Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-29

vile yesterday at FIVE o'clock and will
arrive here tomorrow night.
Mr.. N. NJ. Jones, the coal king, was
a visitor on change at Cincinnati YES
terday. He is en- route home from an
extended Eastern trip.
The Grand Tower, of the Anchor
Line, left st. Louis last evening for
V%icksburg and leaves here Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock.
Little Red river rose % feet at
Fulton on Sunday night, and washed
the Iron Mountain railroad bridge
away at hat point.
Judge r. X. Howell has been ap.
pointed U. s. Commissioner, in place
of ex-COmmissioner Lane, who was
removed for malfeasance in Office by
Judge Billings.
The Alice Brown, with a tow OF
coal, for this port and Terrene. and
the Dick Foulton, with a tow of Goa
for Messrs. G. B. Bryan & Co., are
due down tomorrow.
The new Mary Houston, en- route
from Cincinnati to New Orleans. ar.
rived at Evansville yesterday after.
noon and lays over there until to-day
She will leave here Thursday evening
Captain A. j. Mcconnell arrived
from Pittsburg to-day and resume.
his position as chief clerk on one
Of the packets of the Memphis and
Arkansas River Mail Line.
1t is said that Commodore Rolling
pin, of st. Louis, will realize upward
of $500 from his lecture for the benef.
of the hero Dalton, who sacrificed hi
life on the ill-fated Chambers during
the yellow fever epidemic.
Captain R. P. Glenn is home again
and was circulating around this morn
ing among the merchants in the inter
est Of the various boats and transpor
tation lines which he so ably repre-
sents.
The Belle of Shreveport, Captain
Coghill, of the Anchor Line, viii
leave the company's wharf boat, foo
OF Monroe street. tomorrow mOrnin,
at 10 o'clock for New Orleans, maxim.
all principal way landings,
Hon, Joseph Brown, representa-
the Fast Mail Company, visited Bar
more Saturday to receive an estimate
for a number of propellers to carr
passengers and mail exclusively be
tween st. Louis and New Orleans an,
way points.
The 0sceola Belle, Captain J.. G
Andrews, is the regular mail packe
leaving tomorrow evening for Osceol
and all way landings on the uppe
coast. b. o. Michel, Cyrus Fay an
AL Speeres, a trio of clever gentle
men, are her clerks.
In a row at New Orleans yesterda
on the steamer w. p. Halliday anon
the negro roustabouts, George JonC
and James Glynn, two negro desperi
does, were killed, and another, nam
unknown, jumped overheard and wa
drowned.
Arkansas river is styled the steam
boat graveyard. There has bee
many a one buried in that stream, bl
Captain Ed Rowland fooled the gray,
digger out Of his pet steamer ii
Katie Hooper. He re~surrected hi
and brought her to life and in a fe
days she will be as good as ever.
The James Howard, Capt. O'Nea
of the Anchor Line, Will arrive t
morrow morning from New Orlean
AMI will leave the company's whar
boat at 5 o'clock sharp for Cairo an
st. Louis, making close connectic
with the principal railroads for a
points East and West. Capt. WOOD
does the honors of the office.
The Batesville, Captain j. D. Rar
dali, is the regular mail packet leavil
this evening for the st. Francis rive
making all way landings and goil
through to Wittsburg, making dire
connection with the light-draug'
steamer Annie for the Sunk Land
Birdie Banning, a clever young GENT
man, presides at the desk.
The Guiding Star passed up nei
midnight for Cincinnati with over 81
tons Of freight and 20 cabin passeI
gers, Among them was Captain
NJ. White, commander of the famol
steamer that bears his name, accou
! panied by his daughter. They are {
route to their old home in CloverpoI
KY. to spend the summer. She p
/, off here 62 hhds sugar, SO bbls mola
, SEES, 100 boxes oranges and lemons, II
bbls rice, 20 drums soda and 10 ok
%sundrics, and added several people.
!. The staunch and excellent ligh
draught steamer Maumelle. CAPITA
{ Reese Pritchard in command, is t
regular Memphis and Arkansas riv
G mail packet leaving this evening
{ sharp 9 o'clock for Little Rock and
points on Arkansas river, carrying t
mail, attending to all way busine
and making connection at the Ro
with a light-draught steamer for FC
Smith. Charley Musselman, who
one OF the best clerks on the riv,
and an affable gentleman, has char
e of the Office.
The old reliable and independe
White river packet Hard Cash, Ca
tain Ed G. Postal, came in last mig
from White river with 81 bales cote
1856 sacks seed, 5 bales hides, | c,
and So packages sundries. She h
IS also a fair list Of people. She is !
ceiving at the foot OF Court street
a return trip, and leaves to-morrI
evening at six o'clock, sharp,
d White river and all points through
,. Jacksonport, connecting there wi
=, light-draught steamers for upI
White and Black rivers. Char
Postal and j. G. Wyckoff, two of t
best fellows in the world, are