Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-17

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in command Of the experienced and
popular boatman Captain Mark Cheek.
came in to-day with a good trim and
will back out promptly for Vicksburg
tomorrow evening.
Tho Osoeola Belle, Captain J. G.
Andrews, is the regular mail packet
leaving this evening for 0sceoia and
all way landings on the upper coast.
b. o. Michel, Cyrus Fay and A. X.
Spears, a trio of clever gentlemen.
have charge of the Office.
The Hattie Rowland, Captain J. j.
Darragh in command, will be found in
port to-day receiving for Arkansas
river, and will leave tomorrow even
ing, going through to Little Rock and
making direct connection with light
draught steamers for Fort Smith and
upper Arkansas river.
Mr.. Frank Baker, publisher and tai
ented editor ofthe Marine Journal. one
of the best chronicles of marine news,
dropped in ON us this morning. Mr..
Baker is on a Southern tour in the in
terest of his valuable paper. which is
not only II of the best ADVERTISING
mediums in the West or South, but
also a journal full of interest to all
marines.
Captain Tom w. Zeno, late of the
10. w. Pierce, died at the Marine
Hospital this morning after a short
illness, and will be buried tomorrow
at 3 pm. All steamboatmen in port
are respectfully solicited to attend his
funeral. Captain Zeno was a we'll
known pilot and commander on the
river, and was respected by all who
knew him.
The Anchor Line packet City of
Yicksburg, Captain Bob Riley, with
Chris Sharp in the Office, is receiving
at the company's wharfboat, foot of
Monroe street, for Cairo and st.
Louis, and will leave this evening at
. o'clock, attending to all way bust
ness and making direct connection
with the principal railroads for all
points East and West.
The Batesville, Captain Maumus,
came in yesterday from st. Francis
river with 436 bales and 3 bags cot
ton, Gil SKIS seed and 10 pkgs sundries.
She leaves tomorrow evening with a
return trip, going through to Wits
burg, carrying the mail and making
connection with a light-draft steamer
for the Sunk Lands. Captain D. B.
Abrahams, a worthy gentleman, is her
chief clerk, assisted by Birdie Ban
ming.
The splendid passenger steamer
John A.. Seudder, of the Anchor
Line, in command of that ever popu-
lar boatman, Captain Jack Carter,
leaves here Wednesday evening for
New Orleans, taking all Mardi-G fas
excursionists, and arriving at New
Orleans Sunday evening, giving ample
time to rest and participate in the
festivities. Captain Garrett Huls,
one Of the cleverest gentlemen that
runs the river, is her purser.
We are sorry to announce to the
Southern friends of Horace w. Will
son, the death of that popular young
river clerk. 1t occurred two weeks
ago at Wheeling of illness caused by
exposure. He was a fine young fellow
and we will miss him. He was in the
! New Orleans trade until three or four
! years ago, and at the time Of his death
was running on the upper Ohio. His
death was particularly sad as his mar
riage with a lovely Wheeling belle
was soon to have taken place.
The Thomas Sherlock, Captain Lew
Hates, popular packet, passed down
from Cincinnati at 4o'clock this morn
ing loaded to the waters edge. with no
room to take what cotton was
offered to her. Captain Hates and
Clerk Virden were in good humor,
and pointed to the well-flled pages of
their cabin register with a satisfaction
that would establish in any mind the
popularity of the Sherlock as a pas
senger steamer. Everybody was we'll
aboard and all cooked and primed for
a general jOllification on Mardi-G ras
day at the Crescent City.
The Coahoma, the great and good
steamer of the Lee Line of mail
packets, came in on time yesterday
with POI bales aud 81 bags of cotton,
42l sacks seed, 10 bbls oil and sun,
dries, and was crowded with people as
usual. She returns this evening to
Friar's Point, carrying the mail, doing
all way business and making all way
landings on schedule time. Billy
Smither, a gentleman who never fails
to please and accommodate shippers
and travellers, is her chief clerk. az.
sisted by Frank Ellison and Platt
Rhodes.
The palatial and swift passenger
steamer Illinois, Captain John b.
Davis in command, brought in go
bales and Al bags cotton, 5S2 sacks
seed and A packages sundries and had
also a good list of people. She leaves
this evening with a return trip for
Arkansas City, giving special atten-
ton to all way and plantation bust
ness. The Illinois has no superior as
a good carrier and has unsurpassed
passenger accommodations. Captain
John Gwathmey, a gentleman who is
noted for his integrity and promptness
in business and uniform Kindness. is
her chief clerk, and has associated
with him in the office two clever and
accommodating gentlemen, Messrs.
Marlin Jones and Will Darragh.
The elegant sidewheel passenger
steamer Andy Baum, of the Memphis
and Cincinnati Packet Line, Captain
Vinton in command, came in yester-
day from Cincinnati with a good trip.
The following are the principal items
of her cargo: 1910 SKIS oats. 90 SKIS
and 262 bbls meal, 1903 bbls potatoes,
"a bales hay, II bales and % bags of
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