Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-12

The 0ens MIIlsF Is due here 30.
morrow night, and leaves on Tuesday
evening next with q return trip for the
Ohio river.
Golden Crown, loaded fat, passed
down yesterday afternoon for New
Orleans. She discharged about 500
pkgs here.
The John Dippold, with a heavy
tow, comprising six barges and a fuel
boat, passed down yesterday afternoon,
bound for New Orleans.
The new steamer Kate Adams, now
building at Pittsburg, TO take the
place Of the Dean Adams, will be
launched this evening.
The John B. Maude brought in
from st. Louis 4l05 pkgs of freight,
including 73l bbls -four, $50 bbls
meal, 42O bales hay and 1879 SKIS oats.
The Vint Sbinkle departed last
evening for Cincinnati with 100 bales
cotton, 8 bales rags 30, 900 feet lumber,
a lot of miscellaneous freight and sew
eral people.
Captain M. Kenison, of New Or.
leans, has contracted with the Cincin-
natl Marine Railway & Dry Dock
Company for the hull Of a new boat,
to be 1870 feet long.
Among the passengers Of the Golden
Grown, which boat passed here yester-
day, were Mrs. 4. L. Shinkle and Mrs.
Chant Shinkle. wives of the Captain
and clerk, with their families.
The Rene MaOready, in command Of
Captain o. K. Joplin, arrived last
night and will leave at her usual hour
on Tuesday next with q return trip
for LAnguille and st. Francis rivers.
The engines now doing duty on
the towboat Raven are the same that
were on the famous Lake Erie. which
was built in l845. the boat that after.
wards revo!utionixed the building Of
tow boats.
The towbost Imperial took from st.
Louis three canal boats, loaded with
bulk grain, destined for Chicago. She
takes them to the mouth of the Hi.
nois river, where the steam canal boat
City of Henry, takes them through.
The Fannie Lewis, in command OIL
Captain h. W. Gould, will be here tc
leave at 10 am. to morrow under the
auspices of the Anchor Line toI
Y%ickSburg. At the same hour tn,
City OF Cairo will leave for Cairo anC
st. Louis. Captain G. W. Wicker,
commands the City of Cairo.
At Jacksonville, Ind. the Howardl
are now at work upon seven new
boats -enough to keep them goinl
until Christmas. Among the new
work is a magnificent Anchor Lin,
boat, the largest one to be built fol-
the line. She will be a little over 3OC
feet long and will be elegantly finished
Captain Harry Brolaski's popular
Anchor Line steamer John B. Maud,
leaves promptly at 5 pm. to-day fol
Cairo, st. Louis and way landings
Her accommodations are first elias
and her officers polite aud attentive I,
the wanIs Of their patrons. Len
Carter and AL Simpson are in charg
of the Office.
The funeral of Willie Ingraham
killed by the explosion of the Coll
Dust, took place at St. Louis Oh
Thursday. The pail bearers werC
selected from the clerks of the Ancho
Line, and intimate friends of the de
ceased. The funeral was very largel
attended by steamboatmen and Others
the remains being inferred in beauti
full Bellefontaine.
The tug Clarence arrived yester
day from New Orleans, and her Capital
was arrested by the Taxing Distric
authorities for not having the prope
papers from the agents of the Nationa
Board of Health at New Orleans. H
had a clean bill of health furnishe,
by the Customhouse officials, whicI
our Board held as worthless.
The neat little steamer John s
Bransford, in command of Captain
James Kinman, arrived from Whit
river this morning, and leaves with
return trip at 5 p IN. to-day, for Hele
ma, Devall's Bluff, Augusta, Newpor
andi wsy landings, carrying the mail
attending promptly to all bushes
entrusted to her, and making direc
connection with light draft steamer,
for upper White and Black rivers
Fred Jones and Hugh Smith are il
charge of the Office.