Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-12

The John A. Scudder will be due
down tomorrow bound for New Or.
leans.
The Golden Grown will be due down
tomorrow, on her way to New Or.
leans.
The r. r. Springer will be due up
Wednesday evening, on her way to
Cincinnati.
Mate Phinn Starr, of the Josie
Harry, stopped of for trip to take a
little rest.
The Future City left here yesterday
morning for St. Louis, adding a barge
loaded with cotton.
The Andy Baum for this port, and
the Thos. Sherlock for New Orleans,
LETT Cincinnati Saturday.
The City of Cairo came up Saturday
night from Vicksburg, and left at 10
am. yesterday for St. Louis.
The Wyoming, which passed up
Saturday for the Ohio. added 1900
bales oil compressed cotton.
The neat sternwheel steamer, Ida
Lee, recently purchased by CapLaiu
j. D. Randall, is due to-day from
upper White river.
The Hard Oazh will arrive to NOR.
row, and is the, regular Wednesday
evening packet leaving for all points
on White river, through to jackson
port.
The New Mary Houston, in com
maud of Captain Charles Miller, is
announced to pass up this evening for
Cincinnati. Elliott Miller is her chief
clerk.
The Commonwealth, from st. Louis,
passed down yesterday forenoon for
Vicksburg, discharging here 1875 pkgs
OF freight and adding about 10 tons
for points below.
The w. P. Halliday, from New
Orleans, arrived this morning and dis
charged 400 pkgs at the elevator. She
il cleaning out boilers aud leaves this
afternoon forSt. Louis.
The Anchor Line packets leaving
at 10 am. to morrow will be the City
of ViCksburg, for Vicksburg, aud the
City of Helena, for st. Louis. Cap.
tain AID Storm is their agent.
The Ste. Genevieve, in command o.
Captain Ed Carvell, is the Anchor
Line packet leaving at s pm. to-day
for Cairo, st. Louis and way mai
landings. ROlla Porter is her polit,
clerk.
The total decline of the river up t
noon to day is 8 inches, and is now l.
inches below high water mark of las
year, 1t will require but a few day
more for the river to get within it
banks.
The new tug Billy Kilby returned
this morning from TiptonvilIe with I
barge of slaves and will probably
leave tomorrow for New Orleans
making additions at Austin anC
Helena.
The Ida Darragh, in command o.
Captain Ed Rowland, is the railroad
packet leaving this evening for Madi
son, where connection is made with
trains for Little Rock and points in
the southwest.
| The Katie Hooper will be in this
afternoon, and is the mail packet
leaving at 5 pm. tomorrow for Pine
Bluff and way landings on Arkausaw
river, connecting at her destination
| with the Pool Line boats for Little
Rock and points above.
The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
and blank book manufacturing estab-
lishwent, ID Madison street, Mem phil
Tenn, is prepared to execute every
kind Of work in their line in superior
style and at low prices.
The steamer Will S. Hays, which
LETT New Orleans Saturday evening
collapsed flue when Just above Car.
rolltOn and returned to the city, made
the necessary repairs, and left there
last evening for the Ohio river.
The popular Ohio river packet Jas
w, Calf will arrive this evening anc
leave at 5 pm. to morrow on her re-
turn trip to Cincinnati and way land
ings, ticketiny passengers through t
the principal cities of the East at low
rates. Her accommodations are first
class, and experienced officers are il
charge. Captain r. w. Lightburnt
is agent.
The ferryboat John Overton had {
nice party of ladies and gentlemen out
last evening on an excursion to Mari
on. Those whose religious teachingi
deter them from a little pleasure
excursion on Sunday can avail them
selves Of this pleasant trip any after
noon Of the present week, the boa
leaving daily from the foot of Jeffer
son street at pm, "and returning a
Bpm.
The Coahoma, in command of Capt
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