Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-18

DuG little OF interest," mere.
The Cons Millar, for Memphis, and
the Chas. Morgan, for New Orleans,
will leave Cincinnati to morrow even
ing.
The. Belle Memphis arrived at
Vicksburg yesterday and left there at
noon to-day with a return trip for st.
Louis. .il -'-'s
The towboats Dodsworth, Ben
Wood, Josh Cook and Sam Roberts
all left louisville yesterday for the
South.
The Henry Lourey, from St. Louis,
passed down this morning, dropping
here three barges Of grain for this
market. luis tt 1i
The Dean Adams will be in to.night
and leave at 8 pm. to, morrow with a
return trip for Arkansaw City, and all
way landings.
The City of Yicksburg arrived from
st. Louis last evening, put off $50
pckgs, added Is tons and left at 10 a.
N, 1Or NlcksDurg.
The Ste. Genevieve will be in to.
morrow and is the Anchor Line pack
ct leaving to morrow evening for
Cairo and st. Louis.
Billy Byers is working like beaver
to make the Cincinnati May festival
success and increase the passenger re-
ceipts of the steamer James w. Gaff.
The Port Eads and barges, from
New Orleans, arrived at st. Louis yes.
terday, and the Ste. GenevieVe left
there last evening for this port.
The Annie P. Silver, in command Of
Captain Keith, is announced to pass
down this evening for New Orleans.
Green +. Shields is her polite clerk,
Captain Frank Hicks is again able
to be on the streets Of New Orleans
His eyes are fast recovering under the
doctors treatment, and be feels much
encouraged.
The Memphis & Little Rock rail.
road wharfboat was yesterday towed
back 20 its moorings at Hopefeld
through business having been resumed
on that road.
The new Anchor Line steamer
building at Jacksonville will be
named Belle Of Wittenberg." after a
town Of that name located abous 100
miles below st. Louis.
Harry Galley, who has been 10 the
employ of the Memphis and Ohio
River Packet Company for several
years, has resigned, and will now work
far the railroad bondholdcrs.
The City of Greenville, in command
of Captain Joseph Bryan, is the An.
Choir Line packet leaving at 5 D m. to.
day for Cairo, st. Louis and all prin
cipal way landings John II. Messen.
gale is her polite Clerk.
Captain s. G. Mcintyre has given t
Messrs. G. B. Bryan & Co., a mort
gage of $4,000 on the wreck of the
Golden City, subject to the orders o
the insurance men. The mortgage
was given to secure them on the los
of their tug Oriole.
The amount already raised at Gin
einHati for the relief Of the family o
Robert Kelly is 1852, and the gentle
men in charge of the subscription lis
expect to raise $4,000, with which the
will procure home for the bereavel
wife and little ones.
Diver Moore returned last night o.
the steamer Plow Boy, having fnishe,
the job Of wrecking the steamer Mar
lin Speed. All the machinery ha
been taken out and placed on tn
bank and will probably BE- brought t
this port, The hull was badly broker
Licensed officers of steamboats, VIII
have taken out or renewed thei
license since April 4th, can get
. rebate" by applying to the loca
( inspectors. The fee since the abov
date has been fixed at 80 cents, whie
:, is a reduction of $3.50 from the forme
a rate.
4 Navigation on the Missouri is some
h what hazardous on account of tn
\ several bridges which obstruct th
5 channel Scarcely trip is made b
@ boats on this river that more or les
i, damage is not sustained by coming
!, contact with these wrockcrs. Th
c Joe Kinney was the last victim.
+ The adventurous sailor who crosse
), the ocean in the Little Western, tn
t smallest vessel that ever made th
4 passage, is going to try and row boa
Z across from New York to Liverpool
z The BOAT to be used will be IL fec
e long, 4 feet wide and q ieet deep. II
= expects to play solitaire" 100 day
i while making the trip.
= The Hard Cash brought out
y White river AZ bales of cotton and II
: shipped "a bales at Terrene for Ne
/. Orleans. She is the regular packt
. leaving tomorrow evening for Devall
Bluff, Augusta, Jacksonport and a
intermediate landings, making clos
: connection with light draft steamer
y for upper White and Black rivers.
The tug James O'Conner, with Cal
7 tain Dennie 0'Neil and few frienC
d on board, went down yesterday to til
wreck of the Golden City. Sounding
t. taken showea that the wreck lies
0 about Is feet Of water. A diver ell
gagged by the Mcintyre brothers
coming down on the steamer GuidiL
Star, and will search for the missin
bodies.
Tho John S. Bransford, in CON
mand of Captain W. II. Holt, wi
leave at 81. IN. to-day for Helena. Tel
renne, the Cutoff, Wittsburg and a
I way landings on L'Anguille and S
Francis rivers, making direct col
nection with the light draft steamt
7 Advance for the Sunk Lands. Charl
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