Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-06
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has laid up - Evansville. The melo-
dious musicgave her a back-set.
Charlie Taylor, freight clerk of the
Gray Eagle, won the $4,000 prize in
the Kentucky drawing last week.
Captain Glenn is loading barge No.
IL at his wharfboat. and gives her $500
sacks oil cake for New Orleans.
The John A. Scudder and Robert
Mitchell, bound for New Orleans.
passed Vicksburg this morning.
Colonel Billy Byers has recovered
sufficiently to resume his duties and
comes down this trip on the Calf.
The Fred Wilson, Messrs. O'Neal's
fast towboat, made the run from New
Orleans to Natchez in 26 hours.
The st. Louis and New Orleans
transportation Company have pur-
chased the Maggie Sayre; price $1,000.
The Reuben Springer. en- route
from New Orleans to Cincinnati.
passed Evansville yesterday morning.
The Imperial aud barges passed
Vicksburg Wednesday night, aud is
due here tomorrow, bound for st.
Louis.
The Shawnee Village packet, Star
of the West, is still aground at Pat
tons Landing and is in a perilous po-
sitiOn.
The John B. Maude, bound from
I%icksburg to St. Louis, passed Green
vile last evening, and is due here to-
morrow.
Captain j. Sharp Mcdonald. of
Pittsburg, has q contract to deliver
10000 yards Of stone at Memphis by
June lst.
The }. w. Garrettand barges, bound
from New Orleans to Cincinnati passed
Ncksburg Wednesday night, and is
due here Saturday morning.
The City Of Helena passed down on
time with a good trip. She put or
here a few hundred pkes of freight
and added 30 tons for points below.
The Yint Shinkle has again the
credit Of bringing into port from the
OHIO river the largest trip of the
Memphis packets, she having over 700
tons.
An attempt which was made to de-
feat the harbor bill in the house OF
representatives was not successful
the committee on appropriations re-
porting favorably.
The James d. Parker got ava last
evening for Cincinnati with zoo bales
cotton, 300 bbls oil, and large lot of
scrap iron and sundries, and had also
a good list Of people,
The Pierrepout added to her tow
yesterday the Rapid Transit and lef
in the afternoon. The Rapid Transit
will be towed to Coyington and be
turned over to her owners.
The James w. Calf had 400 tons OF
freight when she left Cincinnati Tues
day evening. She is due Sunday morn
ing, and leaves Monday evening with a
return trip for the Ohio river.
Freights at Cincinnati to New Or
leans have been advanced to the old
standard: Whisky, heavy pound lots,
bacon and lard, 30 cents to 100; -four
% cents, and pork 81 per barrel.
The Silverthorn, the upper coast
nail packet, Captain Henry Cooper in
command, leaves this evening for
Osceola AID Ashport. Messrs Neil
Booker and Ii. D. Tomilson oRiciate
in the office.
The 0sceola Belle, with Captain B.
o. Mitchell in command, leaves this
evening at 5 O'Clock for 0sceola. car
rying the mail and doing all way bust
ness. Cyrus Fay and Billy Given are
her g%entIemanly clerks.
Col. Aiken has the lowest bid for
the government contract for carrying
freights up the Missouri and Yellow
stone, the rates being 10 cents per 100
pounds for 100 miles in the Missouri,
and 20 cents in the Yellowstone.
The Henry Frank cleared last even
ing for New Orleans with 1914 bales
Of cotton. She added on this side
some 30 bales and got the other over
At Hopefield. She gets 1000 bales at
Helena, 1000 at Arkansas City. and
engagements below sufficient to ell
her out.
The St. Francis river mail packet
Batesville, Captain o. X. Joplin,
came in this morning and returns this
evening, positively at five o'clock, to
st. Francis river, connecting at Madi-
son with the Mike Davis, for Upper
st. Francis river, Birdie Banning
and Will Lash hold forth in the
t Office.
A telegram from Washington says
that the National board of supervisors
; Of inspection Of steam vessels in revis-
ing the pilot rules have changed the
clauses referring to passing signals, so
: that descending steamers will here
: after be- required to give the first
signal, instead of the ascending steam
: ers, as has been customary.
The Katie Hooper, Captain Ed.
Nowland's favorite Arkansas river
packet. passed Helena this morning,
and will arrive here tonight at 9
o'clock and will leave tomorrow even
ing with a return trip for Pine Bluff,
connecting with the Marlin Speed for
Little Rock and Fort Smith. Jimmy
Thompson is her chief clerk, seconded
by Amos Day.
The White river mail packet, Josie
Harry, is due to-day from White
river, and leaves tomorrow evening
with q return trip, going through to
Jacksonpart and connecting with
q light draught packets for upper White
and Black rivers. Walker Outlaw
has charge Of the office. which is a
. sure guarantee of all business being
properly attended to.