The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-23

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/ Tennessee River with tow OF iron
hlr. Rutledge was on the Great Re-
public on her biz trip from New Or
leans to Cincinnati. He was also on
me I'm Watson when she took the
feaIgeS5 tow that ever went 60 Frank
tort, Kentucky.
a me L'naea Of Friday evening says
The Robert Moore takes the Mace
! packet. ~" "4'sl
The barge brought lp from Lonis-
vile yesterday by the Silver Sprav m
/ assist her over shoal places. Was con
demned yesterday by the Inspector
for the Underwriters. lie belongs ia
} Pink Marble, and was taken in tow
for Louisville by the Fanny Brandeis.
This morning, early, a respectable
looking man either fen or walked off
the fantail OF the steamer Bermu-
da, at the landing, and was drowned.
liz about an hour after a man fishing
on float below gut a pull, and haul
ed in the body Of the drowned man,
which now lies at the bank below the
bridge. He is thought to have been
a fruit vender ON the corner of Fourth
and Walnut Streets.
LoUIsyILLE.-The Comier-Jouraal
of Friday says:
The Indiana has 200 head of mules
aud all the freight she can carry, en-
gagged, and will depart for New Or
leans at P. M. to-day from Portland.
She will tow q barge TO assist her out
OF the river, and Will 60 through with
out detention.
On Tuesday night. Mr. Massina
FOntalne, formerly of this city, and
Miss Blanche Ostrander, the baauti-
tul and accomplished daughter of
Captain James 0strander the we'll
known pilot, were married at the resi-
dence Of the brides father. at Ostran-
der's Landing, on the lower Ohio.
The Champion, from ST. Louis.
stuck on the Portland bar, and was
tightening last evening She has 200
coils Of rope and lot of sundries for
this port
The Robert Burns, from Memphis,
got aground on Portland bar yester-
day, but worked off and wentto New
Albany to strip for the fray.
Tho monkey on the Indiana has
been in bad health for some time and
goes for all the pills, powders and po-
tions that he can get hold of. His
last exploit was to gobble an entire
box of compound Cathartic pills,
which he hooked from the Captains
room yesterday afternoon. AS a mo-
tive power, compound cath0rtic pills
are a success, and the result may be
imagined.
ST. LOUIS. 4 The Democrat Of
Friday says:
River falling very slowly. Their
mOmeter was 10l degrees on Fourth
Street at o'clock on Wednesday eve
ming. At ] O'Clock yesterday after
noon we saw two thermometers ia the
shade at SO and IS degrees. The
Missouri has improved considerably.
To Cairo there is q OF s feet Of water,
and trouble at Hat Island. Naviga-
ton is fully resumed between this
point and ST. Paul. The Ohio con
tinues going down.
Capt. Joseph Kinney has bought
the steamer War Eagle, as she lies,
for a moderate amount in cash, from
Messrs. Bofnger and associates. lie
will repair and re-paint her, and put
her, in few days, Ia the IS line
to Miami and way points.
The Continental, bound hence to
New Orleans, ran hard aground on
the bar at Hat Island. The Bubic0n
attempted for an hour and a half to
pull her OF without success. The
towboat Grand Lake and a barge at
Grand Tower were sent for to Tighten
the Continental off the bar
Captain John H. Bofnger and
family departed yesterday afternoon,
by the rail, on a trip Of recreation and
pleasure. The Captain viii be gone
about ten days. la the event of his
stopping at Washington to consult
with the heads Of different depart
ments in relation to the contemplated
removal of the capital to Mont
Cabanne and Cote Brilliant, in the
western suburbs oil ST. Louis, he will
be absent a greater length of time.