Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-16


Captain Dud Broadhurst will have
his tug, the Night Hawk, ready for
towing and jobbing in a few days.
The Ouachita Belle, leaving this
evening for Greenville, will positively
not receive freight after five o'clock.
The new steamer, r. r. Springer
Captain Henry Harris new packet,
leaves Cincinnati this evening for New
Orleans.
Barge No. 81 is being loaded at
Glenn's wharfboat for New Orleans.
She gets 1000 SKIS oil cake and 1,46O
bbls oil.
The Katie Hooper is due from Ar
kansas river with a good list of cotton
and will arrive probably tomorrow
morning.
The Katie Kountz, one Of the scalp
ing line, is due down bound for Ar
kansas river. She has a lot Of freight
for this port.
Dan Bachino, who owned the bar
on the Thompson Dean under Captain
James Peppers administration, has
purchased the bar on the new steamer
Fred Blanks.
The Guiding Star, en- route from
New Orleans to Cincinnati, passed
Yicksburg Sunday at 4p. m, and is
due here to-day.
Will Darragh is suffering from a
bilious attack, and will not be able to
go out on his boat, the Hattie Now
land this evening.
The Grand Tower cleared last night
for st. Louis, after adding here 1,106
bales of eastern bound cotton, which
She re-ships at Cairo.
The steamer D~yersburg came in
this morning from Dyersburg with
299 bales cotton, 3 bags of seed cotton
and a lot of sundries.
The Golden Rule leaves New Or
leans this evening for Cincinnati, and
will be followed on Thursday by the
new steamer VIM. Kyle,
The Andy Baum en- route from
Cincinnati to Memphis, passed Evans
vile last night at seven o'clock, and
is due here Thursday morning.
The LEDGER Job Printing Office
and Book Bindery, ID Madison, exc
cutes everything in their Inc as neat
and cheap as any house in this city +
The Colorado. of the Anchor line,
left st. Louis yesterday for Memphis,
and will arrive here tomorrow night.
She leaves Tuesday with a return trip.
Martin Fellow, engineer of the oil
boat Exchange, of st. Louis, got
caught in the machinery of the boat at
Vicksburg, yesterday, and was instant.
ly killed.
Considerable of the cotton SEED
! which has been laying on the levee fol-
several weeks, was carried away Sun.
day and yesterday by the rapid rise
of the river.
The Annie P. Silver and Kehlor
from St. Louis, and L. NJ. Norton anC
barges, from the Ohio river, and Col
den Rule from Cincinnati, arrived a
New Orleans yesterday.
The Henry Frank will arrive to.
morrow from New Orleans, and viii
leave on Thursday with a return trip
= Freight will be received for her at al
times at the Il. Il. Lee wharfboat.
The Bedford, which added here 40t
bales of cotton and a lot of oil cake
> and left on Friday last for New
: Orleans, was reported aground Satur
day night at Island 81, about 80 mile.
below Helena.
j, The I. f. Eckert arrived yesterday
! noon from the wreck Of the Belle St
Louis with her machinery. She had
also a barge in tow which was loaded
with freight and other stuff recovered
, from the wreck.
The two large and elegant Memphi,
and New Orleans packets, the Ed.
Richardson and James Howard, will
after this trip, get on their regular
; days and will leave here for New
Orleans on opposite Saturdays.
4, The City of Vicksburg passed dowr
this morning at 10 o'clock for Vicks-
=. burg with a splendid trip of frcigh.
and fair list Of people. She put of
. here a few hundred packages of freight
and added 20 tons for points below
The Hard Cash, Captain Ed Postal
will arrive tonight from White river
with another large list of cotton, anC
will leave tomorrow evening with Z
return trip, going through to Jackson.
port. Charley Postal and John Wyck.
off are her clever and accommodating
clerks.
i The Future City, with a tow o.
barges, which left New Orleans Sun
Q day for St. Louis, broke a piston roc
and blew out a cylinder head, a shor
= distance above New Orleans yester.
day morning, and returned to the city
for repairs.
The James Howard leaves New Or