Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-13
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/: kansaw river packet leaving Of
: Wednesday next.
The Cons Millsr. in, command, o
Cap@ia . CDSNopre. lesvss I Cipeiu
matt to-day for this port.
Southern freight offerings at St
Louis are reported scarce, but tb,
stage ofwateF south Of there Is in
proving. ,.t.,. .,....
The officers Of the Golden Crow
have gone to Rvabsville, where their
boat has been laid Tor several weeks t.
take her through to Cincinnati.
The Paris q. Brown, previously
announced 70 leave Cincinnati 70 day.
left there last evening in order to get
over the falls on the present swell.
The towboat Raven aud barge Il. B.
Smith, we're sold At st. Louis BY the
U s. Marshal. on Wednesday last,
Captain p p. Marion purchasing the
Raven, and Turner Lewis purchasing
the barge.
\ When che Golden Rule LETT 0ueiu,
natt Wednesday last she was tswine
a barge and had 50 passengers and
900 tons Of freight. She will pass
here the middle Of next week. bound
for New Orleans. 3 47eel'0
| The City Of Helena in command Of
Captain j. 7. McOOrd will be up to.
night, and is the Anchor Line packet
leaving alto O'clcck to morrow morn
ing for Cairo aud st. Louis. George
Walton is her polite clerk.
I The Anchor Line steamer City Of
Cairo, in command Of Captain G. W.
Vickers, is announced to pass here at
~ o'clock tomorrow morning for
Vicksburg and way landings. Thes.
White presides in the office. .
| The popular Kate Adams will ar
rive to morrow, aud leaves as usual on
Monday evening for Arkansaw City
and way landings. She is deseryedly
popular boat, having first class accom-.
modations and enjoys a wide reputa-
ton for speed, comfort aud safety.
The Ida Lee in command Of Captain
>. Q. Collins is the mail packet leaving
this evening for Mariana, the UutOf,
and way landings on EAnguille and
st. Francis rivers and giving close at.
tention to all business that offers.
Chas. stOckley presides in the Office
The Patrol, Captain Gaul, Is on her
way South with the survey quarter
boats Mississippi, Louisiana, Illinois
and Tennessee, with full outfit to
begin the survey Of the Mississippi
river where the work was stopped last
spring Lieutenant Leach has charge
OF the feet. a
There has been no Cincinnati boat
at the New Orleans wharf since the
18th day OF August and that boat was
Wyoming. So far this month not
single through boat from the Ohio has
put in an appearance. In week or
two everything will be lively again in
marine circles.
The wreck of the i'll iated Gem
City was sold Tuesday, as also the
wreck OF the old Belle of Lacrosse,
both the property of the St. Louis
aud St. Paul Packet Company Bob
McDill was the purchaser. The Gem |
City wreck brought $3.50 and the
Belle Of Lacrosse 1886. sgri b1tll
@ The United States snagboat j X, |
Meigs, after couple OF hours steady
work in removing snass and other oh.
structiOns just above town, has paid
OF her Grew and laid up for the pres.
ent. The Meigs was employed in
tassns 5ut snags in order to prepare
the sloping banks for government
mattresses, which are being laid. ~
10 New Orleans States: Supervising
Inspector General Dumont proposes |
TO go to Albany, N. Y, to assist at the
examination Of the boilers Of the re, |
cent y exploded tug, Robinson. IL is
well; but whilst he has time to leave
his duties at the capitol to attend to
that disaster, why is it that so many
ofour disasters az the South are slobs
bered over and no examination made
OF the same to be given to the public2l
The steamer Il. W. Cole, which is
to enter the trade between here and
Vicksbure next week, is to be sup.
piled with the popular electric light. 4
Our merchants should see that this
packet is sustained. 1t will increase
their business, and many an order
which now goes to St Louis will be
brought hereby the Cole She is
neat and comfortable steamer, with
good passenger accommodations and
her officers are well known and expert
enoed gentlemen. .iI lmU N
A Louisville letter to the Oinein.
oati Enquirer says: All the talk and
splutter about a line Of boats between
this city and New Orleans arises from
the fact that the Mary Houston's
owners decline to enter a Cincinnati
pooling arrangement unless $1,000 cash
is put up by the owners of each steam,
er that might 90 into It. No effort
has been made to secure the exclusive
patronage of!he, panpiasturers and
merchants here iora line. and the
whole bOOgaboo aeomes from street
corueritalka There is no shape to the
project, although the story goes the
Houston, Schenck and Hays will be
10 theimaginary scheme, with prOba-
bilities thatthe Springer will join in.
go The Josie Marry came in yesterday
from White river with 4O3 bales cot,
ton and 1880 sks cotton seed. She ne
shipped ia bales cotton at Terrene