Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-01

captain Dugan succeeded Yesterday
in raising the sunken Robert Mitchell.
but she is leaking badly. Men and
coal will be sent down to her to-day.
The Mark Twain, Captain W. P.
Hall in command, leaves at 5 D. m. to-
day for Dyersburg and all way land
lngs on Obion and Forked Deer rivers.
The propeller Dyersburg is aground
at Bulletin, and has been there since
Sunday last. The tow. boat Storm
pulled at her yesterday, without suc-
cess. .
Captain Lloyd w. Whitlow. chief
clerk ofthe james Lee, stopped off at
Glendale to attend to some business.
Meanwhile, Arthur Brown is filling
his place.
The propeller All. Stevens left last
evening for Dyersburg where she will
lay up for the present. She is Just off
the docks, and received $1,000 repairs
to her hull.
The underwriters of st. Louis yes
terday announced that they would
take risks on southern bound boats.
provided they were not loaded to draw
over 3 feet o inches of water.
Dick Bremen, the efficient steward
Of the Hard Cash, keeps j STABLES sup
piled with the best game Of the season.
and all procured from the White river
valley hunting grounds. .
If business was as brisk as it was
twelve months ago, boats would not
have room on the levee to discharge
their cotton. The salt pile takes up
the best portion Of the leyee.
The George w. Check has been
taken up to the bone yard. She will
not start out until the weather changes
for the better, so that planters can
haul their cotton to the landings.
The steady rain of the last week or
two will show its effects in a few day..
as all the side streams are rising.
which will cause a good stgge of water
the whole length Of the Ohio and from
st Louis south.
The Josie Harry on her return trip
to this port passes Devalls Bluff to-
morrow morning, will arrive Friday
night and leave Saturday, her regular
day, for all points on White river
through to Jacksonport.
Owing to the inclement weather.
the John i. Moore arrived late yes.
terday, and not being able to procure
laborers to unload the boat, She was
compelled to lose a trip and lays over
until tomorrow evening, her regular
day.
The splendid passenger steamer
Osceola Belle, Captain Henry Cooper
in command, is the regular mail pack
ct leaving this evening for 0sceola and
all way landings, paying prompt atten.
ton to all business entrusted to her.
Billy Smithers, a polite and social
young man, is her chief clerk, and is
assisted by John Haley and Hugh
Tomlinson.
Owing to the accumulation of a
large amount Of mud and decayed mat
ter on the slevee steamboatmen are
put to al additional expense Of pur.
chasing a lot Of hay every time they
come in, in order to protect their
freight from damage. We think that
steamboatmen pay enough wharfage
lax to allow a few dollars at least once
a week to be expended in cleaninroT
the leyee2 What say those in power?
The elegant sidewheel passenger
steamer James Lee, Captain Stacker
Lee IN command, is the regular mail
nacket leaving at 5 pm. to.day for
Helena, Friars Point and all inferno
date landings, paying prompt atten-
ton TO all business entrusted to her.
and connecting with the Mobile and
Northwestern train. Captain LLOYD
w. Whitlow presides at the desk. and
is assisted by Platt Rhodes and Ar
thur Brown,
The odd reliable" granger packet.
Hard Cash, Captain e. G.. Pos.
tai in command, is receiving to
leave at 5 pm. to day for Devalls
Bluff, Augusta, Jacksonport and all
intermediate landings, paying strict
attention to all business entrusted to
her, and making direct connection
with the Goodrich Bros Belt line of
light-draught boats for upper White
and Black rivers. Chas. NJ. Postal is
her polite clerk, and is assisted by
John G. Wyckof.
The Independent and elegant side
wheel passenger steamer Guiding
Star, In command of Captain w. b.
Miller, passes up at 5 pm. o.day for
Cairo, Louisville, Cincinnati and all
intermediate landings. The Guiding
Star is M Of the finest passenger
steamers on western rivers, and her
accommodations are first class. Speed.
comfort and safety, combined with
s~ociability and kind treatment of her
officers, are the ruling features Of the
Guiding Star. Colonel John S. Jones
presides at the desk.
The elegant passenger steamer. Vir
gle Lee, Captain G. Wash Thompson
In command, having been detained by
bad weather, was compelled to lay
over until this evening, at which time
she will leave for Cairo, Louisville,
Cincinnati and all principal landings
on the Ohio river, connecting with the
different railroads, aGd giving passen-
gers through tickets to all points east
at very low rates. The accommoda-
tons of the Lee are first-class, her
tables supplied with the best in the
market and her officers polite and
attentive to the wants of her passen-
gers. james Surtees prosides at the
desk.
No remedy for kidney diseases here
tOtore discovered can be held for one