Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-19
nIVER INTELLIGENCE,
MISCELLANEOUS

The Charles P. Chouteau is an
nOunced to leave New Orleans this
evening for this port,
The Future City and barges, with
the Port Eads in tow, passed up yes.
terday for St. Louis.
The D R Powell from Vicksburg
passed up yesterday for St. Louis and
did but little business here.
Captain G. Wash Floyd leaves Gin
cinnati tomorrow to look after the
palatial steamer Will s. Hays.
The Kate Adams departed last
evening for Arkapsaw City with good
trip of both freight and people.
1t is expected that the new locks Of
the Louisville and Portland canal
will be ready for use tomorrow.
The u. p. Schenck and Paris @
Brown are both due from the Ohio
river and bound for New Orleans.
The De Smet will be put in the
Vicksburg and New Orleans trade to
assist the Parisot and the City Of
Yazoo.
The Lee Line packets leaving this
evening are the CoahOma, for Friars
Point, and the Dean Adams, for
Osceola.
The Anchor Line packets for to-day
we're the Arkansas City, for Vicks-
burg, and the City Of Providence, for
St. Louis.
Captain Lloyd W. Whitlow and
Arthur Browne, late master and clerk
Of the steamer james Lee, are in the
city and receiving cordial reception
from their friends.
The City Of Cairo and City of Hell
ena will be the Sunday Anchor Line
packets leaving at 10 o'clock in the
morning, the former goes to st. Louis
and the latter to Vicksburg.
The Ida Darragh leaves again to
morrow evening for Mariana, the
Cut off and way landings on Ian.
guile and St. Francis rivers. Captain
j. G. Collins commands, with Chas.
Stockley in the Office.
No boats advertised to leave Gin
cinnati tomorrow evening for the
South, but both the Southern Trans
portation and Memphis packets will
start out as soon as there is sufficient
water and the locks Of the Louisville
canal are opened.
Matt Monaghan who suppliessteam-
boats with vegetables, has sent to the
Louisville Exposition large yellow
yam potato foot in length, weighing
twelve pounds. Matt raises his own
vegetables and has a fne place out on
the new Raleigh road,
The contract for the lower Missis,
sippi Mail Service has been awarded
to j. G. Stewart at the following fg-
ures. Natches to Vicksburg, $ll, $50;
hatcher to Bayou Sara, $l2,95O;
Blton Rouge to Bayou Sara, $3.50.
The service is to be put on January l,
The steamer Little Queen was
burned to the waters edge ct Rising
Sun, Ind, on Tuesday last. She wat
laid up there receiving a new boiler
aud other repairs. The boat was in
surcd in the Louisville under writer,
for $1,000.
A telegram from the steamer Josie
Harry states that she will arrive to-
night and leave at the usual hour to
morrow evening for all points OF
White river through to Newport
, where connection is made with ligh
draft steamers for upper White an
Black rivers.
The Southern Wharf boat Compan.
Of Cincinnati, with capital stock o
n &25, 900, has filed articles Of incorpora
, ton 10 the Office Of the Secretary o
: State. The Company represents th,
wharfboAt purchased from Jones 4
Mccoy known as the Cincinnati
Wharf boat, and now located at Gil
more's Wharf. "
Colonel Frank Baker, Of the Ma
rine Journal, mourns the loss Of
trunk containing valuable wearing az
/ parel and jewelry. The exchang
check dodge was worked on him, an
instead Of his own Saratoga he got a
y old battered up affair worth abou
n fifteen cents and filed with stonel
!. He is the only marine editor we kuol
7 Of who can afford to travel with
"A trunk. lsat
q The Ida Darragh, in command {
4 Captain Nd Rowland. is announced
N leave this evening for Pine Bluff an
y Y way landings on ArkAnsaw river, Oa
rying the mail, attending promptly