Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-18

1 W NSNAAAANs
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cloudy but cooler.
River stationary to-day.
Dull business on the levee.
No White river packet until Satur.
day,
Andy Baum for Cincinnati Friday
evening.
| Captain James Fl. Rees, from Hot
Springs, arrived here last night.
| The Annie P.Silver is to leave New
Orleans this evening for St.Louis.
Captain Thomas Hunter has gone to
". Louis to assume command of the
Granite State.
The Hard Cash has gone into re-
tlrement az the landing just above the
foot OF Jefferson street.
The Macready for St. Francis river
and the Ida Darragh for Arkansaw
river had fair trips out.
The government steamer Mississippi
with eight barges 10 tow, came up this
morning from Lake Providence.
The Port Eads is due to-day with
the Kansas City railroad transfer
steamer Charles Merriam in tow.
The Ariadne is taking freight from
cincinnati to Cairo and points on the
lower Ohio, at 10 cents per hundred
The Lee Line packets leaving this
evening are the Uoahoma tor Friars
Point and the Dean Adams for Osce-
ola.
The City Of Providence: left St.
Louis last evening, and passes here
Friday forenoon on her way to Vicks-
burg.
The Dacotah left Sioux City on
Monday last for St, Louis to enter the
Eleetric Line in place OF the Bright
Frank McAfee, engineer of the
steamer SunAower, was killed at
vliE,ksburg on Monday last by Edward
Inc y ames w. Gait, for Cincinnati,
lett Cairo last night with 200 bales of
cotton, III bales of rags and fair trip
Of people.
The Cons Millar, from this port, ar
rived at Cincinnati yesterday, and
leaves there this evening on her re
turn trip.
1t is stated that Diamond Joe"
Reynolds will build at Lacrosse, Wis.
next winter the largest inland steamer
in the world.
The Andy Baum will arrive to.
morrow, and returns to Cincinnati |
Friday evening. Capt r. W. Light |
burne is her agent.
The U. Z. Schenck, lacking about |
LOO tons Ofa full load, passed to New |
Orleans early this morning. She dis.
charged here 600 pkgs,
A bar has formed at Plum Point
necessltating the removal of the river
improvement feet over to the Arkan
saw side below Elmot.
-. D.: Chlldress, mail clerk on the |
Mississippi river between Cairo and |
Memphis, has resigned, and j. 4. |
Cooney, OF this city, appointed to fill |
the vacancy.
Captain Harry Stein, owing to i'll |
health, has concluded to lay up the |
Charles Morgan for the season, and |
she has gone into her summer quar-.
ters below the marine ways at Oincin |
natl.
Another grand moonlight excursion
to night by the steamer +. L. Eckert
Good music, dancing and a pleasant
time is promised to all who may at
tend.
The Josie Harry resumes her trips
to White river on Saturday next going
through to Jscksonport, where con-
nectiOn is made with light draft
steamers for upper White and Black
rivers.
The consolidation at st. Louis of
the Kansas City Packet Company,
known as the Star Line, and the Elec,
trio Line, will be effected and operated
hereafter as the Star Line, with the
steamers Montana, d. X. Powell and
Fannie Lewis,
The steamer City Of st. Louis, one |
OF the fastest boats of the Anchor
Line, came in yesterday afternoon not
quite three days out from New0rleans,
She had 800 tons of freight and a big
passenger list. She lost two hours at
Vicksburg taking on 500 bbls of oil.
and left here this forenoon for st.
Louis.
The Kate Adams will arrive to
night, and is the mail packet leay .hg
to'morroW evening for Helena, Friars
Point, Torrepe, Arkansaw City and
way landings, connecting at her des.
tnAqon WITH tEans On the Little
Rock, Mississippi River and Texas
railroad.
1t is understood that She Will s.
Hays will lay up at Cairo and reship
her freight and people. The Hays,
during the summer, will be changed
70 = egltog boat Win aapseity for
b0CQ baleal Her cabin, which Is one
Of the finest on the river, will remain
the same.
The great electric light and fire
proof steamer, Will s Hays, arrived
yesterday AFTERNOON av four
O'Clock, only two days and 20 hours
out from New Orleans. She had
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