Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-09

cellaneous freight.
The Andy Baum, en- route from
Memphis to Cincinnati, passed Cairo
yesterday at 2 pm.
The Mary Houston, with 200 tons o.
freight, is due up Sunday morning
bound for Cincinnati.
The Kehlor had 800 hhds sugar
1900 bbls molasses and 500 bales OF
paper stock for Cincinnati.
No arrivals or departures at st.
Louis yesterday, the dense fog on the
river suspending navigation.
The Fred Blanks and Robert
Mitchell, bound for New Orleans
passed Vicksburg yesterday.
The barge Orleans, being loaded By
Captain eileen, for New Orleans, gets
500 bbls oil, $500 scks oil cake.
The Will Kyle added at Louisville
100 head of stock, 200 plows, 20 bbls
whisky, and thirty tons of hardware.
DR.. Calder bought the steamer Eva
at United States Marshals sale al
New Orleans last Wednesday for
$500.
If Engineer Murray don't repair the
sidewalks leading to the levee, we will
"douse" him in the river the first
opportunity.
The mild weather is breaking ur
the ice in the upper Mississippi, and
all the streams above st. Louis are
rising rapidly.
The Cons Miller, from Memphis,
arrived at Cincinnati this morning,
and leaves there Saturday with a return
trip for Memphis.
Barge No. %, loaded by CAPTAIN
Glenn, with $500 seeks oil cake, will be
taken in tow by the Port Eads, which
will be down tomorrow.
Tie LEDGER Job Printing Office
and Book Bindery, ID Madison, exc
cutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house in this city. +
The propeller Sylvan Dell, which
DR.. Peterson purchased at Cincinnati
to carry the mail between Donaldson
vile and Red river is due dowu to
day.
The dense fogs on the river have
seriously interfered with the regular
running of boats. 1t looks as if we're
not going to have any winter. Where's
Tice?
The VIII Kyle, Captain Lew Hates
new steamer, bound from Cincinnati
to New Orleans, passed Evansville
last night, and will be here to leave
Sunday morning for New Orleans.
The Guiding Star. from Cincinnati,
arrived at New Orleans last night.
She reports the John Porter, from
Pittsburg, with a tow of coal and pro
duce boats laid up near Bayou Goula.
The steamer Lucy Gastrell, bound
from New Orleans to Natchez, ran
into the bank, in the log, thirty miles
above New Orleans. Her stem is
high and dry. She is being unloaded
to keep her from breakingin two.
The j. w. Calf, bound from Gin
cinnati to Memphis, passed Evansville
yesterday afternoon, and will arrive
here tomorrow evening. She leaves
Monday evening with a return trip for
Cincinnati She tickets passengers
through to all points East, at exceed
ingly low rates.
The Carrier passed up near mid
night from New Orleans, bound for
st. Louis, with a big trip of freight.
the following being the principal
items of her cargo: 1922 hhds sugar,
237 bbls rosin and 80 tons miscella.
neous freight. She put off here COG
pkgs OF general mdse,
The Ed. Richardson, from Mem
phis, arrived at New Orleans yester-
day, The following were the principal
items Of her cargo: $500 bales cotton,
1850 SKIS oil cake, 500 bbls oil, 400 SKIS
oil meal, 5430 SKIS cotton seed. She
leaves there tomorrow with a return
trip for Memphis.
The City of Vicksburg, Captain
Bob Riley, is the Anchor line packet
leaving the cOmpany's wharfboat this
evening at five o'clock sharp for Cairo
and st. Louis, carrying the mail and
making direct connection with the
principal railroads for all points east
and west.
The Jay Hardy, Captain Billy
Davis's regular Shawnee Village pack
ct, brought in this morning 3 bales
cotton, 80 bags seed cotton, 8 head
cattle and l23 sacks seed. She leaves
this evening with n return trip for
Shawnee Village and way landings in
behind the islands.
MIR. j. r. Thurman, a prominent
merchant at Norfolk landing, came up
on the James Lee this morning for
the purpose Of making purchases and
laying in a fresh stock of goods. Mr..
Thurman is an energetic business
man and does a good business at Nor
folk and is quite popular with the peo-
pie in his section Of the country.
Globe Democrat: A new paper will
be issued on Saturday called the
Anchor Line Pilot. President Scud-
der, Of the Packet Company, agrees to
distribute ten thousand of the copies
along the river as far as Vicksburg.
The contents of the paper will be
insurance and freight rates, as well as
distances and other points Of interest.
The daily Commerce packet Shields
had another g9od trip out last night,
and came in to-day with a fair list Of
cotton and cotton seed. Her business
is steadily increasing, and she is
building gp Q good trade. Captain
VIM. Ashford eeumsR4s with Cap
tain Ed Crowell as purser, wiiioh Il q
sufi cient guarantee for her attending
promptly to all business.