Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-11


The City Of Vicksburg leaves Vicks-
burg to-day at II O'Clock for Cincin-
natl, and leaves here Monday evening
next.
The 0uachita Belle leaves Vicks-
burg to-day at noon for Memphis, and
will arrive here Sunday evening and
return Tuesday evening.
The Anchor Line steamer City of
Alton, Captain Bixby in command,
leayest to- morrow morning at l0o'clOck
for New Orleans.
The Grand Tower for st. Louis de-
parted on time with a good trip. She
added here a good list of cotton, a
large lot of miscellaneous freight and
a good number of people,
On account of ill-health Colonel
Sandulge has given up his position as
reporter of the New Orleans Pic
ayune, and Mr.. Gus Balquin is filling
his place.
The Maumelle, Capt. Reese Pritch-
ard, leaves tomorrow evening for Lit
tie RockEand all points on Arkansas
river. Charley Musselman is her
c~hiefclerk, seconded by Win Darragh.
The City of Helena passed down
yesterday afternoon for Vicksburg.
She discharged 1900 pkgs miscellane-
GUS freight, and added 30 tons for
points below.
The upper coast mail packet 0sceola
Belle brought in from the upper coast
a good trip as usual, and returns this
evening to Osceola, carrying the mail
and doing all way business. Captain
j. &. Andrews commands, with B. 0,
Michel, Cyrus Fay and AL Speers as
his staff officers.
The elegant passenger steamer
Golden Crown, Capt. Eugene ShinklC
in command, leaves Glenn's wharf
boat tomorrow evening at A O'Clock
for Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati.
Captain Glenn will make engagements
and receive freight for her at all hour,
at his wharfboat at the foot of Unior
street.
George Walton, a former river en-.
gineer, who has invented two or three
kinds of headlights for steamboat!
and locomotives, has received letters
patent for another improvement. Hi,
new headlight, although burning the
same kind of oil as before, will dis
tribute a light equal in brilliancy ant
intensity, it is claimed, to a calcium
The Colorado, of the Anchor lime
Captain Sam McPheeters in command
leaves tomorrow at 10 am. for Vicks
burg, attending to all way business
and making close connection at Vicks
burg with ~thepackets for New Orleans
and the Parisott Line for all points OF
Yazoo river.
The palatial passenger steamer Johl
b. Maude, Captain VIM. Blake, is tn
regular Anchor Line packet leavin
tomorrow evening for Cairo and ST
Louis, doing all way business an,
making direct connection with til
principal railroads for all points Eas
and West. Billy Bleckner does tn
honors of the office.
The Coahoma, of the Lee Line, tn
" red tiger packet, is the regula
mail boat leaving this evening at 81.
o'clock, sharp, for Friar's Point, doin
all way business, carrying the mail an
making direct connection at Glendal
with the Mobile and Northwestern
railroad. Billy Smither, Platt Rhode
and Frank Ellison, a trio of cleve
gentleman, are her clerks.
The Josie Harry, Captain Mi
Harry's new and magnificent Whit
river mail packet, came in this morn
ing with a fair list of cotton and othe
freights, and leaves tomorrow ever
ing with a return trip, going throug
to %Jacksonport and making direct cor
neetion with light-draught steamer
for upper White and Black river.
Captain James Kinman is in con
mand, with Walker Outlaw and Da
Sullivan in the Office.
The great and popular passengr
steamer Charles Morgan, in comman
of the old veteran Captain ALI SteiI
having been detained by bad weathC
and business, will not leave here unit
this afternoon. She is one of the be,
and most pleasant steamers on tn
river to travel on, being differed b
, practical and careful boatmcn an
clever gentlemen. Harry Stein is he
chief clerk, and he uses extra exer
tions to please all with whom he come
in contact. lie has for his assistant
Adam Wayland and Lou Brennan.
The Vint Shinkle, Captain Sterlin
Mcintyre in command, arrived las
night from the Ohio river with
splendid trip. The following are tn
principal items of her cargo: 325
SKIS corn, l24 bales hay, GO bbls ma
/. bic dust, 200 empty oil bbls, 100 81
seed, 70 casks meat, 800 boxes starcl
100 kegs horse shoes, 400 grind stone
a lot of stock and several hundrC
packages of miscellaneous freigh
She had also a good passenger lis
Among the number were CAPITA
Lindsay, his estimable wife and q
. eomplished daughter who are makil
e the round trip. She leaves til
evening at sharp 6 O'Clock for Cair
/, Louisville and Cincinnati. She h
excellent passenger accommodate
and will ticket passengers through
: all points East at q cheaper patp thu
ever. Captain j. A. Lindsay,
worthy and efficient chief clerk, wi
make it pleasant for all who m.
chance to travel on the Vint Shinkl
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