The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-15
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STEAMBOAT PRINTING.

STEAMBOAT PRINTING. RI
No printing establishment in the West
has better facilities or greater ability for
doing fine Steamboat Printing. Our assort-
ment Of job Type though very large and
complete, is constantly being added TO, and
T our JOB department is under the personal
p supervision of one of the best job printers
Il in the United States. We are prepared to
4 print Posters, plain or fancy, Bill Heads,
cts, Bis Of Fare, Mates Tiekets for Labor.
Z &c, Be- Orders left with either of. the
\ wharf-boats will be promptly attended to.
+, s .t,l2"' Weather and Water. ,l e.
ri The weather yesterday morning was
f clear and quite cool. The river continues
III to fall steadily, having declined fully three
: inchesduring the "a hours ending at three
O'Clock z yesterday and no immediate
change for the better is anticipated. A
slight rise is reported at Pittsbnrg, but iG
will take a rise of feet instead of inches
there to affect the river here ill., Ia,
Ui ssHa Arrivals and departures
~ The arrivals ind departures mp TO three
\. o'clock yesterday include the News Boy,
Henderson and return Charleston, st.
L Louis, to cincinnati;;3 i iiie sullivan, to
b Owensporo. 81 is.s3alzII edi ~ ii 5aisi -
W. e8oigi saJ ga ROafsj Due. dfF asa aI
lEAmong the first boats dinephere are the
Phantom, from E.astport 1 Nprman, and
Fanny Rrandeis and lghattanooga,. from
Is Cairo; Cobb Webb. from Cum sr1and. -
Miscellaneous. ~
The prospect for business on the leyee
was very duh yesterday morning, with no
Cairo packet in port........The Charleston
came upfrorn below with a slim trip. and
I proceeded towards Cincinnati .... -a,- The
IS Ollie Sullivan took out a good trip for
I sOwensboro ls.-.Ae convention of stea
7, boatmen conVenes in Cincinnati to-mor-l
row, to consider ethe interests 6ofs Western
steamboating. Large delegations will be
in attendance from st. Louis, louisville,
and elsewhere. Evansville should be re-l
presented........C apts. Gus. Dusouchet A.
Drinkwater and Billy Lowth are in the
city; also clerks Dake and George Michel
son, John Adamss and a host of pilots =,
barkeepers, and other steamboatmen, ali
awaiting a rise, They have an excellent
opportunity tostudy and cultivate the vir-
Ills naal BOsas Leaving Ts-Day.anol
1t is lnnpossible to announce positively
any boat for Cairo, to-day. as navigation
is SO preearious that great irregulafity in
= arrivals prevails The Fannie IBrandeis
or Louisa will most likely 60 ont to-day.
GleaninEs from our Exchanges-
PITTsBURG. The Commercial of Friday
saws. i9lTdoi3 -
The Monongahela River, at this place,
rose six inches during the past "a foursl
The pools in the Monographs are all full |
and running over. This will enable the
large sidewheel packets to resume their
trips to BrOwnsvIl1e and Geneva.
Capt George ID. Moores new sidewheel
McoahoaEh. Il honor o. an sn.sTprisine
credit to all concerned in her construction
Captain Thos. Rodeerss new and sspIen- |
did side-wheel steamer Selma is all ready,
rise OF water. This boat has been fitted mp
in very superior manner for the Mobile
and New Orleans trade. ~ .floA.4
CNcINNATI. - The Commercial OF, satur-
day says: s. s5--.f 3.st4atse ~ CO.'S IA
n The weather yesterday was cloudy, and
Is Inches in the channel Here it is falling
slowly, With 30 INCHES on the shoalest bars
The Mary Erwin has been chartered to-
take the place Of the Aagosy IN the Big
We regret to learn Of the death of Ed
Hiner. He was pilot of the United States
! steamer Northwest, and died on that boat
at Little Rock on the 29th. I.
III LoUIsvILLE.-The Courier, of Saturday,
says: sa- ne sifIlf j 8af xzfisss IL IN
The riverswas falling Slowly last even
ing with y inches water in the canal, by
the mar K. lDuring the previous "a hours It
had fallen anifneh at the head of the falls,
and three inches at Por, land. This is q sell
rious decline on the present low stage of.
water and unless a rise soon inteTvenes
n c,a,, e be astrsaelesome and diff
y sTheGora 81 is proving herself one of the /
Sbest@fow water boats ever Ibuitt.os She I
makes her tri ps punctua1Iyia nd with regu- |
flslrity, berg IN fact the only boat that has |
made the ronndltrip onthe low water. |
~ Tn e s Bermuda was looked for last eve |
atnrfLng from trenc CHI n IsIand hay ing re- |
the PM 4 rbfe.f The clerk, I.IMorgan4
smith, was IN the city. and we -presn me 4
the boat is not far or t'4Ns0@i 800 II
Sha lis rarissn sarzon. sFrencssgIslauG bar |
and will stay there till the rise comes. |
The Democrat says: |
The nun ana hnactiinefy OF the steamer |