Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-06

thls sVsnlAE .Ind lsats Al 10 A,n, tul
morrow ior Vicksburg. Henry Curbyu
Is her polite clerk.
Miss Moore, the cl.s...s.!!ss. daughter
Of Colonel j. d. Moore, chief clerk of
the Vint Shinkle, is making the round
trip on that boat, and will take in the
sights of the Bluff City.
The City of Providence will be up
this afternoon from Vicksburg and
leaves promptly at 10 am. tomorrow
for Cairo and st. Louis, Captain Geo.
Lenox commands, with Frank Perkins
IN charge Of the office.
Captain David Harper, a we'll known
lower coast steambOatman, died at
New Orleans on Sunday last. He had
been sufferer from rheumatism for
some time past, which affected his
heart, causing death suddenly.
The Josie Harry will arrive tonight
and leave as usual Saturday evening
for all points on White river through
to Newport, whore direct connection
is made with light draft steamers for
upper White and Black rivers.
At the opening of the fall business
the Anchor Line boats will do bust.
ness at the new elevator, foot of Pop
lar street. The local and transient
boats will have the leVee to them
selves, and the wharibOat will proba-
bly, be removed to some other point.
The steamboats, belonging to the late
G. w Kiber were sold at auction at
Nashville on Monday last. The Kiber
was knocked down to j. w. Kiber for
$4,000, the Mary Clees brought 5000,
and was purchased by Captain j. w.
Lowell. The sale was made on six,
twelve aud eighteen months credit.
Two old boilers taken from the Kiber
were purchased by Mr.. McC4slin for
800.
The Ste Genevieve arrived from St.
Louis about daylight with good trip
of freight, comprising 4Ol3 pckgs, the
principal items of which were 675 bbls
-four, 500 bbls meal, 1919 SKIS corn, IS
SKIS bran, 343 quarter bales hay and
800 rolls bagging. She leaves promptly
at 5 p m. to-day for Cairo, St. Louis
and way mail landings. Captain Geo.
Oarvell commands, with the Office in
charge of Rolla Porter and Pell
Thomas.
The Vint Shinkle arrived last even
ing from the Ohio with light trip.
and the same was all out at noon,
She is receiving to leave to, morrow at
bpm. with a return trip for Cairo,
Evansville, Louisville, Cincinnati
and principal way landings, offering
special inducements to those contem-
plating a trip East, giving at low
rates through tickets to principal
points Her accommodations are ex.
cellent aud her officers courteous and
ob!iging.
The swift and elegant steamer
! Dean Adams, in command of Captain
Mark R. Cheek, is the mail packet
leaving this evening for Helena
Terrene, Arkansaw City and way
landings, attending promptly to al
business entrusted to her and max
, ing close connection at her destina
tion with trains on the Little Rock
, Mississippi River & Texas Railroad
Captain A. L, Cummins presides a
the desk, assisted by Walker OUTLAY
and Lee Cummins, jr.
} The recent decision of the Suprem
Court Of Louisiana, in which it wa
. held that railroad is not liable il
damages for obstructing the naviga
ton of a river while building o
repairing a bridge, is exciting com
! ment among the steamboatment. I'm
der this decision the railroad authorl
ties can conclude to repair a bridge
choosing the business season for tn
purpose, and obstruct the the river a
their pleasure, or in building tn
: projected bridge at this port they ma
likewise Obstruct the navigation of tn
a Mississippi. This may be law, say tn
steamboatmen, but they don't believ
i it, and they hope that Captain Hamil
ton will carry his case before tn
e Supreme Court of the United States
!. and ask that tribunal to decid
whether or not a railroad corporatio
can obstruct navigable river at thei
pleasure.