Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-25

The Pacific, with a tow of steel
rails for the Memphis and Charleston
railroad, will be here early next week.
Captain Andrews steamer, H. j.
Dickey, will be in this afternoon from
st. Louis with about 400 tons Of
freight.
The U. P. Schenck, which will be
due here Monday morning, left New
Orleans on Tuesday last with $50 pas
sengers.
The Mary Houston for New Orleans
and the Andy Baum for this port, are
announced to leave Cincinnati this
evening.
Thirty-six boats doing business at
Cincinnati during the past week paid
as wharfage Sl00.45-less than So for
each boat.
The Idlewild will be in tomorrow
and will lay up a few weeks to receive
a general overhauling and a pain Of
new wheels.
The Virgie Lee has laid up at Gin
cinnati to repaint and undergo com
plete repairs for the low water season
in the Ohio.
| The Will Kyle, which passed here
a few days ago, grounded near Delta,
La, bat succeeded yesterday in work
ing herself off.
The Anchor line packet Annie P.
Silver passed Vicksburg last evening,
and will be due tomorrow evening, en-
route to Cairo and st. Louis.
Brown & Jones' tug Frank Jones is
nearly ready for duty, and is to take
the place of the DeSoto, which is also
to be overhaulcd and repaired.
The City Of Alton, from St. Louis
passed down this morning, after adding
1859 sacks oil cake, which put her fiat
in the water. She left here drawing
II feet.
The U. P. Schenck passed Vicks.
burg at noon yesterday, and will be
due here Monday morning on her way
to Cincinnati. Capt. Ad Storm, al
the wharfboat is her agent.
The Grand Tower from Vicksburg
arrived at st. Louis yesterday, and
the Ste. Genevieve left there last eve,
ming for this port. She is the regular
Monday packet leaving with a return
trip.
The Cons Millar for this port passed
| Evansville Yesterday. afternoon and
| will be here Monday morning. She
leaves Tuesday on return trip to
Cincinnati. Captain r. W. Light.
burne is her agent.
"0ld Napoleon" himself is com.
handing the Charles Morgan this trip
and his son Harry is running the
Office. She passed Louisville at IL
am. yesterday and will probably pass
here Monday afternoon.
During the retirement of the 81
Louis and Memphis packet John B
Maude she has been thoroughly over.
hauled, repaired, reprinted and hel
cabins refurnished. She will prob
7 ably leave Sc. Louis on Monday mex
for this port.
The workmen employed at Dam No
, 3, at Pittsburg, have struck against ;
reduction Of their wages. As men fol
, that kind of work are not very plen
ty, and the work of closing the bfeal
! is very urgent, the strikers will proba
bly, be victorious.
: The Colorado arrived on good timC
! with light trip of freight, comprising
: 1900 packages, and is receiving Il
i leave at 5 pm. to-day Tor Cairo, S.
r Louis and all way landings. An item
of her freight, to be taken out thi
evening, will be 900 bbls of potatoes
The Anchor line packets leaving to
morrow at 10 a. m. are the City o
Helena, in command OF Captain Fleu
n Calvert, for Vicksburg, and the Col
n Dust, Capt. j. I. McUord, for Cair,
n and st. Louis. Both are elegantly az
pointed packets, and in charge Q
a clever and accommodating gentlemen
BY reference to our advertisement
column it will be seen that the flo
passenger steamer Katie Hooper vii
enter the Memphis and Arkansaw Cit
trade on Monday next, taking tn
place of the Idlewild. The Hope
has been thoroughly overhauled an
repainted, and will be commanded b
Captain Ed Rowland, while Capt. }
N. Thompson will have charge Of tn
Office affairs. She will run until tn
OIL repairs of the Idlewild are completed
In 1867 the Sucker State made "a,
run from st. Louis to 81. Paul. He
IS time to Alien was 2 hours and q mil
y utes. The Gem City's time to I'll
ct same point was l hour and 55 minute
k. The Sucker States time to Keoku
at was 10 hours. The Gem City's tin
was IL houra The Gem Cifv arriv.