Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-19

Memphis to Cincinnati, passed Cairo
last evening.
The James Howard leaves st. Louis
Tuesday next for New Orleans ON a
grand excursion trip.
The 0uachita Belle cleared last
evening for V~icksburg with a splendid
trip OF freight and people,
The Vint Shinkle for Memphis. and
Golden Rule for New Orleans, leave
Cincinnati this evening.
The Anchor Line packet John B.
Maude leaves st. Louis to-day for
Memphis and Vicksburg.
The Gold Dust, for st. Louis. and
new Mary Houston, for Cincinnati.
left New Orleans last evening.
The heavy fall of snow at Cincin.
natl on Sunday suspended work in the
boat yards on Monday and yesterday.
The Guiding Star left Evansville
last night at nine o'clock for New
Orleans, and is due down tomorrow
evening.
The Colorado, from st. Louis. ar
rived at Vicksburg yesterday, and
leaves there to-day at II IN. with a
return trip.
The White river mail packet Josie
Harry will arrive here Friday and
leave on Saturday with a return trip
for White river.
The City of Alton, of the Anchor
Line, left st. Louis last evening for
New Orleans, and will leave here on
Friday morning.
Mr.. Frank Bryson, late second clerk
Of the Buckeye State. has accepted a
clerkship on one Of 1.-THE Davidson line
steamers this season.
Mr.. j, H. Carter, Commodore
ROllingpin) of the st. Louis Times.
is announced to lecture in New Or
leans next Friday night.
The Tidal Wave, which left St.
Louis last Thursday, arrived at Da-
venport Sunday evening, the first
through boat Of the season.
Captain M. NJ. Deem, chief clerk of
the Andy Baum, who has been quite
i'll at Cincinnati, was improving yes
terday with good hopes Of recovery.
The Wabash river is very high and
within four feet Of the big food of
1875, The food is doing much dam
age int the low lands, destroying fences.
crops, etc.
The Belle of Shreveport, loaded
HAT in the water, passed down at noon
for New Orleans. She put off here
some flour and meal.
The Red Wing, of the Adams Mail
Line, will arrive tomorrow morning
from Vicksburg, and leave Friday
evening with a return trip.
Captain R. H. Kerr, late of the
Granite State, has been appointed
superintendent at Pittsburg of the
Cincinnati and Pittsburg Packet Line.
The Eldorado passed up this morn
ing for Cincinnati. She put off here
ID barrels Of tar and added $40 bales
Eastern bound cotton.
The Andy Baum, Captain Vinton,
will arrive tomorrow from Cincinnati
with a full cargo of Western products,
and leaves on Saturday with a return
trip,
The Hattie Rowland left Little
Rock yesterday for Memphis with a
good showing of freight. She will
arrive here Friday morning and leave
Saturday evening with a return trip.
The Illinois, Captain Jno. B. Davis,
is the regular Thursday packet for
Arkansas City and the lower coast.
She will be found in port early in the
morning to receive, and will leave
promptly at 6 pm.
The Robert Mitchell passed down at
10 am. loaded down to the guards.
and she also had a good list of people.
She put off here u horses, but added
nothing, having all the freight she
wanted.
The Sam Roberts and barges. laden
with grain from the Ohio, passed down
yesterday afternoon for New Orleans.
She left three barges here containing
10000 barrels of salt, consigned to j.
K. Speed & Co.
Captain VIM. Hardwick, who is
running a large amount of corn by
hatboats to the lower coast for mar
keting, arrived in the city yesterday
and proceeds on down the river in a
day or two.
The fine steamer u. p. Schenck,
Captain Lawrence Carter, will leave
Glenn's wharfbOat this evening at 5
O'Clock for Cairo, Louisville and Gin
cinnati. She has elegant passenger
accommodations. Captain Glenn will
make engagements for her.
The mammoth freight and passen-
ger steamer Henry Frank, Captain
Frank Hicks in command, is receiving
at the Lee wharfboat for New Or
leans and way landings, leaving at 6
o'clock Thursday evening. Captain
Alf Grissom, an affable gentleman, is
her chief clerk, seconded by Mr.. VIII
Thomas.
The new and palatial passenger
steamer Ed Halliday, Captain u. W.
Gould, of the Anchor Line, leaves the
company's wharf boat, foot of Monroe
street, this evening at 5 o'clock, sharp.
for Cairo and st. Louis, doing all bend
business and making direct connection
with the principal railroads for oil
points East and West. Il. w. Gould.
jr., does the honors of the office.
The 0sceola Belle, Captain j. G..
Andrews, brought in this morning
from the upper coast 81 bales and Is
bags Of cotton, 4l9 sacks seed and A
pkgs sundries, and leaves this evening
with a return trip for 0sceola and all
way landings on the upper coast car