Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-12

tomorrow Tor Calr0 n ct. Louis.
Tom White presideS at the desk.
The City Of Vicksburg, from Vicks-
burg, and the Belle Shreveport, from
New Orleans, arrived at 81. Louis
yesterday.
The Madison Ship Yard pays out to
hands over 5000 every Saturday, and a
large number Of men are working on
sub-let contracts.
1t is expected that by this time
next year Davis Island dam will be
completed and ready for business. The
Golfer dam is now out, and everything
is ready for the expected coal rise.
The Henry Frank will come through
to this port next trip and the Chou
teau after her present trip after
which they will ply regularly be
tween this port and New Orleans.
The Golden Rule did not take 1000
bales Of cotton at Arkansaw City, as
was reported she would do. She had
no cotton on board when she arrived
here, but took on 80 bales for Can
Melton.
The new Anchor Line packet City
of Baton Rouge, which has been
aground on the Louisville falls for
several days past, hoated off last mid
night and proceeded on her voyage to
st. Louis.
Captain Thorwegan, who passed
through this city yesterday on his way
to st. Louis, says that the Chas. p.
Ohouteau had on her last trip into
New Orleans a heavier freight than
ever before.
Letter heads, envelopes, bill heads,
bills of lading, cards and all kinds of
commercial printing done as well and
as cheap at the PUEBLO LEDGER Office
as anywhere in the United States.
The Gold Dust, in command of
Captain j. 7. McCord. is the Anchor
Line packet leaving here at 10 a. m.
tomorrow for Vicksburg and all in.
termediate landings. Henry Dietrich
is her chief clerk.
Work on the dixie at Portland bar
has been pushed forward with great
energy by the present contractor dur
ing the low water season, and up to
Wednesday last 2270 feet CT the total
5000 to be put down had been com
pleted.
Alf. Cutting, Of Metropolis, Ills, is
building a mammoth propeller for
billiard & West Of Peoria, to be
used in the transportation of ice. She
will be the largest propeller on west
ern rivers and ready for business by
the LIST of January.
The towboat Oakland is due down
to-day, on her way to New Orleans.
In one of her barges there is $4,000
worth of mining machinery, billed
through to Mexico. 1t was built in a
st. Louis foundry, for a company
composed fist. Louis gentlemen.
The Rene Macready is the Lee
Line packet leaving at 5 p m. to-day
for Helena, Glendale and all way
landings, including those around Wal
nut and Council Bends. Captain e..
?. Order commands, and Charlie
Bourne has charge Of the office.
The Commonwealth. from St. Louis,
arrived at daylight with a light trip.
comprising about 1900 pkgs. She
leaves again this evening promptly at
. o'clock with a return trip for Cairo,
st. Louis and all way mail landings.
VIM. Fitzgerald is her polite clerk.
Fears are entertained that the viii
Kyle will be lost, as the river is still
rising, and neither diver or w~recking
boat has yet reached her. She has
about 400 tons Of railroad iron on her
deck and 300 bales of cotton in her
hold, which makes it impossible to
search for the break.
The Tiger, in command of Captain
William Flowers, leaves promptly at
5 pm. to. day for Cottonwood Point
and all way landings on the upper
coast, giving prompt attention TO all
business entrusted to her. Kneel
Booker and John Rhodes are ia
charge of the Office.
The Katie Hooper, in command oil
Captain Ed Rowland, is the mail
, packet leaving this evening for Pine
Bluff and all intermediate landings on
Arkausaw river, attending promptly
to all business that offers aud making
direct connection with light draught
boats for Little Rock and points
above. Captain j.. N. Thompson
presides at the desk and is assisted by
Will Darragh.
From Cincinnati per James W.
Calf: 63 bbls. potatoes. 245 bbls.
meal. $40 bbls. -four. 359 bbls. apples,
1l8 bbls. onions, 800 bbls. cement, 80
bbls. whisky, % bbls. vinegar, 1916
kegs Of nails, 525 boxes canned goods,
$40 boxes soap, 100 boxes glass ware,
259 bales hay, 100 packages furniture,
$3.50 packages wagon stuff, 80 stoves,
200 sacks peanuts, l57 sacks oats, 300
empty oil bbls. and 4O5 packages sun
dries.
Captain G. Wash. Thompson, who
is commeded by our Western steam
boatmen for the Office Of Supervising
Inspector General. says that the
statistics from the Eastern and New
England States giving the marine
interests of each State are now about
completed. The West is much behind
many Of our steamboat managers, and
J owners seem Indifferent about com
} plying with the request Of the special
agent on transportation.
| The fast and elegant steamer Josie
Harry, in command of Captain Milt
-. R.. Harry, is the regular United States
mail packet leaving this evening for
3 Devalls Bluff, Augusta, Newport and
{. all intermediate landings, attending
, promptly to all business entrusted to
her and making direct connection
: with light draft packets for upper
White and Black rivers The accom-.
mOdations of the Harry are frst-clsss
in every respect, and her officers cour-
teous and polite. John G.. Wyckof
, and Hugh Smith are in. charge Of the
freight department.
The popular Memphis and Ohio
river steamer James w. Gaf, after an
absence of nearly three months on
Q account of low water In the Ohio