Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-03

OSNAoAAo ANAutnSA W AiioA .
Point with a splendid trip Of freight
and people.
The st. Elmo Belle is in the hands
of the United States marshal, at
Yicksburg.
The Batesville returned to St
Francis river last evening with a
splendid trip.
The Robert Mitchell is due down
the latter part Of the week, bound for
New Orleans.
The packets will not receive freight
on the day Of their departure after
five o'clock.
The hard shower of rain washed
considerable Of the filth off the levee
this morning.
The Cons Millar and James D.
Parker, enroute to Cincinnati, passed
Evansville to-day.
The steamboat engineers meet to-
night at 2O5 Main street, to form an
engineers organization.
The tug w. S. Thanhouser left
Louisville Monday with a tow Of pro-
duce barges for the south.
The hardrains to-day deferred ship
ments and checked the handling of
freights and cotton on the levee.
The steamers L. =. Gastrell and
Yazoo are in charge of the United
States marshal at New Orleans.
The Florence Meyer, out Of White
river, took into New Orleans 1888
bales of cotton, and $50 sacks seed.
The Alice Brown is due to-day
from the Ohio with a tow Of Pitts
burg coal for Messrs. Brown & Jones.
First-class printing at low rates at
the LEDGER Job Printing Office and
Book Bindery, No. 10 Madison. +
The w. ?. Halliday, and Norton
and barges for New Orleans, and Belle
Memphis for Memphis, left St. Louis
last evening.
The Charles Morgan added here
1852 SEEKS oil cake and 248 obs oil, and
got away last evening at five o'clock
for New Orleans,
The Fawn, for Evansville, will get
a good send off. She gets on this side,
400 bales, and,at Hopeheld, 800 bales
of Eastern bound cotton.
The Laura Davis en- route from New
Orleans to Memphis passed Yicksburg
yesterday at 3 p. M, and will arrive
here tomorrow morning.
The Carrier and John Dippold and
barges for st. Louis, and Sam Roberts
and barges for Cincinnati, left New
Orleans last evening.
The Wash Obenchain is enroute
from Cincinnati to Vicksburg, with
a tow of produce barges. She is due
here the latter part of the week.
The LEDGER Job Printing Office
and Book Bindery, ID Madison, IKE
cutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house in this city. I
Captain Lew Hates new Cincin-
natl and New Orleans packet, the
Will Kyle, leaves Cincinnati to-mor.
row for New Orleans on her maiden
trip.
John Boyd has retired from the
Josie Harry and Mr.. Aleck Waddel
an expert clerk and clever gentleman
succeeds him as second clerk of the
Josie.
Mr.. George Jones, who is we'll and
favorably known in travelling circles
has been appointed as passenger agent
to represent the Memphis & Charles.
ton railroad at the river.
The Cherokee cleared last night fol
New Orleans with $50 bbls oil. III
bales cotton and 175 empty bbls. She
has engagements at Helena, and below
there sufficient to fill her out.
Rousters and deck hands are asking
$50 and $35 per month at Cincinnati.
and Loui %sville, and laborers are de.
handing % cents per hour for dis.
charging and loading steamers.
The Yint Shinkle en- route from
Cincinnatit to Memphis passed Evans
; vile at 1o'clock yesterday. She vii
arrive here tomorrow and viii leave
=, on Saturday with return trip for Gin.
, cinnati.
A lady passenger on the j. w, Gaf,
e%nrGute East, was robbed of $40, al
the money she had, while the boat wa,
unloading above Louisville, The
officers of the steamer kindly offered
, to send through to her point of desti.
nation.
The following tow boats of the Goa.
feet left Pittsburg on Monday fol-
Cincinnati j. A. Gould, u pkgs
$4,000 bushels; Ed. Hobbs, 16 pkgs
$4,000 bushels; Sam Brown, 10 pkgs
$4,000 bushels Of coal and 1900
bushels of coke; John Perry, 10 pkgs
l78,5OO bushels of coal.
: The Joe Kinney, Captain Brolaski
! of the Anchor-line, will leave the
company's wharfboat tomorrow al