Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-31

The new Arkansaw river steamer
Ida Darragh will be completed next
week.
The Annie P. Silver and Gilmore
and barges left last evening for st.
Louis.
Only six and a half feet reported in
the channel between Cairo and st.
Louis.
The W. P. Halliday is overdue
from New Orleans, bound for St.
Louis.
The Raven and barges, from New
Orleans, passed up last night for st.
Louis. rs
The Golden Rule is receiving new
cylinders and will soon be on the
track again.
Cotton stalks several feet in length,
and filled with bolls, are being brought
in by steamers.
The Josie Harry will be in to night,
and is the mail packet leaving Satur-
day for White river.
The John A. Scudder, overdue. was
expected to pass down this morning.
bound for New Orleans.
The John B. Maude, for Memphis.
and the City of Baton Rouge for New
Orleans, left st. Louis last evening.
Captain Alex Halliday, ofthe Paris
.. Brown, is to be married at New
Orleans this evening.
Only six and a half feet of water is
reported in the Ohio between Louis
vile, and seven and a half out to
Cairo.
The steamer Tiger has been sent up
the Missouri river by the underwri.
ters to wreck the sunken towboat
Fearless.
The Plow Boy and Katie Hooper
departed last evening with fair trips,
the former for Arkansas river and the
latter for White river.
The Will Kyle, in command of Cap.
tain Lew Hates, will be due down
tomorrow, bound for New Orleans.
Captain Ad Storm is her agent.
Captain James Remission, a former
commander of the Vint Shinkle. is
lying seriously ill at the Madison
House, Cincinnati. His many friends
here as well as there, hope for his
recovery.
Captain James D. Parker, Treasu-
rer Of the Memphis and Ohio River
Packet Company, is the candidate for
President Of the Chamber of Com.
merce at Cincinnati on the Indepen-
dent ticket. Steamboatmen, coal men
and many solid business men will
work hard for his election.
The propeller Exquisite has been
purchased at Pittsburg by Captain B.
s. White and j. +. Price. of Shreve.
port, La, and will be towed to Louis
vile. Her new owners propose to
employ her in towing cotton in Red
river.
The Ste. Genevieve, in command of
Captain S. A. McPheeters, is the
Anchor Line packet leaving this
evening for Cairo, St. Louis and way
mail landings. Rolla Porter and Pell
Thomas are in charge ofthe Office.
The Anchor Line packets leaving
here at 10 am. to morrow are the
Belle Memphis, for Vickshurg, and
the City of Providence, for st. Louis.
Both are new and elegant steamers, in
charge of clever and experienced Of
fcers.
The Salvor dragged the ri yer at
Hickman for the wreck of the Gold
Dust, but failed to find her. She
found one wheel and a hog chain in
sixty feet of water. The bank has
three shelves, forty.six to eighty feet
deep. The Salvor has left there and
has gone to the wreck Of the Grand
Tower.
The James W. Calf left Cincinnati
last evening for this port. She will
arrive Monday and leave with a re-
turn trip on Tuesday next, taking pas
sengers for the Cincinnati Exposition
at reduced rates. Excursionists TAX
ing the Cons Millar Saturday even
ing will meet the Calf in the vicinity
Of Cairo, and be back home early
Monday morning.
The Cons Millar will be here to.
morrow and leave on Saturday with
a return trip for all points on the Ohio
river Through to Cincinnati where
close connection will be made with the
different railroads, and through tick
cts given to Eastern points at low
rates. She will take round trip excur-
s~ionists to Cincinnati at a very low
rate, with the privilege Of remaining
on board during the boats stay at Gin
cinnati. Captain Lightburne, her
agent, will give further information.
The Dean Adams arrived last night
with IL bales cotton and a good list of
people. She leaves this evening with
|, q return trip for Helena, Terrene,
I Arkansaw City and way landings,
carrying the mail, attending promptly
to all business entrusted to her and
making close connection at her desti-
nation with trains on the Little Rock,
Mississippi River and Texas railroad.
The Adams started in this trade
September 9Th of last year and has
run continuously, never failing to
leave on the day advertised. She
leaves this evening on her one hundred
and fourth trip, which completes the
year, and has never met with an acct
dent Of any kind, either to the boat
or machinery. This speaks well for
the officers of the line, who have had
many years Of experience. Captain
Mark Cheek commands, with Captain
Lee Cummins in charge Of the Office,
assisted by Walker OUTLAW and Lee
Oummins, jr.