Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-03

passed down at 2 am. for New Or
leans.
The towboats JOS. B. Williams,
John A. Wood and Dick Fulton have
passed up for the Ohio river since last
report.
A man trap in the shape of big
hole can be found on the levee at the
foot Of Monroe street. 1t should be
repaired at once.
The Piasa, aftor putting up pair of
new ehimneys, departed last evening
fer Chester, after a tow of stone for
paving purposes.
The Levee Board at Vicksburg re-
quests steamboats, not to run in the
chute at Stock Island, as it endangers
the new levee at, Elleslie.
The Mary Houston, with 400 tons
of freight and on her fifth day out
from New Orleans, passed up yester-
day afternoon for Cincinnati.
The Anchor Line steamer, City of
Providence, in command of Captain
George Lenox, will leave at 5 pm. to-
day for Cairo and st. Louis. Frank
Perkins is her polite clerk.
DR.. Murry, the marine hospital
surgeon for this district, is down at
the landing every afternoon for the
purpose of vaccinating seamen Gree of
charged who desire his services.
"Paddy's Hen" or "Old Hen Is
land" located in the Mississippi river
just above this city is to be sold A
decree ordering the sale having been
made by the United States Court yes
terday.
A bad break is reported in the
levee at Beath's Landing, about 100
miles below Memphis on the Arkan-
saw side. The crevasse is about 100
yards wide through which a swift cur
rent is running.
The Marlin Speed, now in port, is
receiving to leave at 5 p. m. tomorrow
for Pine Bluff and all way landings on
Arkansaw river, making direct con-
neetion with light draft steamers for
Little Rock and points above.
The Andy Baum is the regular
Memphis and Ohio river packet leav-
ing tomorrow evening for Cairo,
Louisville, Cincinnati and all princi-
pal way landings, giving through tick
cts to points East at very low rates.
Miss Katie Church, the eldest
daughter Of tho late Captain Charles
B. Church, was married last night to
Mr.. Charles Farnsworth, a worthy
gentleman of this city, connected With
the wholesale firm OF A. G. & A. B.
Treadwell.
The Josie Harry will arrive to night
and is the regular mail packet leaving
tomorrow evening for all points on
White river through to Newport,
where direct connection is made with
light draft steamers for upper White
aud Black rivers.
Captain Willis Rude, late com
mander of the Central Avenue ferry.
boat at Cincinnati, died at his home
in Covington on Tuesday last. He was
a member Of the Marine Engineers
Association and lis funeral was at
tended by that body.
The reliable upper coast steamer
Coahoma, of the Lee Line, leaves this
evening for 0sceola and all way land
ings, and will attend promptly to all
business that offers. Captain Henry
Cooper is in command with j. w.
Smither in charge of the Office assisted
by John Haley and Hugh Tomlinson.
Captain D. X. Joplin's neat side
wheel steamer, Rene Macready, is the
railroad packet leaving this evening
from the foot Of Poplar street for
Madison on st. Francis river, where
direct connection is made with trains
on the Memphis & Little Rock rail
road for points west. A. L. Banning
is her polite clerk.
The fast and elegant steamer James
Lee is the mail packet leaving at 5 p.
m. to-day for Helena, Friars Point
and all way landings, making close
connection at Glendale with trains on
the Mobile & Northwestern railroad.
Captain Stacker Lee commands, with
Lloyd w. Whitlow in charge Of the
office, assisted by: Plat Rhodes and
Arthur Browne.
This department of the LEDGER
yesterday censured the wharfmaster
for the filthy condition of the levee;
but by reference to the Ordinances
of the Taxing District" we find that
his whole duty is simply to collect or
have collected the wharfage from all
steamboats,, barges, or any other craft
that may land at this port. This duty
is done to the satisfaction Of all con-
cerned. The Taxing District officials
should see that the levee is kept in a
good sanitary condition, dangerous
holes covered up and broken sewers
repaired; also the accumulations of
mud, hay, straw, cotton seed and other
vegetable matter should be washed off
occasionally,
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