The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-29

] etea lttuNunYi near agIlLlN. ...
! ihe WatChman AMI another
NAMED IN the hold until Ore
| arrived here Saturday nighf
hoisg are aboV0 the water mnrh
can bo repaired without going on
/ docks.
The john A. Wood hs Del
/ pumped out, and is ready Il. e0m
down 10 de ways whoa the wrrtEr.
/ pes mila She iH BOW safe. urI.n. ~.
ice cuts nlr down She wan hnva n
have 40 entirely now ataGn. W.T. f.n ulII
cCst mtre than $4,000 M thH
opinion Of some good steam rnnImHa
that be was not hog.ohainod rlf II
tho jrsi place.
The Times Of Tuesday evening
avs:
Captains iilber and Ice have Hur.
chased thG steamer James Ll... Irz.
l0r @lJOOJ and will Fun her In iha
Csuneit0n and Palueah trade Iha
cannot get her our tiIl fhe river
opens.
Pnois Joe McCuilough. 0tes
Hobbs Gaptaiu Sedan aud romo City
others connected With cur CInaunaE.
packets laid up below, arrived AaFa
this morning 90 await Che opening ~
navigation.
L0UIsvLaLE.-Ihe Coaig J0aaI
Of Tuesday says:
The weather continues very cold
having moderAied but little as h6
past three days. At ~ Ar. Yesterday
the thermometer stood 40 or AID. af
GP.M., IL. The river 10 goreed above
the t0Whead. All day ica moved
sluqe'shly down tho falls. NafIraH an
10 entirely suspended, and ffaiv ~
remain 80 for some days
The river Is falling rapidly
than 81 feet in the pass d01
dian chute,
The steamer Armadillo Iv.rr a.
the JeflemonVille landing. ~. ruf
down By The ice. "A oonsidcrrbIeh1Ia
was knocked Ia her hull on tha risr.
board side Her freight hal hasr RS
moved and was damaged Bad NfHa.
She has been taken 60 JAS. ownrB q
%. B ship yard, for repairs.
The toWbOat Grand Laks. ulhisE
left here Thursday night viii I..ffe
barges and two boats Of coal t1~ &
supposed to be ice bound. ar Gems
Melton.
The Grand Lake Is lying otlgin
the mouth Of Green River.
The Commercial says.
The river Is falling very rt hers
now , feet 3 inches iu thu Indiana
chute, and 8 feet 8 inches in Do oanaI
BY the marks There has nd hf.nf
single boat arrived Oh dopsr aa .aaa
Friday, aud from present in. frrt.rHH
il will be many days before ra uIH
be any. The ferries from be- lol
iersonYille continue % rua bul It
tekog them some time 70 nae o. -. .Ilus
Navigation has closed at Oh ug.Hla
above here, and aG far down m Hv
ansgille in the Ohio. 40 M slula.
the river closed several days before Is
did here. Tia the canal thge r. one
continued line Of coal boats. tud .t %
said some OF them are draW.aa more
water than there Do ia Che canal They
started 70 80 through When lhrro Wna
seven feet and over, bul tla Boo
caught them whore they are
ST. Louis. - The Demo- Of
Sunday says:
The river began rising inf aar
wharf at ten yesterday morning. and
BY six IN the evening hac We..aa
nearly eighteen inches. Too gorge
below AZ Sulphur Springs and hoFa
was the cause Of the uhan0m Ul. ~
large amount Of Ice continue. .aaaiHr
through the barber all day. Iho
jam ct the bridge piers continued bad
10 continued 10 force is way aa.'saI#
through. 10 thC meantime tha a0fea
which began its career no Sulphur
Springs on Friday evening continued
extending north towards tho htrbar
and may have reached this plaoa e..
ing last niCht. Il email b. au df
the ferry bDa' feet continued |nh0r.
0usly plOughng through thc TOO yes
terdaY, but mails, goods ADD rataIa
met with poor dispatch Tho IIl.goIH
railroad Offices on this sid0 IN lha
river would Sign no bills Of lading ga
they WCro cot prepared l
transfer. Tho price of Goa .1 ta.a
city rose % % cents por buaheI
Up 70 o last evening We c0uid .aafo
nothing additional in relation ~ tla
Aon Jasper which was ng rt
Liberfy leland on Friday. IhaH8nfg
Amos got out 30 CAIRO Vh Olive
Branch Is safe Do a Winter hof.
althOug ncr case was at one time con.
sidered critical JIG III beloved fhrt
there are several ice gorgos .elvren
st. Louis and Grand Tower. aud
clear river below there, but rorg low.
Inc OHIO ~ ~ much the same o0ndi-
ton as tho MigaisaIppi
Great anxiety was felt on lla.
ton as 20 whether The farVt0au
would run to-day Doubtful flt at
the moment Of writing chic. ihC Wfad
comes from the southeast. harb.nr.up
pleasantcr weather, and an carly roe
sumption Of navigation
Captain kennistOn aud the 0Iart af
tho Kate Robinson we're d. ihe dfGg
yesterday. The boat ia laid up ID
Widow Waters Captain is believes
he will stay here al winter. h be- can
get sufficient funds to pay f9r bic
board.
The Democrat Of Monday aaga
AZ 9 clock Saturday nie 'ha Zoe
became completely gorRed above laa
partly belON OH the pior- OFF che
bridge. leaving the hnrbor between ID
perfectly clear Of ice. But fhe open
AANeA 4"@AH haa AHAaAh RNNN.. .aH#aH
. miles, had been steadily cl9mnR HD
with the acorCti0ns from above. ht
one o'clock yesterday morn the
lower gorge had enor0aohod L8 point
opposite the FOOT Of Locust Street.
Happily for eli concerned, roo more
floating ice came d %
finish tho task Of closing .
harbOr. There ia clear water ba-
tween the piers and Locust 6ireot b
space Of TWO or three blookr The
Ferry Company have placed tha East
81. Louis on this side a6 q Whlf.
boat, and we're runnine one Hat
The Chriaty-aIl day between tHal
point aud the Illinois Shore. The
open space iB of immense value and
az all hazards win, If possible. bel
kept free Of impcdiment and prevent
ed from freezing over. -Four lerfF.
boats lower down had steam uD aII
day. They viii probably break uH
the ice lying outside of them force
passage 70 q lhcet Of clear water au
the Illinois side, and give ua hafb1f
free from ieo as far down Almond
Street Large numbers Of
both sexes, FOR the fuu of tho thing.
crossed ,ha river 90 the ice above Gle
bridge. The trip was 9 rough one.
and boset with many difiou.lIla
Notice to SteambOatmen and