Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-25
MISCELLANEOUS

to the mouth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clear.
Lovely weather.
Fair movement in freights.
Considerable stir on the levee.
The Bedford loads at Ironton for
St. Louis.
The Guiding Star, from Cincinnati,
arrived at New Orleans to-day.
The Centennial is on the docks at
st. Louis undergoing repairs.
The Osceola Belle and Shields. for
the upper coast, had fair trips out.
The Paris G. Brown left Louisville
yesterday morning for New Orleans.
The John Means and barges left
New Orleans Sunday night for St.
Louis.
Thegovernment suryeyboat Octavia
passed up yesterday afternoon for
Cairo.
The Illinois and Coahoma, for the
lower coast, had excellent trips out
last night.
Captain r. B. Granger is lying dan
gerously i'll at the Charity Hospital at
New Orleans.
The lighthouse tender steamer
Alice left st. Louis last evening for a
cruise south.
Captain James Reese, jr., left last
night for Jacksonville, Florida, on a
prospecting trip,
The Towards will soon build a large
gulf schooner similar to those they
have already built.
The Henry Frank, en- route from
Memphis to New Orleans, passed
Vicksburg yesterday at 2 pm.
The New Orleans packets feed then
passengers on new peas, new potatoes
and strawberries for desert.
The Raven has five barges up the
Wabash river which are being loaded
with bulk corn for New Orleans.
The Katie Hooper will be the next
mail packet due from the Arkansas
river. She is coming out with a bis
trip.
The City of Helena, of the Anchor
Line, left st. Louis last evening fol
Vieksburg, and leaves here Thursday
at 10 am.
The Golden Crown leaves Cincin.
natl this evening for New Orleans, anC
the }. w. Calf leaves there tomorrow
for Memphis.
The Belle Memphis cleared last
evening for st. Louis with a fair trip
She added here 597 bales of Eastern
bound cotton and several lots of mis-.
cellaneous freight.
Captain Ed Crowell writes us thaI
he is doing very well with his lower
coast mail packet, the Katydid, and i,
well pleased with the trade.
The Red Wing left Vicksburg yes
terday noon for Memphis. She will
arrive Thursday morning, and leave
Friday with a return trip.
The Grand Tower, of the Anchor
Line, left Vicksburg yesterday at Il
a. m. for st. Louis. She will arrive to.
morrow night and leave Thursday
evening.
The big Jim Howard leaves st
Louis this evening for New Orlean.
with a grand excursion, and will
arrive here Friday morning and leave
on Saturday,
The John A. Scudder, of the An.
Choir Line, passed Vicksburg las
evening at 5 o'clock, bound for St
Louis, and will be due here to-mor.
row night.
Captain James M. Vandergrift ha.
resigned command of the Rhoads, anC
is succeeded by Capt. Brack Cock, hel
principal owner. Capt. Vandergrift
goes on Capt. Wash Honshell's new
Clifton.
The elegant steamer Golden Rule
Captain 0. p. Shinkle, will leave
Gleen's wharfboat this evening at
o'clock for New Orleans, making al
principal way landings. Mr.. Shaw
presides at the desk.
Captain Ben Magnify, who Is vel
known in marine circles, and one o.
the ~jolliest marines that ever walked
a quarter deck, is connected with tn,
Colville Troupe. Ben has a legion o
friends in this territory.
The little steamer Nonesuch, bull
at Dardanelle, passed Van Buren, YES.
terday on her way up the Arkansas
river to Arkansas City, Kansas, tw,
hundred and seventy.fve miles abov,
Fort Gibson.
Mrs. Catherine Walker, widow Of
the late Capt. B. j. Butler, formerly o
Yicksburgand Cincinnati, died in New
Orleans last Thursday, at the resi-
dence of her s~on-in-law, Mr.. G. 7
Lathrop.
The new Anchor Line steamer CITY
Of Greenyille, just finished by thu
Towards, left Louisville yesterday fol
st. Louis to receive her furniture anC
outfit. They say she is a beauty, anC
one Of the finest steamers ever bull
for the Anchor Line Packet Company
The good steamer D~yersburg, Capt
G. j. Berry, leaves this evening at
o'clock for Dyersburg and ForkeC
Deer river she will also attend to al
way business along the upper coast
b. b. Pendleton is her efficient anC
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