The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-08
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STEAMBOAT PRINTING.
No printing establishment IN the West
mas better facilities or greater ability for
/ doing me 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 on one Of the best job printers
| print Posters, plain or fancy, Bill Heads
Bills Lading, Cards, Deck and Meal Tick
cts, Bills of Fare, Mates Tickets for Labor
&C, &c. Orders left with either OF the
Wharf-boats viii be promptly attended to.
weather and Water
The weather yesterday was partly
cloudy and hot, with the mercury
above 8O' all day. The wind blew
lightly from the east, but was not
steady, dead calm falling at times,
when the air was extremely close and
sultry. The river during the twenty
four hours ending at p. NJ. had risen
sixteen inches. The river is falling
again at Cincinnati, and the rise here
will be brief and unimpoTtant. The
Wabash is at a good stage and rising
slowly. but old Wabash pilots do not
apprehend an overflow of the natural
banks.
Arrivals and Departures.
The arrivals and departures up
to B P. NJ. yesterday, include only the
Wauanita, Pittsburg to st. Louis;
Mollie Norton, Henderson to return;
Ada Lyon, to Green River; Zanes-
vile, to Cairo; Morning Star, Louis
vile to return.
BOafs Due.
Among the first boats due here are
the Cumberland, from Cairo; P. w.
Strader and Richmond, for New
Orleaas; Virginia, Silver Spray,
Mary Houston, from New Orleans;
Emma Floyd. from Nashville; Law
renee and Anna, from st. Louis;
Tarascon and Falls City, from Louis
lille; Charmer, from Cincinnati; Robt. |
Moore, for Nashville; Hartford, from
Green River; Minneola, for Memphis; |
Sam. Orr, from Eastport; Champion,
for st. Louis.
miscellaneous.
Business was dull on the wharf
with but few arrivals.........
The Wauanita passed down at 9 AN.
with fair trip. She discharged some
freight here.........The Mollie Norton
brought up 113 hogsheads Of tobacco
and number Of beople.........The
Ada Lyon had big trip on board at
noon, and was firing up, preparatory
to her departure for Bowling Green.
She will be back and leave on time
Saturday.........The GAINESVILLE left
shortly after noon for Cairo, where
she will go on the ways, and when
repaired, will return here
and load for the Upper Wabash.
Captain William Barrick, one Of
-he best Wabash River pilots in
is at her wheel.
The GAINESVILLE would have been re-
paired here if the docks had been in
proper condition. The proprietor Of
he docks will take them to Paducah
IT Mound City, for complete repair,
1r will beach them on the rock shore
below the Marine Hospital, and re-
pair them here. They should be put
n thorough repair at once......."Capt.
Perkins, in order to more thoroughly
accommodate the people Of Hender-
son and those along the shore between
his city and Henderson, will leave
with the pretty Mollie
Norton every Sunday morning at 8
o'clock, arriving here in time for the
people to attend church, and return
ng, will leave the wharf at 6 pm.
This Will prove a great convenience
10 the people Of Henderson and the
over bayou.
Boats Leaving To-Day.
For CAIRo-The feet, low-pressure
Quiokstep is the regular packet for
Cairo and all way ports at 4 o'clock
to day, having unsurpassed cabin
accommodations Captain II. T.
Dexter commands, and Jack Gram
mer, Walter B. Pennington, and Sam.
Laughlin are her clerks. She gives
through receipts for freight or pas
sengers to all points South or West.
The Quiokstep is a great favorite
along the coast.
For LOUIsvILLE.--The peerless
Tarascon is the unrivaled packet for
Louisville and all way ports at 6
D o'clock this evening. She is a grand
floating palace. and finely Offered.
The veteran Captain James Mather
commands, and Miles ID. Warren and
Jackson are her clerks, each
1rbane, attentive and obliging.
For OWENsBoRO AND CAMEL
rON.-The new and excellent steamer
Petrolia No. 2, Captain John II. Trip
ett, will leave at 10 o'clock to-day for
Jannelton and all way landings, Civ
ng especial attention to filling orders
md collecting charges. Captain Trip
ett, a courteous and obliging gentle
man, is in command. John Adams is
n the Office, and is a deservedly pop
llar clerk.
For GREEN RIVER.-Capt. } oe Nc
Reynolds's new ard beautiful steamer