Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-03

have received a contract to build an.
other boat for the Anchor Line
This boat is TO be 1925 feet long, IL fee
hold and A feet beam.
Seessel, Ashner & Co.. beef and
pork packers, Nos. and 6 Howard row
are prepared to furnish steamboat.
with all kinds Of fresh meats at Lowest
market prices. lit
The Tiger, In command of Captain
y. Basket, leaves at 5 pm. to-day fol
Peters, Bledsoe's and way landings
William Darby is her chief clerk.
Judging from "cookhouse" and
"rouster" talk. things will soon be
lively 10 the trade between here and
Commerce. Two more boats 10 fall
into line.
In the United Stat District Court
yesterday Mate Leander Huff, late of
the towboat Henry Loury, was found
guilty Of mutiny. But Huff had
jumped lis bond and is now at large
TIE old Memphis w%harfooat. better
kooEn as Glenn's, which was sold to
parties at Monroe, La, some time ago,
vent TO the bottom one day last week
alter taxing the muscles of her mana.
gers for two weeks to keep her afoat.
Captain Ed Rowland is doing Pa.
ducah, Ky, while his boat Is being
overhauled at that place. If the
citizens Of Paducah will treat him
one-halt as well as they did Captain
Mllt Harry, a short time ago. Mem
phis will be satisfied.
The Hard Cash will be fonud in
port this afternoon, and is the regular
packet leaving at 3, p. m. tomorrow
for all points on White river through
to Jacksonport whore direct conneo-
ton is made with light draft steamers
for upper White aud Black rivers.
Application has been made to change
the name of the steamer Il. w. Cole
to the John Q. Calhoun" a well
known Arkansaw planter. The Cole
belongs to the Refuge Oil Mill Co.
and ls at present running as a semi.
weekly packet between Vicksburg and
Greenville.
The City Of Helena arrived from St.
Louis last evening with lear 5000
packages Of freight, which she dis
charged and returned last night flying
light. Bad weather, low water and
heavy business was the cause of her
detention.
The Ida Darragh will leave to-
morrow evening on her initial trip to
Pine Bluff and way landings on Ar.
kansaw river, making direct conuec-
ton with the regular packets for Little
kock and points above. Captain Jno.
} Darragh commands, with his son
office.
The new locks of the Louisville
canal will be closed to. morrow from Z
am. until midnight ii October l1tb.
in order to replace the lower gates BY
new ones. The old locks will remain
open and will pass boats 258 feet long
and 491 feet wide. Colonel w. r.
Merrill is going to do some good work
Improving the navigation of the falls.
This will be glad news to steamboat.
men generally.
The Andy Baum, with near 5000
pkgs of freight, arrived yesterday
afternoon from Cincinnati, and leaves
at 0 pm. to day with a return trip.
This is the last chance for excursion
lists to the Cincinnati Exposition, and
the rates are very low. The Baum
also gives through tickets to the
principal cities Of the East. Her
accommodations are first class. Capt.
h. j. Vinton commands, with M. NJ.
Deem and Charlie Vinton in the
Office.
An advertisement in the LEDGER of
to-day announces the sidewheel steam.
er Rene Maoready (Which is expected
to arrive from Cincinnati early next
week. as a tri-weekly packet in the
Memphis and Helena trade, leaving
here on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays-opposite days-from the
james Lee. The Macready is lust off
the ways at Coviugion, KY, where
she was thoroughly overhauled, and is
now as pretty and as stanch as the