Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-20

LUZ DULUTH II 10 tCdNS
Cincinnati to day for New Orleans, as
an independent packet.
The Golden Crown, bound from
Cincinnati TO New Orleans, passed
Vicksburg yesterday at 3 pm.
The Andy Baum cleared this morn
ing for Cincinnati with 600 bales of
cotton, a lot of other stuff and thirty
people.
The f.. NJ. Norton, with her large
tow Of grain and produce, left Cairo
yesterday noon, and is due down this
evening.
The Charles Morgan leaves Cincin-
natl to-day for New Orleans and will
be followed on Thursday by the Mary
Houston.
The A. j. Baker and barges, from
st. Louis, and Paris G. Brown from
Cincinnati, arrived at New Orleans
yesterday.
The Cherokee, bound from New
Orleans to Cincinnati, passed Vicks-
burg yesterday at 4 pm. and is due
here Thursday morning.
The Reuben Springer, en- route from
Cincinnati to New Orleans, passed
Evansville yesterday afternoon and is
due here Thursday.
The Anchor line packet Colorado
left st. Louis for Memphis last even
ing, and will arrive here tomorrow
evening and leave Thursday with a
return trip.
The Vint Shinkle, bound from Gin
cinnati to Memphis, passed Evans
vile yesterday at 2 pm, and will
leave on Friday with a return trip TOR
Cincinnati.
The Katie Hooper left Pine Bluff
this morning on time for Memphis,
and will arrive here Friday morning
and leave Saturday evening with a
return trip.
The Florence Meyer left Pine Bluff
yesterday for New Orleans with 600
bales Of cotton which she had been
several days up the raging Arkansas
to pick up, and at the same time car
rying it at losing rates.
The Anchor line packet, Belle of
Shreveport, Captain Coghill, leaves
the company's wharfboat, foot of
Union street, tomorrow at 10 am,
for New Orleans, making all principal
way landings.
The Thomas Sherlock passed down
last night at 9o'clock with 1900 tons
freight. She discharged here 100
barrels meal, 25 barrels vinegar, 90
barrels -four, 20 stoves and fixtures,
55 plOws and 80 packages furniture,
and added a few lots of freight and
some people.
The Henry Frank passed Vicksburg
Sunday night and is due here this
evening. She leaves tomorrow even.
ing at five o'clock with a return trir
for New Orleans, making all principaI
way landings. Captain Frank Hicks
commands, with Captain ALT GrissouI
in charge of the Office. Captain j. r.
Washington, her agent, will make en-
gagements for her.
The Golden City, Captain }. D
Hegler, leaves this evening at4 o'clocb
for New Orleans. She is a gooC
steamer to travel on, has good accom-
modations and is a srfe carrier. Cap
tain Billy Mcintyre, a clever gentle
man, presides at the desk. Captain
James Carr, her able representative
has a number Of people engaged 70.
her.
The City of Greenville, of tn.
Anchor line, Capt. Elem Calvert il
command, came in this morn
ing from Vicksburg, and leave
the company's wharf boat, foot o
Union street, this evening at 5 O'CLOCK
sharp for Cairo and st. Louis, doint
all way business and making direc
connection with the principal railroad
for all points east and west.
Captain Milt Harry, with hiss blu,
ribbon boat, the Josie Harry, came il
yesterday afternoon with $40 bales o
cotton, 2435 scks seed and POS pkg
sundries. She lays over until Satur
day, and goes out on her regular da,
for White river. She carries the mail
attends to all way business and make
regular connections, while Walker
Outlaw, her worthy chief clerk, give
prompt attention to all business.
The cotton seed mems combination
is creating much dissatisfaction Will
the planters. The price at pres.
ent for seed shipped to Memphis is s.
per ton on the leyee, or 50 per ton the
shipper paying freight. The territorJ
is so divided that all cotton seed gro vi
below the mouth of White river mus
he shipped to New Orleans, and al
grown above that line to be marketed
to Memphis.
The good steamer Batesville in com.
mand Of that popular officer, Captain
0. K. Joplin, leaves this evening fol
st. Francis river, carrying the mail
attending to all way business and con
Meeting at Mariana with the ligh.
draught steamer Marcus Collins fol
Wittsburg and the sunk lands. Birdie
Banning, a genial and clever gentle
man, has charge Of the office, assisted
by Will Lentz.
Pilot Jas. McDonough, who fel
suddenly dead at the wheel of tn,
Carrier, of heart disease, was about 8
years of age, and was born in Uincin
nati. He learned to pilot between
Cincinnati and ST. Louis, under Mix,
K~avenaugh, deceased. He was a TEN
perate young man, and recognized as
irst-class pilot. He leaves a brothe.
and two sisters in Cincinnati to noun
his sudden death.
The memorial prepared by a com
mittee appointedat the river improve
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