The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-11-23
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.

STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The Andy Baum left last evening for
Memphis with % people and 200 tons of
freight. The Vint Shinkle will follow
her Saturday :. The United States ar
rived this morning, and will return to
Louisville this evening The Ohio No.
arrived from POmeroy this morning,
and will return this evening :. The
Thomas Sherlock did not leave last
evening. The work of unloading re-
quired till noon yesterday, and having a
few hours only to receive areturn trip,
Capt. Hates, her commander, concluded
to lay over till to-day. She will leave
Tor New Orleans this evening positively.
Mr.. M. l.. Virdon is her accommodating
chief clerk. Harry Champlin attends to
the duties Of receiving. =. The Bostona
is the Huntington packet To-day. She
will leave at z. NJ. The Ben. Frank
lin, from Madison, arrived this morning,
and will return this afternoon. ... The
Bonanza arrived This morning, and re-
turned to Portsmouth at noon. . The
City OF Portsmouth will leave for Chilo
this afternoon. . Shippers should re-
member that Capt. L. l.. Carters large,
fine lreighter, U. p. Schenck, will leave
Saturday for New Orleans. The Vir-
gle Lee, due here tonight, has 1000 brls
salt consigned to Laidley e Black
more. She will return to kanawha Sat-
urday The Robert Mitchell and Fan
cnon, gong down, passed Vicksburg
Yesterday 49,. The Wild Gazelle lett
Point Pleasant Tor New Orleans yester-
day. The Thomas Sherlock had 400
tons freight and % passengers at II
O'Clock this forenoon. Among her pas
sengers registered we noticed the names
of the following: Mr.. Gassler, Mr.. Brit
ton, Mr.. Chas. s. Nichols, James Stey-
enson, Lizzie and Mary Ann Cohns,
Mrs. Wise and son, Rev. A. Il. Smith
and wife, Miss Saddle II. Whitaker, Z.
johnson, Mr.. Meek, Mr.. Labear, hr.
Walsh, Mrs. Coolige, Mi. 4. b. Sisco,
Mr.. Tripp and wife. The follow
ing were her principal items of
freight: 1000 packages of furniture,
100 boxes soap, 100 boxes starch, 300
empty brls, l50 brls whisky, 20 casks
bacon. 800 pkgs sundries, 800 kegs pigs
feet, 100 plOws, 25 brls vinegar, LOO bris
pork, and 200 pkgs glassware. . The
Mary Miller will leave this evening for
Pittsburg.
TowBoAT MOVEMENTS.
The Chas. Mcdonald anu Coal Valley
arrived this morning from Pittsburg
with lows of coal, coke and railroad
iron.
BOAT-HANDS' GOSSIP.
The sale OF the Glasgow's machinery,
boilers, &C., took place at louisville,
Monday. The amount realized was up
wards OF 81, 900, mostly bought by parties
at that city...C Capt. Henry A. Jones,
yesterday, sold the hull Of the Nick
Longworth to gentleman named San
ford, of this city, for $1,000. 1t will be
converted into a wharibOat, and located
at the foot OF Smith street, where an ele-
yator will be erected for the conYen-
ience OF railroad lines, and thus save
mach hauling and storage. The
wharfboat and wharfage at this point
will be free to steamers having re-
shipped freight for the railroads inter-
ested. :. AT 2:0S z. Al. yesterday one Of
the finest and largest stefn-wheel steam
ers ever built, the Golden City, was
launched from the Marine Ways. After
hesitating a moment she started aud
glided into the water gracefully, being
caught by headline. The launch was
one of the easiest ever known. AS she
sat upon the water, she was drawing
ABOUT Is inches all around, with all her
machinery on board. Her extreme
length OF hull is 2T9 feet, and
when her wheel is added,
her length over all will be 1903 feet. She
was toWed to the foot of Ludlow street,
where her machinery will be placed III
position, her painting completed, and
her outfit furnished. Over seven and
half million bushels OF coal and coke
will be shipped TO the following points
on the present rise; lronton, Il barges;
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