The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-10
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
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Ill EU NIELLlOENCEs
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BROWNSVILLE. Pa, July I9-s:I6 AMINO
nong thela River 3 feet 3 incnes aud falling.
Weather partly cloudy aud pleasant.
LOCK No. 4. PA. July 10-s:l5 A. M.-River
mOmeter "a.
PITTsBURG. PA. July Gil p. M.-The Vlr-
gle Lee will leave here -mOrroy for St
Louis, and will leave cincinnati Friday, the
18th INST. CAPT. j. V. REYNOLDS.
PARKERsBURG, W. VA, July lO-lO:i6 A. M.
River i feet : inches ana falling. Weather
clear and warm.
PORTSMOUTH. o.. July 1O-ll:53 a. M.-River
10 feet and falling. Up: BO5tOna at A. Al,
ohio No. 4 at IL A. NJ.
WHEELING, w. VA, July lO.-River feet 10
inches, and falling. Weather pleasant.
FIDIANTE, PA. July 1O.-River inches in
channel, and stcauy. Weather pleasant and
warm.
dispatches to the Merchants Exchanged
OIL CITY. PA, July 10-l0:40 A. M.-Alle-
gheny River l foot inches and falling.
Thermometer 80. Wind southwest Weather
clear and warm.
BROWNSVILLE. Pa, July 10-l0:l0 A. M
Monongahela River feet and falling. Their
mometer rs. Wind southeast. Weather fair.
P1TTsBURG. PA, July l0-l2:06 p. M.-River
feet inches and rising. Weather clear,
Wind west Thermometer 81.
CHARLESTON, W. VA. July l0--9:42 A. M
Kanawha River 4 feet inches. Thermometer
e2. Weather clear. Wind north. Heavy rain.
The river rose foot here in the "a hours
ending at noon today, with l8 feet in the
channel.
The following steamers were In port at noon:
A. L. Norton, Exchange, Fleetwood, City Of
Portsmouth, Bonanza, Golden City, Golden
Rule, Andy Baum, JAS ID. Parker, General
Lytle, Gen. Pike, Trout and Hudson.
,i STEAMBOAT A0VEA RNTs.
The fine packet James ID. Parker will posi-
lively depart tomorrow for the Lower Ohio
and Memphis, with Captain Charles Is. Russell
in command and Mr.. j. A. Lindsay In the
Office.
The Bonanza arrived, and returned to Ports.
mouth at noon.
The fast and commodious new steamer
Golden City, Is register ng people and recelV-
ing freight, prep lratory to leaving to morrow
for New Orleans. Captain j. u. HegIer ia her
social and efficient COMMANDER, and Captain
W. r. Mcintyre IS her accomp .ished and ge-
nial chief clerk.
The Fleetwood arrived from Hunting gton this
morning. and will return at 30 o'clock this
afterTlo0n She leaves from the Wharfboat,
foot of Broadway.
The popular Exchange, Captain James Kirk.
er master. and Mr. ". A. Aladdy clerk, ar
rived this morning, anu Will return to Pomeroy
this evening.
The Golden Rule will begin loading Thurs
day and leave tor New Orleans SATURDAY, the
l4Lh inst.
The Andy Baum will follow the James D.
Parker, and leave for Memphis Saturday.
The General Lytle, from Louisville arrived
this morning. and will return mis- evening.
Ihe A. Z. Donnaliy, en- route from New Or
leans to Cincinnati passed Memphis yester-
day, 81 days out, and with 1IU cabin and 80
Geek passengers anu 400 tons freight.
TowBoAT MOVEMENTS.
The John A. ood, from PIttsburg, en- route
to New Orleans, passed down at A, NJ with a
big tow Of coal.
The Mary Ann arrived at 6:3O and the Hor-
net No. 2 arrived at 1880, both from Pittsohrg,
with coal.
The Etna went up Licking this morning with
a couple OF empty model barges.
The Robert PEBBLES left at noon to-day for
Pomeruy with tow of empty barges
The sam. Brown passed up with an empty
tow.
.BoAT-HANDS' GOSSIP.
The anticipated change of the channel in the
Missouri River above Omaha occurred on Sum
day morning. heavy volume Of water is now
pouring through the cutoff, wnich is about 900
feet wide. 1t will be necessary to take i'm
mediate steps for the salvation Of the leyee,
The new Gen. Pike run from Oluham Land
ing to Madison, distance OF 22 miles, in two
hours anu quarter.
The steamer j. n. Camden en- route from
ParkersDurg to Pittsburg, exploded both her
boilers and sank at the head of Fish Greek
Ripple, about 3 O'Clock in the afternoon yes
terday. VIM. Bernard, the pilot, and til rec
colored men, named Chas Mitchell, keeder
Adams and James Dorsey, of the crew, were
instantly killed. The following wei G in iured:
L. IL. Wiley, clerk, seriously; Samuel Rou-
gers. slightly scaided; James Condleton head
cut in two places, but not seriously; Thomas
Jennings, slightly injured Captain Parrish
was in bed at tile time OF the explosion, but
escaped unhurt
The Cherokee is lying at Newport awaiting
low water.
Eugene ohinkle, son of Capt Vincent Shin
klc, and forme ly Of the Chas. Bodmann will
come out on the new Golden Crown as Lnlef
Clerk. His brother, L. V. Shinkle, Will assist
HIM in the Office.
Captain W. Z. Hardwick, of Memphis, has
arranged to insure Hat and stave- boats in the
Eureka Company OF CincInuat
Rates from st. Louis to New Orleans this
week: Flour, 40c; pound freight, ~. 10 way
points: Flour, oOc; pound freight. 2jc
English Shippers and underwriters are be-
coming nervous over the frequent loss OF yes
ses by spontaneous combustion Of coal.
Every year large numbers of coal
laden vessels are posted at Lloyd's as
missing, with all hands, and it is diiicut to
avoid The conclusion that they have been
burned i'll mId-ocean, and not a human being
preserved to elate the causes. The figures show
tnat eleven hundred and thirty live lives have
been lost, and u tonnage of fifty Thousand, rep
resentIng thirty-seven thousand tons of coal
has been destroyed through spontaneous COM
bustlon Of coal at sea.
MIR. Irwin Dugan and Bud Dugan are still
in the city. They return home 10 Louisville
this evening by rail
Captain W. B. Cole stopped off the Robert
PEBBLES this trip, and Captain W. Ii. RarIOn
went out III command.
For Wheeling.
THIS DAY, 10th, at 5-P. NJ, POSITIVELY,
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