The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-14
RiYer News.

The river fell inches here in tht
forty-eight hours ending at 8 A. M.
with feet II inches in the channel. The
Allegheny, Monongahelay Kanawha ant
Coal Rivers are rising.
Special to the STAR:
| .PITTsBURG, August 40 A. M.-RiyeI
3ieet scanU and rising. Weather clear
Thermometer IA deg. Wind east.
| - STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The Onio No. will again start In the
| Pomeroy trade, leaving this evening
| The Fleetwood will leave for Huntington
| this afternoon. The Ashland arrived
from Pomeroy this morning. She had
l45 tons of pig iron, % tons
of which she reshipped to New
Orleans on the Golden Rule. She will
lay up a while. The Bannock City
from Vevay had a good trip. Her prin-
cipA items Of fre ght were as follows :
III bales bats, "a bales hay, 45 SKIS oats,
116 Drls potatoes, II brIs apples, SO bags
The Wildwood departed at noon for
Maysville. The United States had a
fair trip, including 7 brls potatoes, 5l5
SKIS wheat, 40 pcs, gas-ptpe, 245 bags
peanuts, and 16 empty kegs. she will
return TO Louisville this evening. =. The
Exchange was towed from the Ways to
the Public Landing this morning by The
champion No. 8. She will leaVs for
Pittsburg this evening. George Hughes
will command her till she meets Capt.
James Nj. Klrker, who is on his way
down to meet her.... Tne Louis A. Sher-
ley arrived from Vevay this morning.
Her principal items were 60 brls and 10
half brls whisky, mead cattle, 10 bales
1 nnA Il.
Of straw. She registered about
BASS engers on the up trip. She will re.
turn at her regular hour this afternoon.
-. The Morning Star arrived this morn
ing from Louisville to 90 on the ways
for repairs. The Cons. Millar will ar
rive from Memphis to-day and return
tomorrow The wreoking boat T.. #.
Eckert has gone to Presidents Island
below Memphis to raise the GrandLake's
barge, No. 35, which sunk there Friday
night. The new steamer David Sinton
will make her maiden trip to Pitts
burg Tuesday e. The. Sandy No. 2 VIII
not be here this week to continue in
the Evansville, trade. She has been
chartered by the Henderson. Packet
Company at Louisville, to run in place
of the Morning Star.
TowBoAT MOVEMENTS.
nv @A""AANJS t Ave - - VA fAOubO
from Kanawha with fifteen barges OF
coal ~. The Little Condor turned
back at Evansville yesterday.
MIsCELLANEoUs. W. --E (
Capt. Henry U. Woodward, a we'll
known boatman, died up Kanawha Fri
day ....G. u. Price, sign painter, left
Huntington in skiff lor Guyandotle
Saturday afternoon. The skitf was found
Sunday morning, and had evi-
IDENTIFY been run over, it is sup
posed by the steamer Telegraph. Price
is missing, and is supposed to have been
drowned. Capt. Anschutz, of Wheel-
ing, mas contracted with Capt.
D. a.. Morton, of the Madison Ma
rine Ways, for St. Louis and
Plttsburg packet 24O feet long, SO
feet beam, 6 feet hold, to be completed
November L. She will have the same
boiler power as the Louis A. Sher-
ley has, and have the old
Allegheny Belle machinery .. Captain
John Woodburn's new steamer will be
launched at Madison Wednesday -.
Will. s. Hays, OF the Louisville Courier
Journal, arrived this morning, and will
leave for New York this evening. He
says that he is of on jambores 'Jpst
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