Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-02

The Greyhound returned to tn,
Ohio river with TOW ofempty barges
The Annie p. Silver, from New
Orleans, arrived at st. Louis yester
day.
The Yirgie Lee, bound from Mem.
Phis TO- Cincinnati, passed Evansville,
yesterday at l am.
The j. B. NJ. Kehlor, bound from
Cincinnati to New Orleans, passed
Louisville yesterday.
The Will Kyle and Paris G. Brown
from New Orleans, arrived at Gin.
cinnati this morning.
The Ste .6enevieve, Of the Anchor
line, is the regular packet tomorrow
evening tor st. Louis.
The Grand Tower left st. Loui,
Saturday evening for Vicksburg, auG
is due down tomorrow.
The Katie Hooper, for A-kansas
river Saturday. was we'll represented
Win freight and people.
The Golden Rule, for New Orleans
and Vint Shinkle, for Memphis
passed Louisville yesterday.
The Vint Shinkle, for Memphis
and Golden Rule, for New Orleans,
LETT Cincinnati Saturday evening.
Captain James II. Rees arrived
Saturday evening from New Orleans,
and goes from here to Little Rock.
The Alice Brown left Louisville
Saturday for New Orleans, with a tow
containing a half million bushels OF
coal.
The Robert Mitchell, bound for
New Orleans, passed Evansville yes
terday at 2 am, and is due here to-
morrow.
The John Dippold, with her tow of
barges loaded with grain. left Cairo
yesterday morning and is due down
to-day.
The Anchor line packet John A.
Scudder will be here to leave Wed
nesday morning at ten o'clock for
New Orleans.
The Anchor line packet City Of
Greenville, left V~icksburg Saturday
noon for st. Louis, and is due here to-
morrow morning.
The John A. Scudder, of the An
Choir line, left St. Louis Saturday eve
ming for New Orleans, and is due here
tomorrow evening.
The James D. Parker will arrive
from the Ohio river tomorrow, and
will leave Wednesday with a return
trip for Cincinnati.
Captain j. T. Washington, agent of
the Hard Cash, will receive all White
river freights on the r. Il. Lee wharf
boat up to Wednesday night.
The mail contract for the line be-
tween Bayou Sara and New Orleans
has been taken away from the John
W. Cannon and Edward j. Gay.
Captain Charles f. bravo, a we'll
known steamboat commander, is a
helpless invalid at Pittsburg, his
home, from affection of the spine.
Captain Jos. Reynolds, of the Dia-
mond Joe line, in addition to his
large steamboat interests, has invest
ed in a silver mine in Arkansas.
The crew of the Bonnie Lee mutt
MED at Shreveport last week, and five
of Them were arrested. This is turn
ing the tables on the festive rousters.
Mr.. 7. B. johnson, East Bend, has
bought the barge Tidal Wave of Cap.
tain Mallory and will load il with
corn at Hurricane Island for the
South.
The Belle Memphis, from St. Louis,
discharged $500 packages of freight
and returned yesterday morning with
go bales of cotton and 30 tons Of mis-
cellaneous freight.
The City OF V;cksbGrg passed down
Saturday night at nine O'clock with a
good trip. She put off here a few
undred pkgs of freight, and added 20
tons for points below.
The Anchor line packet Gold Dust,
pa 'sed up last evening for st. Louis
after discharging here several pack
ag 5 Of freight and adding 1872 bales of
Eastern bound cotton.
Captain James d. Randall, superin-
t ndent of the St. Francis mail, leaves
this evening by rail for Madison to
look after the interests Of his upper
st. Francis river packets.
Captain j. D. Randall, superintend-
eRt ofthe St. Francis river mail line,
purchased this morning of Messrs.
Brown & Jones the Rapid Transit
for parties in Covington, Ky,
The Charles Morgan and J. w
Garrett and barges, for Cincinnati,
and james Howard and Future City
and barges for St Louis, left New
Orleans Saturday evening.
The Guiding Star, full Of Mardi
Gras excursiOnists and we'll laden
with freight, passed down Sunday af-
ternoon. She did no business here,
having all she wanted, and refused
both freight and passengers.
The Golden Rule, which left Gin
cinnati Saturday evening, has q large
number of excursionists, Including a
party of forty from Detroit, Michigan.
who make the round trip to New
Orleans.
The Batesville will hereafter make
semi-weekly trips to Mariana, and
will positively leave on Friday next
FHr Mariana, connecting there with
the M,Er Davis for Wittsburg and
the sunk lands.
The Robert Mitchell, Is aSSs down
to-morrow night for New Orleans
with a big Mardi Gras excursion.
Among her passengers is Will Hays,
of the Louisville Journal, accompanied
hv he uifn and dou0btcr