Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-12

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The City of Augusta has quit the
Ouachita river trade and will most
probably be sold to parties from
Mobile, who are negotiating for her.
Captain Ed Postal, of the Hard
Cash, is the happy father Of a 14-lb
boy baby, and he is as proud of it as
he is of his popular packet.
The Paris G. Brown en- route from
New Orleans to Cincinnati. passed
Iicksburg yesterday morning at one
o'clock and is due here tomorrow
morning,
The river opened at Dubuque on
Monday. The opening is the earliest
ever known following a hard winter.
Teams crossed on the ice on Saturday
last.
Major John d. Adams has pur-
chased Captain John Woodburne's
interest in the steamer Katydid, and
now owns the whole boat.
The whartboat at Rodney with
$1,000 dollars worth of merchandise
was consumed by fire Monday morn
ing last.
The new White river mail packet
Josie Harry will arrive Friday morn
ing from White river, and leave on
Saturday, her regular day, with a
return trip.
The j. w. Gaf will arrive to-mor-
row morning from Cincinnati witt. a
full cargo Of Western products, and
leave Saturday evening with a return
trip for the Ohio river.
The popular lower coast packet
Illinois, Captain John d. Davis, will
arrive tomorrow morning and leave
tomorrow evening for Arkansas City,
special attention to all way
business.
The new Anchor Line packet City
OF Greenyille will be finished next
week and leave Louisville on the goth
inst. for New Orleans. She is said to
be one of the best steamers ever con-
structed by the Towards.
The Lucy Il. Gastrell started as
ANEW Orleans and Natchez packet /;
then ran to Grand Gulf, and now to
Davis Bend. If she keeps on she will
be a Nicksburg and New Orleans
packet.
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The Henry Frank from Memphis
arrived at New Orleans yesterday
morning with 4400 bales of cotton and
SKIS cotton seed Gil meal and
cake, and leaves there this evening
with a return trip for Memphis.
The Marine Engineers Mutual Aid
Association is one of the institutions
OF st. Louis, its object being the
elevation and maintenance of the
Of the craft. 1t will commend
itself to the fraternity.
The Belle of Shreveport passed IN
yesterday afternoon with a good up
stream trip. She put off here 81 hhds
and 2 bbls sugar, 10 bbls molasses and
10 sacks coffee and added a few small
lots of freight.
The Marlin Speed was raised yester-
day and returned to Little Rock and
took on her cargo and left Little Rock
this morning for Memphis. Her
damages were very light and her re-
pairs can be made with a side dock.
Captain j. D. Hegler is accompanied
this trip by his wife and daughter on
his popular steamer the Golden City.
to New Orleans and return. We arc
glad to announce that Mrs. Hegler'.
health is improving.
The Joe Kinney, with a barge in
tow, passed up last evening for st
Louis with 500 tons of sugar and mo.
lasses. She put off here 4 hhds and
60 bbls sugar, i bbls molasses, 81 bxs
wine, 30 bbls sweet potatoes and 81
pkgs sundries.
Colonel Frank Baker, editor and
proprietor of the Marine journal.
sailed on the Golden Rule YESTERDAY
on a voyage up the river. He disem-
banks at Cairo and proceeds to st
Louis, and from thence to Cincin.
natl.
Mr.. Charley Bouren, chief clerk Of
Captain j. T. Washington staff in
connection with Captain Washing
tons wharfboat business, will run the
Adams Mail Line office, No. 3 Madi-
son street, in place of Captain ed
Crowell who has goneto Donaldsonville
to take command of the Katydid.
The Anchor Line packet Gold
Dust, Capt. John T. McCord, leaves
the company's harfboat this evening
at 5 o'clock sharp for New Orleans.
making all principal way landings.
She is an Al carrier, has palatial
passenger accommodations and will "a
through with dispatch.
Captain Lew Katcs, the commander
of the Thos, Sherlock, is figuring with
boat builders for a fine sternwhee.
passenger steamer for the New Or.
leans trade. The st. Mary's engines
will be used in the new boat. She
will be similar to the Golden Grown
and Golden Rule.
Mr.. NJ. Shields, the medicine mar
who owns and runs the bar on the
Maumelle, came over Yesterday from
Little Rock and takes charge ON the
arrival here Of the saloon on the
Golden City, of which he Is also pro-
prietor, and will remain on her the
remainder Of the season.
The City of Alton, Captain Bixby
Of the Anchor Line, leaves the An.
Choir Line wharfboat this evening at
5 o'clock, sharp, for Cairo and St.
Louis, attending to all bend business
and making close connection with the
principal railroads at Cairo and st.
Louis for all points East and West.
The Kouptz Line steamer Mollie
Moore left st. Louis on Monday for
New Orleans. Her rates on Memphis