Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-04

Inc new DANES Lee returned 10
Friar's Point with a splendid trip Of
freight and people.
The lower Ohio river packets have
concluded to carry white, instead Of
negro cabin boys.
The Mollie Moore and John A..
Scudder from st. Louis, arrived at
New Orleans yesterday.
The City Of Helena left St. Louis
last evening for Vicksburg, and leaves
here Saturday morning.
Walter Dunn, late clerk Of the
Mike Davis, is lying i'll with an attack
Of pneumonia at Helena.
The Eldorado, en- route from Gin
c%innati to New Orleans, passed Vicks-
burg last evening att O'Clock.
The heavy fog on the river last night
delayed the boats in port, and the
steamers bound up and down.
The Belle Memphis viii arrive to-
morrow morning from st. Louis with
a tull cargo OF grain and produce.
The James d. Parker, for Memphis,
and Golden Crown, for New Orleans.
leave Cincinnati Saturday evening.
First-class printing at low rates at
the LEDGER Job Printing Office and
Book Bindery, No. 10 Madison.
The steamers in port displayed their
eOlors at half-mast yestcrdayinrespeet
to the memory of Pilot Bird Paris.
The old reliable Hard Cash will
arrive tomorrow from White river,
and leaves Saturday with a return
trip.
The Kehlor, enroute for st. Louis
to New Orleans, will be down the lat
ter part of the week, bound for New
Orleans.
The Andy Baum cleared last night
for Cincinnati with 633 bales cotton,
IS bbls oil, 25 bbls molasses and -
hhds sugar.
The Annie P. Silver leaves St.
Louis to-day for New Orleans, and
will be followed on Saturday by the
Centennial.
The Osceola Belle and George w.
Cheek returned to the upper coast.
Both were we'll represented with
freight and people.
The Paris G. Brown, bound from
New Orleans to Cincinnati, passed
Vicksburg yesterday at ? p. M, and is
due here Saturday morning.
The Bedford, for New Orleans, J.
w. GaA, for Memphis, and Bonham.
with three barges of coal, for Vicks-
burg, left Cincinnati last evening.
The Golden City, en- route from
New Orleans to Cincinnati, was at
Henderson bar yesterday tightening
over.
Captain j. j. Darragh yesterday
sold the tow boat Keystone to Captain
Sam Brown, of Brown & Jones; terms
private.
The J.. w. Morgan with 16 flats,
10000 bushels of coal, and the Travel
er with 10 fats, 10000 bushels, left
Pittsburg Monday for Cincinnati.
The LEDGER Job Printing Office
and Book Bindery, 10 Madison, exc
cutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house in this city. I
Mr.. Bondurant, mate of the Golden
Crown, had his foot horribly crushed
Monday night at Newport, KY, while
unloading railroad iron from the boat.
The Commonwealth is due up to.
morrow from New Orleans, bound for
st. Louis. The principal items of her
cargo are 500 hhds sugar and $50 tons
of miscellaneous freight.
Captain Henry Wilbur, one of the
efficient pilots of the Coahoma, has
been transferred to the new steamer
James Lee. Captain Henry is one Of
the best pilots in the trade.
Miss Mamie R. Byers, the beautiful
daughter of Col. Billy Byers, of the
James w. Gaff, was married in In.
dianapolis on the 10Th of November,
to Walter G. Thrall, of Colun bus,
Ohio.
The James Howard came in at IL
am. from New Orleans with a lot of
groceries and 5000 sacks salt. She is
receiving at the foot of Court street for
a return trip.
The James Howard, Capt. James
O'Neal, will arrive to- day from New
Orleans and will leave Saturday eve
ming with a return trip. Freight will
be received for her at all times at the
K. e. Lee and Anchor line wharf
boats.
The Maumelle brought in from Ar
kansas river yesterday 643 bales of
cotton and reshipped at the mouth
293 bales, total out of the river 926
bales. She returned this morning to
Arkansas river with an excellent trip
of freight.
The Marlin Speed, Capt. Ed. Now
land in command, will arrive to-
morrow from Arkoneae r;ror ,r;4L =.