The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-08
RIVER iNTtLadGENCE.


River 10 inches and stationary. Weather clear
Thermometer 40o. Wind west
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, April $40 A. M-MOnon.
gaheia River feet and falling Weather clear.
Thermometer 62'. Wind northeast
IRoNToN, O., April S-12 M.-Rver swelling
slowly. Condor and Coal Valley up this morning
Fleetwood up at $50 a. m. CrOssley for Pomeru!
at m.
PrTrsBURG Pa, April S-11 A. M.-River 5 fee
s inches and falling. Weather clear and mild.
CHARLESTON, W. VA. April $3.50 A. M.-Kan
awha River feet 10 inches and falling. Weathr
calm, cloudy and cool
ST. LOUIS, April 8--11;E A. M.-Weather daInI
and threatening River Is feet and falling. Ar
riyed-Fannie Tatum from Salisbury; War Eagle,
from Davenport; Petrol and tow from Memphis
Maggie P, from Meredoza; Northwestern, iron
Keokuk; Belle La Crosse, from La Crosse. Boat
leaving to-day-Spread Eagle and De smet fu'
Grafton; Elliott, for Grand Tower; Calhoun, fo'
Naples: Northwestern, for Keokuk; War Eagle, fo:
Davenport; Gen. Terry, for Mountains.
The river was falling slowly at noon to-day, wit
Is feet s inchesin the channel
Weather calm and partially cloudy.
Business rather duh this morning on the Public
Landing.
The following steamers were in port at noon, noon
MITCHELL James D. Parker, Virgie Lee, Gen. Lytlt
and Louis A. Sherley.
Stea mbOat Movements.
The large and capacious Ohio No, win be the
regular packet leaving this evening for CALI
polls and Porneroy. Capt. John Leyisay com
mands, and Frank Morgan and Dave Satterdaya1
associated in the Office.
The speedy and reliable side-wheel packet B0s'
tona came down this morning, and will leavt
promptly at4 p. m. for Huntington, Wherc sat
connects with the &. 4 o. Railroad fer all point
| East
The wildwood left at noon for Maysville.
The City of Portsmouth will return to Ch1lo HI :
p. m. and attend to all way business.
| The popular and fast Virge Lee will be the reg
ular packet leaving ut noon tomorrow for Louis
vile and all Intermediate points. Capt. W. a.
Kirby commands, and A. J. Harrigan holds forti
\ in the Office.
Capt c. B. Russelps fine and popular steame'
| james D. Parker is on berth loading, and will pos
itively leave tomorrow for Evansville Cairo n,lG
Memphis direct Mr.. j. W. Thompson does tiif
honors of the Office.
| The Gen. Lyte viii be the mallboat leaving tnls
evening for Louisville.
The Golden Crown will arrive tonight from Ne"
| Orleans.
Capt Dan. Moores large and palatia side-whee
steamer Robert Mitchell will positively depart To-
| MORROW evening for all points on the Lower MIS-
sissippi River and New Orleans Capt. Frank stehl
is her atfable purser
The Ben. FraAklin WIFI follow the jas. ID. Parker
and leave for Memphis Thursday.
The Fashion will pass down tomorrow en- roit"
from Pittsburg to st. Louis. Captain W. S. Packer
commands
IOWDOAt MOVehcHtS.
The Charles Bowen No. passed down this
morning from POmerOy for Memphis with salt.
| The E. NJ. Norton, en- route from Ponerey to st.
Louis, passed down this morning with barge
salt
The Alice Brown arrived from New Orleans yes
teriay with an empty tow. She cleaned boilers
here and left at midnight for Pittsburg.
The John Porter passed up this merning from
St. Louis for Pittsburg with loaded barges AMI
several empties.
The Ed Hobbs, from Wheeling passed dow,
this morning with three burges of miseellaneou
freight She will exchange tows with the Whale
which is on her way to Wheeling with ore
The Alex. Chambers came down last night from
Kanawha River with miscellaneous tow
| The Brilliant will leare for Poner0y this even
ing with a tow of empty barges.
Boat -lha ndSs GOSSIP.
Lew Pierce and Joe Dobbs went on the Etna h
Wabash River Charles Woodward on the 4. N
Norton to st. Louis, Sam. Parker and Thoina,
Clinfellow Oh the John Porter to PittSbnrg, anG
Capt Doud and William Abrams OH the Alic,
Capt. A. ]. Branch passed through the city yes
Eteraay en- route from Middleport TO Evansville.
Pilot Lew. BuEles, who came up on the Ahet
Brown, stopped off here and left by rail this nlori
ing for Pittsburg.
DISPATCHES received last night state that tn.
steamer Col. A. p. Kouns struck snag amt
sunk Saturday at Negro Point, in Red River, uirl
three roustnbouts were drowned. The wreckins
boat Usage has gone to her assistance from New
Orleans The Col. A. p. Kouns was a stem
|
Marine Ways in the year 1874. She loatl'r
and left here in the same year for New Orleans
with Capt j. Fl. Kouns in command. Cap;
Isaac Kouns owned an interest in the boat, bu
lust before she sunk he sold to Mart. H. Kouns
w. T. Seovill. Capt. M. II. X. was in command n
the time of the disaster She was 167 feet long, !!
feet BEAM and feet 10 inches depth of hold, will
. engines 13 inch cylinders and AZ feet strok1.
She had two boilers built by Isaac West, Cincin
natl which were 42 inches in diameter and 20 fec
long They were built at Burgess Steel Works
Portsmouth.
, The steamer Fashion, which exploded he
boilers Saturday evening at Catlettsburg, full par
ticulars of which will be found elsewhere, WA
built at Catlettsburg in 1874, and owned by r. X
Price and Wm. Smiley. She had two engihe
with cylinders inches in diameter AM
u inches stroke. She had on,
, boiler feet long and 80 inches in diameter. |
was built at Pttburg in the year 1866 for the fel
ryboat Concert, which came TO this city aid Wa
sold to Captain Hi. Davis, who took her to Ashlan
and run her as ferry until she was dismantlcd
when the boiler was sold to Captain Smiley, VIII
; put it on the Fashion. 1t was inspected last De
cember and pronounced safe by the inspector,
The iron in the boiler was by KNAPP, Wood & Co
Pittsburg but it is not known by whom the boilc
was built.
, For POmerOy.
THIS DAY. 8th, at P. NJ, POSITIVELY,
~ hOHIO NO. 4, J. Levisay, Maste
i.sAs95 Freight received at all hours on Whar
Il boat, foot of Broadway W, Honshel
Superintendent