Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-21

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Local Inspectors Ralston and Gar.
rett returned home last night, and at
2 pm. to-day will commence the in.
vestigatiOn of the towboat John
Means disaster.
Two Of the barges Of coal in tow Of
the Billy Ezell we're sunk, and it is
thought the others will be brought
here safely, assistance having been
sent from Cairo.
The Ste. Genevieve, in command Of
Captain Geo. W. Vickers, is the An
Choir line packet leaving at 5 pm. to-
day for Cairo, St. Louis and all way
landings. John Messengale is her pc.
lite clerk.
Z The City Of Providence is due down
at 10 am. tomorrow bound for Yicks-
burg, and the City of Greenville passes
up at the same hour for Cairo and st.
Louis. Both are fine Anchor line
packets.
The "old reliable" steamer G. W.
Cheek is being dismantled. Her ma
chiuery is being taken out for ship
ment to Pittsburg, while the cabin
and hull will be kept here for the
present.
The Sidewheel steamer Morning
Star, lying at Jacksonville, Ind, is
offered for sale. She earned a good
reputation for speed a few years ago
and if that isn't lost she would make
a splendid packet.
Captain John j. Darragh left yes
terday by rail for V~icksburg, and TO-
day takes charge OF the Adams United
States mail packet Dean adams, run.
ming between Vicksburg and Arkan-
saw City as a tri weekly packet.
The Rene Macready will be found
in port this afternoon, and is the
mail packet leaving tomorrow
evening for Mariana, the Cut Of,
and all way landings on L'Anguille
and St. Francis rivers, through to
Wittsburg.
The Marlin Speed is due tomorrow
morning, ald is the mail packet leav-
ing Wednesday for Pine Bluff and all
intermediate landings on Arkansaw
river, making direct connection with
the light draught steamer Maumelle
for Little Rock and points above.
Arkansaw City is to have a large
cotton seed oil mill. A company has
been incorporated at Little Rock with
a paid-up capital of $780, 900, and will
proceed to work at once. Arkansaw
City is improving rapidly and will, ere
long, be one of the best business points
on the Mississippi.
Pilot Charles Pursoll, of the ill.
fated john Means, is getting along
finely, doing as we'll as could be ex
pected under the circumstances. Hi;
father arrived Saturday from Cincin
natl, and will remove him home as
soon as efeels able to bear the fatigue
of travel.
The body ofPilot John NJ. Seals, O
the ill-fsted towboat John Means, wa,
found out in the woods at least sixty
yards from the shore. 1t was tempo
rarily buried at Plum Point, Tenn.
but will no doubt be taken up anC
sent to the bereaved family. Thu
body was not msngled, only a few
bruises being found.
The Cons Millar, in command O
Captain G.. Wash Thompson, will b,
found in port this afternoon, and viii
leave with a return trip at 5 pm. to.
morrow for Cairo, Louisville, Cincin.
natl and al way landings, connecting
with the different railroads, and giving
cheap rates to all points east. james
w. Voris is her polite clerk, and viii
keep an eye to the comfort aud pleas
ure Of passengers.
The splendid Lee line steamer 0sce
ola Belle, in command Of Captain
Henry Cooper, is the regular mai
packet leaving at pm. to-day foi
0sceola and all way landings, paying
prompt attention to all business en-.
trusted to her. The Belle is in charge
of a clever and accommodating set o
officers, who give close attention tt
the pleasure and comfort of their pat
rons. Billy Smither is her chief clerk
and is assisted by John Haley anC
Hugh Tomlinson.
The feet and elegant steamer James
Lee, in command of Captain Stacker
Lee, is the mail packet, leaving at tv,
p. m. to-day for Helena, Friar's Poin.
and all intermediate landings, carry.
ing the mail, paying prompt attention
to all C. O. d. and plantation business
and connecting at Glendale with tn,
Mobile and Northwestern train. The
accommodations of the Lee are sec
ond to none on the river, and she en-
joys a we'll earned reputation 70.
speed, comfort anil safety. Captain
Lloyd W. Whitlow is her pQpula.
clerk, and has for his assistants Plat
Rhodes, Arthur Brown and Will Har