Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-01
slaalll pAlIsd Evansville last

Cltslnslul pAsssd Evansville last
evening.
The Rene Macready is the mail
packet leaving on Tuesday next for St.
Francis river.
The City Of Baton Rouge was ex-
pected to pass down this forenoon, on
her way to New Orleans.
The James w. Gaff will be here
Monday merning, and leaves Tuesday
at pm. for Cincinnati.
The City of Alton leaves st. Louis
this evening, and passes here on Tues
day next for New Orleans.
The Dean Adams will be here to.
night and is the Monday evening mail
packet for ArkAnsaW City.
The Fannie Dugan, bound from
Cincinnati to.St. Johns river, Florida,
arrived at New Orleans yesterday.
The W. P. Halliday arrived at st.
Louis yesterday, and the City of
Helena lett there last evening for this
port.
DR.. Fayette Dunlap, of the River
Inspection service, left yesterday to
look after the VickSburg quarantine
station.
The Vint Shinkle, for Memphis, and
the Golden Rule, for New Orleans,
are announced to leave Cincinnati this
e7ening.
The new Yicksburg Anchor Line
packet City of Arkansas will be taken
TO St. Louis to receive her furniture
and outfit.
The Chas. Morgan leaves New Or
leans this evening for Cincinnati, and
you can look out for her to pass here
Tuesday night.
The boiler makers at work on Can
tain Fogles new raft towing steamer,
at Cincinnati, were bothered by strik-
ers on Thursday last.
The Guiding Star is announced to
pass up TO- morrow at am. for Gin
cinnati. Captain Ad Storm, at the
wharf boat, is her agent.
The.Cons Millar departed slast eve.
ming for Cincinnati with $50 bales
cotton, 20 bales rags, 80 bbEs oil,
10000 feet lumber and fine list Of
people.
Captain Hegler, of the Guiding
Star, was on Monday last presented
with set Of resolutions by a commit
tee from the Grand Army of the Re-
public at New Orleans.
The Anchor Line packets leaving
to morrow at 10 am. are the Gold
! Dust, tor Vicksburg, and the City Of
Cairo, for st. Louis Both are splen-
did steamers and in charge Of clever
officers.
The work Of paving that part of the
leVee near the railroad, from which a
part of the bluff was removed, is pro-
crossing, and by the time the busy
season opens up there will be plenty
| OF freight room. :
| Miss Katie and Ralph Owens, chill
dren of Pilot Yves Owens, and Mrs,
Ulendennlng, his sister, were passen,
gers out last evening on the Cons
Millar. They go to Newport, KY, tC
spend the summer.
Colonel Merrill is requesting expert
engineers to examine the exploded
boiler Of the snagboat Woodruff. TIL,
government investigation of the lat,
, disaster on that boat should not fai
to include the expert testimony thu
f obtained.
r 1t is the desire of Captain j. Fl
Reese to have the Kate Adam
, launched about q month ahead of tn,
Will 5. Hays. Work on both thes,
5 steamers is being pushed forward rap
C idly, and it is the intention to have
them completed in time for the fal
trade.
Letter heads, bill heads, bills o
r lading, envelopes, hand bills and ever,
0 other kind ofjob printing executed il
r the best style and st the lowest price
at the PUBLIC LEDGER job printin,
e office and blank book mandatory, |,
| Madison street. I
r That seems to be canard about th,
t finding of the hull and machinery oil
J, the towboat Iron Mountain out in a
J, field Two miles back OF Omega, La.
Some pieces of the cabin were found
but the search for the hull has beer
abandoned as fruitless.
The John B. Maude brought in
moderate trip from st. Louis, and i
the Anchor Line mail packet leavin.
n at 8 p m. to day for Cairo, st. Louis
n and intermediate landings. Captain
Harry Brolaski commands, with thu
n Office in charge Of Lem Carter
q The excursion propeller, Sunbeam
down at New Orleans, made the rur
of 56 miles (down stream) on Sunday
last, In 2 hours and SO minutes, which
is about l9miles anhour. The Jane:
Lee can 60 from Memphis to Helena
(called 80 miles, in less than three
hours.
The Josie Harry arrived last nigh
with fair trip, including 2 bales cot
ton, l46 SKIS cotton seed, % bbls pota
toes and 5000 feet lumber She leaves
this evening with a return trip fol
Helena, Terrene, Devalrs Bluff, Au
gusta, Newport and way landings
carrying the mail, attending promptly
to all business entrusted to her, anC
making direct connection with thu
l regular light draft steamers for upper
. White and Black rivers. Captain
Milt Harry commands, and is assisted
with office affairs by Hugh Smith anG
Fred Jones.
Whether the weather is clear Oh
cloudy tomorrow, it will make nc
D difference in regard to the Macaroniar