Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-17
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NAA ~ ~ III
Cairo last evening for New Orleans.
The Hard Cash cleared for White
river with an excellent trip of freight.
The Maumelle leaves Little Rock
to-day for Memphis.
The cotton in the bends has nearly
all been shipped to market hence
the packets have light pickings.
The Coahoma returned last evening
to Friar's Point with an excellent
trip.
The Anchor Line steamer Annie
7. Silver leaves st. Louis this evening
for New Orleans.
The Robert Mitchell, en- route from
Cincinnati to New Orleans, passed
V~icksburg yesterday at 8 pm.
The J. w, GaF, Captain Bob Wise,
will arrive this evening and return to
Cincinnati Saturday evening.
The new shaft for the John A.
Wood was shipped from Pittsburg to
New Orleans by rail.
The Charley Bowen is en- route from
the Ohio river to New Orleans with
an assorted tow, ten boats in all.
The frame of Captain VanHook' S
new boat, being constructed at Mound
City, is nearly up.
The Future City and barges and
City OF Alton from st. Louis arrived
at New Orleans yesterday.
The Colorado left Vicksburg yester-
day at IL am. for st. Louis and leaves
here Saturday evening.
The big James Howard, of the An
Choir Line, leaves here Saturday morn
ing at ten o'clock for New Orleans.
The Argo came in yesterday from
D%yersburg with Ill bales of. cotton
and cotton seed.
Captain Eugene Bowers, of New
port, Ky, who has been i'll for several
months past, is rapidly recovering.
The Yellowstone is due from New
Orleans, bound for St. Louis. where
she will load for the mountains. One
item OF her cargo is 1000 bxs lemons.
The big Joe Williams will leave
Louisville the latter part of this week
with a tow of 10000 bushels of coal
for New Orleans,
jim O'Donnell, the Madison quail
eater, has again come to the front by
eating twenty-four goose eggs at one
sitting.
The new ierryboat Hettie. built at
Cincinnati to ply between New Or
leans and Algiers, passed down yester-
day.
The Hattie Rowland came in last
night from Arkansas river. and pro
ceeded to Mound City, where she will
be dockcd and thoroughly repaired.
The Thomas Sherlock leaves New
Orleans this evening for Cincinnati
and will be followed on Saturday by
the Charles Morgan.
Mr.. VIM. Rosselle, commercial edi.
tor of the Appeal, was among the pas.
Sengers on Their Cons Millar bound
North to recuperate.
Captain J.. n. Williamson's new
Pittsburg and St. Louis packet wal
launched at Cincinnati Monday eve.
ming.
The AnchOr Line packet John B
Maude, Captain VIM. Blake, leave,
saturday morning at 10 o'clock fol
Vicksburg.
Captain A. c. Donnally has resigned
his dictatorship in the Southern
Transportation Company, and Captair
A. j. Schenck has been elected in hi
stead.
The City of Helena left on time fo
st. Louis with an excellent up strean
trip. She added here $40 bales o
Eastern. bound cotton and a large 10
of way freight.
The John A. Scudder passed III
last night for st. Louis with 500 ton.
Of freight. She added here a list o
Eastern-bound cotton and some mis-
cellaneous freight.
First engineers get 500 per montI
below and SIS above St. Louis. Ii
the Illinois the wages are SIS; Mis-
souri,, 800; second engineers abou
$50.
The Osceola Belle returned to tn,
upper coast with a good showing o
freight. She will be found in porI
again in the morning and leaves to.
morrow evening for 0sceola.
The Grand Tower passed down thiI
morning with a splendid trip. Sh,
discharged here 1900 pkgs of genera.
mdse, and added % tons for points
below.
The Cons Millar cleared, last eve
ming for Cincinnati with 500 bales o
cotton, $50 bbls oil, 1850 bbls soar
stock, 90 bales rags and sundries anC
30 cabin passengers.
Capt. NJ. ". Daily, of Cincinnati
one of the directors of the Southern
Transportation Company, arrived yes
terday by rail from Hot Springs, ant
took passage last night on the Mar
Houston, bound home.
Mr.. VIM. +. Wheeler, levee dis
charging clerk of the Memphis an,
Cincinnati packets, was married YES
terday to a charming young lady O
Newport, KY, and left last evening
for Memphis on the Parker.
Captain j. B. Kinney has retired
from the river and is a member of tn,
Chicago firm of Kinney & Ewing
agents for Southern wholesale houses
he has yet some interest in the Kat,
Kinney.
Mr., V. C. Dentzoll, so long con
neeted with the New Orleans Plea
yune, is now running the river de