Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-16

Ghs repairs d The Il. Il 5priag.r
will be completed next week.
The City of Alton passed Vicksburg
yesterday bound for New Orleans.
The .. P. Sohenck, from Cincinnati,
arrived at New Orleans yesterday.
The City of Providence added about
81 tons here and left on time for
Vicksburg.
The Mary Houston should pass
down tomorrow evening, en- route to
the Crescent City.
The Rene Macready will make an
other excursion Sunday afternoon
around Presidents island.
A river man writes from Deadwood,
D. t., that they have more saloons in
that place than lamp posts.
The City Of Vicksburg arrived at
Yieksburg yesterday, and the City Of
Cairo left there for st. Louis.
The steamer Ella was sold at Vicks-
burg by the United States Marshal to
Captain Frank Merrigold for $725.
The John B. Maude, from St. Louis,
will be found in port tomorrow morn
ing, and leaves in the evening with
return trip.
The Vint Shinkle, for Memphis,
and the Guiding Star, for New Or
leans, are announced to leave Cincin-
natl tomorrow.
The Piasa arrived here yesterday
with tow of stone, portion of which
will be used in paving the levee about
the railroad tracks.
The City of Helena and the City of
Greenville arrived at St. Louis yester-
day, and the Gold Dust left there last
evening for Vicksburg.
The Belle Memphis, in command
Of Captain |. H. Mckee, is the Anchor
Line packet leaving this evening for
Cairo and st. Louis. Henry Corbyn
is in charge of the Office.
The big W. P. Halliday, in COM
mand Of Captain Jolly, is announced
to pass down at noon tomorrow, for
VicksburS, New Orleans and the
bends. Owen G. Gates presides at
the desk.
The Coahoma, in command of Cap.
tain Henry Cooper, is the Lee Line
mail packet leaving this evening for
Osceola and all intermediate landings.
Hugh Tomlinson and John Haley are
her polite clerks.
The sudden rise in the Ohio river,
in the vicinity of Louisville and Gin
natl, will not be enough to check the
decline at this port unless more heavy
rains occur in the Ohio, Cumberland
and Tennessee valleys.
The Ironsides and barges, FROM
Pittsburg with railroad iron for the
New Orleans & Mississippi Valley
Railroad Company, arrived at New
Orleans yesterday, and is discharging
her cargo at College Point.
Merchants at river towns trading
with Memphis will find it to their
interest to order their lob printing and
blank books from the PUBLIC LEDGER
job printing Office and blank book
mandatory, IL Madison street. /
Captain Sam Hildreth, long identi.
fed with the Louisville Mail Line
steamers, is lying at the point Of death
at his home in Madison, Indiana. Al
last accounts his life was despaired of
from the effects Of blood poisoning.
j. Pinckney Cunieo, for several
years bartender of the Rainbow on
the Ohio river, has paid 5000 cash
for the bar of Captain Rees' Lew
steamer Will S. Hays, now building al
Pittsburg.
Mr.. VIM. A. Truck is coming down
chief engineer of the Jas. w. Calf
making his maiden trip under first
engineers license and relieving his
father, Mr.. Fred Truck, who rests Q
trip after six years steady service Oh
the Gaff.
Letter heads, bill heads, bills O
lading, envelopes, hand bills and every
other kind ofjob printing executed in
the best style and at the lowest prices
at the PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
office and blank book mandatory, /;
Madison street. /
The recent heavy rains have caused
freshets to pour out into the Ohio from
the Kentucky, Licking and other sid,
streams, causing a rise of Is feet q
Cincinnati and about 5 feet at Louis
vile. At the latter point the canal il
again closed to navigation.
The Lee Line packet Coahomr
brought in a large and fully developed
cotton bloom, sent here by j. B. era
ighead, of the Stonewall place, abou
seventy miles above this city. TIL,
condition of the crop from which thii
bloom was taken, is reported excel
lent.
The Cons Millar, in command o
Captain O. B. Russell, leaves prompt,
at 5 pm. to-day for Cairo, Louisville
Cincinnati and principal way landings
giving through tickets to points Eas
at very low rates. She has comfortable
accommodations, and her officers arc
polite and sociable. James w. Voril
is in charge of the Office.
The Josie Harry arrived last night
from White river, with ID bales cot.
ton, 81 SKIS cotton seed, q dry hides
a big list of sundries and fair passen,
ger list She is receiving to leave OF
5 pm. tomorrow with return triT
for Helena, Terrene, Devall's Bluff
Augusta, Newport and way landings
making direct connection with the
regular light draft steamers for upper
White and Black rivers.
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