Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-25


hull, 2S feet beam, "a feet floor.
30 feet; hold, z feet; engines, y
inches; z feet, Rees' cutoff: 4 steel
boilers, a inches in diameter. % feet
long, Z aues full length cabin and
texas-all complete, ready for the fall
trade.
MesSrs. Carroll & Coz, wharfboat
proprietors and commission and for
warding merchants, at Friar's Point.
is a solid institution, and all business
entrusted to them will meet with
prompt attention. They ship nearly
all the cotton Of CoahOma county. and
receive and forward merchandise salts
f~actorily to their patrons; hence the
extensive business they are doing.
The popular lower coast packet
Geo. W. Check, of the Lee Mail Line.
Captain Stacker Lee in command
leaves this evening for Friar's Point.
carrying the mail, attending PROMPTLY
to all way business and making ali
landings on schedule time, thus avoid
ing detention. w. w. Houston. a
gentleman recognized for his integrity.
prompt attention to business and uni
yersal courtesy, is her chief clerk
seconded by Nat Banks.
The Belle st. Louis, Captain ]. IT
Cartwright, OIL the Anchor Line. came
in this morning from st. Leuis with a
good trip, The following are the
principal items of her cargo 200
bbls -four and meal, 165 casks bacon.
469 sacks corn, 800 pieces bulk meat
and 1900 pkgs sundries. She leaves
the company w~harfboat, foot of Mon.
roe street, this evening with a return
trip for Cairo and st. Louis, doing all
bend business and connecting with
the principal railroads for all points
East and West.
The Hard Cash, Captain Ed Postal.
came in this morning from White
river with 245 bales cotton, Z SKIS seed
cotton, 40 SKIS seed and Is pkgs sun
dries, and reshipped at the mouth 1856
bales cotton. She also had a fair list
of people. She is receiving at the
foot of Court street, and leaves to-
morrow evening with a return trip.
going through to Jacksonport and
making close connection with light
draft steamers for upper White and
Black rivers.
The palatial passenger steamer Qua
chita Belle, of the Adams Mail Line.
in command of that practical and
popular boatman Captain Mark Cheek.
leaves this evening for Vicksburg. car
ryingthe mail, paying strictattention to
all way business and making close con
n%eetion at Yicksburg with the New
Orleans and Yazoo river packets, civ
ing through bills of lading to Delta
and all points on Yazoo river. The
Belle has no superior as a passenger
steamer and is a safe and reliable car
rier, Captain Lee Cummins, a gen
tleman with whom it is a pleasure to
travel and do business, is her chief
clerk, and has associated with him in
theofice two clever gentlemen, Messrs.
Neil Booker and Lee Cummins, jr.
The famous and popular passenger
steamer j.. w. Calf, Captain Bob
Wise in command, came in this
morning with a big trip. The follow
ing are the principal items of her
cargo: l29 pkgs furniture 1924 dry,
aud 50 wet and 5l3 empty bbls; 936
kegs nails, 657 bales hay; q casks
meat, 1874 pkgs glassware, 562 pkgs
hollow ware, III boxes ink, 1241 SEEKS
corn, 81 dozen brooms, 230 rolls paper
40 SEEKS bran, 70 gr~indstones, 81
cases canned goods, 116 pkgs iron, 4C
bundles collars, % SEEKS cotton-seed
q plows, ID bundles gaspipo, Is boxes
eggs, ID bale cases, IL bundles barre
beds, 2 bales cotton, 225 pkgs sun
dries. She had also q large passen.
ger list, including a number of ex-
curslonists from points along the
Ohio river. She leaves tomorrow
evening with a return trip for Cairo.
Louisville and Cincinnati, ticketing
passengers through to all points East
at exceedingly low rates. Captain
Wash Thompson, who is one of the
most popular boatmen on the river,
and a perfect gentleman, has charge
Of the Office, while Colonel Billy Col
Inns, the popular steward, and General
Byers, the medical gentleman, con-
tinues to aid in entertaining the
guests Of this popular steamer. Capt.
Bob Wise gives a grand excursion
from here this trip, giving excursion
rates through to Cincinnati. At Pa
duch, where she is quite a %favorite,
she gets 30 excursionists; at Metropo-
lis she adds a few, and gets quite a
number at Evansville and Shawnee
town, 30 she will have a gala trip
up, one of mirth and pleasure.
Colonel Billy Byers informs us that
Captain Bob Wise will not only give
excursionists low rates but entertain
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