Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-23

Ahe. W hnstpe RtBehAlsi With y
ow q elnptie.I passed up this morn.
The City Of Greenville arrived at
Yicksburg yesterday, and the Gold
Dust left there for st. Louis.
The w. P. Halliday, from st. Louis,
arrived at New Orleans yesterday, and
the Mary Houston left there last even
ing for Cincinnati.
The Coahoma, covered With Chinese
lanterns and with a party of young
people on board, was out last night on
an excursion up the river.
The Guiding Star, with big trip,
passed down yesterday afternoon for
New Orleans, putting off $50 pkgs but
adding nothing of interest.
A convention will be held in Duluth
August 10th to inaugurate measures
securing slack water navigation be-
tween Duluth and the Red river of
the North.
The Ste. Genevieve departed last
evening for st. Louis, with $50 pkgs
box material, $40 bbls onions, and 81
bales of Eastern bound cotton for re-
shipment at Cairo.
The Rene Macready gives another
excursion Sunday afternoon, going
around Presidents Island, stopping
at the quarantine station, Nonconnah
and Arkanssw Point.
Ned Sherman is coming down this
trip as chief clerk of the Andy Baum.
He will receive an ovation from his
levee friends upon the boats arrival
here Sunday evening.
Captain VIM. Thorwegan, of the
mammoth cotton carrier Chas. P.
Chouteau, arrived last evening and
is interviewing his legion Of friends
about the Taxing District"
The favorite Anchor Line steamer
John B. Maude, in charge of Captain
Harry Brolaski, will be in tonight
and leave to morrow evening with a
return trip for Cairo and st. Louis.
The large and elegant Anchor Line
steamer City of New Orleans, is an
nounced to pass down to morrow at &c
am, for the Crescent City. Captain
Ad Storm, at the wharf boat, is heI
agent.
Merchants at river towns trading
with Memphis will find it to theil
interest to order their lob printing and
blank books IRON the PUBLIC LEDGE
job printing Office and blank boob
mandatory, 10 Madison street. !
The City of Providence, in com
mand of Captain Lenox, is the Anchor
Lime packet leaving this evening fol
Cairo, st. Louis and principal way
landings Frank Perkins and Jimm!
McMeen is her polite clerks.
The Josie Harry, in command o
Captain Milt R. Harry, is the mai
packet leaving to morrow at 5 p 10
for all points on White rive
through to Newport, where direct con
nection is made with light draft steam
ers for upper White and Black rivers
The reliable upper coast Lee lin
steamer Coahoma, in command o
Captain Henry Cooper, is the mai
} packet leaving this evening for0sceol
and way landings on the upper coast
and will attend promptly to all bust
ness entrusted to her. Hugh Tomlin
son and John Haley are in charge Q
! the Office.
The mail by river from here up tn
s St. Francis river will be resumed mex
C week, after more than one years sui
:, pension. 1t will go once a week, leay
ing here every Tuesday even ng, pc
steamer Rene Macready for Witt,
r burg, thence by the light draft steamt
0 Advance for Lester Landing and tn
r Sunk Lands region. The contract
for one year.
o Captain G. Wash Thompson's pol
d ular Ohio liver steamer Vint Shinkl
d is on berth to leave at pm. .da
e for Cairo, Louisville, Cincinnati an
: all principal way landings, maxim
0 connection with the different railroad
= and ticketing passengers through
all points East at low rates. Colon
j. d Moore presides at the desk, an
is assisted by AID Bennett.
The fast and elegant James Lee,
command OF Captain Stacker Lee,
n the regular Lee Line packet leavir
n this evening for Helena, Friars PoiI
n and intermediate landings, carryir
the mail, giving strict attention to a
way and plantation business, an
n making close connection at GlendaI
y with trains on the Mobile and Nortl
western railroad. Captain Lloyd v
Whitlow presides at the desk, and
assisted by Platt Rhodes and Arthu
Browne.
We have received from the s
Louis & St. Paul Packet Company
!. we'll written and finely illustrate
tourists guide, in book form, giving
full description of the great waite
route from St. Louis to the summe
resorts of the North and West. TIL
boats of this company leave St. Loui
tri-weekly, going through to st. Pau
Minnesota, and the scenery along thi
., route is truly grand. Their steamer
are large, and built with view
comfort and speed. The AnchC
. Line boats, which leave here daily fc
st. Louis, connect with this line {
elegant side wheel steamers, and Car
tain AID Storm, at the wharf boat, wi
!. furnish those contemplating a trip
the resorts of the Northwest with th
a illustrated guide book, and give a
information in regard to rates of pas