Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-09

TO load at st. Louis and leave there
Saturday for New Orleans, and the
steamer Carrier is to load for White
river and also leave there Saturday.
The Anchor Line steamer John B
Maude, in command Of Captain S. A.
McPheeters, leaves at 5 pm. to day
for Cairo, st. Louis and way mail
landings. Lem Carter is her polite
clerk.
Will Lash is on the levee to-day
receiving freight for the Dean Adams.
She will be in this evening, having
left here several hours behind time on
her last trip. 1t is probable that she
will lay over until noon to-morrow.
The City Of Providence will be up
this evening, and is the Anchor Line
packet leaving at 10 am. tomorrow
for Cairo, St. Louis and way mail
landings. Captain George Lenox
commands, with Frank Perkins in the
Office.
The John S. Bransford will drop
down to the landing this afternoon
and leave on Saturday in place Of the
josie Harry for White river. She
will take the mail and a lot Of railroad
freight. Clerk j. B. Franklin will
be found on the levee to receive
freight.
The splendid sidewheel steamer
Rene Macready, in command of Capt.
o. K. Joplin, leaves this evening for
Helena and way landings on the lower
coast, and will attend promptly to all
business that offers. A.. L.. Banning
is her polite clerk.
The Belle Shreveport, on her fifth
day out from New Orleans, arrived
yesterday afternoon and remained I'm
I'll this morning, patching her boilers
She discharged 1891 packages Of
freight and had about 500 tons for ST.
Louis.
Owing to laborers refusing to work
after 6 o'clock yesterday evening the
James Lee was compelled to lay over
and was preparing to get away atnoon.
She will be back early Saturday
morning and leave same evening with
a return trip for Helena and Friars
Point. Next week she will be back
on her regular day.
The James w. Gaf will arrive to
morrow morning, and will leave on
Saturday at 8 p m. on her return trip
to the principal points on the Ohio
river as far as Cincinnati, where con
n%eCtiOn is made with the different
railroads and passengers ticketed
through to Eastern points at low rates.
Captain r. W. Lightburne is her
agent.
The Hard Cash, being u~navoidably
detained, will leave this evening for
Devalls Bluff, Augusta, Jacksonport
and intermediate landings, making
direct connection With the regular
packets for upper White and Black
rivers and attending promptly to all
business intrusted to her. Captain
&. Q. Postal commands, with the
office in charge of Charles aud Joseph
Postal.
A dispatch from New Orleans an
nounces the killing of Mate Nose
Gibbs, Of the steamer j. II. Hanna.
Last evening the boat left New Or.
leans at the usual hour and when about
two miles above town a difficulty oc
Cured between he and the ste ward.
Fleming, who shot him dead. The
boat returned to the city and Fleming
surrendered. Gibbs was a well known
river man, having been mate at differ
ent times of the Robert Il. Lee,
Natchez and other famous steamers.
The Ida Darragh arrived during the
night from Arkansaw river, witch 327
bales cotton, and a lot of sugar, mo
lasseS and other stuff, which were re
shipped on her from the Ohas. P.
Chouteau, which turned back from
Helena, Besides the above, the Oar.
ragh carried near 1900 SKIS of cotton
seed to Pine Bluff, and resLipped at
Terrene for New Orleans $40 bales
Of cotton, which made a total of ll76
bales out Of the river. She leaves
this evening on her return trip for
Pine Bluff and intermediate landings,
making connection at her destination
with lighter boats for Little Rock and
points above. Captain John j. Oar.
ragh commands, with Captain ]. N.
Thompson, assisted by Gus Young, in
the Office.