Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-20

upper coast. Captain Andy Durth
commands, with the Office in charge Of
Hugh TOmlinson and Charles Bourne.
! The Cons Millar is the Friday
packet leaving for all points on the
Ohio river through to Cincinnati, and
will give through tickets and cheap
rates to points East. Captain r. w.
Lightburne is her agent.
Several Of the cabin crew Of the
City Of Alton, which passed here
Monday evening, quit the boat twenty
miles above here and returned to this
port on a coal fat, from which the
boat was coaling. 1t is said that a
little dispute with the steward was the
cause Of the Jump"
The Plow Boy, in command of Cap
tain Ed Rowland. is the regular packet
leaving here this evening for Pine
Bluff and all way landings, making
connection at her destination with the
regular packets for Little Rock aud
points above. Captain j. N. Thomp-
son is her chief clerk, assisted BY
George Cunningham.
Quite a number Of the little ones
connected with the Cinderella troupe,
which play at Loubrie's theater next
week, are children of we'll known
steamboatmen. As the SHOW will
continue during tbs entire week, the
management can rest assured Of re-
ceiving the patronage of the entire
marine fraternity.
Captain "Dick" johnson. a well
known Arkansaw river pilot, will, on
the LIST Of October, open up a first.
class grocery store at the corner of
Orleans and Linden streets. 1t may
now be safe for a fellow" to take out
a few marriage policies on him. Hei is
surely making some provisions for his
future happiness.
The Hard Cash arrived last night
from White river with 10 bales cotton,
half dozen OF which we're of the new
crop. She is the regular packet leav-
ing this evening for Devalls Bluff,
Augusta, Jacksonport and way land
ings, making direct connection with
light draft steamers for upper White
and Black rivers. Captain Il. g..
Postal commands, with the office in
charge of Charles and Joseph Postal.
The popular local packet James
Lee is the mail packet leaving at 5
pm. to-day for Helena, Glendale,
Friars Point and way landings, max
ing connection with trains on the
Mobile aud Northwestern the Arkan-
saw Midland aud the Helena and Iron
Mountain railroads. She also con.
meets at the mouth of st. Francis
river with the steamer Fulton for
Mariana, Wittsburg and way land
ings. Captain Lloyd W. Whitlow
presides at the desk, and is assisted by
Platt Rhodes, Arthur Browne and
Will Ashford.
The Sons Of Columbia" the secret
order who contemplate running a line
OF boats from st. Louis to New Or
leans the coming winter, will find it a.
rather hard job to establish a ten
cent rate down this way, where the
expenses of running a boat are more
than double what they are "up north. ;"
They may charge ten cents to ride a
hundred miles on a slow boat, if there
is any surety of the passenger paying
two dollars for a bed and a dollar for
each meal.
The new ferryboat, Freddy S. Rob
inson, recently built at Towards
shipyard for Captain Jabine, Of Little
Rock, Ark, made a trial trip on Fri
day. The machinery worked smoothly,
and the owners are well satisfied with
the craft The boat is Ito feet long,
with 28 feet beam and 3 feet hold.
The machinery was made by the
Sweeney Brothers, Of Louisville, and
reflects credit upon the makers. The
boat lett Louisville yesterday for Little
Rock, where she will do the ferry
business between that city and Ar.
genta.
Captain John J. Darragh's new
Memphis and Arkansaw river packet,
Ida Darragh, named after Captain
Darragh's eldest daughter by the
packet company to which she belongs,
leaves Cincinnati this evening. She is
one Of the most roomy steamers ever
built for the trade, and is the best
looking boat of her class that has been
built at Madison for years. Drawing
light, only sixteen inches forward and
seventeen inches aft, she can carry 40O
tons, and has capacity for 1900 bales Of
cotton. She is $50 feet long, thirty
three feet beam, two feet depth OF
hold, three and one half feet sheer.
Three double riveted steel boilers,
twenty feet long, forty inches in
diameter, with FIVE Aues in each, sup
ply steam to engines with cylinders
twelve inches in diameter, four feet
stroke. Her cabin is neat and tasty,
and has eighteen staterooms. Captain
John j. Darragh is in command, and
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