Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-04


leaving with d return trip tomorrow
evening for Mariana, the Cut Oh
aud all intermediate landings on
LAnguille and st. Francis rivers,
making direct connection with the
light draught boats for Wittsburg and
the sunk lands.
The gay 0sceola Belle, in command
Of Captain Henry Cooper, is the regu-
lar'packet leaving at 5 pm. to-day for
Osceola and ali intermediate landings,
carrying the mail and giving strict at
tention to all business intrusted to
her. Billy Smither, John Haley and
Hugh Tomlinson, a trio Of clever
young men. are in charge of the Office.
The elegant passenger steamer james
Lee, in command Of Captain Stacker
Lee, is the mail packet leaving a. 5
pm. to-day for Helena, Friars Point
and all intermediate landings, attend
ing promptly to all G. 0. d. and plan
tatioD business. and connecting at
Glendale with the Mobile and North
western trains. Captain Lloyd w.
Whitlow presides at the desk, and is
assisted by Platt Rhodes and Arthur
Brown.
A dispatch received states that the
steamer Mike Davis, of the Memphis
and st. Francis river mail line, and
plying between Helena and the Sunk
Lands, caught fire in Currant lake,
about $50 miles above Wittsburg, and
lost 81 bales of cotton. THE balance
of cargo, Sc bales, was saved. The
forward part Of the upper deck was
burned, but the damage is not great,
She proceeded on her way to the Cut
Of, there to transfer her trip to the
Rene Macready.
The fast and popular steamer, Vir-
gee Lee, of the Memphis and Ohio
line, arrived last night with 450 tom
Of freight and leaves to morrow eve.
ming with a return trip for Cairo
Louisville, Cincinnati and all inter.
mediate landings, giving passenger
through tickets to all points east al
the very lowest rates. The Lee il
frst-class in all her appointments an(
her officers are polite and sociable
Captain James Madison commando
and James Surtees and Ed Guysi arr
in charge of the Office.
The fast, safe and punctual steame,
Idlewild, in command of Captain
Mark r.. Cheek, is the regular packe
leaving this evening for Helena, Ter
rene. Arkansaw City, and all inter
mediate landings, carrying the mail
paying strict attention to all bushes
entrusted to her, and connecting a
her destination with the Little Rock
Mississippi River and Texas railroad
and with the swift Dean Adams 70
r Vicksburg. Captain A. L, Cummin
presides at the desk, and is assisted b
Lee Cummins, jr., and Will Lash.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
P%ittsburg, April 3: River 5 feet
inch and falling. Weather cloud
and showing.
/, Cairo, March 8: Arrived:-Ci
Providence, st. Louis, 3 pm. D,
parted-Ste. Genevieve, Memphis,
pm City of Helena, St. Louis, ppm
Bigley, St. Louis, A am; Porter, Ne
I, Orleans, 5 am; Fearless, Ohio rive
! 8 am. Guiding Star, New Orleans,
pm; Parole, Greenville, 2 PIN. Riv
81 feet 5 inches and rising. Wealth
n cloudy,
g Louisville, April 3: River fall,
IS 3 inches, with 8 feet 8 inches in t
: canal, and 6 feet 8 inches in the chu
n on the falls. Arrivals and departur
" ANDY Baum, Cincinnati to Mel
phis; Golden Crown, Cincinnati; Pa.
Is c. Brown, New Orleans to Cincinna
K. Cincinnati, April 3: River 20 fee
10 inches, and falling. Weather mode
tO ating. but showing. Arrived-SilN
ID Cloud, Tennessee river.
Evansville, April 3: Departed
i cs Vint Shinkle, Cincinnati; Cons NJ
~ lar, Memphis; Will Kyle, New {
to leans, last night; U. p. Schenck, c.
cinnati, 4 pm. River 20 feet | in,
II and falling. Wind south, and snowii
~ st. Louis, April 3: Arrived-Mau
~ Memphis; Charlie Brown, Tennesl
river. Departed Grand Lake a
bargeS, New Orleans. River faller
m, inches. Cloudy, with Aurries of snC
O,- The Maggie P, brought about 3Ol
-, bushels of grain out of the lower l
nois river, and the Grand Lake tC
,er out four barges Of corn and wheat
lin foreign shipment.
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ite How much is the ante" whispe.
a Red Gulch miner with . single
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