Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-19


in the morning from St. Louis with a
full load Of grain and produce, and
leaves tomorrow evening at 3 o'clock
with a return trip for Cairo aud st.
Louis.
Captain Billy Davis has locked his
Jay Hardy and put her in good I'M
ming order again, and left with her
this morning for Shawnee Village. The
Jay Hardy will make her regular semi
weekly trips between this point and
Shawnee Village.
The Katie Hooper, Captain Ed.
Rowland, leaves tomorrow evening at
five o'clock for Pine Bluff and all
points on Arkansas river, carrying the
mail and attending to all way business.
Captain Jimmy Thompson is her chief
clerk, seconded by Amos Day.
The splendid steamer Golden City
Captain ]. d. Hegler, will leave
Glenn's wharf boat this day at 4p.m.
sharp, for New Orleans, making all
principal way landings. Billy McIn-
tyre, one of the cleyerest fellows in
the world, has charge of the Office.
The City of Greenville, Captain
Elem Calvert, Of the Anchor line,
leaves the company's wharfboat this
evening at sharp five o'clock for Cairo
amidst. Louis, carrying the mail, at
tending to all bend business, and
making close connecting with the
principal railroads for all points east
and west.
The 0uachita Belle, Captain Mark
Cheek, of the Adams mail line, will
arrive in port tonight, and will leave
tomorrow evening, with a return trip
for Greenville, carrying the mail and
doing all way business. Captain Lee
Cummins has charge of the Office, as
sisted by Messrs, VIM. Thomas and
Lee Cummins, Jr.
The elegant side-wheel passenger
steamer Andy Baum, Captain Vinton,
leaves tomorrow evening at five
o'clock for Cairo, Louisville and
Cincinnati, ticketing passengers
through to all points East. Captain
NJ. M. Deems and VIM. Harbinson.
twOgenial and clever gentleman, do the
hOnors of the Office.
Captain bearing left last evening
for Hatchie river to engage a trip and
make arrangements for the entering
in the Hatchie river trade of his new
packet, the W. j. POitevent, which is
coming up from New Orleans in tow
Of the j. w. Garrett. She will arrive
here Wednesday next, and will imme-
diately enter the trade.
Steritt Pepper and Hal Aydlett,
two celebrated river clerks, who have
been on the Thompson Dean until she
laid up at New Orleans, came up by
rail yesterday to pay their respects to
their old chums, spend the holidays
with their friends, and then return to
their arduous labors of clerking. Hal
and Steritt have a legion Of friends
here, who give them a warm welcome.
The Cincinnati Commercial of
Thursday says: "a number of people
visited the levee and the Springer to
witness the display of her Brush cleo
trio lights, three in number, one in
the engine-room, one on the jaekstaff,
to light up the f~orecastle, and one on
the top of her pilot-house. The lights
worked well, and are undoubtedly a
success, and will soon be generally in
troduced on our steamers and else
where.
The Josie Harry, of the Milt Harry
White river mail line, Captain Milt
Harry in command, will arrive to-
night from White river with another
large list Of cotton, and will leave to-
morrow evening her regular day, with
a return trip for White river, going
through to Jacksonport, carrying the
mail, and connecting with light draft
steamers for upper White and Black
rivers. Walker Outlaw does the hon
ors of the Office.
The old standby mail packet, the
0sceola Belle, Captain Andrews, came
in this morning from the upper coast
with 1876 bales cotton, q bags seed
cotton, 486 seeks seed and sundries.
one a also good trip OF people.
She leaves this evening at 5 o'clock
with a return trip for Osceola, carry
ing the mail and giving prompt atten.
ton to all way business. Messrs.
CYRUS Fay and Bruz Given, two
courteous gentlemen, oficiate in the
office.
The Henry Frank, Captain Frank
Hicks in command, came in this
morning from New Orleans, with 16
hhds sugar, so bbls molasses, 425 SKIS
salt, 3 bales cotton, II hides and sun
dries. She leaves this evening posi-
lively at four o'clock, with a return
trip for New Orleans, making all prin-