Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-08

The Future Clty passed down sun
day evening with a large tow Of grain
and produce. She added to her tow
here a barge loaded with oil cake.
The Vint Shinkle left yesterday af-
ternoon for Cincinnati with 1900 bales
Of cotton, $50 bbls oil and 100 pkgs of
miscellaneous freight and % people.
The LEDGER Job Printing Office
and Book Bindery, Is Madison, exc
eutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house in this city. +
The new steamer, Jesse X. Belle,
built at Jacksonville, for the lower
trade is receiving her finishing touches
and will leave Louisville this week for
New Orleans,
The packets leaving to-day will pos
itively not receive freight after FIVE
o'clock. This rule is necessitated on
account of the unreliability of labor
which auses detention to boats.
The 0uachita Belle extended her
trip to Greenville. She will arrive in
port Tuesday night or WEDNESDAY
morning, and leaves Thursday evening
for Greenyille, making her regular
trips.
The Grand Tower passed down on
time for Vicksburg, with a splendid
trip. She put off here, 100 bbls -four,
SIT seeks corr, 8 bales cotton and sun
dries and added 40 tons for points
below.
The st. Genevieve came in yesterday
morning, from St. Louis, well laden.
She discharged 1920 pkgs of miscella-
neous freight and returned to st. Louis
last evening with 800 bales Of Eastern
bound cotton.
The james Howard left Sunday at
II am. for New Orleans, with zoe
bales cotton, l,15O bbls Of oil and q
$50 SKIS oil cake and sundries. She
has engagements in the bends sufi
cient to fill her out.
The Mark Twain, Captain George
Malone. came in Sunday from Council
Bend with 60 bales cotton and 1,474
SKIS seed. She leaves this evening
with a return trip for Council Bend
paying strict attention to all way
business.
The new steamer, Roseville, which
was built and completed at Spadra
Arkansas, recently, is making regular
trips in the upper Arkansas rive
trade. The new craft is 100 feet loDl
and of light draft. Captain Ton
Carey is her skipper.
The Anchor-line packet Gold Dust
Captain John McCord, will leave tn.
companys wharfboat, foot of Cour
street this evening at five sharp 70
Cairo and St. Louis, attending to al
bend business, and connecting wit
the principal railroads for all point
East and West.
Captain B. 0. Mitchell, the popula
clerk of the 0sceola Belle, is still
wearing his blue ribbon tile" an.
he is furnishing all the pretty lassie
along the upper coast with blue rib
bon, as a reminder of the Osceol
Belle, his pet boats big trip, whic'
she brought into Memphis a few day
since.
The Paris G. Brown passed up at l
a, m, on Sunday, for Cincinnati, wit
a big up stream trip. The principe
items of her cargo we're $50 hhd
sugar, ZOO bbls molasses, 400 BIB.
pitch, 26O bbls resin, 118 bbls'rice, S
bundles paper stock, 16 large piece
=, marble and 100 tons miscellaneou
l freight.
The Rapid Transit, Captain Wu
Ashford, brought in a good list {
cotton and cotton seed. She leaves a
five o'clock this evening with a retur
, trip for Commerce and the bendI
: Frank Ellison, an afTable gentleman
is her chief clerk, seconded by Charlie
Leftwich.
: The old reliable White River pack
ct Hard Cash, captain Ed Postal, wi
arrive to-day from White river wit
y. 1900 bales of cotton, the largest an
. blue ribbon" trip out of White rive
brought into port this season. Sh
leaves Wednesday evening, her regu
. lar day, with a return trip, goin
through to J%acksonport.
! The Anchor Line packets hav
changed their schedule, and hereafte
the Vicksburg packets going sout
b.. will leave here on Sundays, Tuesday
and Fridays at 10 o'clock, their fol
mer time Of leaving here. And goiu
r north for St. Louis, will leave Nor
=, days, Thursdays and Saturdays at
p. m, carrying the mail and doing a
h way business.
If The Iron Mountain with her barge
are adding here, for New Orleans,
W good list of cotton and a large lot
s oil cake, oil meal and oil. She wi
IS probably get away to-day, with h,
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