Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-15


The Virgie Lee cleared last evening
for Cincinnati with 400 bales of east
ern bound cotton, 200 barrels oil and
sundries, and 90 cabin passengers.
The Gold Dust, Of the Anchor line.
arrived yesterday at Vicksburg at 10
am, and leaves there to-day at II
am. with a return trip for st. Louis.
The LEDGER Job Printing Office
and Book Bindery, ID Madison, exc
eutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house in this city.f
The Anchor line packet Colorado,
Captain Sam McPheters, leaves this
evening at Eve o'clock for Cairo and
st. Leuis, carrying the mail and at
tending promptly to all way business.
The Shields departs this afternoon
at five pm. for Commerce and all way
landings, attending promptly to all
way business. Capt. VIM. Ashford is
in command, with Capt, Ed Crowell
in the Office.
The Greyhound, from the lower
Ohio with a tow of barges laden with
coal, passed down yesterday for Ar
kansas City. She dropped here three
barges of Shotwell coal for Messrs.
Brown & Jones.
The U. p. Schenck, Capt. Lawrence
Carriers elegant passenger and freight
steamer, leaves this evening for Cairo,
Louisville and Cincinnati, making
connection with the principal railroads
for all points east.
Captain James Lee, jr., has sold to
Captain Nat. Williams, the steamer
George w. Cheek, which left this
morning to take the place of the Sill
verthorn in the Vicksburg and Green
vile trade, Terms private.
Jimmy Carr, who represents Messrs.
Brown q Jones at the river furnish
ing coal to steamboats,, was made
happy yesterday by the presentation
of his wife of a "bouncer," who will
be able to catch a fly at the first game.
The Mark Twain, Captain Ross.
came in yesterday afternoon from
Dyersburg with 1000 sacks seed. 81
bales and sundries. She leaves
this evening with a return trip for
Dyersburg and all points on the Fork
ed Deer river.
The 0uachita Belle, Captain Mark
Cheek, is the regular packet leaving
this evening for Arkansas City, carry
ing the mail and attending to all way
business. Captain A. j. Cummins is
her purser, and has associated with
him MOssrs. VIM. Thomas and Lee
Cummins, jr.
The staunch steamer Silverthorn
will arrive here Sunday and will enter
the trade between here and Hale's
Point, in place of the George w.
Cheek, making semi-weekly trips
Captain Henry Cooper will command
her with Neil Booker and Mr.. Tomil-
son in the Office.
The John B. Maude, of the Anchor
line, Capt. VIM. Blake in command.
leaves the company's wharfboat to.
morrow at ten am. for Vicksburg and
the bends, carrying the mail and Civ
ing strict attention to all way business
and connecting at Vicksburg with the
regular packets for New Orleans anC
YazoO river.
The Cons MilIar, Captain William
Tichenor's favorite passenger steamer
came in this morning from the 0biC
river with 400 tons of freight, 50Ct
pkgs in all, and leaves this e%venins
with a return trip for Cincinnati, tick.
citing passengers through to all point.
east and giving prompt attention to al
way business. Jimmy Voris, who i
one of the best clerks on the river
and a clever little gentleman, ha.
charge as the office, and is ably as
sisted by Mr.. Harry Galley, an exper
clerk and courteous gentlemen.