Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-02-20

head Of stock.
Per COahoma from 0sceola--3 5 bales
cotton.
w.. r. Lee rom Friars Point
I. e,los o nn
Per Mara twain from Dyersburg-
AZ bales cotton, l45 empty barrels.
Per Charles Morgan from New Or
leans-2SO bbls potatoes, 26S SKIS oats.
Per Gold Dust, from Vicksburg-6I
bales cotton.
Per Commonwealth, from st. Louis
100 bbls -four.
Per City of Baton Rouge, from New
Orleans-l50 cases cider, 80 pkgs sun
dries.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Hard Cash is the Wednesday
packet for White river.
The u. P. Schenck will be due down
tomorrow, bound for New Orleans.
The City of Greenyille is the An.
chor Line packet leaving for Cairo and
St. Louis.
The whole country in the vicinity of
Jacksonport, Ark, is overhowed, with
the river still rising.
The Josie Harry, for White river,
and the Marlin Speed, for Arkansaw
river, had good trips out.
The towboat Raymond Horner made
the necessary repairs to her rudder,
and left yesterday for New Orleans.
B. o. Carr, Supervising ms pector
Of Steamboats,, with headquarters at
Louisville, has sent in his resignation.
The James w. CAT, for Memphis,
and the Mary Houston, fer New Or
leans, lett Cincinnati Saturday even
ing.
The Gold Dust for St. Louis passed
up last evening after adding ia bales
OF compressed cotton for reshipment
East.
The Andy Baum, with a light trip,
arrived yesterday from Cincinnati,
and leaves with a return trip on
Wednesday evening next.
The Rene Macready is the Memphis
& Little Rock railroad packet leaving
this evening for Madison, and the
Katie Hooper follows tomorrow.
To our friends who need skifs down
the river we would say send your or
ders to G. w. Hunter, at shop on
Wolf river, or 80 Promenade street.
1853
The Commonwealth, from St. Louis,
passed down yesterday on time. She
put off a lot of -four and added about
30 tons for Vicksburg and way land
ings.
The James D. Parker departed for
Cincinnati with 178 bales cotton, %
bales rags, $50 bales batting, 30 bbls
oil, $500 SKIS oil meal and a fair list Of
people.
The committee have reported favor
ably at Washington upon Hon.
Thomas bill to appropriate 100000
for the construction Of a United States
Marine Hospital at Cairo, Ill.
The City Of Baton Rouge. a little
over three and a half days out from
/ New Orleans, passed up YESTERDAY
morning for St. Louis. She put of
! about 200 packages here.
? The City of Vicksburg, in command
of Captain r. X. Riley, is the Anchor
I Line packet leaving here tomorrow
Q at loan. for Vicksburg and interme
n date landings. w. G. Blenker is hel
/; polite clerk.
2 The City Of Helena, in command o
Captain Elem Calvert, is the Ancho
Line packet leaving at 5 pm. tO-da,
for Cairo, St. Louis and all way mai
landings. George Walton is in charg
Of the Office.
l. 1t is stated that Jay Gould has pur
chased the Big Muddy coal min.
near Grand Tower, and the r%ailroa,
u leading to it, and that from it he vii
d supply the Iron Mountain %railroa,
with coal.
or Captain VIM. Jones, aged u, die,
n at New Albany Iud., on Friday last
7 For many years he was the proprieto
: of an extensive shipyard in that city
and built many Of the fine steamboat
ID Of ante-bellum days.
a The Chas. Morgan, a little over fou
days out from New Orleans, passed u
at / I'm. She discharged here abou
600 packages and encountered consid
cradle fog between Vicksburg ant
this point.
N Adolphus Hawkins, a negro laborel
n EMPLOYED on the James d. Parker
u = had his leg broken Saturday e%venini
while receiving cotton in the hold o
the boat, a bale rolling against il
He was sent to the hospital, and DR.
n hurry, the marine physician, tool
charge of the case.
The Tiger, in command of CAPTAIN
William Flowers, isthe regular packe
leaving tomorrow evening for Helena
Mariana, the Cut Of, Wittsburi
and all way landings on L'Anguill
and st. Francis rivers, making direc
. connection with the light draugh
steamer Mike Davis for the Sunl
Lands.
S. Captain Henry Coopor's punctua
Lee Line packet Coahoma leaves a
p m. to day for 0sceola and all wa,
landings on the upper coast, carryin.
the mail aud giving strict attention I
all business entrusted to her. j. w
Smither presides at the desk and j
assisted by John Haley and Hug
Tomlinson
On the desk in tho Office of tn
steamer Coahoma there is the ashes 0
S25, 600 redeemed bills, destroyed b
the government and pressed into tn
shape of a frog (not Marx Twain's.
q The same was presented to the boa
80 bv Mr. Engene Teidv n Main stree