The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-19
RIVER FNTELLFGENCE.

The river was stationary here at noon to-
day, with 80 feet inch in the cisanneL The
stage Of water on the 9th dny of August, 1875,
was "a feet ainOhes. ........ ..-
dispatches to the Merchants Exchanged
OIL CITY, PA, Jan. 19--9:25 A. M.--Weather
cloudy and uloderating. Ice raising, Light
snow. Thermometer "a. Wind west.
BRowAsyILLE, Pa, Jan. 19-- l0:l0 A. NJ
River II feet and fAlling. Weather cloudy.
thermometer ~.
P1rTsBuRa, Pa, Jan. 19-.l2a5 2. M.--Riyer
II feet and falling. Weather cloudy. Wind
| southwest. Thermometer H.
CHARLESTON W. VA, Jan. 10. --l2:13 A, NJ
Kanawha River "a feet 4 inches and falling.
Weather ca N and cloudy with indications Of
ram Thermometer d..
specials to the STAR
PIPTsBURG, Pa, Jan. 1873 A. M.-RiVer IL
feet inches and dfailang. Meatheri olOndy and
cool. .- s.4
PITTSBURG., PA, Jan. l9--S 40 a. NJ -biTerr
\ IL feet3 inehea- and falling.
| PORTSMOUTH, u, Jan. l9.--The river fell one
foot last night and now stands 50 feet IL was
Ireported last night that 1t was rising again al
Ipoints above. A seyen-f0ot rise will food the
lcity The Fleetwood and Ohio will both bel
| down for Clncinnati. The VIrgie Lee u ex-
lpecte,l down every hour. The ice has all run
out The DowbOat Brilliant went TO Pumeroy
i this morning for coal. Tho Dugan and SeiOto
1 will both be Down fram Huutington to-day.
| Weather warm, with indications OF rain.
Il LEW.
NASHVILLE, O., Jan. 1896 A. M.-The
jriyeY has fallen about inches and is clear Of"
lice, and very little driit FoTgy.
Il RIPLEY, O.. Jan. I9-9:4o A. M.-River on
\ 10 stand, and no ice.
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS
The fine new steamer, Golden City, viii leave
for New Orleans tomorrow, with good trip
4 OF passengers and freight. Tho travelling pub
llic will bear in mind that the Gollen City is
v one OF the largest stern wheel steamers on
IWestern rivers, and provides excellent accom-
medatiOns for passengers. Capt. j. ID. Hegier'
lc0mmands, and Capt. s., G. Mcintyre pre-
sides in the Office. The Golden City is reeeig--
i ing at the foot Of Race street; .Pne b H
, Cook is announce for Nashville, Tenn. to-mor-
! row The large, and commodtous side-wheel
: steamer Andy Baum, Capt. Hiram VintOn,
Master, MIR. NJ. Nj. Deem, Clerk, is loading aS
the New Orleans wharfboat, to leave for Menu
phis, and all Intermediate points Tomorrow.
? Harry Galley is her attentive receiving clerk.
: -. The General Lytc arrived this morning
and will return 10 Louisville this evening.
Il The wildwood left from the Llttle Miami.
. Depot for Maysyilleg at noon to-day 49,.
! Owing to the fast-disappearing ice and the
somewhat favorable condition Of the river,
II CaptainW. Honshel has concluded 10 start his
!, superb passenger and freight packets to rum
ming in their respectiye, trades at an earlier
date than announced by us yesterday. The
tine Pomeroy packet, Telegraph, will leave for,
that point this evening irOm the Big sandy
Wharlbosts fout Of broadway, and she will be-
followed Tomorrow by the Potomac Tho
Bustona will leave, this afternoon for Huntingr
ton from the Little NJ ami Depot She will b9
followed by The EleeGwood to- morrow. In casa
, the river should fall sufficiently to let tho
Fleebwood under the Newport Brihge, sheiwitl
leave from the whArfboat foot OF broadway.
Hereafter captain Honshell will send packetai
out daily to Huntington and Pomeroy, Tho
, Emma Graham will leave to morrow for Pitts
burg Shippers VIII nnd the Mary Miller al
J the Wharf loading for St Louis .. The JAMES.
, w. CAT will leaye .ERapsyiile for Cincinnati
to-day. -. The V1rgie Lee will arrive this,
, evening from Kanawha The Golden Rule
IL arrived from New orleans last night, and Will
return next week. ShelaLdat Louisville while
. theriYerW was frozen.
'~0'-- BOAE-HAHDss GOSSIP.
Capt, David has resumed command OF tho
p United states, His estimahlewife is much im-
proyed in health. E. The hull OF the Alex Ken
dan is reported to be wiIereit sunk, at Webb's
I. Landing, under water, but safe and sound
Can't. Inf, Strider iaiwOr ktng in the inperestO Ot
: the Underwriters. .A later report from LOuis-
vile states that the hull caught at that point
"Wednesday was not that OF the Calumet Capt.
II Z. Ansciutz thinks that the Calumet grounded
d between here and Vevay, Ind .. The Monon-
: lgahela ice was passing MlddieDort yesterday
= afternoon 49,, Pilot George w. clark will leave
: Tonight for Cairo where he viii meet the Jo-
q seph IL! Bigby and take charge of her Wheel
= John DeVol, an old. steamboat engineer,
:. DQG OI late coal ufAn dG El6bpuIB3 arrived
:. this morning from Cairo, and will leave to-
y night for Pittshurg -. The Fannie Webster's
!, crew went uown to Rising sun this morning,
to bring up the little propeller Minnie Kennan.
: They will run her from the foot Of Fifth street
= = to Ludlow, KY, in the place Of the sunken
= . ferry boat. An empty Lion barge passed
here early this morning, and one section OF
, Pittsburg dock, with model
barge on. A. number of empty. barges
passed down last night, Anempty J.C. Risher
barge came down this morning and struck the
: Newport Bridge pier and was smashed to
l pieces . Captain III. S. Lowry is in ths city
y, Negotiating for toWboat. =. The Trout arrived
t this morning, and returned to Moscow at noon.
}, Ernst Hoomes, for number Of years in
q the employ'of the Big Sandy Packet Company,
: and of late third clerk on the Pomerey packet
l. Potomac, died eserday at $3.50 p. NJ, at his
I; residence, on Wade street, of typhoid fever,
d after an illness Of three weeks. Mr.. Ho0mes
I: was twenty-five years, ten months and
i eighteen days cid. His funeral will take place
!: to- morrow from the Presbyterian Church,
!. corner o. John and Clark streets.