The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-09
RITER NEWS.

The weather to-day is clear, warm an
; pleasant. The river here is reeeding at tn
rate OF three inches per hour, having decline
twenty-five inches since y p. NJ yesterda,
and up to noon to-day, when the marks exhib
tied Az feet inches IN the channel, and So fee
inches under the Suspension bridge and S
feet inches under the Newport bridge fo
passing steamers.
Our A. NJ dispatch from Pittsburg reports
the river there failing, with feet inches il
| he-channeL
STAGE OF THE RIVERS.
Wheeling-l0 feet and rising.
Charlest0n-6 feet and falling.
Hunrngton-30 feet 10 inches and falling.
Gallipolls-River falling.
Frankfort-S feet anu falling.
Louisville 2S1s feet at the mead Of the falls
and river falling.
Evansville Al feet II inches and rising.
Cairo-Scant 45 feet and falling.
ST. Louis-22H feet and falling.
The Fannie latum, st. Louis to Pittsburg.
passed up yesterday afternoon.
The Charles Mcdonald is undergoing in
spection to-day.
'lhe Il. 5. Turner will come out of the DOCKS
next ednesday In complete repair.
Boats leaving t0-uay-Pittsburg, Ashland;
Louisville, Gen. Lytle; ;St. Louis, Barnard.
Leaving Tuesday Hudson and
Exchange; KMsntneky river, Eureka.
Memphis, J. d. Parker: New Orleans. Charles
Morgan.
Arrivals and Departures-The Fawn, from
Evansville; Cons: Millar, from Memphis, and
The Cherokee did not depart for New Orleans
until yesterday morning az six O'clock
Capt VIM. f. Fuller, who for years has COM
manded different steamers IN the Louisville
and Cincinnati Mail Line, having retired from
active service, left this morning on recrea-
ton tour through Canaua.
The John L. Rhoads left Pittsburg for st.
Louis Saturday evening, with 800 tons.
The Indiana left New Orleans Saturday
Towboat Items-The j. g. FISCHER. Enter.
prise and Sam Miller arrived at Pittsburg on
The 4. M. Norton leaves Mildleport to .dav
for ST. Louis with barge load OF salt.
The Hawkeye No. 2 has arrived at Charles
ton, W. Va, with her empties.
The Chas. Nc Donald. Panther, Fair Play and
Sam Brown arrived with tows from Pittsburg
The Is. +. Lane and Kanawha came in with
coal from the Kanawha. The Thos. w. Means.
Ironton to st. Louis, will pass down TO-DAY.
The NAH City with iron ore passed up to
Capt R. W. Dugan is rapidly improving
from his late illness.
The Chas Morgan leaves for New Orleans
next n Wednesday positively, taking all freight
Of the largest and most elegantly equipped
boats in the trade, and the fastest now running
between Cincinnati anu New Orleans.
A noatng log yesterday struck one of
Browns barges, partly loaded, lying at the ell
evator, near. the Water works A small hole
and some little leaking was the consequences,
The james Hobson was alongside, last night.
pumping the water out OF the barge.
The Champion No. v leaves the foot of Wal
nut street, this afternoon, for the Ludlow ball.
grounds, carrying passengers.
The j. N. Macarthur and Champion No, Q
were crowded with excursionists viewing the
food. The former made trips to California
and the latter TO Cullum's Ripple.
Capt. lii Strider has gone 60 Hickman. XIV.
He left Saturday evening on the cherokee.
The Bost0na resumed her trips to Hunting |
ION yesterday, leaving at4 p. Al. 81
Tho Ashland departs for Pittsburg to .day. |
The James ID. Parker has deferred her de- |
parture TO Memphis until Wednesday.
Capt.. Tom Lee, long identded with the Ten
,essee river trade and now Of Paducah, 10 in |
III city, stopping at the Crawford House,
Elliot Miller, OF the Mary Houston, is in the |
,ity on 1 visit TO relatives. ~
The iron steamer John T. Moore was recently
old at New 0rleans to Capt. Owen Finegan, Of |
Mobile, fol. $4,000, for the Alabama River
raie. The Moore was built here by Alexander
witt, and originally cost eo,0Oos >