The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-11-06
RIVER NEWS.

The river was stationary here all day
yesterday, but commenced rising dur
ing the night and continued to rise
slowly at II A. M, with feet inches
in the channel.
PUrTsBURG. Nov. Go A. M.-River 8
feet inches and falling. Their. 30. Wind
southeast. Weather cloudy.
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The Telegraph arrived Saturday night
from May and returned to-day at
moon. >. The superb freight and passen-
ger steamer Chas. Morgan, Captain A.
Stien master, Harry W. Stien clerk,
commenced receiving this morning, and
will leave for New Orleans Wednesday.
-. The Fleetwood arrived this morning
and will return this afternoon to Hunt.
ington.. The Bannock City brought in
"a good trip from Madison this morning.
She will leave for Yeyay this afternoon.
-. The Arlington lett for New Orleans
evening with 800 tons OF
freight and twenty cabin passengers.
The Andy Baum leaving for Mem
phls had a good passenger trip and 400
tons freight. Capt. kenlston's popular
Vint. Shinkle is at the whaff-bOat load
lug for Memphis, to leave Wednesday.
... The Ohio No. arrived last night
from PomerOy, and will return this eve
ming =. The City of Portsmouth will
leave this afternoon for ChilO. The
Louis A. Shirley arrived from Mads son
this morning, and will leave tor Carroll
ton this afternoon. The Golden Rule
left New Orleans for Cincinnati Satur-
day. The Katie p. Kounlz, Pittsburg
to st. Louis, will arrive tomorrow. -.
The General Lytle raised steam and
came up from Sedamsyille yesterday
morning, looking very handsome. She
will leave for Louisville this evening,
and the Ben. Franklin will lay over TIL
tomorrow, when she will resume her
place in the Madison trade.
TowBoAT MOVEMENTS.
The Rover, going up, burst a steam
pipe at LetarL, and returned to Middle
port, where she completed her repairs
yesterday, and is now doubIe-tripping
from Middleport up 49,. . The Cbas. Nc Dom
aid arrived from PittsDurg yesterday
and by 10 A. NJ. was on her
way up the river again with six empty
barges in tow. Evidently she was in
a hurry, the why and wherefore of
which is probably explained by the
following paragraph, cut from the Pitts.
burg Evening Chronicle, of. Friday:
would you call it Republican out.
rage-Capt. j. Sharp Mcdonald sent the
Charley out this morning with four
teen Democrats and six Republicans on
board. Sharp bet with the men a week
ago that none of the men would vote for
TIlden, and he has SO arranged the trip
that they will have to come up from
Cincinnati by telegraph if they want
to arrive in time for the elec-
N ha
straw himself, and reports the
vote as given above, with the addi-
tional intelligence that the colored cham.
bermaid put in II solid plumper tor Hayes
and Wheeler. BY the way, the boat is
a stern wheeler just as the ticket is, and
as for Mcdonald, he's sharp The bets
will Just about square off the bills for
the wages, and The trip will, therefore,
be one of the most economical on rec
ord" The Charlie Bowen No. 2,
to Pomeroy, will arrive to.
day. The Robert PEBBLES arrived Satur-
day and will return to Pomeroy to-mor.
row with tow Of empty barges.I
MISCELLANEOUS.
The iron steamer Carondelet took into
New Orleans last trip $3.50 bales cotton
and 1000 sacks seed-equal to 1900 bales
cotton :. .Roustabouts on the =. X. p.
struck tor llghef wages ABOVE L 1ahKton,
and carried their point. -. Commodore
Val. P. Collins returned from Kanawha
last night on the Ohio No. A. Rates by
steamer to-day to New Orleans are as
follows: Whisky, IL per bril-; pork, 75c
per brl; potatoes ana apples, SOC per
brl; bacon, 25c per cWt; groceries, 300
35c per cwt. Representatives OF lines
Of railroads leading South have agreed
with steamboatmen TO hold up for rates
equal 10 the above.