Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-02
Little stir on the leyes.
Fine shower last evening.

rlne shower last evening.
Prospects for a coal boat rise at
Pittsburg are not very iattering.
No departures at New Orleans yes
terday.
The w. 2. Halliday from st. Louis
arrived at New Orleans yesterday.
The Gilmore and barges left St.
Louis last evening for New Orleans.
The Golden Crown, from Cincin-
natl, arrived at New Orleans to-day.
The Cons Millar leaves Cincinnati
this evening for Memphis.
The Illinois is the Thursday packet
for Arkansas City.
The Mercer, with a tow of empties.
passed up last evening.
The Grand Lake and barges passed
up yesterday afternoon for St. Louis.
The Maumelle cleared last evening
for Arkansas river with an excellent
trip.
The KehlOr will be down the latter
part of the week on her way to New
Orleans.
Thomas Griffith and Henry McNutt
went out as pilots on thelMaumelle
last evening.
The Golden Rule, en- route from
New Orleans to Cincinnati, passed
Cairo yesterday at 2 pm.
The Batesville returned to st.
Francis river with a good freight trip
and a fair passenger list.
The Milt Harry, Capt. McArtruh.
is the regular Saturday White river
mail packet.
Captain John W. Cannon is sick
again at New Orleans.
Mr.. Andy A. Rowland, of the
Natchez, is cleaning out his boilers at
Hot Springs.
The United States dredgeboat Os-
wegO is aground in the trap at Pitts
burg.
The Golden City, bound for New
Orleans, added 5000 boxes starch at
Madison, Indiana.
The Golden City will be down Sat
urday morning for New Orleans.
John Morris, late of the A. G. Dom
nally, has purchased the bar privile ges
on the new steamer Ariadne.
Local inspectors Ralston and Gro
nauer returned yesterday from Cairo
whittier they had been on an inspect
ing tour.
Major John Hardin while up the
country will contract for a light
draught packet for the Arkansas river
to ply between Little Rock and Pine
Bluff.
The Belle Memphis cleared last
evening on time for st. Louis with q
good list Of people and a fair freight
list.
The big boats of the Henderson
Mail Line have laid up, aud the
Fashion, Anderson and B. S. Rhe;
have taken their places.
Mr.. johnson, engineer in charge o
the river survey party at Point Pleas
ant, has been ordered to disband hi
force and report at once to st. Louis
Captain Dan Moore is prospecting
at Cairo for a trip from that point t
New Orleans with his fine steamer
the Robert Mitchell.
The river reporters of the Globe
Democrat and Times journal, St
Louis, are calling each other names
and it's all about nothing-that'
what they put in their columns.
The big Jim Howard, of the Ancho
Line, Captain James 0'Neal, is re
c%eiving for Cairo and st. Louis, anC
leaves this afternoon at FIVE o'clock
Captain Woods presides at the desk
The City of Alton, of the Anchor
Line, leaves st. Louis this evening fol
New Orleans, and leaves here Satur
day next at 5 pm.
The United States sloop-of-wa
Wachusett left Vicksburg yesterda,
at daylight for st. Louis, and is due
here tomorrow. She will be here Il
help celebrate the glorious Fourth.
The r. O. Stanard and John D
Scully, en- route from New Orleans tt
st. Louis, passed Vicksburg YESTERDAY
morning, the former at 8 and the latte.
at 8 am.
The City of Vicksburg, from st
Louis, arrived at Vicksburg last nigh
and left there at II am. to-day with {
return trip.
The hull of Captain j. G. Andrews
new boat, now building at Dean,
Island for the machinery of the Mar,
Ament, was launched on Monday anC
will be pushed to completion.
One item of the cargo of the Il. o
StaHard, bound for st. Louis, is 50Ol
sacks salt, which she carries iron
New Orleans to st. Louis at 81 cent
per sack.
The John B. Scully, now en- rout
from New Orleans to st. Louis, wi
be placed in the 81. Louis and Cap
Girardeaq trade in opposition to tn
Anchor Line.
i. The following telegram explain
itself
ST. Louis, July Id. b. FRANKLIN
agent, Memphis Steamer Molli
Moore leaves Thursday positively
Freight coming down lively.
JNo. B. DAVIS, Master.
We are glad to learn that Mr.
Charley Bourne, who has been quit
sick for several days past, is ppcl
better this morning and rapidly i'm
proving, and will soon be able to re
sumo his duties on the wharfboat.
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