Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-18

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One item Of the Golden Rules
cargo, bound s.for New Orleans, is
800 kegs nails.
A. II. Garland, United States sena-
tor from Arkansas, is an old steamboat
clerk.
John Greenough, a we'll known
Mississippi river clerk, is now a resi-
dent of Jefferson City, Mo.
Rates on freights from St. Louis to
New Orleans rule at l0c per hun
dred, and Zoe per barrel on -four.
About 10000 tons of freight per
week are leaving st. Louis for points
South.
The Gold Dust, of the Anchor
Line, arrived at Vicksburg yesterday,
and leaves there to-day at II am. for
st. Louis.
The little steamer General Miles is
now running in the place of the John
Oyerton while the latter is making re-
pairs.
The Batesyille will arrive to-mor-
row morning from St. Francis river
with a good list Of cotton and other
freights.
The New Orleans Anchor Line
steamers are being supplied with
Lemp's refrigerating boxes. The
James Howard took South the first.
The Josie Harry exchanged signals
with Paul Boyton at Laconia, a short
distance below the mouth Of White
river, yesterday morning.
The tug Vandeburg left this morn
ing for Haile's Point to get a tow of
staye barges, which she takes to New
Orleans.
The Anchor Line steamer City of
Vicksburg leaves st. Louis to-day for
Vicksburg and leaves here Monday
next.
The present rate on bulk grain from
st. Louis to New Orleans is 81 cents
per bushel. All rail rate to New
York was lately Is cents per 100.
Captain 0. A. Doud has resigned
the command of the towbeat Alice
Brown and has connected himself with
Mcdonald 4 Co., at P~ittsburg.
The new boat which the Towards
will construct for the New Orleans
and Grand Ecore trade will be named
the John Sinnott.
Stark, who had his skull fractured
on the Katie Stockdale last Monday
week by a colOred %roustabOut, died in
the hospital at Pittsburg on Tuesday
night.
The John Gilmore and barges, for
st. Louis, passed up yesterday after
noon. She dropped a model barge
here, to be loaded by Captain Glenn
with oil cake and meal.
Captain John n. Gwathmey, late
chief clerk of the Illinois, came W
last night from Terrene on the Josie
Harry. The captain has been down
the river settling up the unfinished
business of the Illinois.
A $1,000 granite monument, made
in Cincinnati, weighing II tons, q
feet in height, with a base of 81 feet
has been erected over the remains Of
, the late Captain John r. Smither, in
the cemetery at Gallipolis, Ohio.
The Colorado, Captain Sam Nc
Pheeters, of the Anchor Line, leave,
the company's wharf boat tomorrow
! at ) pm, for Cairo and st. Louis
} doing all bend business and maxim,
/, closing connection with the principa
railroads for all points East and West
> w. H. Brown & Co., of Pittsburg
have contracted for a tOwboat 225 fee
long, AZ feet beam and 6 feet hold
cylinders rs inches, 10 feet stroke
with Rees' cut off; 4 steel boilers, Al
inches in diameter, q feet long, anC
. to be completed by fall.
( 1t used to be the howl out West
Lo! the poor Indian The lanC
agents have caused a change by in
ducing the negroes to go West, ant
the cry now is, "Lo the poor niger,
and he can't get any "lo-er '-fnan
cially.
The Golden City, Captain Hegler
will leave Glenn's wharfbOat to
morrow at Ppm. for Cairo, Louisvill,
and Cincinnati. She has excellen
passenger accommodations, and will
, go through with dispatch. Captain
Billy Mcintyre is her purser.
Captain Billy Dean, a wealth,
e planter on Arkansas river, arrived il
' the city yesterday per steamer Kati
Hooper. The colonel owns the Nc
2 Gregory place and is running one o
t two plantations adjacent to his.
The big James Howard, Captain
James O'Neil, of the Anchor Line
9 will leave the company's wharfboai
b foot Of Monroe street, tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock for New 0rlean,
n making all principal way landing,
:, Captain Woods, an affable gentleman
: holds forth in the office.
The Katie Hooper, Captain Il
: Rowland, is receiving at the Le
: wharPboat for Arkansas river an
: leaves tomorrow evening, goin
! through to Little Rock, carrying tn
7 mail and doing all way business. Car
tain Jimmy Thompson is her worth,
and efficient chief clerk.
The Guiding Star passed down las
evening for New Orleans with 100
tons of freight and q fair list of people
She made the run from Cairo to thi
. port in eighteen hours, She put o
here Is bbls grits and hominy an
added 1000 SKIS oil cake and meal.
The new and elegant passenge
steamer City of Greenville, of tn
: Anchor Line, Captain Shields i
command, leaves the company
wharf boat, foot of Monroe street, q
sharp FIVE O'Clock this evening fc