Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-22

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1853 bales Of eastern bound cotton fof
reshipment at Cairo,
The City Of Alton, from Sc. Louis.
passed down last night on her way to
New Orleans. She added Geo sk oil
cakessand 2OOc SKIS peas.
The Coahoma left at noon to-day
for Osceola, She will be back in the
morning and leave tomorrow at 5 p.
m. for Helena and Friars Point.
The Cons Millar departed last even
ing for Cincinnati with $50 bales
cotton, % bales rags, 500 SKIS oil meal,
20 bbls oil and fair list of people.
The City Of Providence will be the
Anchor Line packet passing down
Friday at 10 am. The Belle Mem.
phls passes up at 5 pm. the same day.
1t is rumored that Captain Buesen,
OF the Montana, will bring suit against
the city of Louisville for damages
sustained on the dam a few days ago.
The steamer Fulton is receiving at
the foot Of j efferson street to leave at
b pm. to-day for Hatchie river and all
way landings. j. @. Oates & Co.. 2l0
Front street, are her agents.
A confusion Of signals was the cause
OF the collision between the Bowling
Green and the Longfellow. They
collided just below the mouth of Pond
river while rounding a short bend.
Ohio river boatmen believe that the
four anchors left on the falls by the
City OF Baton Rouge is the cause of
much of the mischief that has occur.
red there lately, and should be re-
moved.
Mr, w. j. Caruthers, the twelfth
victim Of the explosion of the steamer
Sidney on the 10th inst, died at Pitts.
burg Sunday night. He was an est
mable young man, and leaves wife
but no family.
The Golden City with a full load of
freight and quite a number of
people passed down yesterday after
noon for New Orleans. She discharged
about 300 pckgs here and added 100
bbls meal, 30 bbls lime and ITO SKIS
peas.
The Raymond Horner with big
tow of empties, broke her main
shaft at Stewards Island, seven miles
above Smithland, on Monday last but
landed safely. She is a new boat on
her first trip from New Orleans to
Pittsburg.
The river at this point is about sta
tionary. It will fall few days longer,
when the late rises from the Cumber-
land; Tennessee and Ohio rivers will
check it at this point and probably
cause rise ola few inches.
Captain 7. R. Smith of the P Line
steamer, E. G. Carroll with the aid of
some of the boats crew. captured
swimming in the water, well-grown
black wolf which he will forward to
the Geological Garden at st. Louis.
The Rene Macready, in command of
Captain o. K. Joplin, is the railroad
packet leaving promptly at pm. for
Madison, where direct connection will
be made with trains on the Memphis
u Little Rock railroad for points
west.
The John A. Wood, with a tow Of
80 pieces, containing over 5O0,0OC
bushels of coal. passed down yesterday
The W. W. 0'Neil is following her
with a pieces, containing but little
less than 100000 bushels This is .
good item for Jay Gould to scan.
The Fearless, with a heavy tow Of
coal and model barges, in entering tn,
Louisville canal day before yesterday
ran over a barge of coal of O'Neil &
Co.'S, sinking the barge in fifteen fee
Of water The barge contained $4,000
bushels of coal, involving a loss o
$1,000.
The Granite State, chartered by the
Memphis & Ohio River Packet Com.
pany, and in charge of the officers o.
the ill-fated James D. Parker, viii
airline to morrow, aud leaves Frida,
at 8 p m. with a return trip for Gin
clnnati Captain r. W. Llghtburne
No. Z Monroe street, will give further
information.
The splendid light draft steamer
P!ow Boy, in command of Captain K
u. Smith, is receiving to leave this
evening for Pine Bluff and all wa,
landings, carrying the mail and making
close connection with the regular
packets for Little Rock and all points
above. Will Darragh presides at the
desk and is assisted by Ed Gay.
The "old reliable" steamer Hard
Cash, in command of Captain L. G.
Postal, is the regular packet leaving
at B pm. O.day for Devalla Bluff,
Augusta, Jacksonport and all inter
mediate landings, attending promptly
to all business entrusted to her and
making direct connection with light
draft packets for upper White and
Black rivers. Charles M. Postal pre-
sides at the desk, and is assisted by
his brother Joseph.
Smith Was Out
Detroit Free Press.l
A Griswold street lawyer was sitting
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