Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-17

second clerk Of the JAS. w. CAT, John
Nurre having resigned.
The Golden City, Capt. Hegler in
command, is due up tomorrow morn
ing enroute to Cincinnati.
The Colorado from Memphis, md
the Commonwealth from New Orleans,
arrived at st. Louis yesterday.
The Grand Tower is the Anchor
line packet passing up tomorrow
evening for Cairo and st. Louis.
Captain B. Coin has bought the
Big Rock, and will keep her in the
Pine Bluff and Little Rock trade.
The Will Kyle, from New Orleans,
and the Jas. d. Parker, from Mem
phis, passed Evansville yesterday.
The Josie Harry for White river.
and the Marlin Speed for Arkansas
river had excellent trips out yesterday.
The John Means and E. M. Nor
ton, for st. Louis, passed up this fore
noon after cleaning out her boilers
here.
The schooner John Priaa, en-
route from st. Louis to New Orleans
with a load Of corn, passed down yes
terday forenoon.
During the absence of Captain
Williams, Frank Maratta is 10 chage
of the G. w. Cheek, in the Vicksburg
and G~reenville trade.
The steamer Bell Shreveport, will
be replired by her owners, and not
turned over to the underwriters, as
reported a few days ago. =,
The John B. Maude, with a good
showing of freight and quite a num-
Der Of people, passed up yesterday
forenoon, en- route to st. Louis.
One Of the plans for the new bridge
across the Monongahela at Pittsburg
comprises a channel span of $40 feet,
which river men think is too narrow.
The New Mary Houston, Captain
Charlie Miller in command, viii pass
down this afternoon en- route to New
Orleans. Elliott Miller presides at
the desk.
The Maumelle is due tomorrow
morning and leaves Wednesday even
ing with a return trip for Pine Bluff,
Little Rock and all way landings on
Arkansas river.
Capt. Wash. Thompsen's popular
packet, Virgie Lee, will arrive to.
morrow morning from Cincinnati, and
leaves with a return trip on Wednes-
day evening.
The John A Scudder, with a big
trip, passed down Saturday night put
ting Of "A bbls -four and q sacks
bran. She added $40 sacks peas, 10
boxes bacon and a lot of sundries.
The Batesville will arrive this
afternoon and is the mail packet leav-
ing tomorrow evening for Mariana,
the Cut OFF and all way landings on
L'Anguille and st. Francis rivers.
The City of Greenville, Captain R.
K. Riley in command, is the Anchor
line packet leaving the company's
wharfboat at 10 am. to. morrow for
Vicksburg and the bends.
Last fall a man fell overheard from
the Mary Houston and was drowned.
His friends brought suit against the
boat for damages. The case was tried
and a verdict given in favor of the
boat.
The Hard Cash will be in at an
early hour tomorrow, and is the
Wednesday packet for Devall's Bluff,
Augusta, J%acksonport and all way
landings on White, Black, and Little
Red rivers.
The Gold Dust had a big trip OF
freight as she passed down yesterday
forenoon. She put off here 800 sacks
Germ, and sixty boxes eggs, also added
twenty-five tons for Vicksburg and
way points.
The senate has passed the bill max
ing the Louisville and Portland canal
free. The bill now needs but the
signature Of the president, when the
canal will be thrown open to the
commerce of the country.
The Bertha Lee, from Helena, ar
rived at an early hour yesterday, with
an excursion party of about fifty, who
came up to participate in the cere-
mony Of decorating the graves of the
confederate dead. The party return
ed home at midnight.
The 0sceola Belle, Captain Henry
Cooper in command, is the regular
mail packet leaving this evening for
OsceOla and all way landings on the
upper coast. John Haley is her po-
lite clerk and is assisted by Hugh
Tomlinson.
The Mark Twain, Captain w. P.
Hall, arrived this morning from
Dyersburg with 1873 bales cotton, 80
SKIS cotton seed, "a SKIS corn, 7 hides,
and a lot OF sundries. She will leave
with a return trip about Wednesday
for all landings on 0bion and Forked
Deer rivers.
Commodore james s. Wise, super
intendent ofthe Cincinnati and Mem
phis packet company, arrived yester-
day on the steamer Jas. W. Gaf, and
is to-day circulating among his many
friends, who always give him a hearty
welcome whenever he finds it conve-
nient to visit the world famed Taxing
District.
j. j. Weimar, a Vicksburg barber,
has brought suit against the New Or
leans and GFeauville packet company,
claiming $1,000 damages because the
j. M. White backed out and carried
him down to Hard Times landing last
February. No doubt he has been
seeing hard times ever since and wants
his fortune changed.
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