Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-27


lofhssls he RapIa Tfsaslt be- Esns
to The lover Ohio TO ply in some short
trade.
A large volume Of water is coming
out Of the lower Ohio. and the sur.
face Of the channel at this port is
covered with drift.
The Win S. Hays, bound for Gin
%cinnati, passed Evansville yesterday
forenoon, aud has given up her con-
templated Mardi Gras trip.
Captain William B. Hambleton, Of
Mound City,is quite i'll and his friends
have very little hope Of his recovery.
he is suffering With dropsy nov.
A Pittsburg dispatch says the prop.
erty Of Captain W. H. Moore to the
amount Of $4,000 has been sold By
the Sheriff to VIM. Kraft, a heavy
creditor.
The Golden Rule bound for New
Orleans broke three aanges of her
wheel when just above Natchez. She
proceeded to her destination however,
and will receive repairs.
The Cons Millsr, leaving Cincinnati
this evening takes New Orleans Mardi
Grasi excursionists through to New
Orleans and return by river and rail-
for SS2 for the round trip. Cheap
enough.
The river at St. Louis is rising
steadily and ice thinning out some.
The weather is mider and thawing
but the temperature is not warm
enough to affect the ice to any appre-
ciab'e extent.
Max +. Haenssler, formerly a well
known lower river pilot but for the
last two years engaged in business on
shore, died in St. Louis on Wednesday
last. He had not been in good health
for several years
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
and blank book manufacturing estab
lishment, 10 Madison street, Memphis
Tenn, is prepared to execute every
kind Of work in their line in superior
style andat low prices. +
The Charles Morgan, lacking about
200 tons of a full load, passed down
this morning for New Orleans. She
discharged here 425 bbls -four, 500 bbls
potatoes aud 60 pckgs sundries. She
had about 80 cabin 40 deck passen
gers and added 800 SKIS corn in Madrid
Bend, and got near so tons here.
The fast sternwheel steamer Ohio,
under the auspices of the Memphi.
and Ohio River Packet Line, will
arrive to morrow morning and leave
Monday at 5 pm. on her return to
Cincinnati, Captain II. j. Vinton
commands, with Robert Mccoy in
charge Of The Office.
8The patent derricks and automatic
stage %lifters, on the Win S. Hays, by
which one man by hand can raise or
lower a swinging stage, have been
found to be useless and will be dis
oarded at Cincinnati, One of them
was broken at this port on her way
down and she is now using a Temporal
ry derrick.
Mr.. Joseph Caffrey, a we'll known
steamboat mate, went up like a little
man yesterday, dropped his half dollar
into the county treasury, and received
in return a neatly printed paper grant
ing him permission to mate with a
widow of the Taxing District
Whether Joe married yesterday,
which is considered uulucky by sea
men, or is waiting until tomorrow,
the day Of rest, we are unable to tell,
as the little affair il being kept very
quiet,
The Katie Hooper, in command of
Captain &. B. Smith, arrived last
night from Arkanslw river with 1876
bales cotton and 100 SKIS cottouseod
She reshipped 2l2 bales of cotton at
Terrene for New Orleans, making a
fetal of 1917 bales out Of the river.
The Hooper is the regular mail packet
leaving this evening for Pine Bluff
and intermediate landings on Arkan-
saw river, and makes connection with
boats Of the pool lines for Little Rock
and points above. Captain Charles
Musselman, assisted by Ed Gay, is in
charge Oftbe office.
The Josie Harry, from Weite river
brought in 1893 bales cotton, 938 SKIS
cotton seed, l47 SKIS corr and 81 pokgs
sundries. She reshipped 28l bales
cotton at Terrene for New Orleans.
making a total Of 479 bales out of the
river. Tho Harry is the regular U S
mail packet leaving this evening for
Helena, Devalls Bluff, Augusta and
all way landings through to Newport,
where direct connection is made with
light draft steamers for upper White
and Black rivers. Captain Milt r.
Harry commands, with NJ, s. Jay and
|, Hugh Smith in charge of the oHica.
A PLEA FOR A HIGHER CIVIL
J lZAFION.