The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-28

and Dave scatterlay clerks, are her gentle
manly chief officers.
hhe WildwO ID arrived this morning and re-
turned to Maysyile aJ noon.
The new steamer Yazoo, now loading at Iou-
lsyille, Will leave there to- morrow evening for
Memphis, Grcenville VIcksburg, Natchez and
New Orleans direct.
lhe mail-line steamer Ben. Franklin leau
ing mere this evening for Louisville, viii make
connection with the Yaz 70 and receipt vassen
gers aud freight through to New Orleans.
The Vrglc Lee arrived this morning aud will
return to Madison TINS afternoon.
The City Of Portsmouth VIII leave at p. M.
for Chlo.
The Fannie Dugan, Captain John McAllis-
ter master, came down this morning, and is
announced to Leave this .GVoling for Ports
mouth, lrontOn and GaIlipolis. she is very
light draught and will go through without de-
tentiOn.
uhe Danube arrived at New Orleans yester-
day.
TOwBoAT MOVEMENTS
The ID. T. Lame is here yet. Rumor says she
The Nail City aud bArges started uu the river
this morning at Ii: :3U O'Clock
BOAT-HANDS' GOSSIP
Clerk, Capt. Sterling Mclptyre of the Golden
City, arrive IN the city by rail this morning
from Cairo. where he left his boat lad up,
The barge sam. Moore Is on the ways.
Capt. b. q. BrOOkouys new Fair Play had
her boilers tested yesterday, aui made a trial
trip last evening. Sue Will make another trip
Tomorrow.
United States Local Inspectors Fisher and
Deyenny tested the bUiers or the Golden
Crown yesterday, ami submitted them to a
hydrostatic pressure Of 2Sl pounds, and III
lowed them So pounds steam.
The Andy Baum will come of the docks to-
morrow.
Captain John n. Skunk received letter this
morning from Captain A. Mackensie, SuperIn-
tcndenC OF tie Louisville IL Portland anal,
through CLERK }. Ii. Griffith, saying that the
Canal would not open before Wednesday Sep
temb a 10.
Louisville Courier Journal to-day: "Uaptaia
John Kyle, Of Cincinnati. one Of natures no
biemen,' and q veteran stcamhoatman, hon.
oFed our city with brief visit yesterday
"1he new steamer John Wilson will come
over from Baltimore's ship-yard to-lay, and
leave Tor Cincinnati Tomorrow, in charge Of
captain Joe Holmes. Sne will load there for
New Orleans direct, and leave as soon as she
can get through the canal"
| THE NEW GOLDEN CROWN,
| just completed, Is owned Uy Captain II. Ii.
Drown, Eugene ShinkIe and others. She cost
about $4,000, and was built for the Cincinnati
and New Orleans traie, and has a carrying
capacity OF about 400 tons. she is q stern
wheel steamer, and without eXaggeration may
be pronounced one Of the finest IN the W lest.
W. paid her u visit yesterday, and were no
less surprised than pleased to see her so per-
feet III all details. Neither pains nor expense
have been spared to make her all that passen-
gers could desire or shipper ask for. Her hull
was built by the Cincinnati Marine Railway
and Dry Dock Company, and is q perfect
model Of beauty strength and durability. IG
speak Of her in detail would require more space
than we can spare, but suffice to Say that the
owners have steamer they may well feel
proud of. ana one that VIII no doubt prove q
brilliant success. Her hull is 26i feet long, Al
feet inches beam anu 4 feet inches depth Of
hoid. She has three slX-hdcu boilers, % feet
long and Az inches in diameter. These boil
ers supply steam to engines with cylinders IL
. inches in diameter and 7 feet stroke. Her
wheel is "a feet inches in diameter, with
buckets 2S feet long and "A inches wide. Her
cabin has iftyfo boiler deck. and the cab
in itself is l72 feet long and II feet wide, with
32 spacious staterooms most handsomely fur
nIshud those in the ladies' cabin being by IL
feet, and those in geutlCmGn's cabin 1t. So.
Her beds are of new pattern, and are luxu-
riOuS. The painting, the carpets, the chande-
liers, the tableware, are very hAnds0me-ev-
erythlng elegance itself. Each emu OF the
cal bin Will be ornamented with a large and
beautiful mirror. The mirror which Orna-
ments the ladies' cabin is already III its place,
but that which is designed for tue gentlemens
cabin has not yet arrived from hew York, but
VIII De here by the first of next week. Her
chimneys are 4O feet III length, making the dis
tance from the water to her chimney tops about
Us feet. she mas in unusually large texas, it
being 1902 feet long and Is feet wide, with ~
rooms, besides the room built expressly for
Captain Drown. 1t is Is feet square anu VIII
| be furnished nea ly aud according to the Cap
| tain's taste. the size OF The texas aud CHM
| neys seems to ada beauty to her pretty cabin
| and beautifully modelled hull The following
shows by whom he was built, furnished, etc.:
HUI, by Captain Perry Tharp, of The CIncin-
natl Marine Ways; cabin, by Elias Ehler;
Engines, by {. t. Dumont; Painting by Riggs,
French IL Co.; gas fixtures and stoves, by Van
Duzen: blocks and rigging by harcourt Il Co.;
carpets and linens, by John ShIIlito upnol-
stery andfurnltme, by Meader u Co.; cham
delcrs, by f. T., Carson Il Co.: silVerware
and crOckery, by lice u Huntington.
For GallipOlis.
THIS DAY, 18th, at 4 z. NJ, POSITIVELY.
A. h. FANNIE DUGAN, J. McAlIister.
lyssEssssS Master. For freight or passage ap-
RAfa11nRnAkaA nl Y on hoard.