Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-10


ton seed and a good list of sundries.
She is the mail boat leaving this even
ing for Greenville and the bends.
Captain NJ. r. Cheek in command, A.
l.. Cummins in the Office.
The City of Helena, Captain 1. H.
Mckee in command, will pass down
at 10 am, tomorrow, IN route TO
Vicksburg. She is an Anchor liner,
and will leave from the cempany's
wharfboat, foot of Union street. Geo.
Walton is her polite clerk.
The james ID. Parker, owing to her
late arrival yesterday, was detained
until this forenoon, taking freight
from up about the oil mills. She
took 30 bales paper stock, 100 tons oil
meal, 300 bbls oil, 100 car wheels, 20
tons iron, 10000 feet lumber, and
about 40 cabin passengers.
Capt. ], D. Hegler, of the Golden
City, held the lucky number, 126,
which drew a glass case Of artificial
birds rafied off at New Orleans a few
days ago. The prize, valued at 1925,
now adOrns the cabin of the boat.
Mr.. David Mayer calls the attention
OF steamboats, to the fact that he has
established his Duckport landing,
during the prevailing low water, Just
above the mouth of Pawpaw chute,
on Sparta plantation. Signals-white
flag by day and lights at night.
The schooner John +. Prince has
arrived at New Orleans, having made
the trip successfully from the north
ern lake down the Mississippi river,
and having met with but one mishap,
that of a broken mast while passing
under the bridge at st. Louis.
Col. Merrill informs river men aud
others who are impatient for the re.
sumption of work by the snag boats
and dredges, that no work on the Ohio
river Of any kind, except on contracts
made last year, can be begun until the
river and harbor bill passes congress.
Captain Pat Kallaher returned
home last evening and reported that
everything worked harmoniously at
the Nashville convention. He and
Albert Beer represented the steam
boatmen OF this port and instructed
the delegates to the Cincinnati demo-
cratic convention to vote as they
pleased. Anybody to beat Garfield.
The Colorado, from st. Louis, ar
rived this morning with about $50
tons Of freight, including 1920 bbls
-four, 1,l36 bbls meal, 1925 SKIS corn.
81 SKIS oats, 236 SKIS bran, 1874 bales
hay, 556 pkgs lard, 80 bbls molasses,
81 casks bacon, ia SKIS cotton seed.
2,031 pkgs sundries. Total number of
packages 8,045. The Colorado returns
to st. Louis at 5 pm.
The New Orleans Democrat SAYS.
The Robert Il, Lee has made thirty
eight trips this season, and in that
time has brought to this city 107, or
bales cotton, l37 bags seed cotton, 9l.-
ia sacks cotton seed, 1891 sacks oil
cake, 1893 sacks cotton seed meal and
24S3 barrels cotton seed oil, the whole
~aggregating 1877, 402 bales. The Lee.
total last season was 91,734 bales cot.
ton, 1858 sacks cotton seed, 5841
sacks oil cake, 5775 sacks cotton seeC
meal and 1888 barrels cotton seed oil
IN aggregate Of 126,970 bales.
We were a little backward thii
morning about speaking to Jim Car
roll, pilot of the Vint Shinkle. A
great change has taken place since h,
was here a couple of weeks ago. w,
knew him then as "old jim
Carroll-old we supposed on accoun
of his gray hair; in this we must hav,
been mistaken; for, by some freak o
nature, his gray locks have been re
stored to their original color, and to
7 day he was moving about as gprightl
as a young fawn. What has happened
The Vint Shinkle, Captain J. A
Lindsay in command, arrived at a
+, early hour this morning with near 80
tons of freight including 52l bbls. an.
. 100 SKIS. of meal, 105 bales hay, 44bbls
: whisky, 43 SKIS. bran, 277 SKIS. corn
1879 pkgs -four, $50 kegs nails, so
6 empty barrels, 1887 pkgs. sundries
: The Shinkle will leave with a retur
trip tomorrow evening for Cairo
Louisville, Cincinnati and all wa
:, landings on the Ohio, giving passen
. gers through tickets to all points cas-
at very low rates. She has splepdi
accommodations, carries a fine strin
. band for the pleasure of her patron
and is differed by clever and accom-
modating gentlemen. Joe. d. Moore
t assisted by Charlie Patterson, are
: charge of the Office.
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