Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-24

barges.
Wrecks Of coal and fat-boats passed
down in the drift and ice this morning.
Unless there should be a sudden
change the bends people should pre-.
pare for a big river.
The Andy Baum, for Memphis. and
Golden Rule, for New Orleans. leave
Cincinnati tomorrow.
No ice in the harbor at Cincinnati
yesterday and navigation and river
business resumed.
The City Of Augusta and c.. p.
Uhouteau, from Memphis, arrived at
New Orleans yesterday.
The new Memphis and New Orleans
packet Ed Richardson left Louisville
yesterday for New Orleans.
The steamers Lucy Gastrell and
Guiding Star for New Orleans left
Cincinnati yesterday morning.
The Coahoma will resume her reru-
lar trips in the Friar's Point trade on
Monday next.
The wharfboats have returned to
the wharf at Evansville, and nayiga-
ton and business is fully resumed.
The Adams Line packet Katvdid
lett Ficksburg yesterday for Arkansas
The towboat Annie Kelly, cut down
by the ice at Wheeling, w. Va, was
raised yesterday.
The Silverthorne, on route from
Evansville to Memphis, arrived at
Cairo last night.
The Florence Meyer, from New Or
leans, left Little Rock Yesterday for
Fort Smith.
The Mary Houston will pass up this
evening for the Ohio river with 1905
tons of freight, principally sugar and
molasses.
The City of Vicksburg will leave
Cairo to-day for Vieksburg, and leave
here Sunday.
The Josie Harry, Captain Milt
Harry, will arrive to-day from White
and leave tomorrow evening
with a return trip.
The steamers Annie Z. Silver.
Golden Crown and Belle of Shreye,
port, which left here a few days since.
arrived safely at Cairo yesterday.
The wharfboat which was to have
been placed at Lawrenceburg was
sunk by the ice at Pomeroy.
H. B. Hays & Brother lost six emp-
ty coalboat bottoms from their run AT
ferry Wednesday evening.
They are valued at $500 each.
The Sam Roberts and barges cot
away last evening for Evansville. She
added here 800 bales of Eastern bound
cotton via the Evansville route.
The funeral Of Captain John Ed
son this morning was well attended by
steambOatmen, many of his old com
rades paying the last sad rites to a
departed friend.
A young boat hand named Homel
several weeks ago struck a lad named
Mccormick, while on the Vint Shin
kle. Mccormick died, and Homel is
now held for his alleged murder.
The Illinois brought in Yesterday
229 bales and 81 bags of cotton, 7O5
SKIS seed and sundries, and returned
last night to Arkansas City with a
splendid trip Of freight aud people.
The imperial steamer Thomson
Dean will arrive here Sunday and
leave Tuesday with a return trim 10
New Orleans. Freight will be ro-
ceived for her at all times at the Lee
wharfbOat.
The Anchor Line packet Grand
Tower. Captain Lennox in command,
left Nicksburg yesterday noon for
Cairo and st. Louis, and will arrive
here tomorrow morning and leave in
the evening.
The Henry Frank cleared last even
ing for New Orleans with BOO bales
1000 sacks oil meal. 1900 sacks oil cake.
$50 barrels -four and sundries and b
cabin passengers. She has engage
ments below to fill her out and she will
GO. into New Orleans with tho largest
trip of the season.
The favorite Ohio river passenger
steamer Charles Morgan left Evans.
vile yesterday for New Orleans and
will be due here Sunday. She offers
greater inducements to both shippers
and travellers than any other boat ply-
ing in the trade.
The fine steamer Vint Shinkle, of
the Memphis and Cincinnati Packet
Line, leaves tomorrow evening for the
Ohio river. Captain SteAing McIn.
tyre commands, with Captain Lindsay
in the Office. Captain Lightburne
will make engagements for her.
The Katie Hooper, Captain Ed
Rowland, will be found in port this
evening receiving tor Arkansas river.
and leaves tomorrow evening, going
through to Little Rock, carrying the
mail and doing all way business.
Jimmy Thompson does the honors of
the Office.
The George W. Cheek, Captain
Stacker Lee, is the regular mail pack
ct of the Lee Line, leaving here this
evening for Friar's Point, carrying the
mail and giving special attention oall
way business. Billy Smither. the
popular clerk OF the Coahoma, does
the honOrs Of the Office.
Captain j. +. Noel, a prominent
9teambOatman and commander of the
John B. Maude when she piled in the
Memphis and New Orleans trade, died
at FlOryville on Thursday last of n
paralytic stroke. His remains. accom-
by his son, were brought up On
Illinois yesterday afternoon. and
will be taken to st. Louis for inter-
ment. The deceased was wall on6