Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-17

grain and produce, is due down to-day
for New Orleans.
The 0sceola Belle, for the upper
coast, had a good representation Of.
freight and people.
The Mary Houston, en- route from
New Orleans to Cincinnati, passed
Evansville yesterday at 4 pm.
The Paris G.. Brown and II. G.
Yeager, bound for New Orleans, passed
Vicksburg yesterday afternoon.
The Vint Shinkle, for Memphis,
and Reuben Springer, for New Or
leans, leaves Cincinnati to-day.
The James d. Parker, bound for
Memphis, and Golden City, for New
Orleans, passed Louisville yesterday.
Mont. Hoskins has recovered IRON
his late gun-shot wound and has re-
sumed his duties on the james D..
Parker.
The Katie Hooper brought out of
Arkansas river COB bales cotton, Z bags
seed cotton, 420 sacks seed and AZ
pkgs sundries.
The Robert Mitchell, bound from
New Orleans to Cincinnati, passed
Vicksburg yesterday at z am, and is
due here tomorrow.
The Sallie Carney, with a tow of
slaves and coal for New Orleans, left
Cairo yesterday afternoon and is due
down in the morning.
The Grand Tower, of the Anchor
line, leaves st. Louis this evening for
Vieksburg, and leaves here Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock.
The Gold Dust, Captain Gould, of
the Anchor line, is due here tonight
from Vicksburg,and leaves tomorrow
morning for st. Louis.
Col. sgd Jones, the greatest railroad
man Of the age, is in the city, bound
for Arkansas, in the interests of the
railroads he represents.
1t is the universal prayer ofsteam-
boatmen for the proper authorities to
repair the dilapidated sidewalks lead
ing from Front Row to the levee.
The new steamer Florida, built at
Pittsburg and bound for New Orleans,
passed Wheeling yesterday and is due
here in the early part Of next week.
The Thomas Sherlock, en- route
from Cincinnati to New 0rlea s,
passed Evansville yesterday at 4 pr,
and is due down tomorrow evening.
The dump at the foot of Gayosc
street is a nuisance, and for the benefit
Of Aatboatmen and others doing busi-
ness there, should be discontinued.
The st. Genevieve, of the Anchor
line, left st. Louis last evening. anG
will arrive here Monday, leaving in
the evening with a return trip for St
Louis.
The barge Sallie Pierce, which sunk
on Wednesday at Birds Point, wa.
laden with 10000 bushels of bull
corn. She went down in 60 feet o
water.
The Coahoma, of the Adams mai
r line, left Vicksburg yesterday at !
am, and will arrive Monday, ant
leave Tuesday evening on her regular
day for Vicksburg.
The Thomas Sherlock, while de
scending the falls at Louisville Thurs
pay morning, knocked two wings Of
\ her chimneys by striking the irol
a Orders Of the span.
\ Speer & Company have been award
the contract for the building of tn
hull of the new side-wheeler fo
Major John ID. Adams, for the Mem
phis and Vicksburg mail line.
Major Mike Waldron, superintend
ent of the river mails, returned las
night on the city of Helena from a
inspecting tour of the mail bushes
between here and Vicksburg.
Owing to the high stage Of water i
Hatchie river and the draw not bein
completed, the Poitevent has not a
yet passed above the railroad bridg
q over Hatchie near Brownsville.
The City of Helena passed up Q
midnight, for st. Louis, with a fai
up stream trip. She put off here 4
bales Of cotton and a few pkg
q sundrieS, and added some people.
! Captain James Rees is coming dow
: in command of the new iron steame
Florida, which was built by Jane
|, Rees at Pittsburg, to ply betwee
Jacksonville, Florida, and New Oh
Z leans.
IS Mr.. Samuel w. Cutter, a grea
favorite with the marine fraternity
q now superintends Mrs. Kinney's ski
; and tarpaulin business. All bushes
entrusted to him will be properl
attended to.
81 The 0uachita Belle cleared la.
Is evening for Arkansas City with a
h excellent trip of freight and people
is and will be back in time to leave O
sr her regular day, Monday, carrying ii
mail and making all connections.
The Hard Cash, Capt. Ed Postal
famous passenger steamer, will pas
Devall's Bluff on time to-morro'
morning for Memphis, and will arriy
Tuesday and leave WEDNESDAY evenin
with a return trip for White river.
The Cons Millar left on time La
night for Cincinnati with 375 bal,
cotton, 200 bbls oil, 66 bbls soa
stock, 10000 feet lumber, 10 tons RAJ
'e and iron, 200 bales cotton batting an
had 80 cabin people and a fair lot
10 deckers.
While the engineer, Henry Her
W wig, of the Cincinnati and Madisc
packet, i. A, Sherley, was oiling Il
a journal of the shaft, at Aurora, Ind
u yesterday morning, while she WI
making a landing, he was knocke
overheard and drowned.