Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-10

M. John speed were In Cincinnati
on Thursday, sightseeing.
Hank KelsO and james Montague
are pilots on the Virgie Lee.
The James Howard, with a big
cargo of sugar and molasses for st.
LO1is, is due up tomorrow.
The Golden City, bound from New
Orleans to Cincinnati, passed Evans
vile last night at six o'clock.
Mr.. Ryan now edits the Golden
Rule Pilot, vice Capt. Warren ingalls,,
who left the boat at Louisville.
The keels for the two Northern line
steamers to be built at st. Louis will
soon be laid.
1t is rumored that the coal miners
on the Monongahela will go into a
strike next week.
The John w. Garrett and barges
are up the Wabash loading with corn
for New Orleans.
Captain j. A. Lindsay, owing to
Illness, left his boat at Cairo and re-
turned to Cincinnati.
Colonel H. B. Hays, the prominent
coal man, Of Pittsburg, is very ill and
not expected to live,
The Golden Crown, for New Or
leans, and Cops Millar, for Memphis,
leaves Cincinnati this evening.
The new andadditional boiler placed
in the Gaff this summer at st. Louis
makes her a mile an hour faster.
The James Lee returned to Friars
Point crowded with people, and about
all the freight she wanted to handle.
The Cons Millar, from Memphis,
arrived at Cincinnati yesterday and
leaves there to day with a return trip.
The new steamer Florida, nearing
completion at Pittsburg, will ply be-
tween Jacksonville, Florida and New
Orleans.
The Avalanche is of the opinion
that Ryan, of the Golden Rule Pilot
would never make an editor. He
may ~ W Ill up WIFI.
The LEDGER Job Printing Office
and Book Bindery, - Madison, exc
cutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house in this city. +
The Port Eads and barges passed
down this morning for New Orleans.
She added here two barges which we're
loaded with oil cake, oil meal and
oil,
Jim Briggs and Sol Silver, the
celebrated passenger agents, at Cairo,
have got a new Office and are now To-
Gated on the stem Of Halliday's wharf
boat.
The steamer Lucy Gastrell, which
was reported in a perilous position
above New Orleans, succeeded in get
ting off the bank and returned to New
Orleans.
The Golden Rule passed down last
night for New Orleans with 1900 tons
Of freight. She put off here a lot Of
plows, and some otherstuf, but added
nothing.
The Will Kyle, Capt. Lew Hates
new steamer, en- route from Cincinnati
to New Orleans, passed Evansville
yesterday afternoon and is due down
tomorrow.
The wharfmaster or city engineer
had better have,the plank walks lead
ing down Court and Monroe streets
repaired, or else we will get the mack
erels after them.
Business is a little flush in Arkan-
sas river, with the regular packets
able TO do all the business offering,
and bring out all the cotton on the
banks ready for shipment.
The Coahoma left Vickburg yester-
day at noon for Memphis, and will
arrive Monday and leave Tuesday
evening next. her regular day, with a
return trip for Vicksburg.
The Grand Tower passed down this
morning for Vicksburg with a splendid
\ trip of freight, and a fair list ofpeople.
She put off here several pkgs and
added about 30 tons for points below.
The towboat w. G.. Gufy, of Pitts.
burg, in descending the river on
Thursday with a tow of coal, struck
the middle pier of the Newport rail
road bridge, sinking three boats Of her
tow.
Spring time is coming. The red
chimney boat General Rucker, of the
Korntz line, passed up this morning
for st. Louis. She is the first on the
list to emigrate, She seeks new pas
lures.
TAe 0uachita Belle, of the Adams
mail line, is the regular mail packet
leaving Monday for Arkansas City.
Captain Mark Cheek commands, with
Captain A. l.. Cummins in charge oil
the office.
Captain T. NJ. Mahan, formerly a
citizen of Memphis, has invented a
steam circular dredge boat. 1t is
claimed that this boat will cut through
a sandbar, and thus give a channel Of
any required depth.
New Orleans Picayune There is a
crevasse on the wharf at the head Of
Bienyille street. Steamboats, are
warned that there will be six green
lights at its mouth to prevent them
from going in, and a fog horn will be
blown every five minutes.
The city Of Vicksburg from Vioks.
burg discharged here 124 bales cotton.
II sacks seed cotton, Y sacks seed, Ia
head cattle, and 20 packages sundries
and adds 100 hnlns nf nnntnrn