Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-10

kind oiMOtk needed abCaE 4. steam.
boat Well see Il Ake can weld a
shaft.
The Cons Miliar will be due from
the Ohio t5.inorrow, and leaves Fri
day evening with return trip. Cap
tain Il: w. Lightburne, at his Office,
NO. Z Monroe street, will give infor-
nation In regard to rates of freight or
passage.
The Board of Health steamer H.H.
Benner, made her first trip of the
season yesterday, and had on board
quite a number Of visiting medical
gentlemen, who spoke in praise Of our
quarantine station and of the fine con-
dition in which the feet was kept.
The storm which visited this section
last evening caught the Katie Hooper
which was lying at the foot of the
OF the Island, parted her hawsers and
carried her across the river dumping a
stage overheard. No damages was
done to the boat and the stage was re-
covered.
The Hard Cash, in command of
Captain x. G. Postal, is the regular
packet leaving at pm. to day for all
points on White river through to
Jacksonport, where direct connection
is made with light draft steamers for
upper White and Black rivers. Chas.
M. and Joseph Postal are in charge of
the Office.
The feet and elegant steamer james
Lee, with Captain Stacker Lee in
charge, is the mail packet leaving to-
day for Helena, Friars Point and all
way landings, making close connection
with trains on the Mobile and North
western railroad, Captain Lloyd w.
Whitlow presides at the desk and is
assisted by Platt Rhodes and John G..
Wyckoff.
The Coahoma weathered the storm
last evening, arriving in port about 10
pm. She leaves this evening with a
return trip for Osceola and way land
ings on the UPPER coast, carrying the
mail and attending promptly to all
business entrusted to her. Captain
Henry Cooper commands, with Hugh
Tomlinson and John Haley in charge
of the Office.
Owing to repairs needed on the
steamer Katie Hooper, she will lay
up for awhile and the Plow Boy leaves
this evening in her stead for Pine
Bluff and way landings on Arksnsaw
river, attending closely to all business
that offers and making direct connec.
ton with the regular packets for Little
Rock and points above. Captain John
j. Darragh commands, with Charles
Musselman and Will Darragh in the
Office.
The City of Baton Rouge, with
Captain Horace Bixby on the roof,
and Mark Twain in the cabin, sailed
into port at o'clock this morning
only three days and twelve hours out
from New Orleans, which includes
several hours lost by storms. She had
bad weather during her entire trip 10
this port, and made the run from New
| Orleans to Baton Rouge in less than
eleven hours Captain Bixby is show
ing his friend, Mark Twain, that We
have boats that can make railroad
time.
When the storm came up last even
J ing, the Lee Line steamer Coahom;
was about fourteen miles above here
, bound for this port. So sudden wai
the blow that she did not have time
to make a landing. The waves werr
very high, and the wind carried he
about four miles up stream. DurinI
these trying times" the lights on tn,
boat were all put out, SO that Their
} would be no danger of fire in case tn
J boat was wrecked. A number of tn
] crew and passengers put on their lif
preservers, in case it was found neces
sary to take sudden bath. A numbe
were seen to pray, for the first time il
{ their lives, and as they seemed to b
/ in earnest, their prayers were an
+ swered. John Haley, one of the clerks
says he wasn't frightened, but jus
went to his room and laid down unit
it was over. He came out after quie
was restored, busting off the knees O
his pants and wiping the tears from