Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-02

The government steamer Pet,
Kirns was at the landing this morn
log, having come down from Plum
Point after stores.
Huse. LOOMS & Co Of St. Louis
have purchased the steamer Red Winl
and the hull Of the Rob Roy from
Commodore 2. 2. Marion.
The Ohio and Mississippi above
this port, together With their side
streams, are falling, and a rapid dc.
cline will soon set in at this point.
Stella Cline, a bright and promising
little child Of Captain J. L. Carter,
died day before yesterday at the resi-.
dence Of the family in Newport, KY.
OF the $40 bales cotton brought up
by the Belle Memphis, 500 is com
pressed and consigned to the East via
the Memphis & Louisville Railroad.
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
Office and book bindery is prepared to
execute work with neatness and dis
patch, and at as low rates as any com
The Howe truss span for repairing
the bridge which was broken by the
War Eagle has arrived at Keokuk
aud the work has commenced in earn
est.
The new steamer City of Nashville,
now being built at Jacksonville, Ind 4,
for Captains Lowell and Bowman, will
be completed by the middle Of this
month.
The City Of Alton, in command of
Captain Dan Able, is the Anchor
Line packet passing down at 5 pm.
tomorrow for New Orleans and the
bends.
The John B. Maudc will be here
tomorrow morning, and is the Anchor
Line packet leaving in the evening
with a return trip for Cairo, st. Louis
aud all way mail landings.
The new City Of Baton Rouge, it is
said, will be placed on the docksat St.
Louis and an examination made of
her hull to see if it was damaged by
the rocks on the Louisville falls,
The new Anchor Line steamer City
Of BATON Rouge is to be presented
with a triple plated silver water cooler
Of besutiful design and OF five gallons
capacity. 1t is intended for the
ladies' cabin.
The New Orleans harbor tug, N. NJ
Jones, has been thorolgly overhauled
aud her speed increased. A few days
aRo she made a run of 80 miles inside
Of three hours including fifteen min
utes lost at a landing.
The Belle Memphis, in command of
Captain l. II. Mckee, is the Anchor
Line packet leaving from the COM
pany's wharf boat at 5 pm. to-day for
Cairo, St. Louis and all way landings.
Henry COrbyn is her polite clerk.
The Marlin Speed is receiving to
leave at 5 p. IN. tomorrow for Pine
Bluff and all way landings on Arkan-
ssw river, carrying the mail and max
ing close connection with light draft
steamers for Little Rock aud points
above.
The new Hatchie river steamer,
Fulton, made a trial trip yesterday.
She is receiving her eut6t to day snd
will come up to the landing to. morrow
morning to receive for Hatchie river,
for which point she will leave posi-
lively at 5 pm. tomorrow.
The Chas. p. Chauteau, from New
o; leans. arrived yesterday afternoon
and went back last evening flying
light. She gets 1900 bales at Helena
aud has engagements below to fill her
out. Her prospects for going into
New Orleans with a full load are
good.
The Cons Millar is due this evening.
and leaves with a return trip to.mor-
row at 8 pm. for Cairo, Louisville
Cincinnati, and all way landings,
making close connection with the diff.
ferent railroads centering at Cincinnati.
and giving through ticketsto all points
East at very low rates.
The large and beautiful picture O
the steamer j. NJ. White, worked il
crayon by Mr.. Fred Anderson, OF thi,
city, and which has been admired BY
many of our people, was taken to New
Orleans yesterday by the steamer
Chas. p. Uhouteau, where it will be
placed in the coal office of Messrs.
Brown Il Jones.
Captain Shop Knapp, river editor
of the st. Louis Republican, was mar
ried on Wednesday, to Miss Sallie
Berkley, the accomplished daughter
Of DR.. Edward Berkley, of St. Louis.
The happy couple are marking their
bridal tour on the City of Alton,
which passes here tomorrow evening.
The fast and reliable upper coast
steamer Coahoma, of the Lee Line, is
on berth to leave promptly at 5 pm.
for Osceola and all way landings, Jar
ryiDg the mail and attending promptly
to all Q. 0. D. and other business
entrusted to her. j. W. Smither pre-
sides at the desk, and is assisted by
John Haley and Will Lash.
The Josie Harry arrived this morn
ing, having brought out of White
river 263 bales Of cotton, Is bales of
which she reshipped at Terrene for
New Orleans. She leaves tomorrow
evening with a return trip for Devalls
Bluff, Augusta, Newport aad all way
landings, making direct connection
With light draft pockets for upper
White and Black rivers.
The fast and elegant steamer James
Lee, in command Of Captain Stacker
lee, is the ~regulaa mail packet leav-
ing at 5 pm to day for Helena, Friars
Point aud all way landings, attending
promptly to all business that offers
and making close connection at Glen
dale with trains on the Mobile and
Northwestern railroad. Captain
Lloyd w. Whitlow presides at the
desk, and is assisted by Platt Rhodes
and Arthur Brown.
Captain w. w. Maingault, who has
been in command OF the Memphis and
Little Rock railroad transfer steamer
for the past six years, has resigned.
During the time he has been in the
employ Of the company the boat has
met with no accident, and he resigns
on good terms with the railroad men,