Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-21
Tor Pine Bluff and way landings on

. in Madrid Bend 1900 SKIS of corn anC
added 30 tons here.
/. The Granite State did not get away
until this morning for the Ohio. Sht
o had 900 bales cotton, 300 bbls oil, lOC
- SKIS cotton seed meal, 50 bales rags anC
1900 feet lumber.
} The James w. CAT, bound frou
a this port to Cincinnati, broke bel
, shaft,and is lying at Padueah awaiting
5 repairs. She ~telegraphed here yestsr.
day for the Granite State to save room
for her freight.
The river at Louisville is full Of ice
, with the weather moderating. The
Vint Shinkle passed there yesterday
on her way to Cincinnati, and the
Cons Millsr, which had been lying up
there several days, expected to leave
this morning,
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
and blank book manufacturing estab-
lishwent, 10 Madison street, Memphis
Tenn is prepared to execute every
kind of work in their line in superior
style and at low prices. /
Mr.. George Wilson, who fitted up
the machinery of the Kate
Adams, and had charge of
her engines on her trip from Pittsburg
to this port, leaves by rail to night to
take permanent charge of the engines
of the new steamer Will S. Hays,
which will leave Pittsburg on the
first water.
Mr.. Will Rees, the clever young
gentleman who came from Pittsburg
in charge OF the office of the Kate
Adams, will be a passenger out on her
this evening, making the round trip
t. Arkansaw City and return. TIE
boat will have a big blow out at Ar
kansaw City, tomorrow night, where
a grand reception awaits her.
Captain W. 9. Tichenor, who came
down in command of the Kate Ad-
ans, turned the boat over to day to
the officers Of the Deans Adams, and
he will leave by rail tonight to bring
out the new Will s.. Hays, il which
he owns an interest, and will COM
mand, Captain Billy Tichenor is one
Of the most popular steamboatmen on
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, is an
experienced officer, and always in the
best of spirits.
By reference to our advertising col.
umns it will be seer that S%uperinten
dent j. D Randall of the St. Francis
river mail line has changed the pro-
gramme Of the Rene Macready, which,
owing to the extreme low water in the
St. Francis river, will hereafter make
but one trip per week and leave only
on Tuesdays, going as far Mariana
aud the Cut OF, where connection
will be made with the light draft
steamer Advance.
The river has risen 20 inches at st.
Louis since last report, and it has
been raining steadily (though not
heavy for the past 36 hours with the
temperature mild. 1t is expected that
all boats between st. Louis and Cairo
will be released from their uucom.
Portable positions to-day and resume
their various ways. Other beats have
gone to the levee to load and busy
preparations are going on for a speedy
resumption Of navigation from st.
Louis to points South,
The steamer James Lee, due here
yesterday, did not arrive until day.
light this mOrning, having met with
an accident on her way up when at
Walnut Bend, where she had her
rudder broken. Temporary repairs
were made and she managed t.
make her way to this port, but will
have to lay over a trip in order to put
on a new rudder. She will have her
repairs completed and leave to.
morrow evening, though it may be
possible that a boat may leave this
evening in her place. Her cargo to
this port consisted of GAL bales cot.
ton, 80 bags seed cotton, ll30 SKIS cot.
ton seed, IA head cattle and ll3 pkgs
suudries.
The Kate Adams has been at the
landing since Monday night, and du-
ring the time has been visited by
hundreds of people, including nearly
all of the marine fraternity, some OF
whom are considered excellent judges.
She is pronounced perfection" by
those who ought to know. She will
leave this evening on her first trip and
in charge Of the entire crew of the
Dean Adams, which boat has been
running steadily in the trade for the
past sixteen months, during which
time she has earned a fine reputation
for promptness and fair dealing. The
Kate Adams will run as near schedule
time as it is possible for
boat to do, leaving
here every Tuesday and Thursday
at 8 pm. The officers Of the boat are
as follows: Mark r. Cheek, Captain;
A; L. Cummins, Lee Cummins, jr,,
Walker Outlaw d Lash, clerks;
Henry Powers and Thomas Kelly,
mates; William Hodges and Elisha
Evans, pilots; Louis Botto and John
Botto, engineers; Frank Norris, stew
ard, and Joseph Flynn barkeeper.
With the above crew, all experienced
men in their line, the new Kate
Adams is bound to succeed and