The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-19
GIeanings from Our Exchanges.

CINcINNATI.-The Commercial of Tuesday
says:
The weather continues clear and warm.
with the mercury at 50 degrees yesterday
At Pittsburgh the river is falling, with q
inches in the channel. The Kanawha is
falling with three feet in the channel
Here the river is about on stand, with
five feet on the shoalest bars to Louis
vile, 4 feet in the canal, and feet on the
falls.
The R. R. Hudson and Nora have laid
up for the present, but will resume their
trips on the next rise. ..s--.
Captain Frank Y. Bachelor, Captain
Frank Stein and Q. ID. Miller left for the
lakes, with their families, on last nights
train. A t-
The Times says that one Mong Chaw Loo
has brought suit against the Muskingum
River packet, j. III. Rest, because he was
refused q seat at the first table on that
boat, last week, on which he was a paSSen-
ger, having paid full fare-refused for be-
ages at s., 600 % for mental and bodily an
guish suffered" He is a native of Burmah
Asia, about 70 years of age, and has been
eight years in this country, obtaining an
education.
LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier of Tuesday
says:
The river was rising slowly yesterday.
with four feet inches water in the canal
in the evening, by the mark. During the
previous "a hours it had risen nearly four
inches at the head of the falls, and eleven
inches at Portland. The weather yeSter-
day and the day previous was the warmest
of the season, the thermometer at noon
ranging as high as ninety-three in the
shade. e
On the<falls last evening there were two
feet four inches water in the pass down the
Indian chute, very notable improve
ment on the prevailing dry weather.
The business along the wharf and among
shippers is very dull, and although the ar
rivals and departures of boats yesterday
were rather numerous, the amount of
business transacted was small
The passengers of the excursion packet
TaraScon, on her last trip, give both boat
and officers a highly complimentary card.
Wills S. Hays, river editor of the Demo-
crat, announces his return home after a
trip through the " so-called." He says he
comes home hungry, not having seen
"tilter,r a WATERFALL or crazy wo-
man. during his absence.
The Democrat says:
DRowNED.-We learn that a man fell
overheard from the Gilmore, about eight
miles below Portland, and was drowned.
We did not learn his name.
A serious ARRAY occurred on Lipman'S
circus boat, Marietta near Muscatine, in
which John Holland, one of the circus per-
formers, shot the cook of the boat, named
Calvin Fletcher The wounded man will
probably die.
ST. Louisville Democrat of Tuesday
says:
The river here is now falling about one
foot per day. There is four and half feet
to Keokuk, and so inches to st. Paul. The
water above is getting well between the
banks, and the channel may improve.
The bar at Prescott is the turning back
point.
The Missouri is still in good condition.
The Arkansas is declining steadily, with
/ six and half feet of water to Little Rock.
/ White River is in fair condition. The
4 weather continues hot, with slight rain
| last evening. Business is fair, considering
the season of the year. There is general
feeling of profound satisfaction along all
the upper rivers, at the condition of the
crops and the prospects. In Missouri the
! wheat Is all harvested, and is pronounced
the best yield and of the best quality pro-
! duceo In Missouri for many years.
Inc Lumtnary coming up, met with an
accloent by which her wheel was lost, and
she is coming up on the remaining one.
Tie accident occurred, we hear, between
J Matches and Vicksburg,