The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-28

States Memphis, Jas. d. Parker; New Orleans,
Indiana. -
STAGE OF THE RIVERS.
Special to the star.
PlTTssURG, August 28.-River feet inches
and failing.
Oil City-lO inches and falling
Brownsville--4 feet6 inches and falling.
Wheeling-ih feet and falling.
Mariettu-5 feet and falling.
Middlep0rt-efeet and falling.
Ch9rleston-5 feet and falling
Huntingtol-7ta feet and falling.
Gallipoiis-River falling.
Ironton--Riyer still falling.
Portsmouth-9 feet and failing.
Frankf0rt-No change In the Kentucky.
Loplstille-B1S feet at the head or the Canal
and 4feet7 inches on the falls IN the.pass.
= Evansville-9a feet AMI falling.
Nashville-33a feet and falling.
Sha wneetowa- a-y feet and failing.
Cairo-i7H feet and falling
St. Louis-6 feet inches and falling.
Memphis.-River falling at the rate ef IL
inches per. Hour.
Little Rock-4 feet and inches and falling
Arrivals and Departures-There were no ar
rivals. The And5s, for Wheeling was the only
departure outside the packets.
The Ju ia No. VIII pot lie up as reported,
but ret1rns to Kanawha river to-day.
Jesse Burdsasl Is IN the city.
Nick NJ. Johnston leturns TO Charlotte, N. c.,
this evening.
taptaid Bon Hall, of the Charlie Brown, is
Captain 4. l.. Taylor, Of the Era No. ~, is
here.
Captain M, L. virden arrived here last even
ing from Louisville.
Captain Hugh Il. T. Cummings purchased
the Ella at MarshaPs sale at Jacksonporu, Ar
kansas, on the 10Th inst, for 1910.
1he City Of Augusta Will load for Memphis
and White river next week.
The Lizzie Gardner goes to Vevay this morn
ing with a barge OF coal.
Captain Rees' Tombigbee river boat. now
building at Pittsburg, is to be named Column
w " m. shumaker steward of the towboat Blue
Lodge, died at Cairo yesterday,
, Thursday morning, the Smoky City, while
under full headway, ran her tow OF six boats
and twelve barges OF coal on the bar above
Island No. 10, wrecking the entire fleet, except
one boat, and her fuel boat. She came here,
procured lighters, ami will unload all she can;
but the river is falling so fast she will not be
able to save much at preso1G The coal be-
longed to riddle, Coleman & Co., OF Pttt,burg,
and was not I15ur, d.
The Thomas "A. Means came in yesterday
with her tow from Iront0n.
The Oil VALLEY No. 2, and Hawkeye No. 2,
came in nfr0m kanawha with coal tows.
The Champion No. 9,makes three excursion
trips to Cal lfornia tomorrow.
THE JAMES ID. Parker leaves Tonight for
Memphis, and will have q fair trip and u num-
ber OF excursionists.
The Indiana leaves for New Orleans this
evening, and will have fair trip.
Frank Pike, the ambitious and energetic
young son Of W; W. Pike. the isteamboat
printer. has started in business for himself at
his fathers ofice. He has sole charge Of the
news ana stationery department, and furnishes
all the Cincinnati dailies to steamers wshing
them, with the name OF the boat and officers
STAN pc, on the margin. Give the boy saow.
The great Shannon. with Capt. j. De Hart in
In command, will commence loading Monday
for New Orleans. 1lie shannon Is a splendid
carrier and quick In transport. Capt De Hart,
sr At,A ~ rfra NJ nk
boatmen-s.a hale fellow well metz and snip
pers can rely upon what he says.
The Exchange returns to Pitlsburg this even
ing.
and retuIns to her olu trade between Paducah
and florence, Alabama.
The Local Inspectors Of the Memphis District
recently fined tne Maumel 800 Tor running 3
ment OF officers TheS also fineti the ferry
boats Montauk at Cairo, and Red Rover at
Helena, the same amount each, for employing
engineers and pilots who were not licensed
officers.
The Fleetwisg T. having her chimneys
Capt. }. M. Kirker, of the Fannie Dugan, is
the father OF u flne bouncing boy.
Pilot w. D. b. Stricker. whom we recently
reported as Wis ting the plains OF Kansas. has
been home for nearly two weeks, so he says.
Brother Stricken got frightened off by the
myriads of grasshoppers in that section. He
isnow in the city on deck for the first berth
that offers.
The ). ii. Macarthur to-day extends her trips
to California, Ohio
The .yint. Shinkle left Memphis Last night
for Cincinnati
gence of the DEATH by scarlet fever OF his little
niece. Myrtle W0rJhington Pierce, near Mays
vile, Nv. She was the daughter of James W.
and Ella s. Pierce. The beautiful little cherub
was but SIX years of age and the pet Of Captain
nd n n nj fpal q ad A.
hume Gus friends will join us in sympathizing
| with m. The little flower has faded to
bloom again in another sphere.
| The Barnard No. ? arrived with ore from st.
Louis.
JAS. McGaffey, engineer Of the Alex. Swift,
has been lying quite i'll for some time wi h ma :
Ilauousfeyer at the lesidence OF Fred. Qainlan,
Esq, in ;Newport, Ky. Mr.. Gaffey resides at
now c0nvalescent.
Mr. samuel Brown. watchman of the Alex.
Swift, who has Also an attack of malaria, was
this morning taken to the Hospital of the Good
samaritan.
The Condor and Lookout passed down this
morning w tOws.
President Robert S. Semple, OF the Cincinnati
Local Board OF steam Navigation, up TO noon
TODAY had recslyed no reply from Col. VIM. u.
Merrell, gardlag the aeceptan Q of the ipvi-
tatlon tendered him to accompany the Cincin-
nali deleg alton to New Yorks
Capt. w. u. Mccoy, Commit ee on Transp0r-
tation OF the cincinnati delegates to the New
ork Convention. this smorning received a tele-
gram stating that nineteen delegates flOm
New Orleans would be mere Afenuay morning
Cincinnati delegation to aew York.
| Col Sappingt0n, OF Chio0t City, Arkansas, is
10 tue Guy, aud was ON Change to-day. the
guestof Capt. Wn. Elliott. of the CITY Of An
The city Of Portsmouth reshipped a lot Of
Lower Ohio freight on the james u. Parker
this morning.