The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-04
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

OIL CITY, PA, Oct. 4-9:43 A. M.-Alle-
gheny River inches and rising. weather
cloudy and raining Thermometer 10. Wind
west,
BROWNSVILLE. Pa. Oct. 4-9:57 A. NJ
MonODgaheia River feet inches and sta
tiOnary. Raining. Thermometer u. Wind
southeast.
PITTsBURG. PA. Oct Ali :22 A. M.--River
bel W marks. Raining, and ralned hard last
night. Raining at Oil City and Brownsville.
CHARLESTON. w. VA, Oct 4-lO:lO a. M
Kanawna River foot inches. Steady rain
last night, and still ralning. Thermometer 0s'
The riverreccded 5Inches mere in the twenty
four hours ending at noon To-day, with feet
inches IN the Channek
Weather partially cloudy and cool. Strong,
variable winQs. . ..
Business good.
The following steamers were in port at noons
Rose City, Far Pay, Golden crown, John l.
khoads, Trout. 4; l.. Norton, Fanchon, Mary
Miller, VInt ohinkle and John Wilson. =.
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS. .t
The popular and fayorite packet Granite
| State will be the regular Chesapeake Il ONO
Railroad packet leaving this evening for Hunt
| ington. Captain Wm. Kirkcr, q clever gengle-
man, commands, and Frank Morgan and Dave
Seattle day are associated in the Office.
| The City of Portsmouth will return to Chilo
| at p NJ.
The Ben. Franklin will be the maiI-boat
| leaving from the foot Of Vine street this even
| Ing for Louisville. She is a line side-WhGel
| steamer, anu IN command OF gentlemaniy
| officers.
| The Emma Graham and W. P Thompson
will be down tomorrow morning, and return
to huntington in the evening.
| The Jonn l.. Rhoads arrived this morning,
and returns to Mad son this afternoon.
TowBoAT MOVEMENTS.
| The Cobb Cecil came down this morning from
| IrOntOn, anu was making up tow at noon
preparatory to starting back this afternoon.
| The Lookout and Tow are due up to o-day. en-
| route to kauawha River,
BoAr-HANDs GOSSIP.
| Clerk Mr. Browinski, Of the Louis A. Sher-
ley, left for st LOUIS last night on a weeks va
cation. Frank Miller will attend to the dutles
in the Sherleys office during Air. BrowinskPs
| absence.
| James Rumsey claims the invention of the
first steamboat He says thai in the mouth OF
SeDtember, 17e4, IL exhibited the model OF
my boat to his Excellency, General Washlhg-
ton, at Bath, III Berkeley County, Virginia,
| calculated for stemming the current of rapid
rivers. / applied myself with ulremitting att
4 tenUlon to perfect my steam engine. aud made
| such progress il that fall and ensuing spring
that my experiments assured me the perfection
OIL such machine WAS within my reach. 1
therefore wrote to General Wa hington, the
10Th OF March, 1855, that / intended applying
steam power to boat built after the model
OF the boat he saw at Bath"
4 A. A. Humphreys, chief engineer of the
army. estimates the cost of improving the
Mississippi River from st. Paul to the head of
1 the DeS MoineS Rapids to be SOL, 1888, SO as to
give depth OF four and one-half feet at low
! water.
The Mail Line pilots report feet inches of
| water out to Louisville.
The Fanchon will not be ready to go to Pome-
roy this week. She will be re-inspected Mon
day anu leave Tuesday
Il The Directors Of the Cincinnati. Louisville
\ Il New Orleans Packet Line. held a meeting
this morning and elected Capt. Vint Shinkie
for President ana Mr.. Ed. Miller for Secre-
tary.
Capt. Chas. Miller and Capt. c. A. Bosche
| Will eturn home to Louisville this evening.
| Capt. L. 5. Yerkes' new steamer Rose City
| dropped down to the City Wharf, this morning
to load for Arkansas River, and VIII leave
Saturday She has Il fall trip engaged. G. r.
Miller, late OF the VInt Shlnkle. Is her freight
| clerk.
The wharfage receipts for the week ending
this evening amount to $73 80.
| The upper river packets are late to-day.
. Commander koutz will be here to-day and
send the United States beacon light steamer
Lily to Cairo Joe Mccullough and Isaac
Cough will be her pilots. ..'-
2I The new Fair Play had some trouble with
her machinery, and did not leave for Sunhower
River till this afternoon. Joe and Bryson
} Purcell were her pilots. ..
I To-day's Louisville Courier journal saws:
The new steamer Mary Elizabeth left for New
0 Orleans last evening She was built and Ia
' owned by Madame Elizabeth Yeit, of New AL
bany, anu commanded by Cap
tain Hipple, ,r,o ana ma. Boone Ray is
| III tuG OllLCO luS pO{tb Is u very pIGLUy one,
and is very light, and has q very neat and
tasty cabin. The hull is 50 feet long, and was
| built by ID. S. Barmore, Jet1ersonyllle. The
, cabin has accommodations for 45 passeng gers,
and was built by Barmore. The boiler
is twO-hued, y feet long, 3S inches in diam
eter, and was made by Jos. Mitchell, Of this
city. The engines and machinery are by
mschanics OF Evansville; Mcknight, of this
CITY, furnished the carpets; Jaeger y Co. the
: silverwarc, tableware, chandeliers, cutlery,
Dishes; D0vali & Co., New Albany, the stoves.
tinware, &c.; John Schrader II Co., New AL
bany, the furniture, upholstery, &c.; Jack
Bradshaw, New Albany, the blocks, rigging,
&c. Altogether, the Mary Elizabeth is a
splendid job, anu we hope she will be ST. -
| cess ana make barrel Of money"
For Huntin gt0 n.
THURSDAY. 4Ih. at Z. NJ. POSITIVELY,
N= n GRANITE STATE, Wm. kirker
| fAAssHsS##55a ~ Master Freight received at all
asssssssdssR hours on Wharf boat, foot of Broad
way. W. Honshell, superintendent.
For HUNTINGTON,