Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-07

Monday.
The Future City and barges, from
st. Louis, arrived at New Orleans
yesterday.
The John Gilmore and barges from
New Orleans passed up at z am. bound
for St. Louis.
The work Of preparing the laid up
packets for the fall business progresses
with satisfaction.
The Golden Crown, for New Or
leans, is due down this evening, en-
route to New Orleans.
The James Howard is the Anchor
line packet leaving New Orleans for
st. Louis this evening.
Work of excavating for the levee
railroad is more active than that of
paving the lower levee.
Major John D. Adams, of the Mem
phis and Vicksburg mail line. is ex.
pected here next week.
The U. p. Schenck is coming out
OF the Ohio with two barpes, contain
ing over 1000 tons of freight.
The Thomas Sherlock is undergo
ing a thorough overhauling and will
come out this fall in a new outfit.
The Annie P. Silver, for St. Louis,
passed Vicksburg yesterday forenoon,
and Is due up tomorrow at noon.
The 0sceola Belle, for Osceola, and
the James Lee, for Friar's Point, de-
parted last evening with fair trips.
Crops are reported to be in excel
lent condition, and the prospects now
favor a big business in marine circles.
On account of the rapidly declining
river, the wharfbeat at Vicksburg was
removed yesterday to the lower land
ing.
Several marines, who came home to
vote and save the country, left yester-
day for a return to their summer re-
sorts.
The Ste. Genevieve left St. Louis
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last evening for this port, and leaves
here with a return trip on Monday
evening next.
The City Of Greenville, from Vicks-
burg, and the Belle Of Shreveport,
from New Orleans, arrived at St.
Louis yesterday.
A big fire over in Hopefeld last
evening caused a crowd to rush out 10
the bluffs, thinking that a steamboat
was being consumed.
The insurance company have set
tied with the Loudon Brothers by
paying them $1,000 cash and letting
them have the wreck.
Rates from St. Louis to New Or
leans have advanced to 20 cents per
Dbl for flour, and 20 cents per hun
dred for pound freight.
The James D.. Parker will leave
Cincinnati this evening positively, for
Memphis, and leaves here with a re-
turn trip on Friday next.
Consignees of freight y ing on the
levee or Anchor line wharfDoat are
requested to remove the same to make
room for other boats to arrive.
Capt. George Goodrich of POPLAR
Bluff, Mo, has been awarded the gov.
ernment contract for improving the
upper White and Black rivers.
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The h. NJ. Norton and barges, Ell
route from New Orleans to St. Louis
arrived last night and remained herr
until this forenoon cleaning out.
Ten model barges are being con.
structod for the Mound City trans
p%ortation company of st. Louis, own.
ers Of the Iowboat Iron Mountain.
Ed Murray, in charge of the medi
cal department of the Josie Harry
will take out another cargo of "Blut
Ribbon" cigars for his White river
friends.
The Batesville, Captain 0. K. Jop
lin in command, is the mail packeI
leaving this evening for Mariana, tn,
cutoff and all way landings on Ian.
guile and st. Francis rivers. A. L
Banning presides at the desk.
The large and elegant Anchor lint
steamer John A. Scudder, in CON
mand Of Captain A. j. Carter, vii
pass down this evening en- route tC
Y~ieksburg and New Orleans. A. B
Fowler is her polite clerk.
Clerk E. w. Gould rung the bel
and backed out the w. p. Hallida,
yesterday; his father, the captain
stopping off here to go by rail to St
! ouis.
The contest over next seasons busi.
ness in our local trade will be more
hotly contested than was the election
of Thursday last. Owen Finnegin i,
now spoken Of as the dark horse"
The City Of Helena, for Vicksburg
passed down last night. She put of
$50 barrels Of -four and 100 sacks bran.
She added about 80 tons for Vieks.
burg and the bends.
The Golden City has for the present
retired from the Ohio river trade.
and left New Orleans Thursday last
for st. Louis, under the auspices oil
the Anchor line. She will return to
her old trade in the fall.
The Anchor line packet, City Of
Yicksbqrg, which sunk at Ashpol
last week, will not be raised. Freight
is being taken from her, alter which
she will be wrecked.
The Gold Dust, Captain j, T. Nc.
Cord in command, is the Anchor line
packet passing down tomorrow at IL
am. enroute to Vicksburg. Henry
pistrich presides at the desk,
The citigops of Lake Providence
upon the arrival OF The Anchor line
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