The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-25

Boats Leaving To-day-Pttsburg, Ashland;
Louisville, Gen. Lyle Eyansvllie, Fawn; st.
LOUIS. Fannie Tatum; Memphis, James ID.
Parker; New Orleans, Indiana.
STAGE OF THE RIVERS.
Special to the star.
PITTsBURG, August 25.-River feet inches
in the channel by the per marks. Clear Their
mometer IS deg ees. with wind from the North
east.
WheelIng-5 feet inches and falling.
Marietta--61s feet aud falling.
Middleport-Scant feet anu falling.
Charleston-3 feet III in hes and falling
Gallpolls-River about stationary.
tingtou-9 feet and stationary.
Iropton-rhe river continues falling.
Frankfort-4 feet inches and stati mary.
Louisville-7 feet at the head OF the canal
and S feet inch on tine Falls in the pass.
Eyansville-l0S feet and stationary
Nasnvilie-6 feet 4inches on Harpeth Shoals
| Cairo-25,s feet and falling.
st. Louis-l2 feet and falling.
Memphis-River declining fast.
Little Rocks feet id the Arkansas and river
falling
Oil City-17 inches and falling
Brownsville--5 feet inches and falling.
Greensboro-8a feet and falling
Arrivals and Departures he Fannie ia,
tllm Plttsburg to st. Louis, arrived and pro-
ceeds on her trip To-day. The Shannon arrived
from New Orleans. There were no departures
outside of the regular packets.
The shannon will follow the Indiana to New
Orleans.
Capt. Elliott talks of loading the City Of
Augusta, next week, for Memphis and White
river.
The little Trout will probably enter the Gal
lipolis and Kanawna river trade.
The Fannie Tatum brought here seventy
hye iron puddlers from Plttsburg They are
on tn 9ir way to Louisville to work in the cid
iron rollingmi there
The Exchange left Pittsburg yesterday.
no Aptiu ia ma NJ iup 4i,tp
tween GallIpolis and Charleston.
Admiral James has transferred the Bermuda
to Capt. L. q. Ryman.
Capt Jno. A. Sou der has replied to the Pc
tition Of St. Louis Merchants, and the ''astound-
ing facts" and remarkable information"
seems 70 have taken wings and flown away.
1he letter merely declines complying with the
request OF the ,nefcaants on the ground that
lay of expense, and times now are such that he
does not deem it wise to contract any more ex-
pense.
turned his attention to farming.
Pilot Il. Barber has also retired from active
river life, and is now running a paper mill
near Vevay, Indiana.
Pilot Il. II. Bonham has retired from the
Pilot j. o. Caneda is now Granger and
sturdy tller of the soil.
H. B. Fenton, a iormer Cincinnati and New
Orleans pilot, now mas charge of the wheel on
Pilot j. r. PurSell is now engaged in busi-
ness on snore. He is associated with Billy
Brown in a fruit and commission house on
Pilot N. ii. Newell has gone to farming.
Pilot w. .. Ii. Strlcker is in Kansas on a
brief visit.
Pilot James Seeds having left the river, is
now connected with the Walnut Hills street
Pilot Dan Weaver is spending the summer
quietly on his ''Hlllside Farm near franklin,
Plot W. o. whitten is now resident of
Captain Marsh Mcdonald arrived here this
morning from Pitrsburg.
Pittsburg has appointed the following gen.
tlemen to serve us her delegates in the Con-
vention OF the National Board.of Steam Navi-
cation: simpson Horner, N. j. b B.gley. j. A.
Blackmore, M. Bailey, James NJ. och0onmak ker,
James Kawcett, K. G. Gray, w. J. kountz.
Vim. Cunningham, Addison Lysle, N. w;
Beltzhoovei, j. Y. Drave. Joseph Walton and
! q Capt. Frank J. oakes was at St. Louis yes
Pilot 0akes, who had charge of the wheel on
the Fannie Tatum, from Pittsburg here, left
last evening by rail for Parkersbufg, to assist
Pilot Alexander at the wheel Of The John L.
Captain johnston. of the Ella Hughes, is in
the city,. n,
The John B. Maude has arrived at New Or
leans fro,iI st. Lsuis.
The Champion NO. 8 Is out to-day with the
Texas Congregational Church people on pic
MIC excursion. They go to Parlur Grove.
Yesterdays Evansville JOlfnal says:
1t Is rumored that Capt Lew Kates will COM
mand the thomas sherlock next season. While
we shall regret the cheerful smile OF Henry y:
Hart, we shall hail with gadness the continued
visits OF Capt. Lew Kates. one OF the most
pleasant gentlemen and most experienced
steamb0aCmen in commission.
| BY direction OF u. .. Carr, ESQ, Supervising
Inspector Of the sixth District, the local in
spectors Of the Nashville Disrriet have been Ill
pected to notify John A. Lswrey that his IL
eense as first engineer is suspended as such
ruring the investigation Of the causes Of the
explosion Of the boiler on said steamer Hugh
Mastin. Ia.
W.R. Sturglu is now sole owner Of the Low
Water, having recently purchased John McEl-
ratil,s Interest Zone half for LOU.
| Tho buck. a sixty foot steamer now lying at
GaIiip0lis, has boen sold TO . parry who Intends
placing her in the White river trada. She witt