Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-12
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Banning is her clever purser.
The steamer Colonel Mcleod was
tho first arrived at Fort Benton this
season, arriving there April q, two
days earlier than the earliest on
record.
The Mary Houston passed up last
night for Cincinnati with 400 tons of
freight, 70 cabin and 40 deck passen-
gers. She put off here 100 bbls mo-
lassess and a few packages of sun
dries and added a few packages.
The Osceola Belle, Captain j. G..
Andrews, came in yesterday from the
upper coast with 40 bales and 2 bags
cotton, $50 sacks seed and sundries,
and leaves Wednesday evening, her
regular mail day, with a return trip
for Osceola.
The Gold Dust, Captain John I.
McCord, of the Anchor Line, will
leave this afternoon for Vicksburp.
She makes direct connection at Vicks-
burg with the New Orleans and Yazoo
river packets. Henry Deaderick pre-
sides at the desk.
The elegant steamer Robert Mitch
ell, Captain Dan Moore, will leave
Glenn's wharfbOat tomorrow Tues
day morning at 10 o'clock for New
Orleans, making all principal way
landings. Captain Frank Stein has
charge of the Office. Mr.. I'D. Fuller.
at Glenns wharfboat, will make
engagements for her.
The test of the water works on the
levee Saturday evening by Chief Nc
Fadden and the wharfmaster passed
very successfully and satisfactory.
Captain Kallaher, who has taken a
great interest in keeping the leyee
clean and in good condition, can now
do so with water power.
Onthe 9th of May. thirty-six years
ago, the steamer lone arrived at Des
MOines, Iowa, with 100 United States
troops, who were the first white per-
sons to visit the place where Des
Moi1es, with its $4,000 people, now
stands.
Governor Williams. of Indiana. has
appointed Captain G. j. Grammar
superintendent of the Evansville and
Cairo packet line at Evansville H.
}. Reamer, of New Albany, and Ben
jamin Z. Calkin, Of Rising Sun. to
represent that State in the board of
commissioners for the improvement of
the navigation in the Mississippi and
its tributaries.
The Anchor Line packet CITY Of
Nicksburg, Captain Bob Riley, will
leave the company's wharfboat, foot
OF Monroe street, this evening at 3
o'clock for Cairo and St. Louis, at,
tending to all bend business and max
ing direct connection with the princi-
pal railroads for all points East and
West. Chris Sharp oficiatcs in the
office.
The Maumelle, Capt. Rees Pritch-
ard, will arrive to-day from Arkansas
river and leave tomorrow evening
with a return trip, going through to
Little Rock, carrying the mail and
making connection with a light
draught boat for Fort Smith. Can't.
D.. A.. Mcconnell and Charley Mus
selman are her clever and accommo-
dating clerks.
The National Gazette has opened
fire against a scheme at Washington
to have the ~life-saving armors that
Captain Paul Boyton is exhibiting
adopted on steamboats,. We don't
need them out this way. Western
steamboats, have more life~-savinp
appliances now than there is need Of
and only add to the confusion and
excitement in case of accident.
The red tiger packet Coahsma. of
the Lee Mail Line, Captain Stacker
Lee in command, came in yesterday
from the lower coast with 28 bales
cotton, $50 sacks seed, 6 head cattle
and "A pkgs sundries. She had a
splendid trip of people and did a
good way business on the round trim.
She leaves this evening at 6 o'clock.
sharp, for Friar's Point, carrying the
mail, attending promptly to ali way
business and making connection at
Glendale with the Mobile and North.
western railroad, Capt. John Gwath-
mey, a clever gentleman, controls the
Office, assisted by Messrs. Platt Rhodes
and j. W. Haley.
The Andy Baum, Captain Vinton
arrived this morning from the Ohio
river with 58S bbls -four, 5S5 bbls meal.
800 SKIS corn, $50 kegs nails. 200 bales
hay, Al SKIS bran, 20 bbls pork and 1900.
pkgs miscellaneous freight. She leaves
W ednesday evening with a return trip.
for Cincinnati, ticketing passengers
through to all points East at a lower.
rate than ever. Captain NJ. M. Deems
is her chief clerk, and is ably assisted
in his Office duties by Mr.. Harbinson.
The GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf saws
Mr.. Terrill, of the United States
Engineer Corps, is taking soundings
OF the Cumberland river, at Cumber.
land City, and Of the Tennessee river.
at DanVille, with a view of ascertain
ing the volume of water passing daily
by these points. All the tributaries
of the Ohio and Mississippi will be
measured in the same way, the object
being to ascertain definitely where
the great body Of water flowing down
the Mississippi river comes from.
This information is for the Mississippi
river commission
James Campbell, a deck passenger
on the Fisk, walked overheard and
was drowned just after the boat whis-
tied at Metropolis Tuesday night,
going up. He lived at Metropolis.
and was to get off there. Somebody
awakened him when the boat whistled.
and he GOT mn and Walked of NJ tbo