Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-11

United States survey steamers 20
South to-day IN a surveying tour.
The Andy Baum for Memphis, aud
Golden City for New Orleans, left
Cincinnati last evening.
The City of Alien for ST. Louis, aud
Thomas Sherlock for Cincinnati are
due up tomorrow.
No departures at New Orleans yes.
terday, the packets laying over on
account of excursionists.
The. B~atesville. for st. Francis
river, with her big trip Of people and
freight, got out last night.
The Gold Dust of the Anchor line.
left st. Louis last evening for Vicks-
burg, and is due here tomorrow.
The G. P. Chouteau, bound for
Memphis, passed Greenyille yesterday
at2 am, and is due here tomorrow
The Greyhound left Cairo yester-
day afternoon for Memphis with a
tow of coal for Messrs. Brown &
Jones.
There was quite a large number of
people who came here to attend Mardi
Gras returned home to-day by the
packets.
The Hard Cash, Capt. Ed. Postal,
leaves this evening for White river.
Charley Postal aud John Wyckoff are
her clerks.
The tug Hop Loudon, with a tow OF
stone from Roseclare, which will be
used here for paving the streets, ar
rived yesterday.
The James Howard and Grand
Lake and barges for New Orleans, and
City of Y~icksburg for Vicksburg, left
st. Louis last evening.
Lou Jones, the inventor and pat
entee ola new heater, is o~verhauling
the engines of the Osceola Belle, and
will come out on her.
The Grand Tower cleared for st.
Louis with a fair trip. She added
here 600 GALES of Eastern bound cot
ton and a good number of people.
The James D. Parker, EN- route
from Memphis to Cincinnati, passed
Louisville this morning. She leaves
there tomorrow with a return trip
for Memphis.
ThessShields makes her regular time,
had in a fair trip to-day, and leaves
this evening for Commerce, and will
do all way business. Captain Nd
Irowell, her chief clerk, will attend
properly to all way business.
The John Dippold with her tow,
got away this morning for New Or
leans. She added here barge 81 which
was laden with 1850 sacks meal and
cake, and barge 81 with 1904 sacks
cake loaded at Captain Glenn's wharf
boat and elevator.
The injunction granted by the
Chancerycourt, restraining the collec-
ton of wharfage from the owners of
the r.. r. Lee wharfboat, has been
dissolved, except as to the months
during which the yellow fever pre-
vailed last year, and wharfage will
~henceforth be collected according to
the ordinances made and provided.
The Hattie Nowland, of the Mem
phis and Arkansas river mail line,
Capt. John Dar-agh in command,
leaves this evening at 5 o'clock for
Pine Bluff, and will make connection
with the light draught steamer Mar
lin Speed for Little Rock and Fort
Smith. She carries the mail and gives
strict attention to all way business.
Messrs. A. Banksmith and Will Oar.
r0gh, two clever gentlemen, do the
honors of the Office.
St. Louis Times, Monday While
passing under the bridge Saturday
night, at eleven o'clock, the Fannie
Lewis collided with the west pier.
knocking down her chimneys and do
ing herself other damages to the ex
tent Of several hundred dollars. The
Rohan Brothers put up the chimneys
yesterday and her starboard guard viii
also be repaired by nine o'clock thi;
morning, when she will leave iCr the
0uachita.
The James Lee ofthe Lee mail line
Capt. Stacker Lee in command
brought in 81 bales of cotton, Is bag.
If seed cotton and 30 packages Of sun
lries, and a lot of seed. She leave
his evening with a return trip fo
Friar's Point attends to all way busi
ness, carries the mails and connects a
Glendale with the Mobile and North
western rail road. Lloyd w. Whit
low is her chief clerk and has associ
ates with him, Arthur Brown an,
Doug Dallam, two of the best fellow
in the world.
The Josie Harry, Capt. Milt Han
RVS blue ribbon boat, which has al
ways brought out of White river tn,
largest trips, and is one of the fines
steamers that plies that stream, passed
Devalls Bluff on time, and will arrive
Friday morning and leave Saturday
evening with a return trip, coins
through to Jacksonport and makinl
connection with light draught packet,
for upper White and Black rivers
Capt. Milt Harry, James Kinman and
Walker Outlaw are gentlemen of in.
tegrity, and they use every exertion tt
please and accommodate the public
All business entrusted to her will be
~nronerlv atfanned IN