas
river and Ruth from White river
should be here tomorrow.
The Jas. w. Gaf, G. B. Church
and U. P. SchenCk arrived at Gin
cinnati to-day.
The James d. Parker for Mem
phis and Thomas Sherlock for New
Orleans passed Louisville yesterday.
The Robert Mitchell passed up
last evening for Cincinnati with
400 tons of freight and 80 people.
She put off here $50 packages of
merchandise.
Captain Randall is putting the
Mark Twain in complete running
order for the st. Francis river
trade.
The steamer Mary Houston, in
command of Captain Chas. Miller,
is due down for New Orleans.
The John A. Scudder, overdue
from New Orleans, will probably
pass up this evening.
The Golden City passed down
last night for New Orleans fully
laden.
The Damsel, Dan Rice's show
boat, passed up at noon.
The towboat Dauntless will be
sold by the United States marshall
at PittSburg, May I'd.
The Belle Ct Shreveport has en-
tered the new Anchor Line. and
leaves st. Louis next Saturday for
New Orleans.
John Langlois comes down this
trip as second clerk of the City of
Helena. The entire Memphis dele
cation will be down to see him.
An umbrella covers a multitude
Of suns; but it never hid the man
from public scorn who borrowS it
and forgets who he borrowed it
from.
The wharfmaster had a force Of
laborerS this morning cleaning off
the leyee.
The Florence Meyer for Arkan-
sas river and the Ben Franklin for
Memphis leave Cincinnati this eve
ming.
Captain Frank Hicks builds a
sternwheeler for the New Orleans
and Memphis trade. He anticipates
purchasing the machinery of the
Ajax.
The Charles Morgan made the
run from New Orleans to Cincin-
natl in six days and sixteen hours,
and leaves there Saturday with a
return trip for New Orleans.
The Katie leaves New Orleans
next Monday for Louisville. On
her arrival there she Will lay up
and be dismantled, and her ma
chinery placed in a new boat.
Captain E. ". Gould contem-
plates building a new boat, nearly
a duplicate Of the Golddust.
Rates on freight from st. Louis
to New Orleans rule at 20 cents per
barrel Of -four, and 10 cents per
hundred for heavy freights.
The yint Shinkle, Cartain Ken
n%iston, came in last night from
Cincinnati with 800 tons of freight,
and leaves tomorrow evening with
a return trip, ticketing passengers
through to New York for $40.
/ Cantain LINDSAY 10 bar ooraaah1o