Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-27

Inc JOnn Dlppold ana Darses
bound for New Orleans, are due down
to-day.
The Thomas Sherlock added here
$50 bales of Eastern bound cotton and
a large lot of walnut lumber,
The 0sceola Belle is the regular
mail packet leaving tomorrow even
ing for Osceola and the upper coast.
The Anchor Line packet John B.
Maude left Vieksburg yesterday at IL
am, and will arrive here tomorrow.
The Andy Baum, from Memphis,
and Mary Houston, from New Or
leans, arrived at Cincinnati this morn
ing.
The Vint Shinkle cleared last even
ing for Cincinnati with 1850 bales cot
ton, 90 bbls oil, 10 tons scrap iron and
sundries and 30 cabin passengers.
The John A. Seudder passed up last
evening for st. Louis with 400 tons of
freight. She added here 100 bbls of
potatoes and a list of Eastern bound
cotton.
The towboats Abner 0'Neal and
Dick Fulton, with tows of coal, 129,-
600 bushels in all, left Pittsburg yes
terday for Louisville.
The Katie Hooper is due from Ar
kansas river with a big trip of cotton
and other freights, and leaves on
Saturday with a return trip for Little
Rock.
The Grand Tower put of here GO
bales cotton and adds 1000 feet lum-
Der and 800 bales of Eastern bound
cotton.
Captain j. c. Woods, of the Kitty
Woods, was robbed Tuesday night at
G~alliopolis, Ohio, of money and pa
pers taken from under the head of his
berth.
The Annie P. Silver leaves St.
Louis this evening for New Orleans,
and will be followed on Saturday by
the new steamer w. p. Halliday.
The Colorado, of the Anchor Line,
left st. Louis last evening for Vicks-
burg, and will leave here Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock.
Another packet will be introduced
in the Cincinnati and Evansville trade
within a couple of weeks, perhaps
either the Fashion or Fawn, both good
starnWhael steamare
The magnificent new and White
river mail packet Josie Harry, Capt.
Milt Harry in command, will arrive
tomorrow from White river with a
big trip of cotton, and leaves on Sat
urday with a return trip, going through
to Jacksonport.
The City of Helena passed down at
noon for Vicksburg with a splendid
trip. She discharged here 900 pkgs
sundries, 856 bbls -four, and 200 sacks
bran, and added 10 tons for points
below.
Ben Laughlin and John d. Dean,
son of Captain VIM. Dean, have
formed a partnership under the style
of Laughlin & Dean, and engaged in
the boat store business at Pittsburg.
The Illinois, Captain John B.
Davis, came in this morning with 4G
bales and IA bags of cotton and sun
dries. She lost several hours last
night by fog. She having been sold
to Major Adams, enters the Adams
Line in the Vicksburg trade.
United States Local inspectors
Fisher and Devenny have revoked the
license of Pilot Charles Alloway, for
sinking a barge against one of the
piers Of the Newport bridge, with the
ferryboat Favorite, on the occasion Of
the excursion TO meet Captain Paul
Boyton.
Edward NJ. Shield, Esq, the well
known practical engineer and machin.
list, an old resident of Cincinnati, dice
at his home in Loveland, O., Tuesday
morning at 2 O'Clock, of heart disease.
in the sixty-ffth year Of his age. The
deceased and his brother, Geo. Shield
deceased, were noted as famous steam
engine builders.
The suit of Jos. w. Spears brough.
against the G. P. Chouteau in the U
s.. District Court at New Orleans
sueing for the seasons wages, wa,
decided on Friday last. The courI
awarded Mr. Spears $l25, one month
wages, and ordered the boat to pay
costs of the suit.
The swift and elegant Anchor Line
packet Grand Tower, Captain I.ehnox
leaves the cOmpany's wharf boat this
evening at 5 o'clock for Cairo and st
Louis, attending to all bend business
and making direct connection with
the principal railroads for all point,
East and West. Tom White is hel
purser.
The superb passenger steamer and
regular mail packet the George w
Check, Captain Stacker Lee in com
mand, leaves this evening at sharp
o'clock for Friar's Point, paying stric
attention to all way and plantation
business. w. w. Huston, a courte
GUS gentleman and efficient clerk, con
trolls the office, assisted by Nat Banks
Major John d. Adams purchase,
yesterday of Mr.. N. NJ, Jones tn.
steamers Illinois, Phil Allin and tn.
machinery of the A. j. White. TIL,
Illinois will take the place of the Re-
Wing in the Vicksburg trade, an,
Major Adams will build two new anC
elegant packets this summer for tn,
machinery of the Phil Allin and tn,
A, j. White.
Major John Hardin, superintendent
Of the Memphis and Arkansas rive,
U. S. Mail Line, received a telegram
at IL am. from Captain John Darragh
dated Little Rock, stating that The
river had fallen four inches there. II,
is having a bulkhead built around thu