Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-03
am, en- route to Vicksburg. Billy
Blenker is her polite clerk,

the Flnt Shlnkle, left Cincinnati on
Tuesday last for Gunnison county,
Colorado, where he will join his
brother William, who is engaged in
mining and other pursuits.
The owners of several steamers
running in the Southern T~ransporta-
ton company line during the past
season, have expressed the opinion
that they will run independent of any
line that may be formed.
The pools at Pittsburg are bare of
coal. Another coalboat rise would be
of no value. The present rise in the
Ohio will enable boats on their way
up to reach Pittsburg, but they will
have to lay up there as there is no
coal ready for them to bring out.
The Golden City, for Cincinnati,
and the Scudder, for st. Louis, leave
New Orleans this evening. The
steamer City of Alton left Cairo at 6
o'clock last evening, bound south.
The Halliday passed Vicksburg COM
ing up yesterday at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon.
The upper White river steamer
Alberta, Captain Albert Smith in
command, passed here yesterday on
her way to Jacksonville, where she
is to be %dismantled, and her machin-
cry placed in a new craft now build
ing there for Captain Smiths upper
White river line. Ten bales Of cotton
we're put off here by tho Alberta.
A mere Whit of wind passed over
the Paris G. Brown the other day near
New Madrid, though she was in plain
sight Of the City Of G%reenville when
the cyclone wrecked her chimneys.
Captain Bob Riley has had hard luck
with wind squalls, having met the
same kind of mishap with the City OF
Vicksburg below here some time back.
A grand boat-race comes off in
front of the city on Monday AFTER
noon. Several boats have already en-.
tered, and good muscular power will
be shown by the boys. The prize for
the winning crew is fifty dollars in
currency, a large silk flag and a pair
gold-gilt horns. AS this is a free ex-
hibition, it will be viewed by hun
dreds from the bluff and all along the
river front.
A strange meeting took place on the
landing at Cincinnati a few days ago,
between the crew of the James Mad.
ison in 1913, consisting of Captain
Albert Stein, who was second clerk,
and stood a watch as striker, Captain
Joe j. Harcourt,. the mate, III. Kali,
the mate, and last, but not least, Capt.
Nose Irwin, now the superintendent
Of the Portland and New Albany
ferry company, who was the deck
hand. The old vets had not been
together for many years before, and
there was a joyful meeting.
They have a generous hearted, we'll
off river captain down at New Or
leans, something on the order of our
own Bob Wise. His name is j. j.
Brown, and he owns a large sugar
plantation besides several fine steam.
ers. To-day he uses one of his boats
to give the inmates of forty-fve New
Orleans orphan asylums an excursion
on the river, a picnic under the shade
ofa live oak grove, and a fine frolic
with lemonade, cake and fruit al
thrown in, by the clever captain. The
children will all remember Captain
Brown in their prayers.
The Virgie Lee, Captain G.. w
Thompson in command, is due from
the Ohio, and is to leave on Monda,
evening next with a return trip 10.
Cairo, Louisville, Cincinnati and al
principal way landings, connecting
with the different railroads for til,
east and giving passengers through
tickets to all points at very low rates
The Lee is one of the best packets o
the line, has excellent accommoda
tons and carries a fine string band fo
the pleasure of her guests. jane
S%urtees is in charge of the desk and i
, assisted by Mr.. Harry Millar.
Captain w. w. O'Neil was 70
many years a we'll known river pilot
D and commanded until his bushes
grew to such proportions that he wa
Obliged to take in hand the shor,
t management. This was ten years ago
and eleven years after he began t
handle coal on his own account. Tn
firm established a depot at Louisvill
ten years ago, and at Memphis
. Natchez and Arkansas City two year
! Since. They handled during the pas
year 100000 bushels of coal, and ex
( pect to run over 1,000,000 bushel
next year. The firm owns its ow.
towboats and tugs and all the outf
/ necessary to carry on an extensiv
n coal business. The following are tn
names of their towboa!s: Fred. VIII
son, Dick Fulton, Enterprise, Bell
McGowan and Reindeer. They ais
own tugs j. B 0'Brien, stationed a
Natchez; Oriole, at Memphis, and ar
r building a third. 10. 0'Brien ha
n charge Of the Natchez depot, and Co.
Whitebill that of Arkansas CITY.