Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-18

tain Samuel Hildreth, of the Louis
vile Mail Line, was dying in Madison
Ind on Monday last. Captain Hill
dreth is one of the oldest living com.
manders on the Louisville Mail Line.
Durland and Perkins, of Evans.
vile, have purchased the tow boat,
Iron Cliff, for 5000 cash.
The wreck of the City Of Ports.
mouth has been sold to John Chattiu,
Of Vevay, Ind for S400. The hull
will be constructed into a barge to be
used for trading purposes.
Six feet is reported in the channel
between Cairo and st. Louis.
The Fannie Fuller is loading at St.
Louis as an Independent packet tor
Helena.
The steamer Ii. j. Dickey has been
sold to Captains Cameau and Ganth-
reau, Of New Orleans, for a Lafourche
packet They will put Der in first
class order and she will leave St.
Louis next week.
The rains of the present week fore.
shadow fair weather for the coming
big jubilee and races announced for
next week. The steamers will no
doubt bring hundreds of visitors as
the price OF transportation has been
put at a low rate.
Nearly a dozen pilots we're on the
Paris q. Brown yesterday looking
at the river. 1t took them AZ hours
to study the Tiptonville channel.
The Paris G. Brown, loaded fiat,
and With a good list of passengers,
passed down yesterday for New Or
leans. She lost As hours by grounding
near Tiptonville.
The Charles Mcdonald will, Ms
soon as there is more water in the
upper Ohio river, start south with 8
barges, containing 10000 bbls Of salt
for this port.
The wild rumor which was )circula
ted yesterday about the sinking of the
Dean Adams soon proved to be a grand
hoax, The Adams will be back here
to morrow morning and leaves in the
evening with a return trip for Arkan.
saw City and way landings.
The Katie Hooper, in command of
Captain Ed Rowland, leaves at 8 p m
to-day for Pine Bluff and way landings
on Arkansaw river, and will make
connection at her destination with
packets for Little Rock and points
above. Captain Charles Musselman
goes out in charge Of the Office.
The Hard Cash having been delayed
by fog aud bad weather, is expected
in this evening and lays over until
noon tomorrow, when she will leave
for all points on White river through
to J%acksonport, and connect with the
regular light draft steamers for upper
White and Black rivers. Captain 4.
@. Postal commands, with Charles
and Joseph Postal in the Office.
The Vicksburg Herald wants to
know What is to be done with the
Dean Adams when the Kate Adams
takes her place in the Memphis and
Arkansaw City Trade" When the
Kate Adams comes out the Dean Ad-
ans will go to bank, where it is proba-
BILE she will remain until sold. Her
owners say that she cannot be char
tered. The Memphis public have an
idea who the purchaser will be.
The punctual upper coast Lee Line
steamer, Coahoma, came in this morn.
ing with 1853 bales OF cotton, % bags
ofseed cotton and ll0l sacks of cotton
seed. She leaves this evening with a
return trip for 0sceola and all war
landings, giving strict attention to al
business intrusted to her. Captain
Henry Cooper commands, with Hugh
Tomlinion, Charles Bourne and Johr
Rhodes in the Office.
The James Lee, in command o
Captain Stacker Lee, is the mai
packet leaving this evening for Hell
ena, Glendale, Friars Point and wa,
landings, attending promptly to- al
business that offers and making cen
nection with trains on the Mobile AM
Northwestern the Helena and Irol
Mountain and the Arkansaw indian,
railroads. Lloyd w. Whitlow pre-
sides at the desk, and is assisted b,
Plat Rhodes, Arthur Browne an
Will Ashford.