The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-26
RIVER NEWS.


The weather to-day is COOL cloudy and disa-
gieeable. with strong Indications or ram. Since
we began this paragraph it has conmenced
drizzllng.
The river is stationary, with l6 feet II inches
in the channel by the Water works marks At
u O'Clock this morning. g.
The Mary Houston reshpped her Pittsburg
freigat on the Kittlc Hesler. The latter steam-
er leaves this evening.
The OIL Valley and Condor, with tows of coal
from above, arrived. and the Little Condor
passed up with empties
PicniCs, par les and excursioniSts can make
arrangements for boats at the steamboat office
on Change.
Captain John Wagner, our newly elected
Wharfnaster, entered upon his duties this
morning, and has taken an office with Col. Jas.
). Robinson, the popular and reiiable steam
boat agent.
Capt Geo. A. vandergrift, of the towboat
Alex Swift was the fortunate winner In rallies
at the Udd-fcllows' FAIR saturday night. OF a
handsome buggy valued at $3OU, anu solid
silver salt cellar, besides other small articles.
The Mary Houston coming up this trip made
the run from New Orleans TO Cincinnati in
seven days and fourteen hours, ma aKing % land
ings, and having twelve hours of detention al
tM points.
Mr.. j. A. Lindsay, an old steamboat man.
now resident Of PEORIA ILL.,, Is in the city, and
was visitor this morning to the steamboat
Office on Change.
| rielees, leaves 1Or New Orleans ON Wednes-
day without fail. Shippers can rely on this
announcement.
Fred. Wilson No. 2 came down from Pitts.
burg with coal.
Marsh Hays and Geo. Hughes will be the
Klttie Hegler's pilots this evening.
TOwboat Movemonts.-The towboats Tom
Dodsw0rth and Baltic have arrived al Pitts
burg. The Thos. Means with three barges salt
for ST. Louis left Middleport Saturday. The
u,tt,a. 49,,
with salt tows. and The Stone with five barges
salt for Memphis. The Oil Valley is coming
from the Kanawna with coal tow. The Low
Water took into Shawneetown 788 sacks and
tho I'm. Miller 800 sacks corn on Saturday from
the W abaSh. The Tom JASPER has 7UO tons iron
ore for SCeubenyille, and LEFT st. LOUIS Satur-
uay night, to ether with the City OF Quincy for
Wheeling with SUI tons, and the john Means
with 2,lO0 tons for Ir0nt0n.
Lookout, Kanawha and KauaWha Belle
passed down with miscellaneous tows yester-
uay. The Brilliant arrived fIOm, Tennessee
River with low OF pig iron. Ih0 fearless,
with tow OF iron ore from st. Louis to Pitts
burg. passed up last night. The salt Valley,
Lioucss No. and Nellie Speer have arrived 1t
Pittsburg.-
The following boats were in port at Pitts
burg last night: Wild Duck, Rover, Iron
Mountain, j. ii. Blackmore, Joe alton, Tom
Rees, James Gilmore, Bengal Tiger, reindeer,
Iigress No. 2, Sam Brown, Hercules, Coal City,
Baltic, Boaz, Eagle, N. j. Bigey, Sam Miller,
Grant, Maggie Smith, Chas AicDOnald John
Hanna, My Choice, Tom Dodsworth, Diamond,
John Penny, Ella, Sella, Whale, Ark, Reso-
lutte, JOnn r. bravo, Lion.
Ihe Oakland, with barge in tow, made the
run from Caro'to Louisville in Al hours.
The City OF Augusta has Withdrawn from
the White River trade, and laid up at Mem
phis.
The Memphis local insurance companies lose
about $1,000 ON flcight burned on the KYLE
Exporter and Bodmann.
The James Means succeeded in passing
through Lake Pepin, and arrived at Prescott,
Mimi, on saturday.
Mississippi river navigation is now open
from the Gulf OF Mexico to ST. Anthony Falls.
TheThos Means tow consists of barge of
lumber for CINCINNATI, 15D tons pig iron for
Louisville, $3.50 ba rels salt, 2UU tons pig sron
y tons bar IRON, 800 kegs nails for st. Louis;
2OJ Kegs for Cape Ghardeau, 3OO for Cairo, SU0
Tor the Lower Ohio, and 1900 fire brick for
Paducah.
Captain Frank Stein and Eugene Shinkle,
clerks OF the illfated Chas Bodmann, are ex-
pected here to-day from New Orleans.
The Shannon on her up trip to Pittsburg was
detained five hours near Portsmouth by the
breaking of her doctor.
The St. Louis Local Board of United States
Inspectors have refused engineers licenses to
GAVIN Lucas, Adolph Lacroix, and Jerry
Brinker.
The Missouri river at Omaha is the highest
for many years. AS far us the eye can reach
the bottoms ON both sides are submerged. The
freight dcpots OF the Union Pacific, Burling-
are entirely surrounded by water.
AtSioux City the r1yeris reported stationary,
and II feet inches above low water mark.
Inc thompson Dean passed Memphis at four
O'CLOCK yesterday morning, three days and ten
hours out from New Orleans. She will arrive
mere mere Wednesday, leaving for New OIleas ON
Friday.
Boats Leaving To-day Pittsburg, Kittie
legler ani Mollie Ebert.
Leave Tuesday Kentucky River, Eureka:
Memphis, Vnt Shinkle; New Orleans, Nick
Longworth.
Arrivals and Departures-Eur from Ken
ucky river, Vint. Shinkle from Memphis, and
Mary Huston from New Orleans. The Mollie
Ebert also arrived from st. Louis anu proceeds
% Piltsburg.. No departures outside of yes
erday's mail packets.
STAGE OF THE RIVERS TO-DAY.
PITTsBURG, April 26.-River 6 feet. Clear. |
thermometer az deg. Wind east.
Wheeling-S1a feet and falling.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ,a ". feet and falling.
Franklort-7h feet and stationary.
Louisvllle-Rver Stationary, with feet at |
cad OF the canal, and q feet inches on the |
falls in the pass.
Evansville-l4 feet and falling.
Cairo-25 feet and falling.
ST. L0uis-River falling slowly.
Mcmphis-River continues falling.
The new steamer L. M. Norton, built at Mid
leport, makes trial trip to-day.
captain J. Lawrence Carter goes out as chief
lerk Of the Nick. L0ngworth, on Wednesday,
The Governor Allen enters The New Orleans
no Red river trade. and will be commanded
Captain Jno: 6. Btnsod. She leaves on her
rst trip from New Orleans, Mavl2.
AT New Orleans, Wednesday, the ship Ha-
erstown was struck by lightning and set on
re. She is owned by Hagar & Brother, Of
lchmond, Maine, and had 1900 bales O! cotton
n board for Havre. The cotton was insured
| Europe through the Swiss Lloyds, of New
rlcans. Four thousand bales OF the cotton
,lOnged tU Aug. Bom. The vessel ia valued
SlOOO0, and is tho largest sailing vessel.
ita the exception of the Samuel Watts, that
rs arrived In New Orleans since tho war. The
amage is estimated at SOU, ,O09. The vessel
as saved, but 1T will cost $lOU to repair her,
JosephJ Conaux, Of the New Orleans steam
,at agency OF Gross Il COnallx, Committed q
licide by shooting, in New Orleans, last W ed \
ssiay. ~, :. : =
The new Champion No. 0, launched on Satur-
~, Is OF beautiful model and promises 70 be 9
iceedingly powerful. She is two hundred feet 4
ng, tltrsy yythree Ieet floor and Eve fset depth
hold. She has three boilers, iorty Inches in I