The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-05-16

gheny River / foot . inches and station
ary. Weather clear and warm. Wind soutii.
Thermometer rs.
BROWNSVILLE. Pa. May 16-10l9 A. NJ
Monongahela River feet inches and falling.
Thermometer 81. Wind northeast
PITTsBuRG, PA, May l6-ll:12 A. M-Riyer
feet inches and railing. Weather clear and
calm. Thermometer ~.
CHARLESTON, w. VA. May l6-l0:52 A. NJ
Kanawha River Q feet inches and falling
slowly Thermometer IS. Wind south. Wealth
er clear
The river was falling here at noon to-day,
with 10 feet 6 inches in the channel.
The following steamers were in port at noon:
Golden Rule, Nashville, Chas. Morgan. Geo.
W. Cheek, Cons. Millar. Laura l.. Davis, Louis
A. Sherley and United States.
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The Bostona arrived this morning and will
return to Huntington at O'clock This after-
noon.
1 he fast and commodious side-wheel steam
er Chas. Nor gan, alias Morgan Rather. will
positively depart for New Orleans this EVEN
ing. Capt. Albert Stein commands and Harry
W. Stein does the honors of The office.
The fine and reliable Cons. Millar will leave
this evening, sure, for Memphis. Capt. w. c.
Tichenor commands and Jas. Wilson is in the
Office.
The Potomac arrived from Pomeroy this
morning and will return this evening.
The City Of Portsmouth for Chilo ami allway
landings at 4P NJ.
Cant. o. +, shinkle's popular Golden Rulo
will leave for New Orleans saturday. MIR. W.
Il. Shaw presides in the Office.
The Geo. w. Cheek arrived this morning and
will return to Vevay at . p. NJ.
The United States arrived from Louisville
this morning and will return this evening.
The Louis "A. Sherley arrived from CARROLL
ton this morning and will return this after
noon.
The Golden City will leave next Tuesday for
New Orleans.
! he Mollie Moore, Andy Baum and Robert
Mitchell are above Evansville.
The Chas. b. Church arrived at New Orleans
yesterday.
" The dl. ~! =. P. sehenck, going down, passed
The A. Z. Donnally left New Orleans for
Cincinnati last evening with LEO hhds sugar,
500 brls resin, l22 bales rags, 100 bales moss, IS
hhds iron, 4vO beer packages aud 100 tons sun
drles.
The c. B. Church will leave New Orleans for
this city Thursday.
The Nashville, the only Cincinnati and Ten
nessee River packet arrived last night, and
will return to Tennessee River Friday.
The Laura L. Davis came up from Madison
at ~ A. NJ, and will probably get off this eyen-
ing for st. Louis. Owing to the fact that she
has considerable business to attend to she may
not get off this evening, but still we advise
shippers 10 rush down their freight this after.
noon. rt-.
Capt. Charles Miller's popular Mary Houston
will arrive tomorrow.
BoAT-HANDs GOSSIP.
The Opel0usas packet, Sandy No. 2, sunk
Monday night live miles above Baton Rouge.
The boat and cargo are a total loss. There
were no lives lost. She was fully laden
with cotton, cotton seed. sugar and CATTLE.
The boat was valued at t2S,0 insurance un-
known. She was owned py Captains Broad
and Tomsdale. The former was in command
Of the boat. l- il
A case was decided in the Police Court yes-
terday Of considerable Importance to steam
had Hermish, the commission merchant, ar.
rested for obstructing the Public Landing
in not removing his freight in the time
specified by law. Judge Wilson said that
as 1t was the first case that had come up under
the ordinance, he would be lenient and only
heavy. He gave all to understand that tha
Wharfmaster would be sustained in the dis
charge Of has duty. 4,
r. G. Shinkle, ESQ.,, received q letter this
morning announcing the marriage Of James
M. Seeds, Cincinnati and New Orleans and
Arkansas River pilot. to Miss A. Weaver,
daughter Of John L. Weaver, at the brides
residence, q few miles above Pomeroy, O.,
Sunday night.
Adam Nayland, second clerk of the Chas
Morgan, came up this morning from Lonis-
vile.
Parker, stopped of his boat at Memphis on her
family. He returned to this city by rail this
VIM. Underwood and The. Tatman will be
the Chas. M0rgan's pilots to New Orleans, and
John Evlyn and John Carroll will pilot tha
Cons. Millar to Memphis.