Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-07
MISCELLANEOUS

mOTIOW,
Next year the little ones will have a
May party Of their W on the Calf.
The Vint Shinkle. from Memphis.
arrived at Cincinnati this morning.
The planters are busy putting in
their crops and ordering few supplies.
The Sharp Mcdonald passed up last
night for the Ohio river with a tow Of
empties.
The Batesville, for St. Francis
river, had a good showing Of freight
and people.
The City of Helena will leave TO-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock for
V~ickSburg,
The Maumelle left last evening for
the Arkansas river with an excellent
trip of freight.
The big folks gave the little folks
very little show on the Calf, at Bob
Wise's Maifest.
The Ouachita Belle cleared with a
splendid trip of freight and people for
V~icksburg last night.
The Annie P. Silver, bound for st.
Louis, passed Vicksburg Monday night
and is now due here.
The knowing ones predict that this
will be the most profitable cotton sea-
son that has been since the war.
The Grand Tower will arrive this
evening from Vicksburg, and leave to
morrow at 8 o'clock for Cairo and St.
Louis.
The Golden City passed down last
evening for New Orleans with a full
load, having all she wanted. She
added here a few people.
The Alex Swift came in last night
with a tow of Pittsburg coal for
Messrs. Brown & Jones and leaves
this evening with a tow of empties.
The inimitable Billy Collins was in
his glory yesterday. He seemed to be
all over the Gaff at one time, watching
after the comfort and enjoymentof the
children.
The unlimited guests jostled Capt.
Bob's little fairies a little too much
yesterday, in fact it looked as if their
cousins, their sisters and their aunts
were the invited ones.
Captain r.. w. Lightburne rendered
good service yesterday in assisting
Captain Wise in entertaining his
friends on board of his popular steam
err, the j. w. Calf.
Captain james H. Rees arrived yes
terday afternoon by rail from Pitts
burg, and was round shaking hands
with his numerous friends and looking
after his steamboat interests.
Captain Ed Rowland, of the popu-
lar steamer Katie Hooper, for the
week, has opened an engagement on
Madison street, and has become a
curbstone broker, a bondholder and
coupon clipper.
The Judge Fletcher leaves Little
Rock to-day for Kansas City, Arkan-
sas, with a load of lumber. She is the
first boat of her tonnage that has ever
attempted to make a voyage that far
up the raging Arkansas or tributary.
The Osceola Belle, Captain j. G..
Andrews, is the regular mail packet
leaving this evening at sharp six
o'clock for Osceola, carrying the mail
and attending to all way and planta-
ton business, Captain B, 0. Michel
is her chief clerk, assisted by Cyrus
Fay and Al Speers.
The c. P. Chouteau passed down
last evening for New Orleans well
laden. She put off here 235 bbls
-four and meal, 105 bales hay, ~ casks
mead, 40 SKIS seed and 1870 pkgs white
lead. She had engagements below
here sufficient to fill her out.
The happy throng on the j. W.
Calf yesterday was all the talk on the
levee, in fact, Bob Wise's May party
monopolized all the interest on the
landing. On our local page will be
found an extended notice of how
Captain Bob's little friends enjoyed
themselves.
Captain Sam II. Shock, who is we'll
aud favorably known in river circles,
has been appointed general passenger
agent of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad, with headquarters here.
Captain Shock has for several years
past represented the Texas Interna-
tional and Great Northern railroad.
y. w. Lightburne, jr., deserves
much credit for the manner in which
he kept a register of the invitations
for the little folks Maifest on the
GafE. The work Of issuing, directing
and keeping a register Of the same
was arduous and Q very unthankful
duty to perform.
The old reliable Hard Cash, Cap
tain I'd Postal's fine steamer, leaves
this evening for White river, She
will attend to all Mississippi river
business this side Of Terrene, and
goes through TO Jacksonport with
light draft stsamers for Upper White.
and Black rivers, Charley Postal has