Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-04

The james Lee for Friars Point.
and the Osceola Belle for 0sceola had
moderate trips out.
The City Of Alton left st. Louis
Tuesday evening loaded to the water,
and with 80 passengers.
The coal run from Pittsburg on the
present rise will foot up from $780,
600 to 100000 bushels.
At Louisville there is 4 feet 4
inches in the canal, and 2 feet 4 inches
in the chute over the falls.
Captain w. H. Blake of the John
B. Maude, will 60 to Eureka Springs
for the benefit of his health.
The Guiding Star and John Gil
more and barges from st. Louis, arriv-
ed at New Orleans yesterday.
The big James Howard leaves st.
Louis this evening for New Orleans,
and passes here on Monday next.
The Fearless has been purchased
from Grays Iron line by Captain
Thos. Poe and. will be placed in the
St. Louis and New Orleans trade.
The Will Kyle, with about 100
tons of freight, passed down this
morning, after putting off 80 tons and
adding 63l bales of cotton.
The John 7. Moore came in this
forenoon bringing up about twenty.
five or thirty passengers from Helena,
who came to attend the theater to-
night.
The Centennial, Captain T, L. Da-
wilson in command, is due down
bound for New Orleans. N. B. FoW-
Ter is her polite clerk.
The Colorado, for Memphis, and
the Future City and barges, for New
Orleans, left st. Louis yesterday even
ing.
The james w. Gaf leaves on Sat
urday next for Cincinnati, She will
have a good trip of both freight and
people.
When the Henry Frank passed
Vicksburg she had 5l36 bales Of cot
ton, 2405 sacks of cotton seed, 1l3
sacks oil cake and 81 bbls oil.
A little election fight took place
Yesterday afternoon on board the
James Lee between Clark Brewer and
A. j. Earle, both ofCrittenden county.
The new steamer, w. T. Wheeless,
will probably leave Pittsburg to day,
been detained to make repairs
to a guard which was torn off on Sun
day last by a fuel barge in tow of the
Joe Stone,
The Rene Macready eame in this
morning from st. Francis river with a
fair trip of cotton, and leaves again on
Saturday next for L'Auguille and st.
Francis rivers as far as the Cutoff.
The Mary Houston is making good
in the Ohio. She passed Louis
vile last night, having had no trouble
at any point below. She will reach
Cincinnati by day light tomorrow.
The James d. Parker, after a delay
Of three weeks at this port, departed
last night for Cincinnati with 532
bales Of cotton, so barrels Of oil, %
hhds old iron and a fair trip Of peo-
pie,
The fine Anchor line packet,
Annie p. Silver. Captain D. Il. Silver
in command, passes up at ) p. m. to.
day bound for Cairo, st. Louis and all
way landings. Green Shields is her
polite clerk.
The iron steamer, John T. Moore,
Captain w. j. Ashford in command,
at 8 pm. for Helena, Glendale
and all way landings, paying prompt
attention to all business entrusted to
her. A.. Y. Stevens presides at the
desk and is seconded by Joe Carpen-
ter.
The W. j. Poitevent, Captain Kneel
Booker in command, leaves daily at
5 pm. for Scanlon's, Star landing,
and all intermediate land
ings, attending promptly to all bust
ness entrusted to her. Marlin Jones
presides at the desk, and is assisted by
Charlie Pierce.
The Commonwealth, Captain Joe
Bryan in command, is the Anchor
line packet passing down at 10 am to-
morrow, en- route to V~icksburg and
the bends. At the same hour the City
Of Helena will pass up, bound for
Cairo and st. Louis. Both are fine
passenger packets.
The Lee line packet, Coahoma,
Captain George Malone in command,
leaves at 5 pm. for Helena, Glendale
and all Intermediate landings, paying
prompt attention to all G.. o. d. and
plantation business. Captain II. w.
Crowell is her chief clerk and is as
by Charlie Leftwich.
The Robert Mitchell, which passed
here yesterday morning with about
1000 tons Of freight, struck some hid
den obstruction last evening at Fox's
island and sunk in 9 feet Of water.
The captain and pilot, also the pas
sengers, came up this morning on the
Coahoma. 1t was reported that the
Chouteau, due up, would stop and
take off the deck freight. No further
particulars a be gathered at this
writing.
The John B. Maude, which sunk 50
miles below st. Louis, on Monday
night last, is lying in 6 feet Of water
forward, and s feet aft. Her deck is
out of water and it is thought she can
be raised, The Maude had on board
a light cargo, mostly for this port.
She is Z years old, is valued at $25, 0C1,
and not insured, except Captain
Blake's interest of One-third, which is
covered by policies in Cincinnati com
panies for $4,000. The T. Il. Eckert is
at the scene Of the accident.
The lodi reliable granger packet,
Hard Cash, Captain Il. G.. Postal in
command, is on berth to leave at 8 D.
m. to day for Devalls Bluff, Auguttl,
and all intermediate landings on
White river through to Jacksonport,
connecting with light draught steam
ers for upper White, Black and Little
Red rivers. Charles NJ. Postal pre-
sides at the desk, and is seconded by
John c. Wyckoff.
The Adams u. s. mail line packet
Ouachita Belle, A. L. Cummins in
command, is the regular packet leav-