Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-21

TUG AeSuo u1doIeauy departed Dat
urday evening for Cincinnati with
over 100000 feet of lumber.
The Guiding Star, thoroughly over
hauled, will leave Cincinnati on Sat.
urday next for New Orleans.
Make your arrangements for the up
river excursion on the Andy Baum,
which leaves here tomorrow.
The Vint Shinkle, for Memphis,
and the Paris G. Brown, for New
Orleans, left Cincinnati Saturday.
The Golden Crown, for Cincinnati,
and the City Of Baton Rouge, for st.
Louis, left New Orleans Saturday.
The City of New Orleans broke her
side pipe when neal st. Louis, and the
Colorado was sent to her assistance,
Many of the towboats lying at
Pittsburg are being overhauled and
repaired during the present low wa
ter.
The Fannie Lewis came up yester.
day a couple of hours behind time,
transacted but little business and pro-
ceeded to st. Louis.
The W. P. Halliday was detained
above Cairo this trip, but was looked
for this forenoon to pass down on her
way to New Orleans.
Lew Gray, pilot of the steamer Gold
Dust, and who was severely scaled at
the time of her explosion, died in st.
Louis Saturday morning.
Captain G. Wash Floyd, we'll known
h%ereabouts, is the father of a new"
baby. 1t is a girl, and arrived at
Pittsburg a few days since.
Charlie Gum, late second engineer
of the Scotia, is under instructions to
join the Arkansaw river snagboat G. B.
Reese, as Wash Meredith's second.
EzcurSionists taking the Andy
Baum tomorrow evening will meet
the Vint Shinkle near Cairo and be
back here early Thursday morning.
Captain r. X. Riley has returned
from his summer vacation and re-
sumed command Of the City of Vicks-
bur, which will be down this even
ing.
The Katie Hooper arrived this
morning, and leaves on Wednesday
evening with a return trip for Pine
Bluff and way landings on Arkansaw
river.
The new Arkansas City will leave
st. Louis on Saturday next, and be
here to leave on the Tuesday following
for V~iCksburg in place Of the City of
Greenville.
The John A. Scudder, four and a
halt days out from New Orleans, with
800 tons Of freight, passed up this
morning for st. Louis. She cleaned
boilers here.
The Plow Boy will be here to.
morrow night and leave again on
Wednesday in place of the Hard Cash
for all points on White river as far as
Jacksonport.
The John S. Bransford left here
Saturday for White river, with a good
rip. She will withdraw after the
present week, the josie Harry leaving
on Saturday next.
The pilots of the Anchor Line
steamer City of Cairo report a new
channel at Twin HollowS and at Lib
erty Island, with 81 ieet at the former
and l0l at the latter point.
The City of Vicksburg, in command
of Captain K. K. Riley, will be tht
Anchor Line packet here tomorrow
at 10 a m. for Vicksburg. w. G.
Blenker is in charge Of the office.
Thomas Gibson, colored, of Vicks.
burg, fireman on the Gold Dust, died
in the hospital at Cairo on FRIDAY
last. Two others, Henry HAYES and
George Washington, can hardly live.
After the arrival of the City Of
G%reenville at st. Louis she will lay VI
to receive a thorough overhauling and
repainting preparatory to entering the
New Orleans trade, for which she was
built.
The new Anchor Line steamer,
Arkansaw City, made the run from
Cape Girardeal to Chester, a distance
of 20 miles. in five hours and ten
minutes. Joe MCCULLOUGH was at the
wheel.
The Annie P. Silver, running under
the auspices Of the Anchor Line, is
announced to pass down tomorrow
evening en- route to New Orleans.
Captain Ad Storm, at the wharf boat,
is her agent.
There are rumors of two steamers
to run from Memphis to New Orleans
this fall and winter, in connection
with the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad,
working with the Frank and Ohouteau
packets in the trade.
The City Of Greenville, in command
Of Captain Joseph Bryan, will be up
this evening and leave at 10 a m. to-
morrow for Cairo, st. Louis and prin q.
cipal way landings. John Il. Messen-
gale is her polite CLERK.
The Fulton goes out tomorrow
evening in place ofthe Rene Macready
for Mariana, the Cut off aud way
landings on l'Anguille and st. Fran
els rivers, Captain AL Smith will
command, with A. l.. Banning in the
Office.
The Gray Eagle left Louisville Sat
urday and in passing over the falls
struck a rock which broke several of
her timbers. She was rounded to and
landed below the bridge. Yesterday
she was taken Cincinnati to be placed
on the Covington ways for repairs.
Captain Henry Cooper's %punctual
upper coast steamer Ooahoma, is the
Lee Line mail packet leying this
evening for 0sceola and all way land
ings, giving strict attention TO all
business intrusted IN her Hugb