Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-25

Ing for White river with q fair trip.
I2e Paris G. Brown left New Or.
leans last evening for St. Louis.
The Golden Crown is announced to
leave New Orleans this evening fol-
the Ohio river.
The Will Kyle leaves st. Louis
Saturday under the auspicies of the
Anchor Line.
Insure steamboats, with G. B. Well.
ford 4 Co., general insurance agents,
No. 5 Madison street, Memphis, Tenn.
1927
The Piasa with her tow of stone
was expected at noon. She is reported
to have sunk a barge about Madrid
Bend.
Notwithstanding the low stage Of
the water the Gem City is still making
weekly trips between st. Louis and
st. Paul.
The John B. Maude left St. Louis
last evening for this port, and will be
here to leave Saturday evening with a
return trip.
The cotton seed boat owned by
Captain Flowers, it is said, will be
here this season to run in one of our
local trades.
The James Lee and Rene Macready
departed last evening with good trips.
They will be back again to leave TO-
morrow evening.
The steamers Henry Frank and
ChaS, P. Chouteau will enter the
Memphis and New Orleans trade
about the middle of September.
The freight rates by the Anchor
Line from st. Louis to Memphis are
40 cents per Dbl on meal and -four and
20 cents per 100 lbs on bacon, grain,
etc. These rates went into effect on
Monday last.
The City Of Providence, in com
mand Of Captain Geo. w. Lenox, is
the Anchor Line packet leaving here
at 10 I'm. tomorrow for Vicksburg
and way landings. Frank Perkins is
her polite clerk.
The pretty Belle of Memphis, in
command of Captain j. II. Mckee, is
the Anchor Line packet passing up at
10 am. tomorrow for Cairo, st. Louis
and way mail landings. Henry Cor
byn %presides'at the desk.
The Belle Shreveport, from St.
Louis, passed down this forenoon with
about $50 tons, and drawing 6 feet.
She laid all night at Centennial and
and came through at daylight without
trouble. Her officials report the worst
place at Island "a, where they found
but 81 feet.
United States Engineer Captain
Cuyler is at present making a survey
OF Licking river, with a view of locat.
ing the dams for slack water n~aviga.
ton between COvingtOn and Falmouth.
He will make his report to the Ohio
river Commission, who will urge the
question before Congress.
The sandbar in front of Evansville
is about four inches lower than last
year, aud narrower, but about 10 the
same location as last year. A very
little speck of the sandbar is in sight
opposite the foot Of Main street.
There is a small limb ola snag visible,
which is lodged on the bar.
One Of the Anchor Line steamers
being built at Jacksonville by the
famous Towards, will be launched
this afternoon at 4 o'clock. It is
probable that she will be Damed CITY
New Orleans, and ply from st, Louis
to the Crescent City. When finished
she will be one of the largest if not
finest steamers on Western waters.
Light draught boats could be reap
ing a rich harvest on the Ohio river,
as there is room and business for quite
a number. Owners of steamboat lines
complain Of the scarcity of this class
Of boats and they find it very difficult
to accommodate the public. The
Maumelle, up Arkansqw river, doing
nothing, could do well in the Ohio
river for a month or two.
Parties desiring anything in the
way of new or second hand engines,
boilers, pumps, betting or any article
used about machinery, would do we'll
to call on j. G.. Oats & Co., No. 30
Front street, where they will be sure
to find something to suit, as at pres.
ont they have a yery6arge stock on
hand. Besides selling, they will buy or
exchange anything in their line. Good
second hand machinery they will sell
at one half the price Ofnew.
Capt. I'D. Nowland's reliable pack
ct. Katie Hooper, leaves at five D. m.
for Helena, Terrene, Arkansaw
City and all intermediate landings, car
rying the mail, paying attention to all
business entrusted to her and making
direct connection at Ierrene with the
light draught steamer Plow Boy for
all points on Arkansaw river through
to Little Rock, also connecting at Ar
kansaw City with trains on the Little
Rock, Mississippi river aud Texas
Railroad. Capt. j. N, Thompson pre-
sides at the desk and and is assisted
BY Amos Day and A. Banksmith.
The Globe Democrat of Tuesday
gives ap account of an assault on Capt,
Abe Parker by the two Keefe broth
ers, Billy and George. Captain Abe
Parker is an old man about Ga years
of age, and pilot Of the IL. j. Dickey,
while the Keefe brothers are middle
aged and pilots also. They should
have had some respect for old age, at
least. George Keafe, during the
quarrel, drew a knife aud plunged il
into Abe Parker's forehead, making q
cash about inches long, He was
G,amadiatelv arrestad and when