Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-25

trade. AT present nothing can be
done, as We know Of no appropriation
at the disposal Of those in charge Of
the boats. Two snagboats are lying
up at this port.
No mail agent putting in an ap-
pearance at the depot in Little Rock
yesterday, Mr.. John s. Rozell, mail
agent of the steamer Marlin Speed,
happening to be at the depot, was sent
over with the mail. John gave salts
faction, showing that he was as we'll
acquainted with the rail route as he
was with the river.
The Osceola Belle, Captain Henry
Cooper in command, arrived last
evening, making the trip to 0sceola
aud return in "a hours. She is the
mail boat leaving this evening for
Osceola and all intermediate landings,
paying strict attention to business.
John Haley presides at the desk and
is assisted by Hugh Tomlinson.
The Golden City, due here last
evening, burnt her boilers and stopped
at Hickman until this forenoon, when
she concladed,to come on through to
this port and have her repairs done
here. j. D. Fuller, representing
Captain R. P. Glenn, received a dis,
patch this morning to that effect.
The Golden City will no doubt be
ready to leave for New Orleans by
tomorrow evening.
The Batesyille, Captain .. K. Jop-
lin in command, arrived with a fair
trip Of freight and is the mail packet
leaving this evening for Mariana, the
Cutoff and all way landings on
L'Anguille and st. Francis rivers,
connecting with the Mike Davis and
Marcus Collins for Wittsburg and the
Sunk Lands. A. T.. Banning presides
at the desk, and is assisted by Will
Lash.
Almost every evening, before it is
hardly dark, a crowd Of boys 90 10
swimming in the river at the foot Of
Monroe street, using sternwheel steam
boats and barges for their jumping-of
places, This should be stopped by
the police on duty at the levee before
some boy will pay with his life for the
sport. There is a heavy under-cur-
rent around the stone barges unload
ing at the landing, and a boy going too
close is liable to be sucked under by
the current.
go from home to hear the news"
The Pittsburgh Dispatch says The
steamer COahoma, destroyed by fire
at Arkansas City, had the engines of
the Quickstep, etc. The last sentence
is correct, but the burning of the boat
is a mistake. The Coahoma is still at
the upper landing, laid up on account
of dull business. The boat burned at
Arkansas City on Sunday last, was the
k. e, Lee whariboat, the hull being
that Of the famous and fast steamer
Robert =. Lee.
The popular passenger packet, Vint
Shinkle, Capt. A. j. Lindsay in COM
mand, takes her departure this even
.ipg for Cairo, Louisville, Cincinnati,
and all intermediate landings on the
Ohio river, connecting with the diff
ferent railroads, and giving passengers
through tickets to eastern cities at
very low rates. The Shinkle has
splendid accommodations, sets a fine
table and carries a string band for
the pleasure Of her patrons. Col. Joe
ID. Moore presides at the desk, and is
assisted by Charlie Patterson, a clever
young man.
Three excursion parties we're out
upon the river last night. One Of
them using the tug and barges were
caught in the rain and the partici-
pants received a good m~oistening.
The Vint Shinkle, with about $50,
aud the 0sceola Belle with $50 people,
went on up the river several miles
and got outside of the scope of the
rain, while the tug and barges turned
DuOh WhOu OuOy saw tH6 oJUTm dp-
preaching and was caught by the
heavy shower before they could effect
a landing. The parties on the Vint
Shinkle and 0sceola Belle kept up
the amusement until after midnight.
The swift running and elegant
steamer James Lee arrived at an
early hour with SO bales cotton, 329
sacks cotton seed and a big list of
people. She leaves this evening with
a return trip for Helena, Friar's
Point, and all intermediate landings,
carrying the mail and paying strict at
tention to all business entrusted to
her, and connecting at Glendale with
the Mobile and Northwestern rail
road. The Lee has elegant passenger
accommodations, and is No l in all
her appointments. Lloyd w. Whit
low, a clever gentleman, presides at
the desk, and is assisted by Mike Lo-
gan and Platt Rhodes.