Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-24

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I. barge with oil cake for New Or
leans.
The Yirgie Lee, for Memphis, and
Mary Houston, for New Orleans, passed
Louisville yesterday
The Cons Millar for Memphis and
y. P. Schenck for New Orleans leaves
Cincinnati to-day.
The Guiding Star leaves Cincinnati
Tuesday next with her Mardi Gras
trip for New Orleans.
T~elegraphic communication between
Pine Bluff and Arkansas City is now
working without interruption.
James A. Haskill is coming down
as chief clerk of the Bedford, in
place Of Lon Mcfarland.
The City of Greenville leaves St.
Louis this evening for Vicksburg and
leaves here Tuesday at 10 am.
The Andy Baum, en- route from
Memphis to Cincinnati, passed Evans
vile at halt-past seven last night.
The Golden City from Cincinnati
arrived at New Orleans to-day, an d
leaves Tuesday with return trip.
The Charles Morgan, which isbound
for New Orleans with her large Mardi
Gras excursion, is due down to-mor-
row.
The bridge over Hatchie river is
still unfinished, and the POitevent is
still below the bridge awaiting to get
through.
There is over one million five hun
dred thousand bushels of grain in bulk
en- route from st. Louis to New
Orleans.
The Grand Tower leaves Vicksburg
to-day, for st. Louis, and arrives here
Monday evening and leaves Tuesday
morning.
General Grant has safely arrived in
Cuba the vessel that conveyed him
from Savannah to that port was cop
per-bottom.
The deputy wharfmaster, Eugene
Sutclif, is always at his post. He
misses nary boat and isalways on hand
for his r%ations.
The Bedford, en- route from Gin
c%innati to New Orleans, passed Evans
vile yesterday at z pm, and is due
here tomorrow.
The Mollie Moore got away this
morning for New Orleans. She added
here 226 bales cotton, $50 bbls oil, ZOO
scks oil cake, and so seeks of meal.
The Gold Dust, of the Anchor line.
Captain John T. McCord, leaves the
company's wharfboat tomorrow (Sun-
day. morning at 10 am. for Vicks-
burg.
Mr.. Frank Baker, of the Marine
journal, put in an appearance to-day.
and is here in the interest of his val.
liable paper, which is devoted to ma
rine interests,
The st. Genevieve left st. Louis
last night for Memphis and will ar
rive here tomorrow and leave Mon
day evening with a return trip for
Cincinnati.
Captain Henry Wilbur, the great
pilot Of the James Lee, advises all
pilots bound down, in absence of the
light at the mouth of st. Francis
river, to hold off from the point.
The James W. Calf will arrive to-
morrow from Cincinnati with a full
cargo of western products, and leaves
Monday evening with a return trip.
She is one of the best boats on the
river to travel on.
The Vint Shinkle left last evening
for Cincinnati. The following were
the principal items of her cargo: 658
bales cotton, $50 bbls oil, % hhds
scrap iron, 30 tons scrap iron, 90 cabin
passengers and a good number of
dcckers.
Marlin Lyon, who was once river
editor Of the Louisville journal. and
afterwards connected with several
other papers, is at present in the
marine hospital at St. Louis very i'll
and not expected to recover.
The directors of the Keokuk North
ern line held a meeting at St. Louis
Wednesday and elected the following
officers to serve during the year 1880:
W: f. Davidson, president; +. l..
johnson, secretary and treasurer; Jno.
Baker, general superintendent ex-
ecutlye committee Peter Conrad and
A. NJ. Hutchinson.
The big James Howard of the
Anchor line, Captain James O'Neai
in command, will leave the company's
wharfboat tomorrow at 10 am, for
New Orleans, on her grand Mardi
Gras trip, She has sumptuous pas
senger accommodations, is a safe car
rler and N of the best steamers on
the river to travel on. Captain Woods,
a gentleman who makes it pleasant for
all, has charge of the office.
The Silverthorn, Captain Henry
Cooper's mail packet being DELAYED by
bad weather, did not get in in time to
leave last night, but will leave posi-.
lively this evening for Hale's Point,
carrying the mail and doing all way
business. She will return in time to
leave on her regular day Monday.
Neil Booker is her popular chief
clerk, and has for her assistant Mr..
Tomilson.
|, The Shields, which is doing a good
business in the bends trade, came in
again on time to-day, and leaves this
evening at sharp five o'clock for Com.
merce, doing all way business, making