The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
RIVER NEWS.

The weather to-day is cloudy and disagrcea-
Bile, with indications of rain. The river con-
tinues falling slowly with 80 feet in the chan
The yint Shinkle from Memphis to C,noin-
natl, has freight for G. Windisch, Mulhauser &
Bro, Louis Snldcr, Chas. Stewart Stearns &
Foster and the Dayton Short line.
The Paragon is TO enter the st. Louis and
NewO rleans trade permanently.
Arrivals and Departures-The arrivals in
clude the Andes from Wheeling, Tom Clarke.
Michigan, Sam Parker, Mount Clare, ID. Il.
Lane, OH Valley, Hawkeyo No. 2, Chambers,
Lookout and IL. 4. PierpOnt arrived with t0Ws
of coal and salt. The Liberty No. d passed up
and the Cobb Cecil down.
The departures were. the Exchange for Fits
burg, Telegraph tor Pomeroy, and Z. z. Hunt
ingt0n for New Richmond.
The Warner reshipped 100 tons molasses and
sugar on the Exchange for Pittsburg, yester-
day.
and q. B. Churcn; Marietta, st. james; Kama
wha, Julia No.2 huntington, BOstona; POI ts-
mouth, Potomac; HigginspOrt, City OF Ports
mouth; Memphis. Jas. ID. Parker; Arkansas
River, Kittie Hegler; New Orleans, John W.
Garrett and Exporter
STAGE OF THE RIVERS.
Pittsburg-S feet inches and falling.
Monongahela-FallIng at Brownsville, with
Ia leet, anu ~ feet at Rice's. Landing.
Allegheny-2 feet II inches at Oil City and
Ii inches at Parker's Landing.
Marketable feet and falling slowly.
hecling-12 feet Z inches and falling.
ChafiestOn-kanaWha II feet inches-a fal
of 2 feet.
| Huntington-32 feet in the channel.
Cincinnati-36 feet and falling slowly Fell
| 7 inches in past "A hours.
Frankfort-Kentucky 101s feet and stationary
notwithstanding. 10 feet on the Falls anC
| s feet up the middle chute.
| notwithstanding, with 35 feet in channel
| Nashville-Cumberiand falling, with 81 fee
| Oh uarpeth shoals.
| Shawneetown-i0 feet and rising.
| Cairo-37 feet inches, and rising.
st. Louis-River falling, with feet ont tt
Cairo.
Little Rock-Arkansas rising.
The c. B. Church goes to Pttsburg to-day
| with sou tons gun-boa iron ana lot of mis-
cellancOus freight she received here.
| Capt. Ike Il. Whitaker is IN the city at tn,
| Gibson House. His boat, the Hornet No. 2
will arrive here to-day from Pittsburg with {
| tow OF coal.
The KNtie Hegler will have eighty leigh
new timers put in her while on the Ways. ant
will be ready to return to Arkansas river mex
| Wednesday.
Governor John J. Jacobs OF West Virginia
and General Joseph Sweeney came down OF
the Andes yesterday anu returned on h. + las
night to Wheeling.
Captain w. j. Lewis has determined 10 nam'
| his new boat. now receiving her outfit ut Lou
| isville, ''Belle Saline"
| .o A-"5AS AZ w w AShSeAaShS,t -" AOSe oo AOh
! isvIlle.
Capt. Dan. II. Morton, the veteran stcamboa
builder, is constructing ferry boat at Maui
son, Ind, for the Burlington Ferry Company
The boat is TO be ll5 feet long, % feet beam, Al
| feet hold Plankiny has been commenced
Capt. Morton is also building model barge
for the Missouri River, with dimensions, VIZ
175 feet long, 81 feet beam, 61s feet hold.
| The damage to the Mary Alice and cargo q
| Memphis will amount TO s20.
The X. W. Skiilinger arrived at Pttsburl
last night, and the Mollie Ebert leaves Their
| t.-day.
The towboats Tom Rees No. ? and Lioness arr
laid UP az Warren.
The hull building by Cock Il Bro. Wes
Brownsville, for the machinery Of the tOwboa
Albion, at Wheeling, is to be launched aIOu
April lst. 1t is l25 teet long, 30 feet beam AM
AZ feet hold
The Granite State left Marietta yesterday TO-
| Pittsburg.
The Charlie Brown left Middleport yesterda,
with eight barges Of salt Four are for Capt
| G. NJ. Holloway and four for Evansville.
| Over one million bushels Of coal was tOwet
over The Falls at Louisville yesterday.
The shippers Own arrived at Nashville yes.
terday.
The Louisville arrived at New Orleans yes
terday, and the Indianawill get there some
! time tomorrow.
Captain Eugene Morris, an old boatman ant
| late Secretary of the Good Intent TowbOa
Company. died at New Orleans yesterday. age,
| fit,