The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-06-06
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
specials to the Start

PTTTsBURG, PA. June 60 A. M.-River
foot ~ inches and rising slowly. Weather
rainy.
Dispatches to the Merchants Exchanged
OIL CITY. Pa, June g. 9:40 A. M.-Alle-
gheny River foot and stationary. Thermom-
eter 5O Wind N. W. Weather cool. Light
rams.
PITrsBURG, Pa, June Gil :33 A.M.-River /
foot IL inches and rising. Thermometer rs.
Wind east. Light RAIN.
The river rose about inch last night, and at
noon To-day therc was feet inches in the
channel.
The following steamers were In port at moo n:
Potomac, Bonanzl, City OF Portsmouth, q. p.
Schenck. Chas. Morgan, Thos. Sherlock Louis
A. Sherley, Gen. Lytle, Geo. W. Cheek, Nash
vile, as. d. Parker and Andy Baum.
STEAMBOAT kovEAEETA
The Fleetwood arrived this morning from
Huntington and will return at P. NJ. sharp.
The fine Potomac, Capt. II. II. Drown mas
ter, Capt. Watt Shedd clerk, leaves this eve
ming at O'Clock for Pomeroy.
The Geo. w. Cheek returns to Vevay at
P. NJ with Capt W. Ii. Kirby il command and
j. g. Long in the office.
The Louis A; sheriey leaves promptly at
p NJ. for Carrollton.
Capt j. Is. Sleeths well-known packet Nash
VILE is announced to leave for Tennessee River
| this evening. Major Crow does the honors OF
| the Office.
| The Rosebud and Alex. Kendall have gone
up Missouri River.
The Golden City is above Yicksburp
The Chas B. Church. Cons. Millar and Mary
Miller are below Evansville.
Capt. Albert stem announces his superb pas
| senger steamer Chas. Morgan for New Orleans,
to leave this evening. Harry w. Stein is in the
| office.
The Virgie Lee is en- route from Kanawha
River to Louisville with a party OF kanawha
| Valley excurslonists aboard. She Will arrive
here Tomorrow, ami proceed to Louisville at )
lP.M
Capt. ]. L. Carter's mammoth freight steamer
U. Z. Schenck takes her departure this even-
ing for Vicksburg, Natchcz and New Or
leans.
The Courier left Wheeling for this city last
evening.
The General Lyte will be the regular Mail
| Line steamer at Z. NJ. for Louisville and ali
intermediate points.
| Capt. Chas. B. RusselPs popular and reliable
| steamer JAS. d. Parker will positively leave
| this evening for Evansville, Cairo and Mem
phis. She will be followed Saturday by Capt.
Hiram Vinton's fne packet Andy Baum.
| The Wildwood arrived from MaysEille this
morning and returned at noon.
| The City Of Portsmouth returns to Chilo this
| afternoon.
The nne new steamer Andes is loading at
| the City Wharf, and will leave for Wheeling
Friday, ana every Friday hereafter, with
| Capt. Chas. Muhleman IN command and MIR.
| Ed. Muhleman in the office,
| BoAT-HANDS' GOSSIP.
| The Minnie arrived here this morning and
brought the little propeller, w ater Witch, up
| from Plttsburg.
The John Means with barges and a cargo
of 6O0 hhds and 2,2JO boxes sugar, nine days
| from New Orleans, broke steam pipe and
| lies crippled at Catfish Point, near Arkansas
City, 201 miles below Memphis.
| Five feet is reported in the Lower Ohio.
The U. $. Snag- boat, Z. A. Woodruff, COM
menced her seasons work this morning at the
Southern Railroad Bridge. She will work dur
ing the day in the Cincinnati harbor.
| The new Andes parted one OF her fore and
| aft hog chains and went to Fulton this morn-
| ing to be repaired.
John Emrie and Oscar Whitten will be the
| U. T. Schenck's pilots to New Orleans. They
will move the pilots report box at Evansville
| from j. j. Slnzinch's boat store to Kaukins Il
| Co.'s wharfboat.
Lew. Schraag and Joe Gray will pilot the
James ID. Parker to Memphis.
Capt. Jack De Hart. Of Schannon, arrived In
the city yesterday from Louisville
| Capt. Billy Underwood and John Richard
son pilot the new Istesmer G. Gunby Jordan
from Louisville to New Orleans.
| Capt. Billy Varble went pilot on the Mary
Miller from Louisville.