Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-22

Inc JameS -. Is q next
regular packet leaving for the Ohio
river.
Remove the old New Orleans sign.
board from the levee. 1t is rotten
and of no use.
The chain of the lock gate Of the
Louisville canal is repaired and in
working order.
The Kountz line steamer General
Tompkins is coming up the river,
bound for st. Louis.
The John Dippold and barges from
New Orleans, passed up last evening,
enroute to st. Louis.
The famous Chas. Morgan is an
nounced to leave Cincinnati this even.
ing for New Orleans.
Mike McCoole, a former well known
pugilist, is fireman of the New Or
leans steamer Earle.
The Belle Memphis left st. Louis
last evening, and passes here Friday
at III am. en- route to Vicksburg.
Since the opening of navigation at
Pittsburg, river business at that point
has been larger than ever before.
The City of Providence left Vicks-
burg yesterday at noon, and passes
here Friday at 10 am, for St. Louis.
The Paris G. Brown is at Cairo, and
will probably pass here tomorrow
afternoon on her way to New Orleans.
The Annie P. Silver from St.
Louis, and the Golden City from Gin
cilnati, arrived at New Orleans yes
terday.
The Rene Macready departed last
evening for st. Francis river with a
fair tripof freight and a dozen or more
people.
The James D. Parker, enrOute to
this port, passed Evansville yesterday
forenoon, aud should be here to-
morrow.
A good portion of the water which
went by st. Louis during the past week
came out of the Usage and Gascon-
made rivers.
A brick building is to be put at
Arkansaw City by Captain j. M.
Whitehill, the most enterprising man
of that town.
The Idlewild will be in tomorrow
morning and is the mail packet leav-
ing in the evening with a return trip
for Arkansaw City.
The W. P. Halliday, of the Anchor
Line, is announced to leave the COM
pany's wharf boat at 5 pm. to-day for
Cairo and st. Louis.
The river pirates who worked the
wreck of the sunken steamer City of
Y%icksburg are being tried in the
United States court.
The Centennial, from st. Louis,
passed down at 8 am. for New Or
leans, doing nothing of interest here.
She was loaded to the guards.
The Will Kyle, with a big trip,
passed down last evening for New
Orleans, putting off 100 packages here
and added lO8 bales of cotton.
The Vint Shinkle departed last
evening for Cincinnati with 500 bales
cotton, ~ bales rags, 200 bbls oil, 49,,
900 feet walnut lumber and a fair list
Of people.
The Josie Harry will arrive to-mor-
row evening, and is the regular pack
ct leaving Saturday with a return
trip for all points Oh White river,
through to Jacksonport.
Mrs. Adams, wife of Captain John
A. Adams, of the Evansville and
Henderson packets, Dick johnson and
Dora Cabler, died Sunday night, after
a lingering illness of paralysis. She
leaves three little daughters.
The Gem City, with Commodore
Davidson in command, left st. Louis
yesterday for st. Paul. She expects
to make all the landings and arrive at
her destination by Friday noon. The
distance from port to polt is 500
miles.
Captain w. S. Evans, clerk of the
Dacotah, writes from Bismarck, d. T.,
that the DacOtah arrived from Fort
Benton with the largest trip of hides
and furs that ever came out from
Benton. There was l1,400 hides and
1920 bales of furs.
The splendid steamer Marlin Speed,
in command of Captain Eugene Smith,
leaves at 5 pm. Il .day for Pine Bluff,
Little Rock and all way landings on
Arkansaw river, carrying the mail,
and making direct connection at Lit
tie Rock with the regular light draught
packets for Fort Smith. Amos Day
and Will Lash will have charge of the
Office this trip.
The regular upper coast packet 0s-
ceola Belle, in command of Captain
Henry Cooper, departs at 5 pm. for
Osceola and all intermediate landings,
carrying the mail and attending
promptly to all business entrusted to
her. Billy Smither is her chief clerk
and is assisted by John Haley and
Hugh Tomlinson.
Captain Randall, with the little