Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-02

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Louis past down last evening.
The U. P. Schenck leaves Cincinnati
this evening for New Orleans.
Major John D. Adams left last
evening by rail for Little Rock.
The Cons Millar from this port ar
rived at Cincinnati yesterday.
The Andy Baum passed Louisville
last evening on her way to Cincinnati.
The Dyersburg arrived last evening
from st. Louis with a cargo of corn
meal.
Amos Day and Will Lash went out
yesterday in the Office of the Marlin
Speed.
The Marlin Speed departed last
evening for Arkansaw river with a
fair trip.
-Four feet six inches is reported over
Portland bar and six feet at Flint
island.
The Chas. Morgan is announced to
leave Cincinnati on Saturday next for
New Orleans.
The James Lee and Osceola Belle
are the local coast packets leaving to-
morrow evening.
The Mary Houston is due down to-
morrow evening OF Saturday morning
on her way to New Orleans.
The Annie p. Silver, for st. Louis,
and the Will Kyle for Cincinnati, left
New Orleans last evening.
The City Of Alton left St. Louis
last evening for New Orleans, and the
Colorado also departed for this port.
Brown & Jones tug Frank Jones is
off the docks, where she received a
good job from the hands Of Captain
Walker.
The Josie Harry will arrive this
afternoon and is the mail packet leav-
ing Saturday with a return trip for
White river.
Mrs. Fogleman, wife of Captain Gus
Fogleman Of the ferry boat 0verton,
returned home yesterday on the steam
er W. p. Halliday.
The case of A. W. Price, for pilot.
ing without a license, was decided
yesterday, he through his counsel
submitting to a fine Of 800.
The u. S. ~snagboat, John r. Meigs,
left this morning for Yazoo river on a
snag pulling expedition, with Captain
w. j. Ashford in command.
1t is reported that the John T.
Moore has been sold to N~Iorgan's
Louisiana and Texas railroad company.
and will be used for a transfer boat.
The wrecking boat Salvor No. 2,
will remove the wreck of the James
Howard which lies in the harbor of
st. Louis and an obstruction to boats.
Captain Jimmie Thompson, chief
clerk of the Marlin Speed, stopped of
the boat this trip to go with the
Knights Templar to Knoxville next
week.
The Hard Cash is lying in Wolf
river, receiving a thorough overhaul
ing and when she resumes business
will be as staunch as the day she first
came ont.
On the trial trip of the new Gem
City at St. Louis, she beat the best
time Of the War Eagle from the Shot
Tower to the water works, with 100
lbs. of steam.
The Golden City, four and a half
days out from New Orleans, passed up
this morning for the Ohio. She had
a good up stream trip of freight and a
fair list Of people.
1t is expected that the new Keokuk
packet Gem City will make seventeen
miles an hour against the Mississippi
current. She left St. Louis last even
ing on her first trip.
The Anchor line packets leaving to-
morrow at 10 I'm. are the City of
Providence for Vicksburg and the
Belle Memphis for st. Louis. Both
are new and elegant passenger boats
and commanded by clever and expert
enced officers.
John G. WyckoF, second clerk of
the Josie Harry, came over last night
by rail from Devalls Bluffto settle up
a little affair which has been brewing
between him and another party for
some time past. If everything proves
satisfactory the result will be publish
Cd tomorrow.
The Canary No. 2 has been pur-
chased by Captain j. NJ. Whitehill
for $500, and will be used for carry
ing cotton seed for the oil mills at
Arkansaw City. During the summer
Captain Whitehill will make naviga-
bic Cypress creek, and no doubt do a
good business in that section next
season.
A Chicago man has invented a new
thing in the way of propulsion, and.
built a yacht fifty feet long to test it.
He expects the boat to make 18 miles
per hour. There will be no engines
on board, simply a boiler and pump {;
and the inventor says the craft will be
propelled by either steam or cold water
pressure-either can be used at pleas
ure.
The Vint Shinkle, with 400 tons of