The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-12-12
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in the channel at noon to-day.
dispatches to the Merchants Exchange.
| OIL CITY, PA, Dec. 12-1l:02 A. M
River l loot 7 inches and stationary
Weather cloudy and mild; driZzling
rain. Wind southwest. Thermometer
81.
BROWNSVILLE, PA, Dec. 12-9:5j A.
| M.--RIVer A feet 7 inches and stationary
| Weather cloudy. Thermometer 81. Wind
! northeast.
| CHARLESTON, W. VA, Dec. 12-9:2:
| A. M.-Kanawha River feet 10 in nches,
| Thermometer Al. Wind northwest
Weather cloudy.
EVANSVILLE, IND, Dec. 12-1:2OP.M,
Golden Rule passed up at Il O'Clock.
All right. o. z. sHINKLE.
| STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The Mary Houston left New Orleans
| for Cincinnati last night with $40 tons
freight. .. The Ashland had 500 tons OF
freight when she left New Orleans. The
greater part being sugar, molasses and
rice for Cincinnati E. Capt. j. V. Rayn-
olds' fine steamer, Yirgie Lee, will posi-
lively leave for Kanawha and all inter
mediate points this evening. Major j.
Ii. Stratton presdes in the Office. ...
Capt. W. Honshell dropped the Poto-
mac down TO the Wharl-boat to-day to
| load for Huntington and all way land
ings. She will leave this evening at
O'Clock, sharp. The Telegraph left
| Rockville for Huntington this morning.
Upon her arrival at Huntington she Will
discharge her cargo and return to Gin.
cinnati.
TowBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The Condor, going up, passed 1ronton
| yesterday. She lett here light Saturday,
when no other boat would leave port.
BoAT,HANDs GOSSIP.
The ice gorged at the Southern Rail.
road Bridge yesterday noon, and broke
last evening. 1t carried the trestle.
work of the bridge away and sunk sew
eral barges of coal. Loss estimated at
| S5, 900 -. The harbor is solidly blocked
at st. Louis with ice. Pedestrians
crossed on the ice yesterday .... The
Fleetwood was showed up about ten
inches on the bank by the gorge at
Portsmouth, Sunday night, and the Sci
| olo up about two feet. The Telegraph
mas been ordered by Assistant Superin-
tendent Johnson, and will pull both off.
| The Exchange had u three-foOt hole
stove in her starDoard bow, ana had her
| larboard side mashed in about eight feet
| by the gorge at Portsmouth. The
| Golden City Will have her boilers tested
this afternoon and make trial trip il
the ice will permit. She will load and
leave for New Orleans Saturday I'D John
Handlan and John Sullivan have re.
turned from Cairo. They left the Ed
| Hobbs laid up at that point. Captain
| Tiff. Strader is in the city. He came up
yesterday by rail from Vicksburg, where
he sold share of the David Sinton to
parties who intend to run her in the Sun
| flower River trade -. The Champion Nc
went down to the Cincinnati Coal and
Coke Company Elevator this morning ia
raise the coal barges that were sunk
there yesterday.
MANIFEST.
| Steamer Golden Rule from New Or
leans to Cincinnati: B. Benjamin & Co.
81 bt stock, bell, hhds iron, / 10
loose do, and brl lead; Baker & Co.,
pkgs sundries; Bernet & Wyman, br
oranges and brl shell oysters;A ;A.A. Col
| ter & Co., 8 hhds sugar; q. III. & d. Il. Il
5 hhds of sugar; Duncan E Il F., 10 hhds
sugar; A. l.. Frazer &c Co., A brls and 3t
| hf brls molasses; Halls S. and l.. Co., ]
large safe; Jas. Ii. Laws g. Co., 80 hhde
sugar, SO brls molasses; Order, 80 bf r
stock; Procler & Gamble, 81 brls s
oil; Refs Bros, 81 Co., 90 brls pecans
and 10 hhds cocoa nuts; reshipping II
| brls rice, 10 Dhds sugar, lao brls molas.
ses and 46 lit do; Snodgrass & Co., q
| brls m0tasses: Straight, Deming & Co.,
"a brls molasses ana 80 hhds sugar; Z,
Schmidt, Drs CUTS; John Smith, brs
oranges; Shinkle, Howell g. Kreis, IL;
hhds sugar 634 brls molasses; William
| Glenn & Sons, 106 brls molasses, 26 hhds
sugar; Mrs. Shuttle, l brl oranges; john
Kaufman, 1853 empty beer kegs; b. w
Wasson, bale and bags cotton; Order,
| 800 sacks fine salt.