The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-01
RIVER NEWS.

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The weather to-day is more like April than
May. 1t Is bright gilded and sunshining one
moment, then dark, dreary and cloudy, with
ling good 0ld-fashioned 1ve-minute shower.
Ihe river is coming up booming, having risen
feet inch since our last report, with % feet
inches in the channel by the Water-works
marks at six O'Clock this morning.
STAGE OF THE RIVERS TO-DAY.
PITTsBURG, May 1.-Rlver feet inches and
rising. Thermometer 4S deg. Wind north
east.
Oil City-1s inches and rising.
Brownsville-10fe feet and rising.
Wheeling-8 feet 10 inches and falling.
Marietta--6k feet and falling.
Middleport-13 feet and falling.
Charleston-l2h feet and falling.
polis-River rising slowly.
Huntington-l5Js feet and rising.
Ironton-River falling slowly.
Portsmouth-24 feet and stationary.
Frankfort-1 feet in Kentucky and rising
Louisville-River rising, with feet inches
at the head Of the Canal, and 6 feet inches
on the Falls In the pass.
Evansville-13X feet and rising.
NashvilIe-River rising, with 20 feet on the
Shoals.
hawneetown-River stationary.
Cairo-Riyer rising.
St. Louis-River still rising slowly.
Little Rock-9 feet and about stationary.
| Memphis-River still falling.
Vicksburg-River falling.
Boats Leaving To-day-Louisville, Mail
Thompson Dean; Indiana, Cherokee.
Leaves Monday-Arkansas river, Ashland;
Arrivals and Departures-No arrivals out
side Of those already renorted. The departures
were the Andes, for Wheeling, and the daily
packets.
last night for Tennessee river with three
empty barges Nose and ID. W. Kirkpatrlck
The Belle MCGOWAN has arrived at Plttsburg.
The Wild Duck leaves Pittsburg to-day for
st. Louis with three barges Of freight.
The A. j. Baker and Iron Mountain load
next week for ST. Louis at Pittsburg.
The Kanawha Belle and Condor have ar
rived at Middleport.
The Alex. Chambers is making up a coal tow
The Etna and Coal Valley passed Ironton,
bound up, yesterday
The Lengfellow IS detained up Kanawha
esl Captain Rees T w. S Dkan % Vas G Visitor to the
steamboat office on Change this morning.
We happened in at the Steamboat Exchange
when the picnic and excursion book was open,
and noticed that many first class boats have
been engaged for picnios and excursions there:
Parties can't find better place to secure good
steamers than at the Steamboat exchange on
Change.
The Exchange laid over until noon to-day,
freight from the Indiatia. James Henderson
and james Hamilton pilot the Exchange te
fittsburg.
son Dean leaves this evening in command o
her new owner. Capt. w. B. Miller The Dear
is one OF the largest, fastest and most elegantly
eqrppedh steamers n tas NeW Orleans ade
down to the wharf and begin receiving on Mon
day for Fort Smith and all points ON Arkansas
River. She is an No. / steamer in all re-
spects.
Major Jack B. Downing, formerly a New
en- route TO St Louis. The MAJOR is now In the
insurance business.
Alex. Beckman has leased the Lawrenceburg
wharf for a w. ms1 year
The Oldest steamboat Captain in active SER
vice on the Western waters Is sald to be James
Lee Of the Phil Alien.
Commodore K0hntz is at Pittsburg.
The Peytona has taken the place OF the Geo.
Roberts in the Evansville and Henderson
trade.
The Maumelle is aground at Cincinnati Bar.
The Minneola passed Evansville Friday with
The Eadyville has arrived at Nashville from
Cairo.
The T. F. Eckert has come off the st. Louis
docks, thoroughly repaired;
aaV Ths n Nshys I'D ol pa%sssa@ % @ Sso scRmng up M
T feet d u%SePe as "a Sss! uass sest6a 1sAn"
The selkirk arrived at Fort Garry, on the
Red river Of the North, Friday.
os osR Reynolds will Stfs cont e. w With tne Ma
chinery, to be 1S0 feet loig 81 feet BEAM SO feet
floor, AZ feet hold. She Will have two boilers,
similar to those Of the Coins. Millar, and will
resemble the latter steamer In every partlcu-
lar. Her cabin will be wider than that Of the
Julia No. 2, and she will have capacity for
3590 blrrels salt.
wharfage receipts for the week ending
Thursday night amounted to S37S 10.
nere ref IN Ssseas drss q pg rn & ss % arrived
Capt. James Paul, late commander Of the
Thompson Dean, went down to Louisville FRI
day evening on tbs United States. 1t is not
likely that Capt Paul will engage in active
Capt. j. Laurence Carter leaves for Yevay,
Indiana, Sunday, to take tine Sam j. Hale to
New Orleans with two parges hay, corn and
potatoes.
All the steamers of the Cincinnati, Ports.
mouth, Big Sunday & PomerOy Packet Com
pany will give excursions here during the May
Musical Festival at liberal reductions.
The following are the Pittsburg coal ship
bushels; Louisville, 4.lss 600; Madison. i4s,6OO;
Nashville, $4,000; st. Louis, 9OO,0 1000. The
shipments for April last year were 9,145, ,0OU
bushels: The shipments since January to date
Cincinnati shipments are 7,0i7,o00 bushels be-
hind last year. There arc fully l2,00O.O00 BUSH
els loaded to leave on the first water.
The st. James takes out large excursion
party to PomerOy and return this evening. 1t
ls the regular anniversary OF the packet, and
the excursionsts are the invited guests of the
officers and crew. They will have a pleasant
time, no doubt, under the care OF Capt. II. IL.
Capt ii. w. Beltzhoover. of Pittsburg, is IN
the city, stopping at the Grand.