The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-21
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STEAMBOAT PRINTING.
mo printing establishments 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
our job department is under the personal
supervision of one of the best job printers
| in the United States. We are prepared to
| prints Posters, plain or fan CYL f;Bi IL Heads,
Bills Lading, Cards, Deck and Meal Tick
cts, bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor,
&e. &c QgdeEs LEFT witha5eithsE of TIE
River and Weather.
The weather was cloudy and cool
yesterday Indicative Of fair " weather.
The river rose Sc g. inches pe erT1
diculara water Watt from clock On Tues
day to III O'Clock yesterday. The
water at 3 clock yesterday was just Just
about at high. water mark of 1871,
when the river was much narrower
than now. It is 2 feet sinches below
the highest water mark ever known
On this river. It viii not. probably
reach that point this Season. hasll" Y
iia Arrivals and Departures 9A7
The only arrivals and departures
up TOD O'Clock, yesterday, was the
Leonora, from Cincinnati to- Menu
phis; Fulton, from Cairo to Green
Rivefi Wauneta, from ST. Louis to
Pittsbufg; 4Quickstep, to Cairo; j.
Baker, to Green River; Alice Dean,
from New Orleans to Cincinnati.
10 nlffaas Boats nne.s5. 70 Yfaet9t
4 Among the first boats due are the
Camelia and Rebecca, for Nashville;
Pine Grove, to6St. Louis; Clifton aud
Minneola, for Memphis; Laura Fem
ton, Silver Moon, Sam j. Hale, ana
Liberty No. ?, from Memphis; Hunts
vile, Centralia, Tahlequah, and Nora,
for Arkansas River; Argosy, j. w.
Garrett, Leonidas, Indiana, r. H.
Groesbeek, Golden Era, and Silver
Cloud, for New Orleans; TaraseGoah,
from louisville; NJ. s. Meph;ahmln,
Virginia, David White, and Messen-:
ger, from New Orleans. Armada,
from Ca ri RI. 5-f1agJ afs GO AEiaaall
fo aii9aad Mfsee1Iane6na.9 az 2f1Ta
Business was rather dull ON the
levee, yesterdaya#ith few arrivals /! 81.
The Leonora laid here most all right,
and left yesterday for below. with a
barge III tow. She appeared to be on
a rowing mission.........The Quickstep
was receiving rapidly all forenoon,
and left with an excellent trip at 3
o'clock~-..st..The Wauneta, had
pretty good trip.........The Fulton tow
boat lay atIthe landing all forenoon.
She belongs to Gen.sD.4Cs Buell., and
is somewhat discursiEe in her move4
ments...s..A vast waste of water is
visible from the city 'front.' but little
land beingsvisible on the point .oppo.
site the city..-..We were pleased to
see Capt .iTom. Boluss on the street,
yesterday nearly recovered from
his recent illnesss.,,. 1.-THE VIM.
White was receiving rapidly, and
would haveY a good trip.s.s..l..
The j. Baker left at noon with a nice
trip.-s... Commodore Burnett left with
his six broad horns 7 loaded4with
corn on Tuesday evening. The
Alice Dean arrived from New Or
leans at 2 o'clock yesterday, having
made an extraordinary quick trip
She had a moderate cargo, obut was
full Of people.a....!Mr Robt9 Barnes,
who has lived here ever since the
Ohio River was a spring branch, ,inl
forms us that the river is yet two9feet
six inches below high water mark of
1892 and TT inches Z below the mark
Of fS847. !. We receive 1 50 many con,i
ficting statementsIin regard torthese
data, 1.thatq tits hardntoi determine
which one is correct, but We are in
clined to believe that Mr., Barnes
kpowstas much aboutoit asrany one
else.s....TheqMary Swan will come
out ofthe dock to-day and load for
Memphis. ~, - r. Z ~ .-,..i,.e,. i. -
Boats Leaving TO-Day.a.Ega III
For .CAIRo-The splendid steamer
Armada. Capt. Willie Fowler. will be
thesregular packet for Cairo and way
ports to-day at 3io'clock. Billy Dunn
and Geo. ,Throop are her excellent
and accommodating clerks. sThe.Ar-
mazda is first -classm boat in all
raSnaots9fn sTG aTanf in5aaa 9fiAi
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