Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-23
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alive, though not expected to recover.
Government work on the dam at
the head Of the Louisville canal was
resumed Monday. The dam is to be
Of a uniform height of II feet.
The hull Of the Kate Adams is
detained at Sewickley, on account of
low water. As soon as there is a rise
it will be taken to Pittsburg for COM
pletion.
The Andy Baum departed last
evening for Cincinnati with 56 bales
cotton, 10 bales paper stock. 26 sacks
bones, 30 empty barrels, 10000 feet
walnut lumber and a fair list of peo-
pie,
The wife and children Of Pilot
Henry WILDER, of the towboat Piasa,
left last evening on the Andy Baum
for Elizabethtawr, EsJ.,t 10 spend a few
weeks with friends.
The Centennial has been withdrawn
from the st. Louis and st. Paul trade,
and it is said that she win be given q
day in the st. Louis and New Orleans
Anchor Line.
James Brogan, a we'll known en-
gineer, who died of consumption, was
buried at Cincinnati on Monday last.
the Marine Engineers and Knights of
Pythias attending the remains to their
last resting place.
Low water and fogs are causing a
detention to boats plying the Ohio
river. Sand bars are looming up and
the big sidewheelers will soon bave to
go to bank and give the smaller craft a
chance to earn a few dimes.
The River Commission is to meet in
this city on Monday next, the 18th
inst, and it would be we'll for the
counties contiguous to this port to
send representatives to lay their claims
before the Commission. Our levees
should receive the attention due.
The six towboats which arrived at
New Orleans up to Saturday last, from
st. Louis, carried "a Darges with a
cargo in the aggregate amounting to
l,270.325 bushels Of wheat in bulk,
3O,3l9 pckgs miscellaneous freight,
$1,000 stoves and 1905 friedrich.
The Coahoma, in command of Capt.
Henry Cooper, is the Lee Line mail
packet leaving this evening tor 0sce-
ola, Plum Point and way landings,
giving strict attention to all business
entrusted to her. Hugh Tomlinson
and Charles Bourne are in charge OIL
the Office.
The j. B. M. Kehlor, owned BY
Captain William Tborwegan, is at St
Louis, undergoing a general trans
formation, and will be the largesr
boat on Western rivers, as regards
capacity. She will be a mammoth
cotton carrier, with a capacity fol
1900 tons. Her length will be 37I
feet, beam IS feet, with her hold /:
feet at the bow and 9 feet aft.
Captain w. G. Tichenor, it is said
has purchased an interest in th,
steamer Will s. Hays, and will be ap
pointed to command. With BILLY
Tichenor on the roof and Wash Floyt
in the Office the boat will receive a BIZ
share Of patronage, as they are boil
, very popular with the travelling aut
shipping public.
Captain John j. Barry will leav
this evening for the upper SunAowe
river, where, with a force of men h
will clear that portion of the streau
| Of all distractions. Captain Barr
has done this kind of work before 70
: the government, and has given entir
satisfaction.
! The Vint Shinkle will be here I,
morrow evening, and leaves Frils
: with a return trip for the Ohio rive.
The excursions already inaugur ate
d will be kept up as long as the vat
will permit. The Shinkle has now q
= board a number Of persons VIII le
here last Friday on the CAT, whiC
e boat was met neal Evansville. The,
will be joined by those who left la
evening on the Baum.
The splendid light draft steam,
Plow Boy, in command of Captain h
Rowland, will leave this evening f
Pine Bluff and way landings on Arl
ansaw river, attending promptly to a
business that offers and making cor
e nection with smaller boats for Lift
Rock and points above. Captai
Charles Musellman presides at til
: desk, assisted by Will Darragh.
, The popular local packet Jane
Lee leaves as usual this evening fC
: Helena, Glendale, Friars Point an
way mail landings, making close cor
: nection with the Mobile & North
: western, the Arkansaw Midland. an
the Helena and Iron Mountain road,
Captain Stacker Lee commands. wit
' the Office in charge Of Lloyd W. Whit
low, assisted by Platt Rhodes an
Will Ashford.
: The cheapest excursion eve
known can now be had on any of III
a Memphis and Ohio river packets
5 The next boat will be the Vim
Shinkle, which leaves here on Frida
9 at JPN, meeting the Cons Milla
! near Cairo, on which boat passenger
can be back early Monday morning, o
they can proceed to a point nea
: Evansville and return on the Jane
{ W Gaf, arriving home on Thursda
morning next. The rates are yer.
e low.
d Captain Ed Postal arrived, las
evening, from Paducah, and chartere
the splendid steamer Katie Hooper
e take the place Of the Hard Cash uut
thn rnnnirs Of thn 10 Mar RI nnmnlnAn.