Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-05-25

RIVER NEWS.

Rapid Rise OF the River-Return Of
the Key West-Interesting River
!. Ne0oranda..Destru of the
Cameron.
ARRIVALS.
esnfin. bank H. fro; from; IS s.. iI; Louis.
A DEPARTURES.
Ashland, Tongue River.
Tidal Wave, Tongue River
Benton, Fort Benton.
Key West, Bceson, Fort Benton.
BOATS DUE.
0seeola. ftou3st. Louis
Josephine. Todd, Yellowstone.
i fletcher, ST. Louis.
An unusual amount of life is shown
lat the levee. One day last week five
steamers were loading and our list of
arrivals and departures show brsiness. |
In additzon to the work Of loading and
unloading several barges, about two hun
dred feet in length, are being construct
ed at the landing for work on the Vel
lowsteae.. Five will be ready ia few
daysand others will be built.
The Key West arrived from Benton
on Monday having msde the roand trip
several days sooner than wss allotted
to her. The Key West, as IS we'll known,
is ene of the handsonest boats on the
river, and is commanded by Nick Bue-
sen, prince among good fellows, and
he and the boat deserve the popularity
they enjoy. The Key West reports the
rEer rising from Benton down and il is
rising here at the gste of al inch an
hour, and had risen up to this morning
SIX and one-haf feet. While river men
attribute the risete the melting of the
nountain snews it will be:seen from a
>alcul alton easewhere noted, that a rise
to the extent of seven feet.is the .natur-
al result of the recent heayy rains.
Th 9 Key West'brought very large
leargo of silver ore, hides, 'furs, &c, and
a uunber Of passengers enroute for the
Black Hills.
Tie Beshon left for Fort Benton on
4 Sum lay last, carrying e 'big trip .
Cap t. W. &. Massie in command. The
Ben ton is advertised to leave Bismarck
/ on her tatrd trip to Benton June :7td,
making the round trip ina9 days.
i Commodore Ceulson's new steamers,
Rosebud and Big Horn, left Pittsburgh
for Fort Benton en- the .1eth inst.
/ The Fac West was at Fort Buford
last Saturday, and was engaged IN
Gro ssing the :Etk cavalry, which had
reached that,poiHt some days before.
! The josephine. Mead and Fancken
4 are naw sn the Yellowstone and will
be able to reach their destination with
out difficulty nov that the river is up.
/ The Ashlandaleared.f for Post No. I
4 with $50 cons, and the Tidal wave left
last night for the same point with a
like amoxat -ofsfreight.
The Dec Came-on sunk sixty miles
below Sioux City in eighteen feet OF
water, and river men believe she Will
prove fetal wreck in:vieW of the rapid
rise Of the river.
! The river has risen about six 4nd a
4 half feet and the excessive rains of the
past few days assure good stage Of
water for some .tiRe to come.
The Unian having been entirely re-
4 constructed under the supervision of
Capt. A. Carl Cock is now ,seid to be
/ the neatest ferryboGt on the.rizer. The
Union finds good business in trans
4 ferring Black Hills and other private
4 freighta, but the Denver which arrived
4 last week is now doing the government
/ work, tAe Uoion, however, has taken
i the cream Of the spning business.
The ]. Don Cameron, one Of the two
/ new governzsent boats, was snagged be-
low Sioux City few1ays ago andSunk,
which reniods Capt. Emmons, of this
city, that tho following boats have
shared the same fate on the Missouri |
between Omaha and Sioux City during
the time he has been fsniliar with Mis-
souri, river nasigatioa, IS follows, ziz:
The old Benton, the Gallatin, Bertra nd,
Mariner. Louisville, Tennessee, Jacob
Lars, Nora, Sunset, Nugget, Carrie,
Amanda Burt and Cora. i
The Savanna aad Silser City left
Kankton for Bismarck on the 18th and
should arrive to-day.
The Black Hills left St. Lsais for Ben
tsn on the 10Th inst.
The Press says the Fonteneiie is again
in che River as good as new
Jesse Stspleton has been arrested for
shooting Engineer Wilson and bound
over in the sum of five hundred dollars
to appear at the next term of the y. S. !,
Cokrt at Yankton., :
Abox of Vitriol caught FIRE on the :
Durfee at Yankton, few days ago, and !;
the boat was saved from burning with ;
difficulty. =
The John NJ. Chambers left Yankton
on the 18th for Bismarck.
The Silver City, Capt. John 7. Mas :
sic, Mister, Jack Hanna. Clerk, is said
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