Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-15

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friends.
The popular freight and passenger
steamer Cons Millar, Captain VIM.
Tichenor, will arrive to-day from Gin
%cinDati with a full cargo of western
products and will leave Wednesday
evening with a return trip for Cincin-
natl, ticketing passengers through to
all points east. Jimmy Wise and
Harry Gazzley, two clever gentlemen
are her clerks. Captain r. w. Light
burne will make engagements for her
The Batesville, Captain j. D. Ran
dali, will arrive to-day fs1m st. Fran
els river with a good list of cotton and
cotton seed, aud will leave tomorrow
evening with a return trip for Marian
ma and all points on St. Francis river,
carrying the mail and making connee-
ton at Mariana with the mail packet
Marcus Collins for Wittsburg and the
sunk lands. Birdie Banning, who is
one of the most popular clerks on the
river, has charge Of the Office, assisted
by Win Lash.
The st. Genevieve, Capt. Zeigler of
the Anchor line, came in last night
from St Louis, with 519 bbls -four and
meal, IA wet bbls, 700 pals and II
casks lard, 600 boxes crackers, 34 SKIS
bran, 49, SKIS corn, 6 bales cotton, 4
bags seed cotton and GA pkgs general
mdse. She leaves this evening at five
o'clock with a return trip for Cairo
and st. Louis, attending to all bend
business, and making close connection
with the principal railroads for all
points East and West.
The elegant upper coast independent
packet, George w. Cheek, in CON-
mand of hat clever gentleman, Cap
tain Henry Cooper, came in on time
yesterday from Haile's Point with 14l
bales cotton, 80 bags cotton and 2,044
SKIS seed, and sundries. She had also
a good list Of people. She leaves this
evening at five o'clock with a return
trip for Osceola, Ashport and all way
landings on the upper coast. Mr.. Neil
Booker, an affable gentleman and eff
cient officer, is herchief clerk, seconded
by Mr., Tomilson.
The following towboats left Pitts
burg Friday last with 634, 900, 900 bush.
els of coal for Ciucinnatt Geo. Roberts,
Clipper, Nellie Walton, VIM. Stone.
Venture, Jas. W. Gould. For Louis
vile, with 5,155,OOO bushels: Sam
Miller, Joe B. Williams, Oakland,
Boaz, Tom Lysle, Nellie Speer, B. D.
Wood, Sampson No. 2, Joseph Warne,
N. j. Bigler, W. Q. Gufy, j. S. Nc
Donald, Coal City, Ark, Smoky City,
Ben Wood, Simpson Horner, Mary
Ann, Evan Williams, Harry Brown,
John Penny, Storm, Jim Brown,
Resolute, Jos. H. Rigley. Reindeer,
John Porter and Baltic.
The 0uachita Belle of the Adams
mail line, Captain Mark Cheek, arrived
at II IN. from Greenville, with a
big trip Of cotton and cotton seed, and
a large list of people. She leaves this
evening at Eve o'clock for Greenville,
carrying the mail, making all way
landings on schedule time and con-
Meeting at Arkansas City with the
Pine Bluff railroad. The Belle is a
good carrier and has unsurpassed pass
enger accommodations. Captain Lee
Cummins, an efficient officer and
worthy gentleman, is her chief clerk,
and has associated with him in the
Office Messrs. VIM. Thomas and Lee
Cummins, Jr., two clever gentlemen
and accommodating clerks.
The mammoth and palatial passeu-
ger steamer Ed Richardson, Captain
James Pepper in command, leaves
this evening at 5 o'clock for New Or
leans, making all principal way land
ings, The Richardson is one of the
safest and best carriers on the river.
Captain A. McVay, formerly of the
r. &. Lee, is her chief clerk, which is
a sure guarantee Of all business being
properly attended to and a pleasant
trip for all who take passage down the
river on this fine steamer. She came
in yesterday afternoon from New Or
leans with % hhds sugar, 247 bbls
cement, so casks bitters, u bales cot
ton, and 1877 pkgs sundries. She gets
a good start from here and has engage
ments in the bends sufficient to fill
her out.
The old standby and regular upper
coast mail packet the 0sCeola Belle,
with Captain B. 0. Michell on the
root, came in yesterday afternoon with
2O5 bales of cotton, 100 bags seed cot
ton, 1928 SKIS seed and "A pkgs sun
dries. She had also l25 cabin passen-
gers. Her large passenger list is easily
accounted for by Bait Michel being
in command. He is everybody's friend
and a great favorite along the upper
coast, and it affords the bends people
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