Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-20

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chase Of The Matches Whaffboat for
the use Of the latter's oilworks below
Nicksburg, ssgsV
The Annie 2. Silver, in command
OF Captain Keith, is announced to
pass down this evening on her way TO
New Orleans. Green Il. Shields is
her polite clerk, and Captain Ad
Storm is agent.
Merchants at river towns trading
with Memphis will find it to their
interest to order their job printing and
blank books from the PUBLIC LEDGER
job printing Office and blank book
mandatory, ID Madison street. /
The Katie Hooper is receiving to
leave at 8 pm. tomorrow for Pine
Bluff and way landings on Arkansaw
river, making direct connection with
the regular light draft steamers for
Little Rock and points above.
Proceedings have been commenced
against the steamer Jack Gumbert,
which carried the Pittsburg roughs to
prize tight below that city on We'd
nesday night last, for carrying more
passengers than she was allowed.
Letter heads, bill heads, bills of
lading, envelopes, hand bills and every
other kind of lob printing executed in
the best style and at the lowest prices
at the PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
office and blank book mandatory. IL
Madison street. I
The Hard Cash arrived last night.
with a fair trip, and is the regular
packet leaving tomorrow evening for
all points on White river, through to
Jacksopport, where direct connection
is madN with the regular packets for
urpct White and Black rivers.
iva lights of new pattern have
beepfput up lately by the officers Of
the lighthouse tender Joseph Henry.
One IS at Point Pleasant. Mo, and the
other at Bells Point, 35 miles above
this city. A report Of the efficiency
of the lights is desired, and pilots
should report to St. Louis.
The Rene Macready, in command
Of Captain 0. K. Joplin, leaves this
evening for Helena, Mariana, the
Cutoff, Wittsburg and all way land.
ings on L'Anguille and st. Francis
rivers, making direct connection with
the light draft steamer Advances for
the Sunk Lands, A. L. Banning
presides at the desk, and is assisted
by Charles Stockley.
The Paris @. Brown, with 1900
tons Of freight, passed down last even
ing for New Orleans. She put off a
few pkgs here, and added 324 quarter
bales hay. The boat presented very
ugly appearance as she rounded to in
front Of the city, being badly loaded
amidshiss and apparently let down in
the stern. She was shook up badly
by the breeze Of Saturday evening.
The Anchor Line steamer City Of
Baton Rouge, the champion of the
Anchor Line, lett New Orleans Satur-
day evening and is coming up in a
hurry. She passed Vicksburg at
am. yesterday, only 80 hours out. She
will be here this afternoon, and after
! cleaoing out boilers will proceed to
st. Louis. She has big list of people
bound for the watering places of the
Northwest.
: The Jas. W. Calf, in command OIL
Captain r. W. Wise, is receiving tC
! leave at 5 pm to day for Cairo, Louis
vile, Cincinnati aud principal way
! landings, making close connection
with the different railroads centerinl
at Cincinnati, and giving through
tickets to points east at low rates
The Gaff has comfortable accommoda
tons and is in charge of clever officers
d Captain James Surtees presides at The
desk, and is assisted by George Hen
y erickson.
Secretary Folger has decided thai
persons employed on board vessel il
operating a bar, dining room Of
restaurant, whether so employed di
rectly by the owners of the boat Of
by others, who bargain for thu
privilege Of operating the bar, restau
rant or dining room, are seamer
within the lntent of the law. In com
pliance with this decision, steamboat
t will hereafter be required to includ,
BARRIERS, barkeepers, cub pilots
' assistant cooks, porters, sinners, anC
every person employed on the boat, il
their returns of hospital dues, whether
. such persons receive pay from thC
boat or not.