Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-11-07

Captain W. +. Davidson will bull
two fine sidewheel clipper steamer
during the winter. and will have ther
out by the first Of April, giving him
fine line Of sidewheel steamers to ~
Paul the coming season.
The United States steamers Genera
Barnard and j. G. Parker are at For
Madison, Iowa, trying to improve tn,
channel for navigation next season
the hArbor in front Of the city, duriuI
low water, being 80 bad that it i
almost impossible for the large boat,
to land there.
Q. A. Terrill, United States enRin.
eer at Nashville, has chartered Cant
Lovells new tow boat Pearl, for us,
on the upper Cumberland.
A party of seventeen hunters. from
OWensboro, KY, with servants and
dogs, took passage at Cairo on the Cit,
OF New Orleans, and are destined h
the renowned hunting grounds of Ar.
kansaw.
All steamboat owners should take
pattern after the Golden Rule. and
place on each boat a good fire alarm
that can be operated in an instant
either from the engineroom, pilot
house or Office.
The John A. Scudder will be due
up tomorrow evening, bound for st
Louis.
The Annie P. Silver will be due
down to morrow, bound for New Or.
leans.
Wheeling Stogies, at H. Esch's,
III Main, corner Adams. SO
Draymen complain of the large
amount Of iron, stone and hundreds Of
sacks OF cotton seed obstructing their
passage about the levee. They wish
the Whartmaster to compel the parties
Interested to unload the iron higher
up the levee, the city to remove that
stone as soon as possible, and the
owners Of the piles of cottonseed 10
have the same hauled away within
the twenty. four hours prescribed ly
law.
Almost every through boat from the
Ohio or upper Mississippi are carrying
a half dozen pilots, two to do the work
and the balance to watch the changes
OF the river and count the snags.
Captain Lee has chartered his little
steamer Dick Jones to parties at
Helena, who will run her in the
Terry business for awhile. She left
here yesterday, with Thos. Childers at
the wheel.
Captain MIt Harry has made ar
rangements to send the Jno. S. Branf-
ford to White river on Saturday next,
and the J oslo Harry will arrive Sun.
day night, and leaves on Monday
evening.
The splendid sidewheel steamer
Rene Macready, in command of Capt.
y. X. Joplin, leaves this evening for
Helena and takes freight and passen.
gers for all points on L'Anguille and
81; Francis rivers, as far as the Cut
Of: She will leave tri weekly for
Helena, but only on Tuesdays and
Saturdays will she handle st. Francis
river freight A. l.. Banning is in
of the Office.
The steamer H. J. Dickey, has been
sold by its owner, H. II. Andrews, to
New Orleans parties. The price IS
said to be about $500. She was built
some two years since, at a cost of
about $1,000 by the late Captain j.
i, Andrews, and was named for his
The boat is now underway
rom st. Louis for New Orleans.
The tug Vanderburg, which left
here five or six weeks ago for New Or
with a tow of slaves, arrived at
her destination Sunday last with her
machinery a little disabled. If they
as long to get back as they did to
90 down, they will be on hand to en-.
Joy the Christmas festivities.
The regular election Steamer De-
feat, with Smith on the roof aad HaT-
kins and Russell in the office, viii,
arrive here at p. m, to-day, and
after stopping long enough to allow
some Of their co-lsbOrers to gather up
their baggage, will take them aboard
and transfer them free of charge, to a
selected point on Salt river, where
they can take a little rest and recrea-
ton before returning to their usual
everyday business.
Seessel, Ashner & Co., beef and
pork packers, Nos. 5 and 6 Howard row,
are prepared to furnish steamboats,
with all kinds of fresh meats at lowest
market prices. IF