The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-16
RIVER NEWS.

[ The weather to-day is warm and cloudy with
indications Of rain. 1he river, fell one foot
since last evening with l6 feet 2 inches in the
channel by the Water-werks marks at u M
to-day.
Bouts Leaving To-day-Louisville, United
States.
Leave Tuesday-Pittsburg, Hudson; Ken
lucky river, Eureka.
Leave Wednesday-Evansville Fawn; st.
Louis, Utah; Memphis, Vint. Shinklc; New
Orleans, Z. b. Church.
STAGE OF THE RIVERS.
PITTsBURG, August l6.-10 A. M.-The river
4 inches since then, and now stands s feet Z
inches by the pier marks. Clear and warm.
Thermometer 70 deg.
Wheeling-6M feet and falling.
Charleston--Kanawha71 715 feet and falling.
HunIingt0B-l21afee feet and falling.
Louisyille-Sk feet at the mead Of the Canal
| aud s feet 4 inches on the falls in the pass.
Frankfort, Ky.-4 feet inches and falling.
Cairo--43 feet and falling.
81. Louis-l4 feet inches and falling.
phis-The river continues rising slowly.
| Arrivals and Departures-The Utah., from
| Pittsburg to st. Louis, was the only arrival
There were no departures excepting the pack
cts.
The Champion No. 0 and the j. M. Near.
| thur made several successful excarsIon trips
( to California, Ohio, yesterday.
|
street House, has returned from his Boston
trip. accompanied by his wife and Frank
u, jr.
| The Fannie Tatem is loading for st. Louis al
'Pittsburg.
| Capt. Noah G. Hudson, wharfmaster Of Rip
ley. Ohio, was struck with paralysis yesterday
1 morning. sx
The Eureka is due here to-day.
The City Of Helena is reported aground Mt
Kaskaskia, with the Emma G. Elliott along
side assisting her.
The cabin Of the old Alice Dean, a wharfboat
at Lake Providence, was blown away during q
heavy gale last wednesday night.
| The Cons. Millar had 3OU tons out Saturday,
and was drawing 8k feet. The Charles Nor!
gan had 5OO tons ana IS cabin passengers.
The Vint. Shinkle loads for Memphis leav-
| ing on Wednesday, and the q. b. Church fol
| New Orleans, leaving same day.
The Arlington will follow the G. B. Church
| to New Orleans
The Nick Longworth leaves the foot Of Wal
nut street for the Ludlow Baseball GROUNDS
to-day at 3 O'clock.
The Vint. Shinkle, on her return from Mem
phis after this trip, enters the Louisville and
| Henderson trade, In command OF Capt. w. G.
Ticnenor. leaving Louisville every Wednes-
day and Saturday. Capt. Kenniston leaves fol
Louisville to-day to perfect the arrangements
The Central avenue and Covington ferryboat
| is on the docks undergoing repairs.
Captain Ike X. Whitaker went to St. Loui:
Saturday evening, to look after the tow Of the
Fearless.
Captain John Ferrell, Of the towboat Gov
| Allen, is in the city.
The repairs Of the Era No. . are progressing
nicey.
Monongahela river, and it is expected that re-
| pairs will be completed by Thursday next.
| Thomas d. H0rner, Of the Pittsburg coal
firm Of Simpson. Horner y Son, died Friday
night, in his 3stn year. He was a widower.
Mi. Horner was widely known along the West
| ern rivers, ana was looked up to as straight
| forward in all business and personal transac-
tions, and genial, s0ciable young man. His
| early taking of Will We deeply regretted by
numerous friends.
| The Jno. Hanna Is at the Marietta Island
dyke busiiy az work raising the barges sunk
iH The & Scioto s came in from Ironton yesterday
with large excursion party, and returned last
Captains Jno. Gilbert. Gus DuSouchet and
james u. Rankin are coming here to attend the
sale OF the Robert Mitchell, which taxes place
next Thursday.
The ESTIMATED damage by the foods Shaw
neetown is s50,OU0.
Captain H, A. Dohrman is at St. Louis quite
i'll, and did not 20 out on the Belle Of shreye-
| Commodore W. j. Kountz is at St. Louis
| CAPTAIN Geo. L. k0uus last w Wednesday, at
New Orleans, purchased Capt. Tom Clements
interest in the Era No. 10, for $8 00J, for one
half tsle boat She has been Withdrawn from
| the Grand EcOre trade.
The clerks Of the us. Mail Line wharfboat
| have marked tha west side OF the Coyington
bridge pier in the proper place with the in
| scription, "High Water Line, August u, 6,.lS75."
| The Champion No. . has the st. Matthew
| Church congregation out on a picnic to Par
ker's Grove to-day. aud this evening will
| take the Lytle Greys on an excursion TO At-
rora.
John Leonard, second mate Of the Chas. Nor
gan, on saturday met with q painful accident.
| He was assisting in placing a heated band on
| the Morgan's crank, when his left hand rot
caught in a snatch box, and his little finger
was torn Oh. The next finger was burned to
John 4. Sullivan and VIM. kirkpatrick pilot
| the j. w. Garrett from here to st. Louis.
| viii s. Hays, river editor Of the Louisville
Courier Journal, was In the city Saturday, en-
route home with his family from Lake Chau-
The Ashland is loading at Pittsburg for Gin
cinnati, and will leave there the forepart OF the
week.
| Captain John Woodburn's new steamer Rosa
Milier left Pittshurg Saturday evening for Ar
kansas river. Thomas Moons and Andy Buht-
L ing pilot her to Cincinnati.
| ProvidinF the mud in the locks and cribDings
| In. Kentucky river do mot detain her, the KI-
reka Ghonld be hefe To-day, and return to
| Ffankf0rt and Shaker Forty t0-morrUw
| The HendexS0n p&4k6t Morning Star was un-
able TO ~ % Louisville, owine 10 the mad ii
| ~ e4l1A And b We locks. she turnsd back
from F0ftland4