The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-07-18
River Newss


however, was Kuester.
River News.
The river is rising rapidly, with IA feet
inches in the channel at 6 A. NJ.
Special to the STAR:
PIrTsBURG, July 15 -8 A. M.-Rfver
failing, With s feet A inches. Clear. Their
mometer 80 deg. Wind southeast.
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The Ben Franklin, from Madison, had a
good trip this morning, including IS head
OF calves, 100 empty butter trkins, Is
empty kegs, 2SS sacks wheat, 70 hhds.
tobacco, 10 bales hay. 73 barrels pota-
toes. She had also go boxes starch,
which she reshipped on the Bonanza to
Maysvllle.
The Hudson arrived from Wheeling
last evening att o'clock with fair trip
Of freight. She reshipped on the Gen
eral Lytle to louis willie 200 kegs nails.
The HUDSON will return this evening.
The General Lytle. from Louisville
this morning, had a fair trip, consisting
Of rs stands berries, 40 caddies tobacco.
81 boxes eggs, 13 barrels eggs, 73 bundles
hides, 6l empty Kegs, 35 empty butter
irkins, and l5S sacks barley. She will
return tHls evening.
The Trout arrived from Ripley last
night, with 5000 feet of poplar lumber,
25 empty beer kegs, A hhds. OF tobacco ,
and lot Oh miscellaneous freight. She
returned to-day Ut noon.witn a fair trip.
Tue Bonanza, from Portsmouth. this
morning, had l0r Cincinnati 39 hhds. to-
bacco, and she reshipped on the General
Lytle, to Louisville, 13l boxes glassware,
~ dozen snoyeIs and IL dozen spades.
The Telegraph arrived this morning
from Pomeroy, with 9S tons pig iron Tor
This city. aud had 10 tons for California.
she WILL return this evening. ~ 10y
MISCELLANEOUS.
The new steamer Jas. W. Gaff makes
her trial trip this afternoon, starting
from the foot Of Lawrence street at Z
o'clock. A large number of prominent
citizens have been invited to accompany
her, with numbers of the representatives
nave command and Joe Gray will be her
pilot. She will 60 up and down the river
for two hours. Her length Is 230.7 feet;
beam, 81 reet; hold, 8 feet. Sue has 2
boilers Al inches in diameter and "a feet
long, with 10 fues. Her cylinders are 16
inches in diameter. Her wheel is 81 feet
in diameter, "a feet long, with 18 inch
buckets. She has SO state rooms,
From present indications neither the
Steamboat Bill will be called up Tor ac-
lion in the Senate, nor the Covington
Bridge Bill in the House, before adjourn.
menL.
Ben. Heyman has quit engineering on
the United States, and Mike Norton
takes his place. ....
Tne e. A. Woodruff removed from the
river between here and Louisville the
sunken coal barge at Muddy Greek, coal
barge at foot OF Laughrey Island, five
logs at GuBpowder Bar, coal barge and
snag at Lance's Hollow, coal barge at
Warsaw Bar, snag at Bee Camp, snag at
Notch Lick, coal barge tfootOf Cooper's
b ar, snag at foot Of Eighteen Mile Island,
sBag at Fourteen Mile Creek.
Nearly two million bushels OF coal are
enreute to Cincinnati aud Louisville ON
the rise. tes
Capt. Wash. Honshell returned ves-
terday. He has been i'll at CatIettsb burg,
Ny.
Capt. T. G. Ryman, of the Cumberland d
River fleet, was on Change to-day.
Capt. A. NJ. Halliday was passenger
down ON The Telegraph this morning. 4
TowBoAT MOVEMENTS. f..,a
The Robert PEBBLES and tow are due
this afternoon from P0msr0y, 'eiiaa3
The Billy Parson, with tow of lum.
ber, arrived last night from GaIhpolfs.
She is to return this atternoon. ,e,,
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