The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-06
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Captain John Kyle:


Ashland arrived at IL NJ, and is loading for re-
turn trip TO Tongue River. All well.
Capt. WIN. KYLE.
Dispatches to the Merchants Exchanges;
OIL CITY. Pa, July $1,000 A. M-AIle-
gheny River l foot inches and stationary.
Thermometer 92. Wind north. Weather clear
ing and warm.
BROWNSVILLE. Pa, July 6-g:57 A. M-Mo-
nongahela River IL feet inches ana about
stationary. Thermometer II. Wind south.
Weather cloudy.
PIrTsBURG. PA. July 6-lO:51 A. M-River
feet II inches and rising Thermometer 76.
Wind north Weather Gear
The river rose inches here in the "a hours
ending at noon to-day, with 10 feet II inches
in the channel.
The following steamers were in port at noon:
Fleetwood, Exchange, Wildwood, George W.
Cheek, LOUIS A. Sherley, Gen. Lytle, City of
Portsmouth, Thos. Sherlock, Cons. Minar,
Laura L. Davis ana Andes.
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The Virgie Lee left for PittsbUrg last even
ing with good trip. She will continue to run
in the Cincinnati ana Pittsburg trade leaving
here every Thursday.
The Laura L. Davis, Captain 0. W. David,
Master, will return to st. LOUIS Tomorrow.
She has splendid prospects for another big trip
from this port. She already has considerable
freight, including 400 kegs nails aud l,50O emp
ty barrels.
The Fleetwood will be the regular C. & o.
X. X. packet leaving this evening lor hunting
ton, where she connects for all Eastern cities
The nne Exchange arrived this morning and
Will return to Pomeroy this evening at her usu-
al hour, leaving from the wharf boat foot Of
Broadway. Captain James Klrker commando,
and AIR. W. A. Maddy has charge OF the otd ce.
The Big Horn arrived at bismarck yester-
| day.
| The City OF Portsmouth arrived this morn
| ing, and will return to Chilo this afternoon.
The Wildwood arrived this morning, and re-
turned to Maysville at noon.
The Charles Morgan. en- route from this city
| to New Orleans, passed Memphis yesterday.
The Vlnt Shinkle arrived at Memphis yes
| terdav.
| The James W. Gaf is below Louisville.
The mammoth side wheel passenger and
| freight steamer Thomas Sherlock will posi-
| lively depart Tomorrow for VtcksbuIg, Nat
| chez and New Orleans. She Affords unsur-
passed accommodations for passengers and
freight. Capt. NJ. L. VIrdon is her efficient chief
CLERK, and Mr.. Harry Champlin is her cour-
| teous and competent receiving clerk.
The George W., Cheek arrived from Vevay
| this morning, and will on her return extend
her trip through to Madison us usual on FRI
| day. She leaves at p III.
The, Gen. Lytle arrived this morning, and
will return to Louisville this evening.
The popular and elegant packet Cons. Mil
| lar, capt. W. e. Tichenor master, Mr.. James
| Wilson clerk, will leave to morrow for Ey-
ansyIlle, Cairo and Memphis direct.
The Anues arrived from Wheeling yeSter-
| day, and returns this evening,
The Louis A. Sherley arrived last night from
Carrollton, and will leave for Madison this az
| ternoon ut O'CLOCK.
| BoAT-HANDs' GOSSIP.
| The A. j. Baker has gone TO Paducah to De
| rebuilt.
The steamer Yellowstone, the first from tho
| Mountains, passed Lexington, Mo, yesterday
on her way to the lower river. She is a 300-ton
craft, nearly new, and oficered aG follows:
| Captain Archie s. Bryan, master; E. r. Jones,
| clerk; Lafayette Burton, pilot The Yellow
| stone went up the river last season under COM
mand Of Capt. Massle, and laid last winter in
| ankton. Early this season She started for
| the mouth OF the Big Iioru, but found the water
| so low up the Yellowstone thai she had to take
| her cargo to Fort Benton. Besides this, all the
| business she has had this year has been two
| trips from Bismarck to Standing Rock, after
which she came down to Yankton, where she
| could find nothing to do, and 80 mas pulled out
| for the lower river, where she Is promised
work.
sam. James, Jr., we understand, will retire
| from the office Of GHe Laura l.. Davis. His sue
| cessor is not positively known, but Mr.. a. P.
Bennett, formerly second CLERK on the I'll. S.
| Turner. In the Cincinnati and Evansville
trade, came up from StephenspOrt KY, gu the
| DAVIS.
The following are the coal shipments on the
present rIst, SO far as known: For lronton,
| five barges, with $500 bushels; for Cincinnati,
| las barges, with l,624,OuO bushels; for Louis
vile, l.999,0OO bushels; for St. Louis, 25,0O0
| bushels. The coal aud coke shipmen,s out OF
| the several pools OF the MonOngahela during
June foot up $50 i60J bushels Of coal and /, 2s-
| 4OJ bushels COKE, over three times AS much as
| at the same time last year.
! The A. G. DOnnaliy, leaving New Orleans
| for Cincinnati last evening, mad 225 oaies cot
| ton, 5l3 brs rosEn, ~ bales rags, 20 hnds ami
| lot OF loose iron, 70 casks and 90 boxes wine,
$40 pkgs Of sundrles, and 81 cabin and ~ deck
| passengers.
| Capt. James A. Blackmore represents the
| Brown coal interest at inCnnati.
1 I,,hn Sol a,rnl FtHyu g..
quarter OF a century empl Iycd in the office of
Charles Morgan, at New Orleans, died at his
post, OF sunstroke, while dlscbalgng the du-
ties OF his position as bookkeepeI. lie leaves 4
| wife ana two young children.
| The Exchange this morning resnipped ten
| tons OF freight on the Gen. Lytle for Louis
| VILE. ~