Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-28

Messrs. Frank Ellison and Plat
Rhodes.
The Hattie Rowland, Captain j. j.
Darragh, came in last night from the
Arkansas with 4S3 bales of cotton, u
bags seed cotton, 295 SKIS seed, 80 bbls
oil, 3head cattle and Is pkgs sundries.
She will leave tomorrow evening with
a return trip for the Arkansas, going
through to Little Rock and connect
ing with light-draught steamers for
Fort Smith. Captain j. A. Melon
nell and w. B. McEnulty, two clever
gentlemen, are her clerks.
Mr.. Eugene Moore, who has had
charge of the river column Of the APP
peal since the termination of the late
plague, making a host of friends in
that capacity for himself and the jour
nal he so faithfully represented, has
resigned his position, much to the re-
greet of numerous friends. All who
have the pleasure of his acquaintance
certainly hope and pray that fortune
may smile upon him in whatever path
OF life he may pursue.
The new and splendid White river
nail packet Josie Harry, Captain
Milt Harry in command, arrived this
morning from White river with 526
bales cotton, 254 SEEKS seed and sun
dries, and also had a good list of peo-
pie. She leaves tomorrow evening
with a return trip for White river
carrying the mail, doing all way bust
ness, going through to Jacksonport
and making direct connection with
the light-draught steamers Milt Harry
and Alberta, for upper White and
Black rivers. Colonel Joe Moore. an
affable gentleman, is her chief clerk.
The elegant sidewheel steamer Red
Wing, of the Adams Mail Line. in
command of that practical and popu-
lar boatman Captain Geo. Malone,
leaves this evening for Vicksburg.
carrying the mail, giving special at
t%ention TO all way business and max
ing direct connection with the New
Orleans and Yazoo river packets.
ticketing passengers through to all
points and giving through bills of
lading to New Orleans and all points
on Yazoo river. She is a safe and re-
liable carrier, and has palatial passen-
ger accommodations. Captain Ed
Thomas, a clever gentleman, is her
chief clerk, and has associated with
him in the Office Jimmy Thomas and
Tommy Huse.
Major John D. Adams is in the city
looking after the interests of his Mem
phis and Vicksburg Mail Packet Line.
which is now firmly established, and
his elegant packets, the 0uachita
Belle and Red Wing, are doing a good
business, building up a good trade for
Memphis, carrying the mails regularly
and giving entire satisfaction to the
shipping and travelling public. The
people in the bends appreciate Major
Adams by giving his line a liberal
patronage. The two packets are off
cered by competent and careful boat
men who are determined to please the
public, and as an evidence of their
good administration, and the prompt
ness and carcfulness of business by the
above, their business increases with
every trip.
The old reliable, popular steamer
James D. Parker, of the Memphis and
Ohio River Packet Company, in com
mand of Captain G. b. Russell, is
again in port, having arrived last
night from Cincinnati with her cabins
crowded with merry excu~rsionists. and
freighted with her usual complement
of Northern produce and fabrics. The
Parker is the boss boat of the line,
and is in charge of as fine a set of off :
GERS as ever graced a steamboat. Pas
sengers are loud in their praise of the
treatment they received at the hands
of Messrs. Mccoy, Shaw and Millar.
her obliging clerks. The Parker has
been fortunate in securing the services
of Mr.. James Bohan as steward, and
her tables fairly groan with all the
good things known to the art cuisine.
Mr., Bohan, it will be remembered,
held a similar position ON the A. G.
Donnally, and we are pleased to see
him on deck again. This excellent
steamer returns to Cincinnati to-mor-
row, and the prospects are that. she
will leave with a good trip. The fol-
lowingare the principal items of her
cargo: 1896 sacks corn, 697 bbls meal.
35l pkgs hardware, 425 bbls and q
sacks potatoes, 225 sacks oats, 200 kegs
nails, lbs bbls -four, 100 bbls apples
and 1900 packages Of miscellaneous
freight.
CAIRO, February 27.-River Editor
LEDGER: The steamer James d.
Parker arrived here this afternoon
with her usual complement of freight.
and about thirty passengers. Up to
this port the popular Parker has been
continuously adding and discharging
freight. She has aboard an excellent
cotilion band and the passengers have
whiled away the otherwise travel -tedi-
Gus hours in tripping the light fantas-
tic, as it were. Among her numer-
Gus lady passengersare Mrs. DR.. Jacob
l.. Kennedy and erbewitching daugh-
ter, Miss Anna, now of New York,
but for many years of Memphis. They
are the life and wit Of the party, and
add vastly to the enjoyment of all.
At Paducah the Parker discharged an
immense lot Of assorted freight. and
was wind bound at Cumberland Dam
on last night.
The storm was one of the most Sc
we're of the season, making it hazard
Gus for navigation. Captain Charles
B. Russell, a careful, wide-awake and
courteous boatman, is in command of
the Parker, and before the storm had
fairly caught us had put into shore in
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