Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-08

cab trade.
The bar at Eliza Point above Cairo,
has cut out and seven feet can now be
found there.
The Piasa and barges departed Sat-
urday night for Chester after another
load Of stone. n
Captain James Nichols will have
the Thos. Sherlock ready for business
in about two weeks.
The John A. Scudder left New
Orleans Saturday for st. Louis and
will pass here Wednesday afternoon.
Mate ]. q. Collins, Of the Rene
Macready, left Saturday night to look
after his rancho on st. Francis river.
Insure steamboats, with G. B. Well.
ford & Co., general insurance agents,
No. 5 Madison street, Memphis, Tenn.
1927
The James w. Calf left Cincinnati
Saturday for this port, and will leave
here on Friday next with return
trip.
The City of Alton, with almost
full trip, passed down early Sunday
morning and added about 10 tons
here.
The wrecking steamer, T. +. Eek
ert, is due here to-day. She comes to
remove the wreck of the burned Idle
wild,
|, Finn Selby, mate of the Matte Bell,
was killed on Friday last by one Of the
roustabouts. His murderer was cap
tured.
Captain Albert Stein of the Chas.
Morgan is reported improving and
able to walk about his boat, though
still very weak.
1t is rumored that Captain Alex.
Montgomery will have charge Of the
Office Of the r. r. Springer when she
comes out again.
The Gold Dust from Vicksburg pass
ed up yesterday forenoon. She put off
20 bales cotton and added some little
freight for points above.
The Commonwealth will be due
down tomorrow evening on her way
to New Orleans, she having left St.
Louis Saturday evening.
The Katie Hooper arrived last
night, bringing from Terrene 52l
pkgs Of freight that was on the Marlin
Speed when she sunk.
The Mark Twain went on duty yes
terday, taking the place of the John
Overton in the ferry business between
this port and Mound City.
The side wheeler, building at Pitts
| burg for the Brownsville packet com.
pany, and to be called the james G..
Blaine, is about half finished.
The Hard Cash will arrive to.mor-
row, and is the regular packet leaving
Wednesday evening for all points on
White river through to Jacksonport.
Captain John N. Hardin, the SUI
perintendent of the Memphis and Ar
) kansaw River Packet Company, has
gone to Ocean View, Va, to recuper-
ate.
The Will Kyle, with 1900 tons Of
freight on herself and barge, passed
down at daylight for New Orleans,
She put off 250 pkgS, but added moth
| ing here.
The Katie Hooper. leaving this
I evening, takes all freight for Arkan.
: ! saw river, reshipping the same al
Terrene on the light draught packet
8 Plow Boy.
The transfer steamer General Pier
son left Saturday afternoon to go OF
the docks. During her absence the
Junius Morgan, Of Cairo, is doing hel
work.
The Grand Tower with good triI
Of freight passed down on time yester
day. She put off 846 packages freigh
!, and added about Is tons for Vicksburl
y and way landings,
The steamboatmen of New Orleans
are about inaugurating a stock com
paDy for the purpose of building {
large dock thatwill be enabled to take
the largest steamers on the river.
The Mike Davis, in command O
Captain AL Smith, will leave at 5 pm
to morrow for all points on st. Fran
els river as far as the Cut Of, where
she will connect with light draught
packet for Wittsburg,
The Annie P. Silver, from New
Orleans, passed up this morning, foul
and half days out, with 300 tons o
freight. On her arrival at st, Loui
she will lay up, the Paris Q. Brown
coming out in her place.
For the past two days Captain Ric,
r, has had force Of men at work wash
ing the mud from the levee in front o
the Anchor Line wharfboat. Thu
q some use has been found for one o
y the hydrsnts placed at the landing.
e The AnchOrLine packets leaving to
" morrow at 10 am. are the City o
e Vicksburg, for Vicksburg, and tn,
d City Of Greenville, for Cairo and St
h Louis. Both are new and fast passen
IT ger baats and in charge Of experience,
5 officers.
l. The splendid Anchor Line packe
1t Ste. Genevieve, in command of CAPT
y George W. Vickers, now in port, vii
Ie leave az 4 Pm. Tor Cairo, st. Loui
IS and all way landings. John Messen
II gale and Harry Crane are her polit
4, clerks.
2 The best water at Eliza Point
" found in a straight channel fror
1t Pond Lilly or Elk Island to the roc
piles on the Illinois shore, the wa
the channel ran when Eliza towhea
4. was in its prime and before any cut
d ting was done on the Illinois shore a
Dickey Island.
Is. Captain James Lee jr., superinten
is dent of the Lee line of mail packets