The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-06
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doing fine Steamboa Printing. Our assort-
ment of JOB Type, tough very large and
complete. is constantly being added to, and
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in the United States. We. are prepared to
print Posters, plain OF fancy, Bill Heads,
Bills Lading, Cards. Iecl and Meal Tick
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wharf boats will be prrT9nlptly attended to.
I'LL River and Weather. 9f
The, weather clared up during
Monday night, and tie sun rose bright
and beautiful yesterday morning. The
mud had frozen tigh and fast during
the night, but the wan sunshine soon
softened it., and by nlonit was nearly
as muddy as ever. The same, omnis7
cience that has ruledthe weather for
the, last forty years as, we, ourself
know, is managing tie weather and
the water fully as wei as, the river
editor Of the louisville Courier could,
and we still have Itaiththat the food
of 1882 will not be eclipsed. The
river here is rising steadily at the rate
of one and a have inch per hour.
The ice is less abundalt and is more
generally difused over he surface of
the river, and does MT appear so
heavy as on Monday. There is still,
however, good deal Of ice running,
which renders navigation tedious if
not dangerous, dI so aIoI
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals up to o'clock yes
terday, include the Advance No, 2,
Louisville to Evansville; Armada,
Cairo to Evansville; Nessboy, Hen
derson to return; Morning Star to
Louisville; Phantom to PASSPORT.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due are the
Rebecca and Emma FIoyl, for Nash,
Vile; Shamrock, Nightingale and
Arabian, for St. Louis; R,bert Burns,
Importer, Sam. j.. Hah, Mariner,
Minneola,, Anna, and Champion for
Memphis; Darling and Liberty
No. 2, from Memphis; Lawrence,
Anglo Saxon Huntsville, Centralia,
and Mary Irwin, for Arkansas
River; Glasgow, Wild Wagner,
Indiana, and Alice ", from New Or
leans; NJ. S. Mepham, from Louis
vile; B. i. Lodge, Emerald, Arma-
dillo, Westmoreland, Lizzie Hopkins,
Nick Longworth, P, W. Strader,
Alice Dean, Emma No. 8, for New
Orleans; Tarascon, from Louis
Vile; Charmer, from Cairo; Ada
Lyon, from Green River.
at4 MISCELLANEOUS.
The beautiful weather Of yesterday
put cheerful face on steamboatmen,
and the improvement in tie aspect of
the river gave great encouragement to
shippers. The arrivals were but
few, but business was very lively..-...
The Empire was bound for Memphis,
and not St. Louis, as we enormously
reported yesterday. ........T Armada
came in early yesterday morning with
big crowd of passengers and consid-
cradle freight. Among the latter
Z fine deer from Birdsville, KY, for a
provision store in this city......Among
her passengers were Commodore John
Gilbert, President of the Cairo Pack
ct Company, and Capts. Gus and Joe
Fowler, of Paducah, to attend the
meeting of the stockholders and
board of Directors of that line. which
takes place in this city to-day. We
were also glad to meet our gallant
friend Col. Brooks, who is again liv-
ing in peace and quietude under his
own vine and fig tree in his OLD Ken.
lucky home.,,..,. The Morning Star
gatheredupthe biggest packet trip that
ever left this portfor up-riYcr landings
She did not get away till afternoon -.
The Armada broke her wheels badly
coming up, and is compelled to lie
over till to-day to repair. She found
the worst ice of the. season on the
trip, and one of her wheels was lit
orally destroyed, and has to he re-
built. Capt. Dick Eastman ar
rived here yesterday morning with
the Advance No. 2, which he pur
chased at Louisville for the Wabash
River trade. She leaves for tina
stream to-day THE Phantom die
not get off Monday night, be-