The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-31
RIYER NEWS.

Boats Leaving T0-day.--PittSburg, Ex-
change and Hudson; kentucky river, Eureka;
Boats Leaving Wednesday.-Evansville,
Fawn; Memphis, City Of Augusta.
Leaving g1hufsday.-New Orleans, Shannon,
Loaviug aturday.-Memphis, Cons. Millar.
STAGE OF THE RIVERS.
Wheellng-River 3 feet o inches and falling.
Marletta-4 feet inches and falling.
POlneroy-River falling.
Middleport-River feet inches and fall
ing.
Sharleston-ltiyer feet and falling.
Huntingto1-Riyer feet inches.
Galiipolls-kiver continues falling.
Ironlon-River alting.
Portsmoutn-River u feet inches and fall
ing.
ankfort-Rlver unchanged.
yIlle--River feet inches. at the head
or the canal, and feet 10 inches in the pass
on the Falls.
Evansville-RiverS feet inches and falling.
Nashville-Rlver2 2 feet ~ inches and fall
ing.
Shawneetown-Ri 7 feet o inches and
falling
Cairo-Riverl4 IA feet and falling.
st. Louis--River falling.
Little II Je&-Rig, n stationary.
mphis-River falling.
The Jonn Grim re sunk the barge j. e. Clay
ton, containing 40 tons iron ore, at Dogtooth;
insured one also sunk the barge Goden
Eagle at Greenfield, containing ITS tons Iron
Tue canal is full OF mud, and boats drawing
over five feet are compelled to tighten. The
Parker was twelve hours getting through, The
Indiana lightened up, but ID now aground. and
the dredge boats are uigglng her channel
The Fawn is waiting for The Inuiana to get
through
The Potomac in landing at the wharf at
Portsmouth sunday morning, run through her.
self, breaking tile larDuard cylinder. she
will have TO lay up until new cylinder can
be cast.
L 4, U, Flouruay, Chairman of the Committee
on Transportion for the Grangers at Pine
Bluff, Arkansas, adyertises IN, the Memphis
papers for sealed proposals. for contracts fol
all freights s1ipped by or to all Patrons OF Hus-
FDandry in the counties Of Jefferson, Lincoln,
Dorsey, Grant, DalIas and Bradley, for one
year, The contracts to embrace all the cotton
and other produce from all points on the Ar
kansas river In Jefferson coun.y and below, to
SJ. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, Louisville
aud Cincinnati by water. Estimated freight
per annum, 80, ,OU0 bales Of cotton and proper
tionatc amount Of return freight.
An injunction wassgTanted Saturday at Pitts
burg against the owners Of the Baltic, to re-
man in force until the said parties take QUE Q
license for the Use OF the McMillan capStan
The present owners OF the Baltic bought her al
Marshals sale, and, therefore, they were NOT
liable, but the Court decided that the Marshal
could not sell the right of said patent capstan,
as it appeared that no license had ever been
paid for by the iormer owners.
Arrivals Tuelday-FaWn, Evansville; Gen.
Lytle, Louisville; Ben Franklin, Madison;
Telegraph, Pomeroy;. Fleetwood, huntington
st. James, Portsmouth; Wildwood, MaysyiIle;
City Of Portsmouth, Chilo; Trout anu J. M
Macarthur, MOSCOW
Departures Tuesday-Eureka, Kentucky
river; Con. Lyle, Louisville; Ben franklin
Madison; Hudson, Wheeling; Telegraph
Pomeroy; Fleets ood, Huntington; st. James,
Portsmouth; city Of PorCsmou Ii, Chllo; Han.
dy, Maysvilie; Trout and j. ii. Macarthur
MOSCOW.
The Blue Lodge passed up, during the night
with an empty tow Of barges brought from
Bayou sara.
The Exchange has deferred her trip to Pitts
burg until another rise in the up er river
The W lid DUCK has laid up aB Blennerhasset
with two Darges containing miscellaneous
freight Her other barge she left at Butiing
ton.
Pilot James Montague arrived from st. Clair
Mo-, yesterday evening. He and Josiah ia
cobs viii prot the Ike Hammitt and tow o
nails to st. Louis. The Hammitt is expected
down TO night OF In the morning.
Captains Drinkwarer and Basket will COM
men to load the Era No. Q for Arkansas rivel
TO- morrow.
The CINCINNATI delegates to the Nationa
Board. Of Steam Navigation, who left las
evening, wore Captains Lewis J. Katess w. Y