The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-04
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STEAMBOAT PRINTING.
N~otPlntlng establishment in the West
has Better facilities or gxeater ability for
doing dne Steamboat Printing. Our assort-
mentor fob Tyre, though very large ana
complete. is constantly being added 70, ana
our job. department Is under the PERSONA
supervision of one of the best job printers
In the United States. We are prepared to
printtP0sters, plain or fancy, Bill Heads,
Bills Lading, cards, Deck and. Meal Tick
els, Bits Of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor,
&c, 6Qr Orders left with either Of the
wharfrooats viii be promptly attended &c.
weather aud water.
On Saturday morning, about 3
o'clock, this city was visited by a
frightful thunder storm, the particu-
lars and effects Of which will be
found Ia the city news. A consider
able amount Of. rain fell during the
morning. The river is still falling,
at the rate Of about ten inches every
t~Wenty-four hours,
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures since
last report, are as follows: Mary Err
win, Arkansas River to Cincinnati;
Silver Moon, Memphis to Cincinnati;
Ada Ryon, Green River to Evans
vile Newsb6y and Mollie Norton,
Henderson to Evansville, and return;
and Rob Roy for Cincinnati.
Beats Due. si =
Among the. frst boats due here are
the Altoona, Shamrock and Alice v,
for St. Louis; Pine Grove for Nash
vile; Mineola, for Memphis; Clifton,
to Memphis j. Fl. Groesbeck. and
2. w. strader, from New Orleans;
Westmoreland, and Alice Dean,
for New Orleans; Cora S. and Tale
quah, for Arkansas River.
Boats Leaving To-day.
For L0UIsVILLE-The Morning
Star, a splendid boat, differed by
courteous gentlemen, will leave for
Louisville, at 10 O'clock this morning.
The Morning Star is one of the pleas
ATTEST BOATS on which to travel on the
Ohio River.
FOR CAIRo.-Ihe Qqickstep, Cap
tain Dexter in command, will leave
for Cairo, at 4 P. NJ. to-day. She is
fast, neat, and in every way a pleas71
ant boat to travel on. Her officers
are accommodating.
For CINCINNATI.-The Minneola.
from Memphis to Cincinnati, may be
expected to-day.
FoB MEMPHIs.-The Clifton, from
Cincinnati to Memphis, will leave for
below to-day.
For HENDERSON. - The Mollie
Norton and Newsboy will leave for
Henderson at 3 PM. to-day.
For zLOUIsvILLE.-The Falls City
will leave for Louisville this evening.
miscellaneous.
Busisess on the wharf was fair, Sat
urday. The wharf, in consequence of
the rain, during the morning was quite
muddw The Mary Erwin, from Ar
kansas River, made but al light trip
The Armada came in with a good
freight and passenger list......The Sill
yer Moon had also a good freight and
passenger hst......,..Thc Romeo, from
Wabash River, came in with a light
trip, ana laid up for the present.........
The Rob Roy got a good starting trip,
and left for Cincinnati at 10 o'clock, .
Saturday morning.
GIeaufnns from 0ur E-xehanve~
CINCINNATI. - The Commercial of
the 1stlsays: y ttr.a i leTs
The weather was, clear and warm
yesterday. with the wind from the /
southwest. The barometer here indi-
Gated 29.37 ALTA. NJ. 29:35 at II NJ.
and 2936at6 P. M, while the mercu-
ry ranged at 629 at Z a. M., 740 at II
NJ, and 79o at 6 p. NJ. Special tele-
grams to the Daily Commercial, last
night, report the condition of the
weather, and the Ohio, Mississippi,
and tributaries, elsewhere. Here the
river has receded II inches during
the "a hours ending last night. with
liz feet IN the channel by the Water
works mark, and s. feet under the
CovingtoH bridge for passing steam
ars.
Capt. Frank NJ. Davidson yester-
day received a letter from Capt. John
NJ. Skunk, giving the particulars of
the accident to the Louisville. She
struck the bank in a dense fog, while
~endeav0ring to find the shore until
the fog cleared off her butts were