The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-26
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

The river fell feet 8 inches in the twenty
four hours ending atnoon to-day, with 36 feet
10 inches in the channel. Under the Suspen-
sion Bridge at noon there was 69h feet space
and 81 feet space under the Newport Bridge.
Dispatches to the Merchants Exchanged
OIL CITY, PA, Jan. 26-9:50 A. M.-River
feet and about stationary. The ice still holds
lifm. Weather clear anu cold. Wind west.
Thermometer 23.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Jan. 26--9:51 A. NJ
Rivers feet inches ana falling. Weather
| cletr. Thermometer 81. Wind northeast.
PITTsBURd, PA, Jan 26-12:09 p M.-River,
8 feet inches and falling. Weather clear.
Wind west, Thermometer 2S.
specials to the Start
PORTSMOUTH, o., Jan. 26-10.3l A. M.-River
33 feet and falling. The coal packets Potomac
and Bostona passed up yesterday on time with
! fair trips, and passed down at midnight. The
| Fleetwood passed up to-day at A, M. The
Onio is due UP at 10 A. NJ. weather clear
| and pleasant. L. Z. W.
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
| The A. G. Donnally, coming up,
passed Cairo yesterday The Tele-
graph is the fine upper river packet leav-
ing this evening. She will leave from the
wharfboat, foot of Broadway, for Pomeroy, at
8 O'clock. The James w. Gaff, Capt Il. W.
phis 80. The Wildwood arrived last night and
returned to Maysville at noon to- day .. The
Florence Lee, on her way to Cincinnati, passed
evansville yesterday. The Bostona arrived
| from Huntington this morning and will return
| this afternoon. The commodious steamer
| Cherokee is loading at the wharfDoat and will
positively leave for New Orleans tomorrow. -.
| The Louis A. Shirley arrived this morning and
Will return to Carrollton this afternoon The
| United States arrived from Louisville this
morning and will return this evening -.
The Robert Mitchell left for New Orleans last
| evening with a moderate passenger list and
| three hundred tons freight. The Courier ar
| rived last night from Wheeling, and will re-
turn this evening. She is running In the place
Of the sunken steamer Andes The Golden
City passed Memphis yesterday, going down,
| loaded fat. ... The Laura l.. Davis is announced
to leave for Pittsburg this evening. The
| Cons. Millar will not leave this evening for
| Evansville as announced.
| ToWBoAT MOVEMENTS
The Coal Hill and barges were 10 leave Vicks-
| burg for Cincinnati yesterday. The joseph
| A. stone, Fred. Wilson Nc. and My Choice ar
| rived this morning from Pittsburg with tows
of coal. The Sam. Miller and Tom Dods-
worth passed up this morning with tows of
| empty barges for Pittsburg.
BoAT-HANDS' GOSSIP.
Gen. w. B. Bate the defeated candidate for
| United States Senator, in Tennessee, is an old
| steamboa clerk He began his nautical career
| as clerk of the Saladin So. Vicksburg Herald,
| Tuesday: "Dock Rodman, well-known
steamboat mate. was carried away on the Ev-
| ansyille wharfboat and lost. .....M Mr.. Joe
Thomas, a well known Arkansas River steam
boat clerk, died at Little Rock, Thursday, OF
consumption. The deceased recently clerked
| on the Rosa Miller and Pine Bluf.". The
wharfage receipts for the week ending last
night amounted to s16 so. This is the hrst col
lGcted this year. The City of Portsmouth
will go on the doess to-day TO have the inju-
ries repaired which she sustained by the ice.
She will be ready for business the latter part
of next eek -. Capt. James L. D6ughlas has
gone in the grocery business at St. Louis. He
has hosts of friends on the river who wish him
success. e. Geo. Huekle, who piloted the b. Ii.
Cooke 10 Nashville, returned this morning by
rail.