The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-05-25
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
specials ~ the start

PITTsBURG PA, May 25-S:05 A. M.-River
feet II inches and falling. Weather cloudy
and cold.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 25-1 p. M.-Ar-
rived: Morning Star, from Henderson; United
STATES, from Gin innati; h. ID. Hobbs, from
Pittsburg; j. B. Williams, from New Orleans,
is cleaning out her boilers. and will leave to-
night for Pittsburg with twelve empty coal
boats and hvc barges; +. d. Hobbs and three
barges from Cincinnati. Departed: Il. ID.
Hobbs and tow, for st. Louis at A. NJ. River
falling slowly, with feet inches in the chute
on the falls, ana feet inches in the canal.
The weather Is clear and pleasant.
Dispatches to the Merchants Exchanged
OIL CITY, Pa, May 25-9:40 A. M.--Alle-
gheny River l foot inches and station
airy. Thermometer So. Weather cloudy and
cool. Wind west.
BROWNSVILLE. PA. May 25--9:lO A. M
Monongahcla River feet and failing. Wind
east. Weather cloudy. Thermometer 81.
PITTsBURG, PA, May Is -lI:26 A. M.-River
3 feet 10 inches and falling. Wind north.
Weather cloudy. Thermometer 46.
CHARLESTON. w. VA May 25-l0:36 A. NJ
Kanawha River feet inches and falling.
Wind northwest Thermometer %. Weather
clear.
The river was about stationary here at moor
to-day. with II feet inches liz the channel
The following steamers were in port at noon:
A. q. Donnally, Mary Houston, Fleetwood,
Telegraph, W ildwOod, City OF Portsmouth,
Vint Shnkle, Virgie Lee, Geo. w. Check, Gen.
Lytle, Louis A. Sherley, shannon and Courier
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
| The Laura L. Davis left St. Louis for Cincin-
natl yesterday, and the Mary Miller will leave
| there to morrow.
The Fleetwood arrived this morning and will
return to huntington at L. NJ.
The Charles H. Church, coming up, is due at
| Evansville to-day
The Telegraph arrived from Pomeroy this
morning and will return this evening
The Vint Shinklc, Capt. Jas. Kemston mas
ter, w. +. Mcintyre clerk, takes her departure
tomorrow, sure, for Evansville, Cairo aDa
| Memphis.
The Geo. W. Cheek, Capt. W. II. Kirby mas
ter, j. G. Long clerk, will leave at +. NJ for
Madison and all Intermediate landings
The Gen. Lyle arrived from Louisville this
morning and will return this evening.
Bear in mind, Capt. IL. U. Harris fast and
commoilous new side wheel steamer a.. Z.
| Donnally will positively depart Tomorrow for
Vicksburg. Natchcz and New Orleans. This is
| o rare opportunity for passengers and ship
pers, as the Donnaily offers unsurpassed ae-
commodations for people, ami has unexcelled
facilities for handing ana storing irelgnt.
Mr.. E. A. Donnally is her gentemanly CHIEF
clerk, assisted by Frank Donnaly and Bryson
Purcell.
The Thompson Dean is below Evansville.
The Jas. ID. Parker arrived at Memphis yes
terday. n
The Louis A. sherlev arrived this morning
from Carrollton, and will leave at 3 Z. Nj. for
Madison. .
The Robt. MITCHELL en- route from Cincin att
to New Orleans, passed Memphis yesterday.
The WILDWOOD arrived this morning, and re-
turned to Maysvillc at noon.
The City of Portsmouth will leave at 4 P. M.
for Chio.
The Vrgie Lee arrived last night, and will
return to the Kanawha River tomorrow. She
brought down 2 90 brls salt.
TowB0AT MOVEMENTS.
The Tom Farrow arrived this morning
from KanaWha River.
The Fearless, fIom Tennessee River, en-
route to Pittsburg, will pass up this afternoon.
She has the hull OF The NICK L2ngworth
loaded with corn and dest med for Hunting
ton, and several barges pig iron.
BoATHANDs GOSSIP.
The reliable and popular POmeroy packet
Telegraph leaving this evening, Will return
Tuesday ana lay up to be dismantled, and her
powerful engines will BE- removed to the new
Telegraph, now being built by the Cincinnati
Marine Railway Company. The cylinders are
q inches in diameter, with feet stroke. The
| telegraph has been IN service Ia years.
The Florence Lee burst steam pipe yester-
day. up the tennessee River, and seriously In =
jured several OF her crew.
i We understand that Gordon Wayne, second
| clerk of the Mary Houston, received u letter
from his father, u. Il. Wayne, who is in New
Orleans, to the effect that Capt. John Cannon
has purchased the Thompson Dean for $21 ,OU0,
| with the intention OF placing her In the Vicks
burg and New Orleans trade.
Commodore Garrison, who was stricken with
paral, sis in New York last week, used TO run
the Convoy and other Mississippi boats.
, The Bayou Bartholomew and Saline River
, packet Ora burned ana sunk twenty five miles
! above Trenton, Louisiana, on the Uuachta
ltiver, on Wednesday evening at
o'clock. The boat Is a total loss. There
were no lives lost She was owned by
Capt. f las b. Cryer, was puilt in this city in
1872, valued at Sj,O0U, ana insured in New Or
leans for 81, 5UO. AT the time OF the accident
she was on her down trip and the last of the
season, with small load of cotton.