Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-28
MIscEILANEors

Soft weather.
Dark and gloomy.
Foggy on the river.
Little movement in freights.
Mud and filth on the levee plentiful.
Business rather quiet on the land
ing.
The inclement weather retards bust
ness.
The Rose City left Little Rock yes.
terday for Fort Smith.
The Maumelle leaves Little Rock
to-day for Fort Smith.
The Grand Tower added here 725
bales Of Eastern bound cotton.
The Golden City is due up this
afternoon, bound for Cincinnati.
The Josie Harry got away last even
ing for White river with a fair trip.
The Thomas Sherlock left New Or
leans last evening for Cincinnati.
Navigation is fully resumed in the
Ohio river.
The j. w. Calf was the first boat
to pass through the locks in 1879.
The Golden Rule, EN- route from
Cincinnati to New Orleans, passed
Louisville yesterday.
The 0sceola Belle for the upper
coast had an excellent trip.
The Charles Morgan passed Vicks-
burg yesterday at 3 pm, bound for
New Orleans.
The Oil Valley and Sam Roberts.
en- route from New Orleans to the
Ohio river, arrived at Cairo yesterday.
The new steamer Lucy Gastrell is
due down this evening for New Or
leans.
The new Memphis and New Orleans
packet Ed Richardson will be down
tomorrow for New Orleans.
The Andy Baum will arrive Thurs
day from Cincinnati and leave on
Saturday with a return trip.
The steamer Big Rock is left high
and dry on a sandbar, Is miles above
Pine Bluff, by the rapid decline of the
river.
The Guiding Star, Captain William
Miller, is due down tomorrow morn
ing for New Orleans.
The Marlin Speed, en- route from
Fort Smith to Memphis, passed Rose
vile Sunday morning.
Captain John N. Skunk will com
mand the sidewheel steamer Clinton
in the st. Louis and Cincinnati trade.
The James Hobson, cut down by
the ice at Louisville, has been raised.
The Golden City has HOO tons of
freight for the Ohio river, principally
sugar and molasses.
Major John D. Adams is in the city
looking after his steamboat interests
and mail contracts.
Mr.. Green Cumby shot and serious
y wounded a negro at Terrene, on
Saturday, in a personal difficulty.
The .Mollie Moore, of the Kountz
Line, en- route from st. Louis to New
Orleans, is looked for here to-day. She
is nine days out.
Owing to the miserable condition Of
the roads in the bends, the packets
are doing a light business for this sea
son Of the year.
The Red Wing from Memphis ar
rived at Vicksburg yesterday morning
and leaves there to-day at noon with a
return trip.
The wharf is becoming a dangerous
place for pedestrians at night, as the
policemen on that beat are seldom to
be found when wanted.
The Mark Twain leaves to-day for
the Sunk Lands, Captain Randall
will go out in command of her.
The A. G. Donnally leaves Cincin-
natl this evening for New Orleans, and
the Cons Millar leaves there to-mor-
row for Memphis.
The Alex Kendall, nine DAYS out
from New Orleans bound for st. Louis.
has over zoo tons Of freight, principally
sugar and molasses.
Captain VIM. Thorweigan, of the G.
T. C%houteau, arrived yesterday after
noon from New Orleans by rail and
%rejOins his packet here.
Owing to the mild weather general
breaking up of the ice in the upper
Mississippi river is predicted imme-
diately.
The upper coast or Island 81 packet
Jay Hardy, Captain Billy Davis +
command, leaves this evening. She
goes into Old river and attends to all
business behind the Island.
Mr., William Wheeler, discharging
clerk Of the Memphis and Cincinnati
Packet Company, has returned from
the Paris Of America and resumed his
duties.
The John Dippold and barges left
Cairo last evening for New Orleans.
She adds two barges to her tow here
loaded with cotton, oil cake and meal.
The Yellowstone is running in the
Bayou Teche and Atchafalaya trade
from New Orleans in connection with
the relief boat j. NJ. Chambers. They
make ten day trips.
A bill is before congress to make
ships, tugs and other vessels engaged
in commerce between different States,
and between the United States and
foreign countries, liable for debt con
tracted by their owners or agents.
A bill has been introduced in the
Louisiana legislature looking to a re-
duction of Wharfage fees, which are