The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-21
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
specials to the Start

PITTsBURG. April 2l--9 A. M.-River feet IL
| inches aud rising slowly. Weather clear and
pleasant.
MIRoEToN, o., April M-11:40 A. M.-River
| rising fast. Heavy fog. The Mollle Moore
passed down this morning She added 500 kegs
nails and q lot Of bar iron. Bostona up at II
A. N.
| PORTSMOUTH o.. April 2I-11:g5 A.M.-Riyer
| rising fast and full of driftwood. weather
clear and pleasant. Bost0na did not pass up
till A. M. Telegraph at lO:3O A. Nj. Courier
due now. Fannie Dugan due at noon from
Huntington. Carrie due at noon from Man
chester. Bostona, Ohio aud Sciota due down to-
| night.
LOUISVILLE KY, April 21-1 P. M.-Arrived:
United states and Thomas Sherlock, from Gin"
cinnati: Bell, from Madison; Grey Eagle, from
henderson. The Sherlock gets sixteen hundred
barrels cement aud some other freight here.
| Six feet of water III the chute on the fails.
dispatches to the Merchants Exchanged
OIL CITY, PA, April 21-12:29 p. M.-Alie-
gheny River feet 10 iuches and stationary.
Clear. Wind west Thermometer 65.
BROWNSVILLE. Pa. April 2l--1l:58 A. M
MononRahela River feet inches and rising.
| Fair. Thermometer 81. Wind southeast.
PITTsBURG, PA, April 21-l2:27 P. M-River
feet inches and rising. Clear. Wind north.
ThermOmcterta
CHARLESTON, W. VA. April 2t-10 Al A. M
Kanawha River II feet inches. Clear. Wind
| northwest. Thermometer So.
The river was on stand here at noon to-
day, with IL feet inch inthe channel.
| The following steamer were in port at noon:
Potomac, Bonanza, Chas. Morgan, Golden
| Rule Cherokee, VInt Shinkle, JAS W. Gaff,
City of Portsmouth, virgie Lee, Mary Miller,
Emma Graham, Gen. Lytle and Ben. Frank
| lin.
| STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
| The Fleetwood will leave at her regular hour
| this afternoon for Huntington.
The Potomac arrived this morning and will
return TO Pomeroy this evening.
Capt. o. r. Shinkle's regular independent
Cincinnati and New Orleans packet, 1oluen
Rule, takes her departure this evening" with
cut fail, for all points on the Lower Misslssip-
lpi Mr. Wm b. Shaw pregdes in the Office,
and Albert Slrinkle attends to the duties Of
| receiving freight.
The Mary Miller the only packet leaving for
| the Upper Mississippi to-day, is at the CITY
wharf registering people and receiving freight
for St. Louis also all points on the Illinois and
| Missouri Rivers. She will leave this evening
and go through without detention. Capt. j. N.
| Skunk commands, and Mi. j. II. Griffith does
| the honors of the office. Our old friend Frank
X. skunk will he found on the wharf attend
| ing to the wants Of shippers.
| The Virsie Lee leaves this evening sure for
Gallipolis and Kanawha River. Capt j. v.
| Reynolds commands, and Major j. Ii. StrattOn
holds forth IN the office.
| Capt. Albert .Stein's popular steamer Chas
| Morgan-M0rRan Rattler-ai rived last even
ing, and will return to New Orleans carly next
| week.
The public should not forget Capt. Jas. Ken
| istons swift low-pressure steamer Vint Shin
| kle, which departs for Lower Ohio and Mem
i phis direct this evening. MIR. W. L. Mcintyre
/ has charge Of the Office.
The Gen. Lytle arrived this morning and will
| return TO Louisville this evening.
| The Ben. Franklin arrived this morning and
| returns 10 Madison this afternoon.
| The Thos. sherlock left for New Orleans last
evening with about is people and moderate
i trip OF freight.
The Emma Graham arrived early this morn
ing with another big trip. She returns to
| Pittsburg this evening. She reshipped % tons
| Of freight on the Gen. Lytie to Louisville, 8
tons to ST. Louis on the Mary Miller, 10 tons to
i Memphis on the Vint Shinkle, and ~ tons to
| New orleans on the Golden Rule
| BoAT-HANDS' GOSSIP.
| The Fannie Tatum lore both her chimneys
down yesterday in endeavoring TO make the
passage oil the bridge at Omaha. She will he
| DELAYED until the 22d, getting repaired.
Commodore Thompson Dean arrived from
Arkansas Hot Springs last night, and will
leave tomorrow Tor New Y Iork.
The little steamer, Alex. Kendall. now on
the Covington docks, will be sold at Marshars
| sale Monday.
The Cincinnati and Louisville Mail Line
Company yesterday contracted with Captain
Dan. III. Marten, of the Madison Marine Ways,
for new stern wheel boat ~ feet in length,
"a feet beam, anu AZ ieet hold; cylinders, 1917
inches in diameter with six-foot stroS G,
She will have two steel boilers, with
six ten-inch lap weld fiues, 26 feet long
| and AZ inches in diameter. The new boat is to
be duplicate, in every particular, Of the
| Louis A. Sherley, and Is 10 be completed on the
i first day OF July.
The Madison Ways were not sold, as adver-
tised, last Wednesday, on account of there
being no bidders. new process viii have to
be undergone