Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-04


The high water Up the Cumberland
AID Tennessee rivers has stopped the
supply Of Kentucky coal at Paducah
and there is none for steamboats, but
Pittsburg, which is the best for max
ing steam.
Captain Harry Brolaski's splendid
Anchor Line packet John B. Maude
will leave promptly at 5 pm. to-day
for Cairo, st. Louis and all way land
Tags. Lem Carter and al Simpson
are her polite clerks.
Captain H. U. Harris champion
steamer r. r. Springer is announced
to pass up this evening for Cincinnati.
She is on one Of her fast trips. and
will 60 through in a hurry. Captain
Ad Storm at the wharf boat is her
agent.
Mr.. Dean Adams, proprietor of the
Little Rock Gazette, and the gentle
man after whom the ArkansaW City
mail packet was named, was in the
city yesterday, and left by steamer
kene Macready, last evening fol-
home.
The Katie Hooper is the railroad
packet leaving promptly at 4 pm.
from the foot Of Poplpr street for
Madison, Ark, where direct connec.
ton is made with trains on the Mem
phis and & Little Rock railroad for
points West.
The splendid light draft steamer
Marlin Speed, in command of Captain
John j. Darragh. is the mail packet
leaving this evening for Pine Bluff and
all way landings on Arkansaw river,
making direct connection with the
regular packets for Little Rock and
points above. Captain Chas. Mussel-
man is her polite clerk.
The fine sidewheel steamer ANDY
Baum, in command of Captain H. j,
Vinton, is receiving to leave this
evening for all points on the Ohio
river through to Cincinnati, giving
through tickets to all points East al
very low rates. NJ. NJ. Deem presidet
at the desk and is assisted BY Nee
Sherman and Bob Hendrickson.
The ferryboat John Overton will
make another excursion lover the
willows" to Marion, Ark, to morrow
leaving from the foot Of Jefferson
street at 2 pm, and returning at
pm. As the weather promises to b.
fair, ladies and gentlemen will fnc
this delightful trip, and one tina
can only be made during extreme higE
water.
Superintendent J. D. Randall, O
the St. Francis River Accommodation
Line, has chartered the sternwhee
steamer Tiger to take the place of thu
steamer Rene Macready in the Mem
| phis u st, Francis river trade, Will,
the latter boat is running in connec
ton with the Memphis & Little Rocl
railroad. The Tiger will drop dowr
to the landing Monday and leave
Tuesday evening, going through t.
| Wittsburg.
The Josie Harry arrived yesterda,
afternoon from White river, hayiui
made the round trip in less than fou
days. She did a fair business AM
leaves again this evening at her regu
lar hour for Devalls Bluff, Augusta
Newport and all way landings, attend
ing promptly to all business tina
offer and making direct connection
with the regular light draught packet
for upper White and Black rivers
Captain Milt Harry commands and
assisted in. the Office by John {
Wycoff.
A dispatch from New Orleans state
that last night a very high wind storr
, visited that section which caused tn
steamers Thompson Dean and Pargou
, to break loose from their moorinl
and drift into the New Orleans
Paicfc railroad wharf at Goldsbor,
! opposite New Orleans, causing dan
age to the boats and wharf. TIE
loaded and six empty coal boats b.
; longing to Mcssrs. Brown & Jon,
= broke loose, nine of which sunk. il
GLIDING four loaded ones containin
10000 bushels Of coal. The damal
done is estimated at $4,000.