Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-18
leans next Saturday Tor the Arkansas

Captain Pierce Montgomery is run
ming the City of Augusta in the lower
coast trade.
Owing to the continued bad weather
the bend business is still partially
suspended.
The Grand Tower left st. Louis last
evening for V~icksburg and leaves here
Thursday morning.
The Golden City, en- route from
Cincinnati to New Orleans, passed
Vicksburg yesterday afternoon.
Put the levee in a COED condition
and steambOatmen will not grumble at
paying wharfage.
The funeral Of Captain Tom w.
Zeno was well attended this afternoon
by his steamboat friends.
The Jay Hardy, Captain Billy
Davis in command, sails to-day for
Island 81 and the upper coast.
The Centennial, for st. Louis,
passed Vicksburg yesterday morning
at am and is due here tomorrow.
The Alex. Kendall, en- route from
New Orleans 70 st, Louis, and twenty
i've days out, passed. up yesterday.
For a second edition Of the LED
GER see the Appeal. There is Moore
in it than you think for.
Dan Moore, with his Robert Mitch
ell, will be along this evening on his
way to New Orleans.
The james D. Parker, en- route from
Memphis to Cincinnati, passed Evans
vile yesterday at Z am.
The James w. Gaff will leave Gin
cinnati tomorrow evening with a
grand Mardi-G ras excursion for Mem
phis. n
The Anchor line packet Fannie
Lewis leaves st. Louis this evening
for Memphis and will arrive here
Thursday,
The Bedford, out of Arkansas
river, bound for New Orleans with a
light trip of cotton, passed Yicksburg
yesterday morning.
The Paris c. Brown passed up last
night for Cincinnati. She added here
100 bales of Eastern bound cotton at
cheap rates.
The Jay Hardy bad in Is bales
of cotton and 11S sacks seed. She
was delayed on account of the weather
and breakage Of her wheel.
Miss Kate Mcdowell, the sweet
songstress Of the Novelty Troupe, is a
daughter Of the late Captain Mellow
ell, a well-known steamboatman,
Mr.. Frank Baker, the publisher
and editor Of that celebrated and
spicy paper, the Marine journal,
which is devoted to river interests, is
in the city soliciting for his paper.
The Red Wing, the celebrated
Adams Mail Line packet, left Vieks.
burg yesterday noon for Memphis and
will arrive Thursday morning, and
leave Friday evening with a return
trip.
The passengers South by the Golden
Crown compliment Captain Eugene l..
Shinkle and his associate officers in a
lengthy and fattering card in the New
Orleans papers
The famous passenger steamer
Charles Morgan will leave here Thurs.
day morning with a Mardi- Gras ex.
cursion for. New Orleans. She is one
of the best passenger steamers on the
river.
Captain VIM. Miller, with his new
steamer the Guiding Star, will leave
Cincinnati tomorrow for New Or
leans with a grand Mardi .Gras excur.
sion. She will leave here Saturday.
and arrive at New Orleans Monday.
The elegant passenger and freight
steamer, the Golden Crown, Captain
Eugene Shinkle in command. leaves
this evening for Cairo, Louisville
and Cincinnati, ticketing passengers
through to all points East.
The New Memphis and New Or.
leans packet Ed Richardson, bound
for Memphis, passed Vicksburg at II
am. and will arrive here Thursda,
morning, and leave on Saturday mex
with a return trip for New Orleans.
The Memphis and Cincinnati packet
Andy Baum, Captain Vinton in com
mand, with that clever gentleman
Captain Deems, in the office. leaves
tomorrow evening for Cairo, Louis.
vile and Cincinnati, ticketing paSsen
gers through to all points Fast.
The Batesyille, Captain Maumus. i,
the regular mail packet leaving thii
evening for Wittsburg and all points
on the st. Francis river. Captain ID
B. Abrahams, a worthy gentleman
has charge of the office, and is assisted
by Birdie Banning, one of the clever.
est boys that runs the river.
The L. c. Mccormack, a small
steamer running between Marietta anC
GAINESVILLE, on the Muskingum river
exploded her boilers when near Bev.
erly on Saturday, killing the fireman
Mike Havemeyer, and severely scald.
ing Captain Martin, two Of the crew
and three passengers. The boat sunk
a few minutes after the explosion.
, Captain AID Storm. the efficient and
accommodating superintendent of the
Anchor Line at this point, last even.
ing received adyices from Commodore
/ Scudder stating that navigation wa.
fully resumed at st. Louis. and that
all Anchor Line boats would leave or
regular time.
The splendid steamer George w
Cheek Captain Stacker Lee in com.
mand, is the regular Lee Mail Line
packet leaving this evening for Friar't
Point, carrying the mail and givin.
prompt attention to all way business.
Billy Houston, a gentleman with
whom it is a pleasure to travel and de
huqinaas controle tho omco aseteto,