Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-04
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Ing By TIE Hard Csh and dspsss 10.
morrow for 81. Louis
The Ooahoma will be In tonight
and is the Lee Line mail packet
leaving tomorrow at noon for 0sceola
and way landings on the upper coast.
The Will Kyle, from New Orleans.
passed up last evening. She had
about 800 tons, put off a few pkgs
here, and added 1900 SKIS cotton seed
meal. eIt +.
The John Gilmore, from st. Louis,
passed down yesterday, dropping a
couple Of barges of produce for Messrs.
Speed & Graves and Chase & Buch.
anan.
Theodore Crawford, a roustabout on
the Anchor Line steamer John A.
Scudder, fell overheard while the
boat was lying at Cairo and was
drowned.
Captain Geo. Miltenburger, chief
clerk of the steamer Chas. P. Chou
teau, is now the father of bouncing
boy, having made its appearance on
Thursday evening last
The City of Greenville, in command
Of Captain Joe Bryan, is the Anchor
Line packet leaving at bpm. to-day
for Cairo, st. Louis aud all way mail
landings. John Il. MessengaIe is her
polite clerk. e
The Katie Hooper, in command of
Captain Ed Nowland, is the railroad
packet leaving promptly at 4 pm. to-
day for Madison, where direct con-
nection is made with trains on the
Memphis a. Little Rock railroad for
points West.
Captain Noah Scoville has ordered
a lot Of Atlas powder, which will be
here in day or two. As soon as it
arrives the work Of blasting along the
Tennessee shore aud in the vicinity of
the wreck will commence, with the
hope Of finding some dead bodies.
The new pilot wheel for the James
Lee arrived yesterday on the steamer
Vint Shinkle, and was at once placed
in position. Judges say it is beauty,
being Of superior make aud finish. The
repairs of the James Lee will be com
pleted in two or three days, and she
will start out ia the Friars Point
trade on Monday next.
The Plow Boy arrived last night aud
brought QUITO Arkansaw river 60 bales
of cotton, 10 of which she reshipped
at Terrene for Dew Nrleans. The
Plow Boy is the regular mail packet
leaving tomorrow evening for Pine
Bluff and all way landings, making
direct connection with the regular
packets for Little Rock and points
above.
Captain L. Il. Kouns, of the Cornie
Brandon, who LOST his wife and chill
dren by the burning of the Golden
City, arrived yesterday morning from
Shreveport, accompanied by Mr.. Alex
Wiler. his chief clerk. He was met
here by his brother in-law, who took
charge Of him and lett in the after.
noon for Burlington. Ohio. Mr..
Wiler returned to Shreveport last
evening.
The Hard Cash arrived this morn
ing, having brought out Of White
river 145 bales cotton, II bales OIL
which she rcshipped at Terrene fol
New Orleans. The Hard Cash is the
regular packet leaving tomorrow eve
ming for Devall's Bluff, Augusta, Jack.
sonport, and all intermediate landings
making direct connection with light
draft steamers for upper White and
Black rivers.
The new and splendid steamer John
S. Branstord. in command Of Captain
w. H. Holt, leaves promptly at ?. IN
to-day for Helena, Mariana, the Cut
of, Wittsburg and all intermediate
landings, attending promptly to all
business entrusted to her, and making
direct connection with the light draft
steamer Advance for the Sunk Lands
Charles Stockley presides at the desk
and is assisted by Morris Cans.
The towboat Dan Kane, with Il
barges Of coal in tow, ran through her
self early yesterday when passing
Bend IA. Both cylender heads anc
t head were broken. The City oil
Vicksburg came along about an hour
aiterwai d, and assisted in landing the
boat and bargos alongside Island II
No one was injured and no damage
done TO the tow. The Dan Kane ar.
rived early this morning and will re-
pair here.
The Vint Sbinkle. in command OIL
Captain G.. Wash Thompson, is on
berth to leave this evening for Cairo
Louisville, Cincinnati and all inter
mediate landings, making close con-
nection with the different railroads
and giving through tickets to points
East at very low rates. The accommo-
datiOns of the Shinkle are second to
none in the line, and her officers are
polite and attentive to the pleasure Of
their patrons. Colonel J. D. Moore
presides at the desk, and is assisted by
AID Bennett.
Down the River.