Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30

The w. j. Poiteyent is to undergo
a thorough repairing, overhaulIng and
painting up, and in a few weeks will
be placed in the Memphis and Com
mer0e trade as a daily packet.
The Josie Harry, Captain Milt r.
Harry in command, is the mail packet
leaving tomorrow evening for Arkan-
sas City and intermediate landings.
Captain A. l.. Cummins is her chief
clerk.
Mrs. James o. Duff, wife of the
late river editor of this paper, was a
passenger out this morning on the
steamer James w. Gaf. Mrs. Durff
goes to Metropolis to spend the sum
mer months.
The big James Howard, Captain j.
II. Pepper in command, is the Anchor
line packet leaving the company's
wharf boat at 5 pm. to-day for, Cairo
and st. Louis. A. Woods is her polite
clerk.
The James w. Gaf left at Z am.
for Cincinnati, with 200 bales cotton.
$50 sacks oil meal, 30 bales paper
stock, so bbls oil, 81 bbls soap stock.
10000 feet of lumber, and full Of
people.
The little side-wheel steamer, Star
Of the West, Captain w. j. Ashford
in command, is the daily packet leav-
ing at D p. m. for ScanlOn's, Cat Island
and intermediate landings. Neil
Booker, a clever young man, is in
charge Of the Office.
Captain j. d. Randall leaves this
evening, for Madison, Arkansas, to
look after the light draught boat
which he is building for the sunk
lands trade. She is to have the ma
chinery Of the old Annie with new
cylinders, and will draw but six
inches.
Model barges from 15O0to 1900 tons
capacity, and with cargo boxes, are
being built at the following points on
the Ohio for the st. Louis and New
Orleans bulk grain trade: Three at
Mason City, one at Portsmouth, four
at Cincinnati, two at Madison, three
at Jacksonville, four at New Albany,
four at Metropolis, two at Madison
total twenty-three.
The Osceela Belle, Captain Henry
Cooper in command, came in from
the upper coast with l bale cotton,
l07 sacks cotton seed and sundries.
She is the mail packet leaving this
evening for Osceola and all way land.
ings, paying strict attention to all bus
mess entrusted to her. John Haley
is her chief clerk, and is assisted by
Hugh Tomlinson.
The James Lee, Captain Stacker
Lee, brought in from the lower coast
IL bales cotton, S29 sacks cotton seed.
9 bags seed cotton, a bbls oil and a
good list of people. She leaves again
this evening with a return trip for
Helena, Friar's point, and all inter.
mediate landings, connecting at Glen.
dale with the Mobile and Northern
trains, carrying the mail and givinl
strict attention to all business en-.
trusted to her. Lloyd w. Whitlow il
her polite clerk, and is assisted BY
Mike Logan and Platt Rhodes.
The Anchor line packet, City O
J Greenville. for Vicksburg, passed dow
last evening. She put off here 274S
/, sacks corn, Is sacks rye, and 400 Dbl
-four and meal, She was detained II
hours on account of a storm she en-
countered near Reelfoot, 10 mile
/, above here at 2 pm. Monday. The
storm struck her just after she round.
ed out, blowing down both of he,
chimneys, one of which was blow
into the river, the other which iel
r across her decks was cut in two, anC
a pair of stumps made, with which t,
complete her trip. All of her ancho
vas lost, with the exception of tn
ring. The jackstaf was also blow
away. The falling Of the chimney
upon the roof broke about 30 hurri
cane roof carlins on the starboard side
together with the ratings also ahou
I30 boiler deck c%arlins. The captain
: states that the storm seemed to com,
up from the middle of the river, ant
. the result was but the work IF a mo
ment. There were but a few passen
gers on board, but all remained coo
and calm. The Greenville will com
/, plete her trip, and new chimneys will
be ready by the time she reaches st
Louis. thereby not losing n trim