The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-12-05

erly WIIIu.
| The river reCeded foot inches here in the
| twehty-four hours ending al noon to-day, with
| Ii feet in the chanuel.
Weather cloudy. Light rain this morning.
| At A. NJ the tnerm pineter stOOd Is degrees
above zero at Denver, Col, q degrees at
| OMAHA 80 degrees at La crosse, Wis, and 30
degrees at st. Paul, Min.
| Business dull.
| The following steamers were in port at noon:
Laura l.. Davis. BOsJona Potomac Wildwoo
Cherokee, U. Z. SchenCk, A. {. Donnally, CITY
Of Portsmouth, Virgie Lee, Cons. Millar, Louis
A. SAeriey, Unued ,tates, Ben. Franklin.
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The Katie StUCkdalc left last evening for
Plttsburg with one Of the lightest trips that has
| lett this port for some tune. The Indictment
weather prevents shipments.
The Golden Rule is below Cairo, and the
Golden City is below Memphis with all the
| freight she can carry and u cabin and l0J deck
passeng Is.
The james d. Parker left Memphis yester-
day for this CITY,
The fine packet Cons. Millar. Capt. w. c.
Tichenor master, Mr. James W llson clerk. will
leave this evening without fail for Evansville,
Cairo and MempuIs,
Capt Jno. {. RCno's fast and popular steamer
Laura L. DAVIS Will depart this evening for
wheeling and Pittsburg direct. Mr.. Charles
Regnler, clever gentleman, presides III the
Office
he last and world renowned Bostona will be
the +. gular e. & o. T. K. packet lravi " this
evening for Huntington. Capt Isaac Bryson
commands and Harry Bruce and Samuel Hawk
have charge OF the office
capt. Ii. u. Harris famous side-wheel packet
A. Z. Donnally VIII be the only steamer leaving
this evening for New orleans. hI. e. \. Don
nally and Frank Donnatly are her popular and
blIginR CLERKS.
Th3 City OF Portsmouth will leave at4P. M.
for Chlo and way points
Tue fast Virgie Lee will leave at 3 P. Nj. to-
day for Madison and all intermediate pom s.
apt. W. IL. Ktrby eommaDds and Mr., A. J.
HarrIgan preaides in t ie Office.
The Unlted SGHt. arrived this morning and
will return to Louisville this evening.
The wildwood arrived this morning and re.
turned TO MaysvIlie at noon.
lhe Cherokee arrived early this morning
from New Orleans, and will return next week
she brought to this city a fair trip, including
3S8 brls nlolasses, 1t hhds sugar bales cotton.
spkgs old iron, 7 brts rice and 100 brls oil.
The Express VIII arrive Tonight and return
to PIttsDurg tomorrow.
TowBoAT MOVEMENTS.
Inc Iron Mountain, from Pltbsburg en- route
to New Orleans, passed down this morning
with miscellaneous tow. she took the barge
Iron Mountain from here and will probably
load IL with hay ut Vevay.
Ihe JAS A. Black more passed up this norn-
ing for Plttsburg with an empty tow
Inc on valley No. 2 will arrive tomorrow
from kanawha River with barges coal and /
rye lumber. She will return with an empty
Tow to- morrow evening or next day.
To-day's Louisville Courier Journal SAYS:
"lle hesoute brought down q tow of coke and
coal yesterday for St. Louis. She had five
barges OF coke and OAe model barge
of coal. i wo barges were each zoo
feet long and 30 feet wide, each con-
tanning $4,000 bushels. These baryes were
built by Captain sam. Brown for the st. Louis
Ice Company, to be used for carving ice to
New Orleans. They are the largest that ever
came down the ONO River.
BoAT-HAbDs' GOSSIP.
Capt. Dan. RIsher is still in the CITY,
Capt. Tx K. Whitaker will leave to-m morrow
for Plttspurg.
John Carroll and John Evelyn will be the
Cons. Mlliai's pilots to Memphis.
Eugene HandlOn and VIM. Underwood were
the Oh Mountains pilots from here. They
take her to New Orleans and return.
The Cincinnati, Louisville Il New Orleans
Packet Line will send out three bouts next
week, as follows: Cherokee on tuesday. CAas.
III rgan. Ihurs ay, and either the new Nary
Houston or Chas. Il. Church on Saturday.
The Courier-J ournal SAWS Captain Pink Var
bic has pu chased the Resolute to do harbor
towing at Louisville. The price paid Was
ST, ,OOJ.
The little Alert leaves Madison for New Or
leans, Win the hull Of the Old Dove loaded with
hay, on the 18th inst
col. j. l.. Vance is lying at the point Of death
in " dshngton, anu his friends have been tele-
graphed ior. Col. " is editor OF the Galiipolis
was Representative OF the Eiev-
cnth ohio district In The last Congress,
and was, earlier in life, clerk on several steam
ers on the Ohio aud kanaw IA rivers. Hosts
Of warm f.IenIs all over the country would
rejoice 10 hear or the early recovery of so use
full man,