Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-30

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yesterday.
The r. r. Springer, in command Of
Captain II. U. Hart, is due up this
evening enroute to the Ohio.
The great iron steamer Chas. P.
Chouteau, is due from New Orleans,
and will probably go back this evening.
The City Of Greenville departed last
evening for 81. Louis, after adding
800 bales Of Eastern bound cotton at
Cairo.
The U. p. Schenck leaves Cinein.
natl this evening for New Orleans. to
DO followed on Saturday by the Golden
Rule.
All kinds of books used by steam
boats kept in stock or made to order
at short notice in PUBLIC LEDGER
bindery. +
Tho Tiger, which has been running
in the upper coast trade for the past
two months, has laid up on account Of
light business.
The Charles Morgan will be due
down tomorrow evening on her way
to New Orleans. Captain AID Storm
at the wharf boat is her agent.
Hugh Tomliuson, one of the cleri-
cal force Of the Coahoma, who has
been sick for some time, is reported
improving and will soon be out.
The PUBLIC LEDGER Job printing
Office and book bindery is prepared 10
execute work with neatness and dis
patch, and at as low rates as any COM
petitor.
The Ste. Genevieye will be here to-
morrow morning. and is the regular
Anchor Line packet leaving in the
evening for Cairo, st. Louis and all
way mail landings.
The Annie p. Silver, in command
Of Captain George Keith, is the
Anchor Line packet leaving this eve
ming for Cairo and st. Louis. Green
f. Shields is her polite clerk.
The new Anchor Line steamer City
Of Baton Rouge made the run from
New Albany to Cairo in twenty-five
hours, and from Cairo to St Louis in
twenty-one ond one half hours.
A dispatch from St. Louis states
that through freight on grain from St.
Louis to Liverpool, by way of the
river, is only II cents per bushel. 1t
is also stated hat the railroads are
competing for this freight and offer
ing to take tat the same price.
The Coahoma, in command of Capt.
Henry Cooper, is the Lee Line packet
leaving this evening for 0sceola and
all way landings, carrying the mail and
attending promptly to all business en-
trusted to her. j. W. Smither pre-
sides at the desk and is assisted by
John Haley and Will Lash.
The Marlin Speed arrived yesterday,
having brought out of Arkansaw river
SIG bales cotton, 420 of which she
reshipped at Terrene for New Or
leans. The Speed will remain in port
until Saturday evening, when she will
leave with a return trip for Arksnsaw
river.
The Cherokee, running 10 the New
Orleans and White river trade, is re.
ported aground two miles above Jack
sonport. She went up TO tighten the
Whitewater and on her way back
grounded herself. The Whitewater
then came to her assistance. took of
about 1000 bales cotton and still she
was aground and the river falling
She had at the time 1900 bales of cot.
ton consigned to New Orleans.
The fast and elegant steamer james
Lee, in command of Captain Stacker
Lee, is the mail packet leaving THU
evening for Helena, Friars Point anC
all way landings. paying strict atten.
ton to all Q. 0. ID. and other business
entrusted to her, and making Close
connection at Glendale with trains OF
the Mobile & Northwestern Railroad
Captain Lloyd w. Whitlow preside.
at the desk, and is assisted by Plat
Rhodes and Arthur Brown.
The Hard Cash arrived this morn
ing, having brought out of Whit,
river 492 bales of cotton, 1903 Of whicl
she reshipped at Terrene for Ney
Orleans. She is receiving to leav
with a return TRIP at 5 pm. to-day 70
DevalPs Bluff, Augusta, ~JacksoUpor
and all way landings, making direc
connection with light draft packet
for upper White and Black rivers
Captain K. Q. Postal commands, anc
the Office is in charge of Charles NJ
Postal, assisted by his brother 10
seph.
The James W. Gaf, in command o
Captain R. w. Wise, is on berth tt
leave at 5 pm. to-day for Cairo, Louis
vile, Cincinnati, aud all way landings
making close connection with the diff
ferent railroads, and giving through
tickets to all points East at very low
rates. The accommodations Of tn
Calf are second to none in the line, anC
her officers will be found polite anC
attentive to the comfort and pleasur,
Of their passengers. Mr.. james Sur
tees presides at the desk, and is as
sisted by Harry Galley and Georg'
HENDERSON.
A party of gentlemen, comprising
about thirty persons, aud representing
the river and business interests of thi
city, boarded the tug DeSoto yesterda.
} afternoon and went up the river t.
meet the new Anchor Line steamer
, City of New Orleans. They went VI
about sixteen miles and landed, wher,
! an hour or so was spent in amusement
and story. telling Darkness set in, an'
they, seeing 20 boat in sight, conclude,
| to return home, giving up their re.ep
ton as a bad JOB" but tenderin.
5 their thanks to Colonel N. NJ. Jone
Tor the use Of his tug. The nev
F., steamer arrived a couple of hours afte
tho tug, aud, Notwithstanding the late
ness of the hour, was visited by a larg
crowd ofpeople, including many ladies
who were loud ip their praises of th
elegant steamer City of New Orleans
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