The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-06

From the present indications we think
We can assure fully four feet Wate r out over
the bars of the Lower Ohio.
As the Courier is the cF1terian. we here
state the fact that the lowest stage of water
this season was on the 18th of October.
Z hen there were twenty-five inches water
in the canal, by the mark.
The lowest stage OF water within our
re- collection, and, we believe, the lowest
ever known, was during the Summer and
Fall Of 1856. Then the water was exactly
two feet three inches lower at the foot of
he falls than at any time this season. We
cite this as an indisputabIe fact. Captain
LocEhart, superintendent of the canal,
has kept a daily record of the actual stage
of water at The head and the foot of the
lis for the past twelve years or more, and
BIZ actual admeasurement on the water
sill at the foot OF the falls or mouth OF the
canal he esta b4ishes the fact har the Ohio
in 1896 was two feet three inches lower than
at any time since.
ST. LOUIS. = The Democrat, of Monday
says:
River about stationary here. The "uni-
EeTsai SKY was troubled greatly yestSr-
day: and sent forth halt hours rain. We
dom look for yesterdays rain to cause a
st. Paul, on Thursday last, was still with
Oat rain. Very small steamers were re-
quired to make The trip TO and from Hast
ings, in connection with the big boats.
MEMPH1s.-The Avalanche of Saturday
says:
Weather cool and cloudy. The river is
decllnlng steadily, with Iye feet in the
receding, with three feet six inches to Au-
gusta. The Arkansas remains low, with
JWenty-six inches tC Pine Bluff.
The wharf presented a dull appearance,
yesterday. with small list of arrivals and
departures.
The Marietta Register of the 3Ist uIt.,
gives the following sketch of Capt. Jesse
Y. Hurd. who died short time ago:
Some of our readers may recollect Jesse
Y. Hurd, who was in Marietta as student
about the year 1887, or perhaps it was in
1888. He then hailed from Franklin Fur
mace, Sciota. County. January 30, 1867,
Jesse Y. Hurd was Captain of the Louis
a t1rst-ciass steamer. At that date ter
rible explosion occurred on that boat, near
the mouth of Green River, Kentucky, kill
ing Mrs. tath3r1ne Hurd, the wife of capt.
Hurd, also his son Henry, who was pilot
OF the boat. A second son, Arthur, clerk
OF the boat, was dangerously injured, but
recovered. Three days afterWald d, Feb. 2,
1866, the W. Carter exploded, above Vicks-
Dufg, Killing It's Captain, Jacob ;. Hurd-a
prother or capt. Jesse Y. Hurd-and his
Dody was never recovered. on the 18th of
sept, 1857, arthur, who had recovered from
MS wounds at the eX plOSiom of the Missouri,
eighteen months before, died of swamp
1eYer" Louisiana. His father went for
his remains, and the funeral took place at
Portsmouth-their TesIdence-on the 18th
instant. immediately afterwards Captain
Jesse Y. Hurd was stricken down with
sickness, and died on the sd instant So,
within tWenty-One months. all these five
OF one famiiy-then January 80, 1865, in
apparent good health, with promise of
long I1fe-nave been cut down by death,
viz: Captain Jesse Y. Hurd, his " ife and
two sons, also his brother, Captain Jacob
>. Hurd. Colonel j Ohm r. Hurd, formerly
OF the Second Kentucky Infantry, and late
Union candidate for the Ohio Senate in
the Portsmouth District, is son of Capt.
Jacob :. Hufd, who commanded the U. 5.
gunboat Lexington with honor during the
wal against he rebellion