Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-20

iof Peters, glsasuss Iaa way l.nd.
lngs on Council and Walnut Bends.
Captain S. Basket commands with
the Office in charge Of Wade Hamp.
ton and James Council.
The City Of Cairo. which passed up
yesterday forenoon for St. Louis, put
of ll3 bales Of cotton, aud added 500
bales Of compressed cotton for reship-
ment east at Cairo. She had on board
800 bales Of uncompressed cotton for
Cairo. and 1900 sacks Of cotton seed
aud 5000 bags Of cotton seed meal for
st. Louis.
All the members Of the United
State River Commission except Gen.
Gilmore and Captain James B. Eads,
who are in New York, left St. Louis
Friday afternoon on the government
steamer Mississippi, on a trip down
the river to examine the various works
now in progress for the improvement
of the river between Vicksburg and
st. Louis.
The City Of Helena, in command OF
Captain Elem Calvert, arrived at day
light with 32l5 pkgs freight, including
1913 bbls -four, 800 SKIS bran, $50 bags
corn, " bales hay, 800 rolls bagging,
100 bbls apples aud 50 bbls onions.
She is the Anchor Line packet leaving
this evening with a retrun trip for
Cairo aud st. Louis. Geo. Walton is
her polite clerk.
The Coahoma, in command Of Cap.
tain Henery Cooper, brought in from
the upper coast 439 bales Of cotton,
II bags Of seed cotton and 2lO6 SKIS
cotton seed. She is the Lee Line
mail packet leaving this evening for
Osceola and way landings, and will
give strict attention TO all business
intrusted to her. Hugh T~omlinsOn is
in charge of the Office and is assisted
by Chas. Bourne and John Rhodes.
Captain John Howard, the boat
builder of Jacksonville, who was so
severely injured by the elevator disas
ter in Louisville on Thursday last, is
reported as resting very comfortably
yesterday. He happily escaped inter-
nal injury, but suffered a fracture of
the bone above the ankle. No limbs
were broken, aud Ee hopes to be out
in a week or two. The condition of
Captain W. G. Hite, who had both legs
fractured by the disaster, is critical,
and he is suffering intensely.
The james Lee arrived last evening
with 854 bales cotton, 4 bags seed cot
ton and 948 SKIS cotton seed. She is
the Lee Line mail packet leaving this
evening for Helena, Glendale, Friars
Point and intermediate landings.
making connection with traius on the
Mobile and Northwestern the Helena
and Iron Mountain and the Arkansaw
Midland railroads. Captain Stacker
Lee commands, with the Office in
charge of Lloyd w. Whitlow, assisted
by Platt Rhodes, Arthur Browne and
Will Ashford.
The Dean Adams arrived last even
ing with 295 bales of cotton, II bags
seed cotton and 40 SKIS cottonseed.
She is the Adams Line mail packet
leaving at 5 m. to day for Helena,
Terrene, Arkansaw City and way land.
ings, attending promptly to all business
that offers and making close connec-
ton with trains on the Little Rock,
Mississippi River and Texas railroad.
Captain Mark r. Cheek commands,
with the Office in charge of Captain
A. L. Cummins, assisted by Walker
Outlaw and Lee Cummins, jr.
The law compels steamboats, to
refuse all cotton that is not thoroughly
covered, but railroads can transport
cotton open on the sides or ends and
dump it out on the levee within a few
feet Of the cotton brought in by
steamers and but a very short distance
from the boats. This cotton, brought
in by the railroads and not thoroughly
covered, is subject to the flying sparks
from the locomotive, and if a fire is
once started on the levee, it is proba-
Bile hat several hundred bales of
cotton will be consumed and maybe a
steamboat or two, together with a few
lives.