Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-28
22O FRONT ST., Memphis, Tenn.

Captains Reese Pritchard and Henr
Henuigin have purchased the Va
Etten, and will place her ia the trad
: above Little Rock.
4 The John b. Maude left st. LOU
last evening for this port. She wi
arrive early Saturday morning and z
Z back in the evening.
The Anchor Line packets leavin
; here at 10 a. m. Tomorrow will be tn
Belle Of Memphis for Vicksburg, an
l the City Of Providence for St. Louis
. The towboats Sam Roberts an
Oakland arrived at New Orleans yes
terday, and the John Gilmore AM
! Sidney Dillon left there yesterday 70
st. Louis.
The Mary Houston was at Cair,
last evening, and will probably nas
Down tonight for New Orleans. Cap
; tain Ad Storm, at the wharf boat, i
her agent.
Seesssl, Ashuer & Co., beef ant
pork packers. Nos. 5 and 6 Howard row
, are prepared to furnish steamboat
with all kinds Of fresh meats at loves
market prices. 1T
i. Will S. Hays is going to write Z
ballad for the deck hands Of the new
steamer named TO his honor, and the
papers Of the entire Western country
will publish it. I
The Southern coal markets are well
stocked and coal men generally would
like to have the water in the upper
Ohio to stay down for a couple Of
months or more.
The Josie Harry will arrive to-
morrow evening, and is the regular
White river mail packet leaving on
Saturday, going through to jackson
port, where connection will be made
with light draft steamers for upper
White and Black rivers.
The Guiding Star, fonr and a hall
days out from New Orleans, with near
800 tons Of freight and a good list of
people, passed up this Ii orning for
Cincinnati. She discharged here 1000
ploRs, 10 bbls rOsin and 6 engines
She was at Helena all day yesterday,
taking on 100000 feet of lumber.
Local Inspectors Youngand Wilson.
Of Wheeling, w. Va, yesterday signed
the report Of their decision in the
matter of the collision between the
John Tomas and the Scioto. on the
Ohio river, neal Mingo, on the night
Of July 4th. They recommend that
the license of Keller, pilot Of the
Scioto, be revoked, and as to that of
Larry, of the Lomas, they Disagree
Wilson favoring the revoking of his
papers and Young holding him blame
less. The matter is 10 dispute and has
been referred to the Supervising In
spector, F~ehrenbach, for decision.
The Dean Adams arrived during
the night with | bale cotton, 81 bags
seed cotton, Is head cattle, and a good
list of people. She is the regular
Adams Line mail packet leaving this
evening for Helena, Terrene, Arkan-
saw City and way landings, attending
promptly to all business intrusted to
her and making connection at her des
tination with trains on the Little
Rock, Mississippi River and Texas
railroad. Captain Mark r. Cheek
commands, with the Office in charge Of
A. L. Cummins, assisted by Walker
Outlaw and Lee Oummins, jr,
The James W. Gaf will arrive this
evening and leaves at 5 pm. to NOR
row with a return trip for Cairo,
Louisville, Cincinnati ana all princi-
pal way landings on the Ohio river,
making close connection at her des-
tinatien with the different railroads,
and ticketing passengers through to
points East at low rates. She will
also take excursionists to the Louis
vile and Cincinnati Expositions at
very low rates, and the Gait will be
the last boat leaving here that will
reach Cincinnati before the close of
the great Exposition. Captain R. W.
| Wise and Clerk Surtees will see that
all are comfortably cared for.
In connection with the Cincinnati
Industrial Exposition an unusual spec
tacle was presented yesterday in a feet
of steamboats,, decked with flags and
passing up and down the river over
a distance Of ten miles. The feet
consisted Of three squadrons, each
under a commander. The van
squadron was commanded by Captain
q. M. Holloway, the center by w. G.
Ticheuor, and the rear by H U. Hart.
Captain j. S Wise was commander OF
the entire feet. The vessels, after
receiving their passengers moved in
order of 100 yards intervals between
boats and 100 yards between squad
rons. Both shores we're lined with
spectators. Salutes were given by all
the other steamers as we'll as by the
manufacturing establishments along
the line. The demonstration was a
tribute by the steamboatmen to the
industrial exposition now in progress.
Among the guests on the flagship
was Hon. John Sherman.