The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-12
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

| lhc TlNCr was ldlllHB az hOOH
to-day, with % feet In the channel, leaving for
passing steamers 70 feet space under the sus
pension Bridge and 76h feet space under the
Newport Bridge.
The following steamers were in port at noon:
| Thompson Dean, Geo. W. Cheek, Fleetwood,
Ohio No. 4, Wildwood, James W. Gaff, Fawn,
Gen. Lytlo and Louis A. Shirley.
| dispatches 20 the Merchants Exchanged
OIL CITY, Pa, Feb. 12--1O:lO A. M.-Alle-
| gheny River feet inches and falling.
| Light rain and snow. Wind west. Thermome-
| ter 80.
BROWNSVILLE. Pa, Feb. 12--9:40 A. M
Monon gahela River feet , inches and station
ary. Weather cloudy. Thermometer 49, Wind
east.
PrTTsBURa, Pa, Feb. 12-12:4O p M.-River 8
feet inches aud falling. Light rain. Wind
west. Thermometer 3S.
CHARLESTON, W. VA, Feb. 12-9:51 A. NJ
Kanawha River 4 feet IL inches. Weather
| clear. Wind southeast Thermometer Do.
specials to the Star.I
PORTSMOUTH. o., Feb u $40 A. M-The
| BOstona was raised Saturday night and passed
| here Sunday morning at 8 O'Clock, towed by
| two toWboats, and It is expected that Captain
Honshell will have her running in few days.
The Granite State leaves here this morning at
| 10 o'clock for Pittsburg with good freight
| trip. She takes about 80 tons OF iron, the same
| OF stone, with miscellaneous cargo. The Po-
| tomac, in place OF the Bostona, passed up at 6
| A. NJ The Hudson is due down from Wheel
ing at 10 A. Nj. The Fannie Dugan, from Hun
tington is due at II A. Nj. The Carrie, from
| Manchester, is due at noon. Weather clear
and pleasant River 2J feet and falling fast.
PITTsBURG, PA, Feb. 1910 A. M.-River
6 feet inches and falling. Weather fair.
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The fine Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Packet
Fleetwood will leave at A P. NJ. for Hunting
nrlo pt
ing, and will leave for New Orleans Wednes-
day =. The Geo. W. Cheek returned this morn
| ing from Madison with another big trip. She
will leave at O'Clock for Vevay E. The Emma
Graham, for Pittsburg; the Virgie Lee, for
Kanawha, and other packets left with fair
trips Saturday .... The Jas. W. Gatf will leave
Wednesday for Memphis. -. The Ono No. d
arrived yesterday and will return 10 Pomeroy
this evening. The Wildwood left for Mays
| vile at noon to-day. The Chas. Morgan left
Saturday for New Orleans with 40 passen gers
and 5OO tons freight. The City OF Portsmouth
will return this afternoon to Chilo. E. The Gen.
| Lytle arrived this morning and will re-
turn to Louisville this evening 80.
| The Louis A. Shirley arrived this morning and
will leave this afternoon for Carrollton l.. The
Vnt Shlnkle left Saturday for Memphis with
800 tons of freight. The Hudson Will arrive
tonight from Wheeling ...Ye e terday morn
ing at o'clock, the Bostona was pulled of the
bank at Sciotoville by the united efforts of the
steamer Potomac, Cobb Cecil, Telegraph and
Champion No. s. She was brought down to
Fulton last night by the Champion, where she
viii be repaired. ehe will probably 60 on the
docks to-day The Nashville, John j..
Rhoads and Cons. MIllar, coming up, and A.
c. Donnally going down, passed Evansville
yesterday ;. The Mary Houston is below and
the Golden City is above Cairo. The Fawn
arrived from Evansville this morning and
will return Tomorrow. She resnipped 1865
| sacks oats on the Fleetwood.
TowBoAT MOVEMENTS.
The Cobb Cecil will arrive to-day from Iron
ton with tow Of pig iron. The Jas. X.
Cooke and John Penny, from PIttsburg, passed
| down this morning with tows Of coal. The
| Hawkeye No. left this morning for Kama
| Wha River with a tow OF empty barges: 4 he
Alex. Chambers arrived early this morning
from Kanawha River with miscellaneous
tow. The Whale arrived from Pittsburg
at 8 O'Clock this morning with three
%Sd9l aSSn oaGges oas 8, ta% sRss
discharged 4O tons OF frei ght here, and has lis
tons for Louisville and 30 tons for the Lower
Ohio and New Orleans. She will leave for ST.
LOUIS this evening The, Brilliant from
Louisville en- route to Kanawha, passed up this
morning with number of empty barEes and
1.-TWO barges loaded with iron, which are con-
signed to Portsmouth.
| BoAT-HANDs' GOSSIP.
| Saturday night at Alton, Illinois, the little
towing steamer Lizzie Bayless took fire about
10 80 O'Clock and burned to the waters edge.
| Captain Oliver Cruel, of Quincy, who was
asleep in stateroom at the time, was burned
to death, the flames spreading so rapidly that
he could not be rescued. His young brother
was badly burned while attempting to reach
him. The boat was valued at about $1,000; in
surance unknown. d. The Chas. B. Church ar
rived at New Orleans Saturday, ana is an
nounced to leave there for Cincinnati to-day.
| ... A little daughter of VIM. Nucles, clerk Of
the steamer Garland, wnlie burning leaves at
Memphis, yesterday, was burned to death. .....
Jonas and Mike Myers will pilot the Whale to
st. Louis. James Hambieton and Jos. Alex
ander were her pilots to this city Captain
Cole returned last night from Buena Vista 80.
| Commodore Thompson Dean, Of New York, is
in the city -. Three barges will be launched
| from the COvington Docks tomorrow, and
| two will be taken on the docks.
C0RRESP PONDENCE,
| ST. LOUIS, February 10.
| To the River Editor of the star:
The Mary Miller, owing to heavy ice in the
river, will not leave st. Louis until Wednes-
| day evening for Cincinnati.
FRANK r. SKUNK, Clerk.
For POmerOy.
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