The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-08
RFYER NETS.

The weather to-day is clear and cold, ant
snow thuwing IN the sun. The river has fallcI
about foot during the past "A hours, with q
feet in the channel at noon to-day.
Capt. Lou Bryson IS not going clerk on the
Nick Longworth, as reported in morning co.
temporary.
Boats leaving o.day-Pomeroy, Ohio No.
Huntington, Bostona; Higginsport, City o.
Portsmouth; Louisville, Mail packets.
STAGE OF THE RIVERS.
Nheeling-1V feet 9lnches and falling. HeavJ
snow yesterday.
Frankfort-Kentucky 10 feet ana falling;
inches snow fell yesterday.
Louisyile-i3 feet inches in the canal, II
feet inches in the pass on the Falls, and fall
ing. Six inches snow.
Eyunsviie--3i feet and rising. inches OF
snow.
Cairo-39 feet inches, and rising. Heavy
snow storm Yesterday
st. IIOuis-SiX feet out to Cairo.
Little Rock-Arkansas feet and fa ling.
Shreyeport-Ited River rising.
Capt. James ii. Peppers new stern wheel
steamer Cons Millar, made a trial trip this af-
ternoOn, with h large company Of Com. Jas. S.
Wisc's friends on board She proceeded a few
miles up and down the river, above and below
the city. Her machinery performs satisfacto-
rily.
The hull, built by the Marine Ways, is 2U1
feet long, H5ls feet beam, feet deoth Of mold,
with feet shear, and Is extra fastened and
heavily timbered. and stands at the head Of the
list OF boats Of her class on the books Of the
underwriters. Her machinery comprises two
boilers, made by Mciiyain & Speigle, Al inches
in diameter "A feet long, each containing ten
inch flues. They were made of Browns IA
nous iron, double rivetted and drilled,
and have stood hydrostatlc test of two
hundred and fifty pounds, and are allowed a
By Dumont, the cylinders being 10 inches i n
diameter, and the length Of the stroke 5 feet
work. ing water wheel 20 feet IN diameter,
with buckets n feet in length. The shaft is
made otwrought iron, by the Cincinnati steam
usual fires engines. pumps, and all the latest
improvements. The boilers and steam pipes
are covered with O'Neal's improved air-fue,
boiler and steam pipe covering This covering
cabin, built by Elias Ehler, is very neat and
tidy. with large and elegantly furnished rooms
foEifty passengers. The Cons. Millar, in COM
plete running order, with water in her boilers
and fuel on board, draws II inches forward,
and y, inches aft, while she mas capacity for
over seven hundred tons. The lower deck is
very roOmy, with vide guards, while the boiler
deck forward is unusually spacious. She has
line. room for slowing light freight, ana the
tran Spoltation OF stock. She cost $4,000, is de-
signed for the Cincinnati and Memphis trade,
and is owned by her commanders, Capt James
H. Pepper, James W. CAT, Thomas Sherlock,
James 5. Wise, james u. Parker, and Sinner
4. Raipe. She is furns throughout in the
Mitchell Il Rammc sberg, and John Decamp;
carpets, curtains, &c, by Shiliito: table and
pantry ware by Wa W.C.Huntington & Co.. chan
dcliers by f. 4. Carson; blocks and rigging by
IIarcourt; painting by Denton and lIurd. The
clerks are Messrs. Reister and Sterritt Pepper;
Captain Il. Pierce, Chief Engineer Captain
James II. Pepper, her Commander, is known
throughout the East and upon the Southern
and is considered one of the safest and
most reliable boatmen now on the Western and
southern waters He commanded the famed
Alice Dean aud other steamers, and was one of
The owners and builders of the great Thompson
Dean the best advertised boat in America.
Saturdays Arrivals and Departures-Tow-
boats Naomi, Hornet No 2, Geo. Lysle, Jos. A.
stone, j. S. Neil, Frank Lysle arrived, and the
Bengal Tiger, Oh Valley, II. L. Picrreuont,
Alex Chambers, J. A. stone, Frank Stone, and
Hornet No. 2 returned and passed up. The de-
partures were the regular packets, the q. b,
Church, for Pittsburg; Andes, for Wheeling:
J. ID. Parker, for Memphis, and Exporter, for
New Orleans. All had good trips.
Sundays Port List-The Jno. w. Garrett
arrived from Ironton with the barges Ruth and
Rachel, containing some 800 tons freight, and
departed for New Orleans. The Fleetwood ar
lived from and returned to Wheeling.
The John b. Maude was launched from the
Mound City Ways last Friday.
Freight rates to New Orleans to-day are as
follows; Bacon, 26c perlt0; butter and cheese,