The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-15
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STEAMBOAT PRINTING.
No printing establishment in the West
{ has better facilities or greater ability for
doing fine Steamboat Printing. Our assort-
enI on JQo 1ype, Lnoqgn VeIy iaIge I'D
our job department is under the personal
supervision of one Of the best job printers
in the United states. We are prepared 10
print Posters, plain or fancy, Bill Heads,
Bills Lad1ng, Cards. Deck and Meal TICK TICK,
cts, Bills Of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor,
&C, sc. Orders left with, either of the
wharf-bOats viii be promptly attended tc.
weather and water.
The weather, yesterday morning,
was cloudy and cool, with indications
of clearing up. The river remains
about stationary since noon of We'd
nesday, but will, no doubt, be rising
again before this morning. 1t is
againlrising rapidly at Louisville and
Cincinnati, with over thirteen feet en-
the falls.
Arrivals and Departures.
The only arrivals and departures
up to o'clock yesterday include the
+. Bermuda, PASSPORT to Louisville;
Mollie Norton and Newsboy, Hen
derson to return; Ollie Sullivan, to
Cloverport; J. L. Graham, to Carmi;
Morning Star, Louisville and return;
Falls City louisville to Bowling
Green.
Boats Due.
Among the first boats due here are
the Havana and New York, for Nash
vile, Nightingale, for ST. Louis Min
nicola, for Memphis Mary Erwin and
Empire, for Arkansas River; 2. w.
Strader and Louisville, for New Or
leans; the Tennessee, from Cairo;
the Ada Lyon, from Green River;
Alice Dean, Dexter and Indiana, from
New Orleans; the J.P. Webb, from
Nashville; the Lewellin, from East
port; the Rob Roy, from Cincinnati;
the Silver Moon, from Memphis the
Cora s., from White River.
miscellaneous.
Business continues quite dull on
the levee, and the mean, miserable,
murky, misty. muddy weather render
ed everything gloomy and discourage
ing.......The Bermuda passed up light
1.-THE Falls City haa fair trip
1.-THE j. /. Graham was full of
freight and people, and was preparing
to leave Immediately after noon. She
got into the timber on her last trip !
out of the Wabash and tore one side /
out Of her cabin She viii probably /
lay up on her return and repair.........
The Ollie Sullivan had moderate
trip out. She brought in a large lot /
of lumber on Wednesday night.........
The Belle Lee was momentarily ex-
pected yesterday as we closed our re-
port, the wharf boat men and the
wharfmasters insisting that she had
not gone up during the previous
night, in the face of the indubitable /
evidence and positive declaration of
a morning cotemporary......The Morn
ing Star arrived a quarter before two
with a moderate trip
Beats Leaving To-day.
For CAIRo.-The elegant and beau +
tiful Tennessee, Capt Ben. Howard, /
will be the regular U. S. mail and pas
senger packet for Cairo and all way
ports, at O'Clock to-day. The Ten
nessee is in excellent condition. and
has fne appointments. Capt. Ben.
Howard is a popular and pleasant
gentleman, and Tom Brashear and
Bruce Hunter, the clerks, are ever
pleasant and obliging.
Fox HENDERSON. The wild wing
ed side-wheel Mollie Norton leaves
for Henderson. promptly at P. N. to-
day, offering unsurpassable attractions
to passengers and shippers. Captain
Charley Perkins, her commander, is
popular oficer,and the Terry brothers,
who " do the office, are attentive
and obliging.
The favorite little Newsboy, Cap
tain Shelter, also leaves for Hender
son at P. NJ, and is a pleasant boat
to travel on. Pat. Burke, one of the
most accommodating gentlemen in the
world, is her chief clerk, and does the
honors handsomely.