Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-23

leave OalfO to-day Tor Mempnls.
Good news. Arkansas river is
rising, there being sufficient to open
up navigation.
Captain j. j. Darragh's family will
leave Cincinnati this evening for Mem
phis on the Andy Baum.
The Golden Crown leaves New Or
leans this evening for Cincinnati.
Joe Hardy, superintendent of the
Delta wharfboat, died at Delta on
Sunday last.
Joseph Crawford, formerly a steam
boat cook, charged with killing Dick
Sayagein Pittsburg some months since,
was tried at Pittsburg on Thursday
and acquitted.
Captain Sam Lewis is about to close
a contract at Pittsburg for the st.
Louis trade.
The iron tug j. b. 0'Brien, built at
Pittsburg for harbor business at
Natchez, is due down tomorrow.
The lanes Howardisto be aSixteen-
day packet between Cairo andNewOr r.
leans during the coming season.
The Anchor Line packet City of
Vicksburg leaves St. Louis this even
ing for Vicksburg,
The Vipt Shinkle will be here to-
morrow night from Cincinnati with a
full cargo of Western products and re-
turns to Cincinnati Wednesday.
The Anchor Liner, John A. Scud-
der, leaves st. Louis this evening for
New Orleans.
The Golden City will be down to-
morrow from the Ohio river en- route
to New Orleans.
The City Of Helena and Colorado Of
the Anchor Line, are due up to-day
bound for st. Louis.
The government snagboat Octavia
passed down this morning on a snag.
pulling cruise and inspecting tour.
There is a big swell in the ALE.
gheny and Monongahela rivers, will
| prospects Of a big cOal-boat rise a
Pittsburg.
The Thompson Dean from Memphi.
and A..C. Donnally from Cincinnati
arrived at New Orleans yesterday.
The Charles p. Chouteau for Mem
. phis and Annie p. Silver for st. Loui
left New Orleans last evening.
The j. w. Calf cleared last evenin
for Cincinnati with 80 bales cotton
$50 barrels oil, us bundles sheep pelt,
l6 green hides, 20 cabin passenger
and Is deckers.
The Gold Dust, of the Ancho
!, Line, well laden, passed down las
evening for New Orleans, after dis
= charging ga bbls -four and q trunk.
and adding several people.
The U. p. Schenck passed down La
/. night for New Orleans with 1900 tor
of freight and 40 cabin and 60 dec
passengers.
The George w. Cheek skipped OF
in at noon for the lower coast, to clei
up all the cotton and seed on Il
banks awaiting shipment.
y. The Andy Baum for Memphis, al
to Thomas Sherlock and G, w. AndersC
Y, for New Orleans, will leave Cincinna
Il, this evening.
Eddie Mccullough, Of Cairo, son
u, w. r. Mccullough, the chief clerk
er the Ruth, will second his father in t
o. Office Of that favorite packet.
Walt Mckee, the well known riy
PC correspondent of the Cincinnati Co
mercial at Cairo, has started a da.
paper there which he calls the Arg
to The Anchor Line packet Joe X
)c. ney, Captain George w. Woke
Is leaves the Lee wharf boat this eve
)c; ing at 5 o'clock for Cairo and
)c. Louis, attending to all bend busine
&c; The fine passenger steamer CentC
6, NAL, Captain Davidson, leaves the l.
%. wharfboat tomorrow morning at
&c. O'Clock for New Orleans, making
4 principal way landings, Captain Fra
IOakes holds forth in the Office.
The Grand Tower passed down t
morning for Vicksburg fully Lac
with freight, and also had a good t
of people. She discharged here
IN large lot of stuff and added fftC
I'm tons for points below.
I'm The hull of the burned Capt.
p.m City is being built up for a wharfb
pm at st. Louis and will be located
some point on the Mississippi for
use Of the Anchor Line Packet Go
pany.
&The Cairo Bulletin has dubbed
KOuntz Line the hangman's day Ii
The steamers Of this line are gen
ally either hung on a sandbar or {
choking a stump.
The elegant and popular passen
steamer new Mary Houston, Capt
Charley Miller in command, will
down this evening for New 0rle,
She is a great fayorite with the ira.
ing public, Elliott Miller, a prime
good fellows, is her purser,
The John b. Maudo, Captain v
w. Blake, of tho Anchor Line, will lC
the Lee whaFfboat tomorrow Is
day. morning at 10 o'clock for vi,
in burg and the bends, giving spe
to- attention to all way business.
,hes Gobel presides at the desk,
0 it Jack Wilson, an old time river
qge; leyeo clerk, but who has been clerl
feet for several years past at the Louis
the railroad depot, has concluded t.
g 1t back to his first love, and has .accel
the the position of receiving and disch
the ing clerk on The leyee for the Mem
at and Cincinnati Packet Company.
) "a During the epidemic in Yicksl
,1h Q the following steqmbQatmen d
y 2 Master-C. H.. Gibbs, brmerl,
. 1t steamer Alert; Engineers-F II