Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-25

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Nearly all transient boats behind
. time.
Is The Annie P. Silver is due up, on
IS her way TO st. Louis.
$ The name Of the i'll ated Scioto is
d to be changed to Regular.
o The City Of Cairo left on time yes.
terday forenoon for st, Louis.
The John Dippold and barees
passed up Saturday evening fer St.
u Louis.
a Fifty eight bales Of cotton were
brought in yesterday by the local
y packets.
T Captain Turner'S new boat was
launched from Barmore's shipyard on
! Saturday last.
!. The John A. Scudder will be due
down "Wednesday morning on her way
to New Orleans.
I There is some talk of forming an
other line Of boats for the st. Louis
and New Orleans trade.
The Annie p. Silver, on her fifth
day out from New Orleans, passed up
! this forenoon for st. Louis.
The Anchor Line steamer CITY Of
Baton Rouge will pass down this
afternoon for New Orleans.
The Henry Lourey, with five barges
OF grain, passed down yesterday fore.
noon bound for New Orleans.
: The Josie Harry departed Saturday
evening for White river with q good
trip Of both freight a~ndpeople.
It is rumored that the steamer Tiger
will again come south this winter
and run in one Of the local trades.
The Guiding Star, for Cincinnati
and the City of New Orleans. for ST.
Louis, left New Orleans last evening.
The Fulton arrived last night from
st Francis river, and was turned over
to her owners, Captain j. G. Oates &
The little steamer Naomi, with a
new %sternwheel boat hull in tow.
passed down Saturday evening for Red
river.
The Hard Cash will arrive to-mor.
row and is the regular packet leaving
on Wednesday evening for White
river.
The Plow Boy will be in to. morrow
morning, and leaves on Wednesday
evening with a return trip for Arkan-
saw river.
The john B. Maude arrived from
st Louis Saturday midnight. dis
charged her trip aud went back by
daylight.
Captain Gus Coleman's tug Tilda
returned yesterday afternoon from
New Orleans, whittier she had been
with a tow Of slaves.
The Centennial with a fair UPSTREAM
trip, passed to st. Louis last night s
and discharged here 81 hhds. Of sugar
and % bbls. of molasses. s
The Katie Hooper will be taken to s
Paducah to-day by the towboat Piasa.
where she will be placed on the docks S
to receive a thorough overhauling.
The City of Helena, in command of I
Captain Elem Calvert, is the Anchor S
Line paoke. leaving this evening for
Cairo and st. Louis. Geo. Walton Is 1
her polite clerk.
Seessel, Ashuer & Co., beef and A.,
pork packers. Nos. 5 and 6 Howard row,
are prepared to furnish steamboats, 5
with all kinds of fresh meats at lowest
market prices. If 5
The Commonwealth, twelve hours S
behind time, passed down near mid
night. She discharged 70 bbls, of !.
pork and added 40 tons for Vicksburg :
and way landings. >
The Golden Crown, with a good =
trip Of freight and towing a barge, 4
passed up yesterday afternoon, a
little over seven days out from New
Orleans. She did but little of interest
here. !
The new sidewheel steamer. Will 4
). Hays, being built by Captain James :
Rees, OF Pittsburg, for the Cincinnati !
aud New Orleans trade, was success. !
fully launched at Freedom, Pa, on
Saturday last.
On Wednesday there will be a grand
steamboat parade at Cincinnati, in
honor OF the exposition, and all per-
sons buying tickets TO the exposition
that day will be entitled to an excur.
sion on the river. 4
The new Memphis and Arkansaw
river packet Ida Darragh will arrive =
this afternoon from Cincinnati. She =
is said to be one Of the best boats of I"
her class ever built, and is in com A
mand OF Captain John j. Darragh.
The Anchor Line packets leaving
here tomorrow at 10 a. m, will be
the Arkansas City for Vicksburg and
the City of Vicksburg for St. Louis. {,
Both are elegant steamers and in
charge of clever and experienced :
officers.
John Langlois, vho was so seriously 4
injured by the explosion OF the Gold
Dust, is improving and is now pro- ,
nouuced out Of danger by his attend
ing physician, DR.. Faris, of Hickman,
Ky. As sOon as he is able, he will
be appointed to the Office Of the Com
monwealth.
The CoahOma is the Lee Line mail 81
packet leaving this evening for 0sceola q
and way landings on the upper coast, a
and will attend promptly to all bust y
ness intrusted to her Captain Henry !"
Cooper commands, with the Office in O
charge Of Hugh Tomlinson and
Charles Bourne.
Mate T. j.. Frampton has returned =
from his trip through the East, and is "
again to be found on the ~forecastle of
the Memphis AND Ohio packet Cons
Millar, Mate Frampton has been on
the Millar for five years, is held in 4
high esteem by the company, and is :,
one of the most courteous mates on !
the river. l.
The Cons Millar, from the Ohio >
river, arrived Saturday night with $50 :
tons of freight the principal items Of A.,
which were 532 bbls. of -four, 500 bbls. ]
of oomapt QR0 hhls &c ootokoa, 81