Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-03

There is about seven feet OF waite
10 the river between Cairo and 81
Loud
The Golden Crown is announced t,
leave Cincinnati this evening for New
Orleans.
The Annie P. Silver is announced
to leave New Orleans this evening 70
st. Louis.
About seven and half feet Of waite,
reported over Portland bar and fv,
feet to Evansville.
The Henry Frank is at New Or.
leans taking on a load of railroad iron
for Arkansaw City,
The Bedford is due this afternoon
from st. Louis with a big list d
freight for this port.
Mr.. Lem Malbon, a we'll known
river clerk, is lying very i'll at the
Marine hospital at Cairo.
The Belle Memphis left st. Louis
last night and passes here Friday al
IL am. on her way to Vicksburg.
Billy Smither, accompanied by his
wife, lett last night to spend a few
weeks OF recreation at Evansville.
The Katie Hooper is the mail pack
ct leaving tomorrow evening for Ar.
kansaw City and all way landings.
Insure steamboats, with C. B. Well.
ford 4 Co., general insurance agents,
No. B Madison street, Memphis, Tenn.
1927
The packets undergoing repairs now
at this port are the Coahoma, Rene
Macready, Marlin Speed and Josie
Harry. 0
The City Of Providence left Vicks.
burg at noon yesterday, and passes
here Friday at 10 am. for Cairo and
st. Louis.
Eliza Point, above Cairo, is giving
boats some trouble. The Bedford and
A. j. Baker both grounded there, and
the Fred. Blnnks had to tighten over.
Deck hands are scarce up about
Pittsburg. From $50 to 800 per
month had to be paid for rousters of
towboats which came out on the last
rise.
Captain James Kinman is superin-
tending the repairs of the steamer
Josie Harry. When she comes out
again she will be as pretty as young
bride.
The Paris q. Brown, in command of
Captain A. NJ Halliday, is announced
to pass up at loan. o-morrow on her
way to Cincinnati and all principal
way landings on the Ohio river.
The new Kentucky river packet
built by the Louisville Mail Line has
been named City of Frankfort after
the capital of Kentucky. She will
enter the trade as soon as there is
sufficient water
The Katie Hooper will hereafter
connect at Terrene with the low water
packet Plow Boy for all points on
Arkansaw river as high as Little
Rock. Her days of leaving are Mon
days and Thursdays.
The fleet and elegant Anchor Line
steamer w. 2, Halliday in command
of Captain Beck Jolly will leave from
the company's wharfboat at 5 pm. to-
day for Cairo and st. Louis. Owen
G. Gates is her polite clerk.
At Gallipolis on Monday last Cant
George w. Bay purchased from the
Brown Bros. their new steamer B. G..
Enos for $4,000. She is to be placed
in the Portsmouth aud Huntington
trade in place of the Lizzie johnson.
The Hard Cash was the first boat to
be inspected by the new appointee of
the Presidents Island station. DR..
Haywood Ashe, late of Vicksburg.
The Vicksburg station has been re.
established, and DR.. Dunlap, from
Presidents Island station, left yester-
day to take charge. 1t was only a
swap of horses.
Superintendent James Lee has Sc
cured the neat little steamer Mike
Davis to take the place of the Osceola
Belle, until another and larger boat
can be procured. She left for st.
Francis river yesterday, but will be
back to- morrow, and leaves on her in
itial trip IN her new trade on Friday
next. Captain Henry Cooper will
command, with John Haley and Hugh
Tomlinson in the Office.
The Virgie Lee will be found in
port tomorrow morning and leaves
Friday evening with return trip for
Cairo, Louisville, Cincinnati and all
way landings on the Ohio river.
Special inducements are offered in the
way of elegant accommodations, low
rates of fare aud through tickets to all
points East. Captain Lightburne at
No. z Monroe street will give all fur
Their information desired.
The "old reliable" steamer Hard
Cash, in command of Captain Il. 9.
Postal, is the regular packet leaving
this evening for Devalls Bluff, Au-
gusta, JacksonpOrt and all intermedi-
ate landings, paying prompt attention
to all business entrusted to her, and
making direct connection with the
upper White and Black river packets,
Charles NJ. Postal is her chief clerk
and is assisted by his brother Joseph.
The fast and elegant mail steamer
James Lee, in command of Captain
b. p. Order, is the regular packet
leaving this evening for Helena,
Friars Point and all intermediate
,Iss,ndings, attending promptly to all
c. O. D. aud other business; also con-
,aot;no az Glendale with trains on the