The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-10-18
RIVER NEWS.

The river fell inch here in the twen-
ty-four hours ending at 8 A. NJ, with 8
feet 6 inches in the channel, and still
falling slowly.
PrTTsBURG, October 1873 A. M.-River
2 feet 0 inches and falling. Weather
foggy and very dark. Thermometer 35
deg. Wind northwest. Heavy frost.
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The Glasgow arrived yesterday after
noon from Evansville. She will return
this evening e. The Louis A. Sherley
arrived last night, and will return to
Carrollton this afternoon. The City OF
Portsmouth will leave for Chilo this
afternoon. -. Capt. Hiram Vinton's pop
ular Andy Baum will leave for Mem
phis this evening The United States
arrived from Louisville this morning and
will return this evening 80. The Golden
Rule will depart this evening for New
Orleans :. The Bannock City arrived,
and will eturn to Carrollton this alter
noon. -. The Fleetwood arrived this
morning, and will return to huntington
this afternoon. -. Tue Potomac will
leave for Pomeroy this evening The
mammoth freight and passenger steamer
Thomas Sherlock will commence receiy-
ing tomorrow to leave for New Orleans
Saturday Tne Nint ShinkIe will be
the next Memphis packet leaving
Saturday. q. The David Sinton ieit with
100 tons freight last night. The U. P.
Schenck, from New Orleans, is due to-
day. i. The Scioto's repairs have been
completed at Ironton, and she will COM
mence running in the Portsmouth and
Huntington trade to-day. The Z. Ii.
Durfee, running from Grand Ecore to
New Orleans, partially sank near Alex
Inu of..lt
sisted OF $50 bales cotton, but little dam
aged. The Golden Rule had at 10
o'clock this morning 25 passengers and
400 tons freight, including 200 brls pork,
800 boxes canned goods, 2O0 brls whisky,
$50 boxes starch, 400 boxes candles, 1,2O0
pkgs furniture, 400 brls apples, 30 tons
iron. 100 tons miscellaneous freight.
The Telegraph arrived this morning at 8
o'clock from MaysVille. The slight acei-
dent which she met with yesterday de-
tained her an hour later than usual.
She lett at l O'Clock with fair trip
of freight and passengers. The Fan
chon left PittsDurg for Cincinnati yes
terday :. The Mary Miller will come
off the docks next Tuesday and leave
tor St. Louis the latter part of the week.
Captain Lew. Hates decided at a
late hour this morning that he would not
take Cle 1lOmaS OueEloCh W NeW OT-
leans while the water continues at its
present stage. She had forty-eight pas
sengers registered, thirteen of whom
were going to make the round trip, and
prospects for fine freight trip. The
u. P. Schenck is advertised to leave for
New Orleans Saturday. She will be the
only boat leaving this week after the
Golden Rule departs.
TOWBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The Robert PEBBLES, with miscella-
neous tow, from Pomeroy, is due to-day.
The Tom Rees No. 2 arrived this
morning, light, from Pittsburg, after
tow OF empty barges.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Can't. Charlie Miller arrived by rail
last night from Louisville. He will re-
turn tomorrow The wife OF A. j. Mos
set, Esq, steamboat agent, was reported
diving at his residence in Bellevue, KY,
at 2 p. M. yesterday %. George Lightner
and Jas. Wells will be the GlasgoW's pi-
lots. :. Capt. Wash. Honshell will leave
on the United States this evening for
Madison. :. James Smith and Joseph
Mccullough will pilot the Andy Baum,
and Bryson and Marion Purseli will be
the Golden Rules pilots. Mr.. j. FL.
Griffith, chief clerk of the Mary Miller,
came up by rail last night from Louis
vile. Mr.. FL. Conant, river editor Of
the Evansville Courier, is in the city on
his way to the Centennial.