Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-05

JCobCiNags
Bob Lees colt, the James Lee
warmed the Charles Morgan yesterday
morning.
The Will Kyle, bound from Gin.
cinnati to New Orleans passed Louis.
vile yesterday.
The Anchor line packet John b
Maude left Vicksburg yesterday at II
am. for st. Louis.
Billy Smither's beautiful and ac.
oomplished bride accompanied hin
this trip to Vicksburg.
The City of Vicksburg. of the
Anchor line, left Vicksburg YESTERDAY
at z am. for st. Lqlis.
The COahOmo cleared last evening
for Vicksburg with a splendid trip d
freight and passengers.
The G. P. Chouteau, for Memphis
aud u P. Schenck, for Cincinnati
leave New Orlerns to-day.
The Cons Millar, for Memphis. and
Golden Crown, for New Orleans.
leaves Cincinnati Saturday. r
The Paris c. Brown. for New Or.
leans, and the Virgie Lee, for Mem
phis, leave Cincinnati to-day.
The Guiding Star, en- route from
cincinnati to New Orleans, passed
Vicksburg yesterday at 9 am.
The w. P. Halliday and John Gil
more and barges, bound for st. Louis.
left New Orleans last evening.
The Gold Dust, of the Anchor line,
left st. Louis last evening for Vicks-
burg, and will leave here Saturday.
The Josie Harry is due tomorrow
and will leave Saturday, her regular
day, with a return trip for White river.
The @. P. Chouteau took into New
Orleans this trip 1898 bales of cotton.
1910 scks seed and $50 scks oil cake
The James D. Parker gets away
this evening for Cincinnati with a
good list OF cotton and other freights.
A number of steamboatmen desire
through the LEDGER, to know how
the Morgan Rather found the Jim
Lee"
The Belle Memphis, of the Anchor
line, left st. Louis last evening for
Memphis, and is due here Saturday
morning.
The John A. Scudder, which passed
down yesterday for New Orleans. was
tul! OF people and had had all the
freight she wanted.
Will Hays had on his government
shoes as he passed here yesterday, and
is prepared to walk home if he cannot
get any other transportation.
al; f. Cook, special correspondent
OF the Galveston News, was a passen-
ger on the James Howard yesterday,
bound home on a pleasure trip.
The Golden Rule passed down this
morning at Z o'clock for New Orleans.
She had all the freight she wanted
and was full of people, having a Mardi
Gras excursion to New Orleans.
One OF the most prominent passen-
gers on the Coahoma last evening was
Hiss Tllley Smith, In accomplished
who seems to be quite a favorite
with the clerks and passengers.
There WI be a grand time on Mardi
next Tuesday. All the packets
will bring large numbers of visitors.
and preparations have been made to
give visitors "a good exhibition. The
ball at the Exposition Building will be
attractive.
An engineer named Thomas Lyon
was scalded to death by the bursting
Of a steam pipe on board the steamer
Whisper, in Smoky Bend, a short dis
lance above DonaldsOnville, last Sat
The remains were taken to
Orleans for interment.
The &. H. Durfee, an independent
packet, will arrive to-day from St.
with a full cargo of freight. one
item being 800 SEEKS corn. Captain j.
L. %ashlngton represents her. She
to st. Louis this evening
leaving the Lee wharfboat at five
o'clock.
The Vint Shinkle, Captain Ster-
ling Mcintyre, will arrive in port to-
day, and will leave tomorrow even
ing with a return trip for Cairo,
Louisville and Cincinnati. Captain
j.. A. Lindsay, a worthy gentleman,
holds forth in the office.
The 0uachita Belle. Captain Mark
Cheek, is the Adams mail line packet
this evening for Arkansas City. She
will do all way business and make
direct connection with the Pine Bluff
road at Arkansas City. Captain Lee
is her chief clerk, and has
as assistants Messrs. William Thomas
and Lee Cummins, jr.
The Shields, Captain VIM. Ashford.
came in this afternoon from the lower
coast, and returns this evening to
Commerce, leaving at five o'clock.
She will pay strict attention to all
way business. Capt. Ed. Crowell,
her chief clerk, will see that all bust.
ness is properly attended to.
The Batesville, Captain 0. X. Jop-
in. Of the st. Francis river mail line,
will arrive tonight and leave to-mor-
row evening positively with a return
trip TOR Mariana, making direct con
with the Mike Davis for
Wittsburg and the sunk lands. Birdie
Banning and Will Cash do the honors
IF the office.
The amount of bulk grain shipped
st. Louis to New Orleans in
January was 4,466, 600 bushels. and
the Ohio river 81, 000bushels and
now in elevators at st. Louis 947. 900
bushels wheat, $780, 900 bushels corn
and $4,000 bushels oats. The major
OF the above shipments we're
exported to Europe.
The Henry Frank, Captain Frank