Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-19

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aki oil cti,, fs0 sks oil meal, 30 exc
peas, 40 bbls soap stock and 40 bbls
oil.
The Will S. Hays will be due up
Saturday morning bound for Cinein>
natl, and leaves there on Tuesday,
May LIST, on another grand exeur.
sion.
Lake Pepir is now open, the break
having been hastened by the recent
heavy rains and strong winds. This
makes clear water from St. Paul TO
the gull.
Captain Darrsgh Of the wreckinS
boat I. F. Eckerr telegraphed yester-
day to St. Louis for diver to come
down and meet him at the sunken
Bransford.
The Harry Brown, with a fuel boat,
arrived last night. and will be here
all day patching her boilers. She
adds several empty bsrges aud pro-
ceeds to Louisville.
The Joseph B. Williams ia coming
out Of the Ohio and destined to New
Orleans with p boats aud Z barges of
coal exclusive OF fuel coal, total of
$4,000 bushels or $1,000 tons.
The lighthouse tender joseph
Henry, on her way to Cairo, put new
lights opposite Fulton and at Petty's.
discontinued Drivers, and moved the
light from the head of Bulletin down
300 yards.
!. government boat VIM. Stone
has gone up the Missouri with a barge
and grading fiat, aud will work in the
bend above St. Charles, preparatory
to rip rapping, to protect the Wabash
and Pacific railroad.
The Anchor Line packets leaving
at 10 s.m. tomorrow will be the
Arkansaw City for Vicksburg, and
the City of Providence for st. Louis.
Both are new aud elegant sidewheel
steamers, in charge of clever and ex-
perienced boatmaH.
The Josie Harry will be ia to-
morrow and is the regular White
river packet leaving on Saturday for
all points on White river through to
Newport, where connection is made
with light draft steamers for upper
White and Black rivers.
The james W. Gaif for this pert
left Cincinnati last evening aud leaves
here on Tuesday next on her grand
excursion trip to Cincinnati, taking
passengers to the dramatic festival at
reduced rates. See James Franklin
her passenger agent who will give full
information.
The libeling of the St. Lawrence
caused a good deal of comment in
river and coal circles, at Pittsburg,
as it is very singular case. River
men generally fail to see how the st.
Lawrence can be held in any way for
the sinking of the coalbOat, as she
was lying at the wharf boat taking on
freight at the time of the accident.
The stockholders of the Louisville
and Cincinnati U. s. Mail Line Com
pany had their annual meeting at the
Gait House in Louisville on Monday.
Captain Thomas Sherlock, as Presi-
dent, and the old officers were re-
elected, the Board of Directors re-
naming as before, except that Colonel
W. W. Hite was elected to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of his
father, the late Captain W. G. Hite.
The Kate Adams, in command of
Captain Mark II. Cheek, drought in
81 bales cotton, z bags seed cotton and
good list people. She is the Adams
Line mail packet leaving again this
evening for Helena, Terrene, Arkan
saw City aud way landings on the
lower coast, attending promptly to all
business that offers and connecting at
her destination with trains on the
Little Rock, Mississippi River and
Texas railroad. j. W. Outlaw pre-.
sides in the Office, assisted by Will
Darragh and John G. Wyckoff.