The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-03
RIVER NEWS.

The river is booming, and the lower portion
Of the wharf, between Walnut and Main, aud
Broadway and Ludlow, is badly covered with
wateTF
The river at noon stood At feet inches, and
still rising, and as our dispatches from above
show, we will in all probability have a iood
equal to that OF lS47.
The people who reside in Rat and Sausage
Rows have already removed. .and We feel almost
certain there will be rise I'D to Columbia
street III this flood continucs) BY next Thurs
day.
Boats leaving to-day -Pittsburg, Hudson
and Ashland; kentucky river, Eureka; Louis
Vile, Gen. Lytle.
Specials to the Star.
OIL CITY. August S.-The river has risen here
three inches since last night and the water Is
flooding all tho farm LANDS.
MIDDLEPoRT, August 3.-There is 2T feet 4
inches mere this morning, and the river still
rising
CHARLESTON, W. VA, August a-River u
feet and rising.
IRoNToN, August a.-Considerable drift-wood
floating past here. The river is rising fast, and
1t is raining.
PITTsBURG, Aug. all A. M.-There is 20
and the river still rising. The lower valleys
are all submerged with water, and we mo-
mentarily expect flood. You, below, must
look out. The Monongahela is pouring out,
it rose eighteen inches.
WHEELING, Aug. 3.-There Is now lat 10 A.
M.,) z3 feet inches in the channel, and the
river still rising. What will become OF us here
and you?
MIDDLEPoRT, August s.--The river here is
the gauge was visible. All the lower wharf
is Overfowed, and the packets are landing
higher than ever before. Expect big flood
The Evansville packet, Fawn, owing to high
water. is loading at the foot of Race street,
She will leave W ednestfay.
The Eureka took the colored people to New
Richmond yesterday, instead Of sthe Sam r.
Hale. The latter steamer. demolished her
chimneys in attempting to lower them while
the clouds looked black.
Capt. Jas. S. Wise, our popular candidate for
County Treasurer, has returned home, after
making arrangements with his Kanawha
friends to assist in making 'things counp' at
The different steamers at Pittsburg (that are
loading) will not leave there until the river
declines.
The Gazette says the Fawn has an .open
held' against the II. s. Turner. We would
like to see the Fawn in an open field sometime
so that Capt. Jim Wise might be "beaten.n
Capt. Jim is too sharp for that.
The H. s. Turner leaves for Memphis next
Wednesday in the regular line Of the Memphis
Packet Company. We can say. word for her
is that he is Straightforward, honest, genial
man, and can beat the Henderson Packet Com
pany any day in the week, on business.
Lew Morris is getting SO old that he rcmcm-
bers bricks that weie bored into by the flood Of
1t4L
Patterson did not go to Pittsbhrg Sunday.
Reason--too much water, and was not rum
ming
The wharfage receipts at st. Louis for the
past month fall sholt n dJliar and sixty cents
compared with Cincinnati, but tlty made an
exhibit to show for paving.
Iowboat Movcmeuts-1his heading has been
standing SO long we fear our readers are tired
Of reading 1t. The drift-weoi In tine liver now
(Which is in large quantlties) is somewhat ia-
tcrfeYing with towboats and rafts; and We are
patiently awaiting some account OF a towboat
being wa, he'd ashore, providing the river don't
checs up. w
Major j. f. KEELING returned home yesterday
from Pomeroy, where he went to see some par
tics in whom ne is somewhat interested. He
found them. and to-day sold o. barge to the
Rising sun Barge and Coal Flat 70. Terms
private. sa
A cornaeld at Stepstonc, KY, was washed
away by the flood on Sunday. So say the offi-
GERS Of the City OF Portsmouth.
''lf this flood continues much longer,v said
pilot to us this morning, "tltc up and down
river packets will be obliged 70 not only call
low bridge but stay above or below ous
hgidgcs," -'' ~