Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-14

passed ficksburg last evening.
The Hard Cash, for White river,
departed last evening with a good trip
Of freight aud a fair list Of people.
The Chas. p. Chouteau, from this
port, arrived at New Orleans yester-
day with a very fair trip Of cotton.
The Josie Harry will arrive to-
morrow evening, and leave with a
day.
Opposition jackets leaving ats pm.
for Helena, Shippers can go shop.
ping" before sending down their
freight.
TIE Virgie Lee, which has been
running 10 the Cincinnati and Evans
vile trade, has laid up to undergo
repairs.
Dan Rice's floating opera house, the
Champion No. 8, exhibits at Cairo to
morrow and Saturday, and will be
here shortly,
The Johu I. Moore brought up "a
bales Of wet cotton taken from the
sunken Batesville.
Major John Harpham, agent of the
board OF underwriters, returned from
the wreck Of the Batesville and thinks
she cannot be raised, She is lying
badly and breaking. Captain Randall
is at the wreck.
The Centennial, with 100 tons OF
freight, and drawing seven feet, passed
down this forenoon, adding GO bales of
cotton.
Captain Charlie Woodbury's new
upper White river packet Whitewater
is in port, and will probably get away
to morrow morning for her future
field Of operations.
The Henry Frank, from st. Louis.
came in yesterday evening, put off a
lot Of flour and bran, added 1857 bales
OF cotton, and left ut daylight for
New Orleans,
1t is reported that Captain Wilson.
her owner, will place the Ida Stock
ton in the Hatchie river trade. She
is a nice little sternwheeler, and has
capacity for 400 bales of cotton.
The Golden Rule reported IS inches
at Puppy creek day before yesterday.
Captain John W. Carroll, agent off
the Anchor line at st, Louis. has gone
to Eureka Springs for the benefit of
his health.
The Golden Crown left Cincinnati
Tuesday evening with 2 b%arges, over
900 tons of freight and 40 people.
She also had engagements fer 35 addi-
tlonal cabin passengers at Louisville.
The pilots of the Golden Grown.
now coming out of the Ohio river. will
change the keys of the pilots boxes
along the route and locate a new box
at G%reenville, Miss.
The two small boats building at
Pittsburg, one for Major Adams and
the other for Captain Pete Macarthur.
will be launched this week. They ere
for upper White and Arkansas rivers.
The 0sceola Belle was late getting
in yesterday, but she had a big trip of
cotton and seed, She returned Just
after dark last evening with a fair trip
Of freight.
The John B. Maude, Captain Bro.
laski in command, is the Anchor line
packet leaving this evening for Cairo,
st. Louis and intermediate landings.
Billy Blenker is her polite clerk.
Many years of experience has proved
that the steamboat mate or roustabout
driver who yells and makes the most
noise, gets the smallest amount of
work done for the steamboats, money.
John Higgins, mate of the Osceola
Belle, being afflicted with a skin dh
ease or blood poisoning, was compelled
to stop off yesterday to undergo treat.
ment. Dad Durham went out in his
place
The little sternwheel packet, Ida
Stockton, from St. Louis, arrived yes.
terday afternoon, and tied up at the
foot Of Washington street. Her fu-
ture field Of operations are not now
known.
The James w. GaG, eleven days
out from Cincinnati. arrived at Cairo
last evening and will probably reach
here about Saturday evening, making
a four days trip in exactly two weeks
She lays up on arrival here.
The Silverthorn went out last even
ing TO Osceola to bring out a cargo OF
cotton seed that has accumulated
there Charlie Parish went out at
the wheel, Ben Graham in charge of
the engines, and Dennis McDermott
in charge OF the lower deck.
The new iron steamer John T
Moore, Commodore j. Ed Montgom
cry in command, is the regular packet
leaving at 5 p. m. for Helena, Glendale
and intermediate landings, paying
prompt attention to all business Gu
trrsted to her. A, Y. Stevens presides
at the desk.
The red tiger packet, Coahoma,
Captain Geo. Malone in command, i,
the packet leaving this evening for
Helena, Glendale and all way land
lugs. paying prompt attention to all
G. o. d. and plantation business.
Captain Il. w. Crowell is her polite
clerk and is assisted by Charlie Left
witch.
The W. j. Poi(eyent, Captain w
j. Ashford in command, is the daily
packet leaving this evening for Com
merce and all way landings, connect
ing with the Katie Ann for points in
Council Bend. Kneel Booker is her
polite clerk, assisted by his brother
Gabe Booker.
In 1871 and 1872 the Ohio river had
barge water in October, but none
since. During the past ten years
there has been a good stage of water
in the river every November during
that term or years, and anything like
a good rise is not looked for until
somewhere next month or until the
snow in the mountains produces it.
The St. Louis journals attach much
Importance to the fact that a new
barge transportation company has been
Formed with a cash capital Of $500, 900
and a carrying capacity of 2,500.000 |
bushels of grain per month. The
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