Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-09

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The Maumelle will be placed on the
docks at Fort Pickering to be over,
hauled.
The W. j. Poitevent for the pres.
ent is making three trips per week to
Commerce.
The Silver Cloud will u this sea-
son in the Cincinnati and Tennessee
river trade.
Captains John N. Hardin and Ed.
Little Rock.
The Dew Drop was sold at Louis
vile yesterday for S2400. and left for
Greensboro, Ky.
The Grand Lake and barges. from
st. Louis, passed down yesterday
bound for New Orleans.
The Golden City is UNDERGOING a
thorough Overhaulipg and reftting in
preparation for fall business.
The Kounts line steamer, General
Tomkins, has gone to Vicksburg to
enter the Yazoo river trade.
Tom Moran returned this morning
on the John B. Maude. He is the last
OF the Chicago exc~ursionists.
The Batesville will be in to-day.and
is the mail packet leaving Saturday
evening for st. Francis river.
H.. NJ. Hoton has sold to Liebke &
Schrage, of st. Louis, the towboat
Charlie Bourne No. 2, for $4,000.
'Lish Evans, with his partner,
Henry Hampton, will take charge of
the wheel Of the John T. Moore.
The james w. Calf did not leave
Cincinnati yesterday as advertised but
laid over until Saturday evening.
The James Lee, for Friar's Point.
and the Osceola Belle, for Osceola,
departed last evening with fair trips
The Kountz line steamer, L. o.
StaHard, en- route to New Orleans.
passed down yesterday without land,
ing.
The w. P. Halliday, from St. Louis,
and the Mary Houston, from Cincin'
natl, arrived at New Orleans yester-
day.
The Oakland, John Gilmore and
Sam Roberts, all with barges Of bulk
grain from st. Louis, arrived at New
Orleans yesterday.
The Guiding Star and Montana,
from New Orleans, and the City Of
Providence, from Vicksburg, ar.
rived at st. LOui yesterday.
The John B. Maude, Captain Harry
BrOlaski in command, is the Anchor
line packet leaving this evening for
st. Louis. Billy Blenker is her po-
lite clerk.
The Golden City, from St. Louis,
with 1900 tons Of freight and drawing
about 8 feet passed down last evening
putting off nothing here, but adding
80 tons of freight for Y~icksburg, New
Orleans and way points.
Walter Mcdonald, a former riv,r
clerk, has opened at No. go Second
street, opposite Court square, a very
neat cigar and tobacco store and would
like to have his old friends call around
and encourage him in his new enter
prise.
Steamboat business at Pittsburg is
virtually suspended on account of the
low stage of water. Freights are re-
ported plentiful.
The John A. Scudder, with Q
light trip for New Orleans, passed
up this forenoon after cleaning out
her boilers here.
The Commonwealth, Captain John
Bryan in command, is the Anchor
line packet passing down tomorrow
at 10 am, for Vicksburg and the
bends.
The five sick men taken from the
towboat Raven, at Vicksburg, were
shipped to their homes, in st. Louis,
on the Grand Tower. They had fully
recovered and were in fpe spirits.
The City of Helena, Captain [. H.
Mckee in command, is the Anchor
line packet passing up at 10 am. to
morrow EN- route to Cairo and st
Louis. George Walton is her polite
clerk.
The steamer johnson, plying in the
Tennessee river, has been sold to Gin
cinnati parties for $4,000. 1t is said
that this boat, with others to be bought
or built, will run below Chattanooga
in the building up Of Cincinnati's cot
ton trade.
Commodore J. Ed Montgonery,now
in command of the new iron steamer.
John T. Moore, is the only man we
know of who is justly entitled to that
honorable title, the same having been
conferred on him during the war
while in command of the Mississippi
feet.
The popular Josie Harry will arrive
to. night, andis the regular mail packet
leaving Saturday with a return trip,
for Devall's Bluff, Augusta, jackson
port and all intermediate landings,
connecting with the light draught
packets Winnie and Milt Harry for
upper White, Black and Little Red
rivers.
The Hard Cash, looking as neat as a
new pin, departed last evening for
White river with an excellent trip Of
both freight and people. She sported
the Hancock and English flag all day
yesterday. and will keep it at the top
of her jackstaff until her return. Cap
tain Postal wants to show the people
Of White river valley how Memphis
stands on the presidential question.
The George W. Cheek NJ. R. Cheek