Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-28


The James Howard. for st. Louis,
and the Golden Rule, for Cincinnati,
left New Orleans Saturday.
The Grand Tower is the Anchor
line packet passing up at 10 am. to-
morrow for Cairo and st. Louis.
No boat advertised to leave for
New Orleans until tomorrow evening,
when the Belle Shreveport, of the
Anchor line will pass down.
The City of G%reenville is the An
Choir line packet leaving at 10 a m. to-
morrow for Vicksburg and the bends.
The City of Greenville, for Vicks-
burg, and the Belle Shreveport, for
New Orleans, left st. Louis Saturday.
Captain James Carr, passenger
agent of the Southern Transportation
company line, has returned from Lou
%isville.
The B~atesville will be found in port
this afternoon, and is the mail boat
leaving tomorrow evening for st.
Francis river.
The Golden City, after laying here
all day Saturday repairing boilers.
passed down at dark, having about all
the freight she wanted.
The pooling arrangement Of the
Southern Transportation lines expires
Wednesday, then the boats will run
each on their own hook
The Hard Cash will arrive to-mor-
row morning and leave on Wednesday
evening with a return trip for White,
Black and Little Red rivers.
The Riverside baseball club had a
pretty clsse game yesterday with the
Lone Stars of New Orleans. The
latter club did the best running.
The steamer Eddyville is being dis
mantled at New Albany and the ma
chinery overhauled, to be placed in a
new boat building at Jacksonville.
CAPTAIN AL. Ketchum's new boat,
Caddo Belle, was launched at Ports
mouth a few days ago, and will be
ready to leave for Shreveport about
July 9th.
The Virgie Lee, which left Cincin-
natl Saturday for this port, was sunk
on the falls at Louisville yesterday,
but will probably be got off without
much damage,
A steamer is at TIE landing to-day
taking on the contents Of the lumber
yard at the upper portion of the levee.
The next thing is to have the salt re-
moved from the levee.
The John B. Maude, for st. Louis,
passed up yesterday forenoon, dis
charging here 9 bales cotton and 260
SKIS cotton seed. She added 200 bbls
potatoes and 100 bbls -four.
Captain T. P. Leathers, of the
steamer Natchez, is willing to make a
little race with the r. Il. Lee from
New Orleans to the %ietties and return.
He thinks he has the fastest boat.
The fine Anchor line steamer Belle
of Shreveport, Captain Coghill In
command, will leave from the COM
pany's wharf-boa tomorrow evening.
bound for the Crescent City and all
way landings.
Four boats have entered for the race
which comes off in front Of the city on
Monday next. The winning boat will
get $50 in currency, a fine silk flag
and a pair of horns. A lively time is
expected by the boys.
The Paris G. Brown on her fifth
day out from New Orleans, passed up
Yesterday with a good trip of freight
She put off here Ga hhds sugar, &c
cases sardines and a few packages
sundries.
The Kountz line steamer Mollie
Moore arrived yesterday from Helena.
and is taking on about 10000 feet OF
lumber which has been stored on the
levee for some time. She takes it ia
! st. Louis.
The formal dedication of the foun-
tain presented by Captain John A.
Scudder to the Merchants exchange
Of st. Louis took place last Friday
evening. The assemblage was a large
and fashionable one.
The old Belle Memphis has not vet
been d%ismantled, but is making daily
trips from st. Louis to Harrisonville, a
distance of about 30 miles, and carry
ing about 5000 SKIS of wheat each trip.
She is still making money for her own
ers.
CAPTAIN Phineas Starr, late mate Of
the Inflated II. Il. Lee wharfboat,
came up from Arkansas City yester-
day morning, and after renewing his
acquaintance with the boys will 20 to
his farm in Illinois, where he will re-
cuperate during the summer.
Captain John N. Hardin, superin-
tendent of the Memphis and Arkansas
river packet company, requests us to
say that the Maumelle will leave to-
morrow Tuesday evening positively
for Pine Bluff and all way landings on
Arkansas river. For the present she
will have no regular day Of leaving,
but will make as many trips as it is
possible during the low stage Of water.
The 0sccola Belle, Captain Henry
Cooper in command, brought in from
the upper coast 2 bales cotton. and
2l0 sacks cotton seed. She is the
mail packet leaving this evening for
0sceola and all way landings. John
Haley presides at the desk, and is as
sisted by Hugh Tpmlinson.
The John A. Scudder, With a big
trip of freight, passed down Saturday
evening. discharging here 500 bbls
flour, 5ll bbls meal, 726 SKIS corn, 200
pals lard, 30 casks meat and 4C1 pkgs
sundries. She, added a few lots Of
way height for New Orleans and the
bends.
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