The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-01
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.



River feet inches Nd falling. Weather cloudy.
Thermometer 45'. Wind west
BROWNSVILLE Pa My l-10 A. M-Monon.
Weather fair Thermometer Sc. Wind south
east.
PITTsRURG, PA, May 1-'130 A. M.-Riyer II
feet / inch AMI falling. Weather fair and mild
CHARLESTON, W. va. May 1-10 A. M
Kanawha River Is feet and falling. Weather eleH
and pleasant GThe Kanawha river rose to 10 feet
inches last night before it began to fall.-ED
STAR
ST. LOUIS, May 1-1210 p. M.-Arrived: Spread
Eagle from Grafton; Golden Eagle, from Keokuk;
Calhoun, from Naples; L. c. Elliott, from Grand
Tower; Polar Star and barges, from Tennessee
River; Ny Choice from Grand Tower; S. c. Baker
from Quincy. Departures and leaving to-day:
John A. Scndder for New Orleans; Golden Eagle,
for Grafton; Calhoun, for Naples; E. C. Elliott
for Grand Tower Spread Eagle, for Grafton: J. N
Kellogg, for Quincy; Dexter, for Lacrosse.
Weather partially cloudy River 20 feet inches
and on a stand
The river continued 10 rise at noon to-day, with
% feet in the channel.
Weather clear and pleasant
Business fair.
The following steamers were in port at noon.
Fleetwood, Wildwood, City of Portsmouth, Rober
Mitchell Cons Millar, Laura L. Davis United
Steamboat Movements.
The popular and punctual Ohio River packet
Cons Millar arrived yesterday and will positively
return to Memphis tomorrow evening. Capt; ",
c. Tichenor commands and Mr. James Wilson
does the honors OF the Office.
The Exchange is at 1ronton and will load there
with bar iron manufactured iron and nails for st.
Louis, and pass down next week.
The fine sde-wheel steamer Potomac will go
further up the river than any other boat leaving
to-day. She will take passengers for Maysyille.
Portsmouth lT0nton, Big Sandy, GalliPolis, Kama
wha River and Pomeroy. Capt Jas. Kirker com
mands and Capt. Watt Shedd presides in theoi-
fee.
The only regular c. & O. Railroad packet leav-
ing this evening for Huntington will be. the fine
and fast Fleetwood She departs promptly at p
m, with Capt. J. T. Campbell in command and C.
W. Vanderbilt and Gus. II. Honshe in the Office
The John l.. Rhoads arrived from st. Louis yes
terday discharged considerable freight here and
after cleaning boilers, left early this morning fol
Pittsburg.
The Wildwood came down this morning and
returned to Maysville at noon.
The City OF Portsmouth will return to Chilo at
p. m.
Capt Dan Moore's mammoth side-wheel passen-
ger packet Robert Mitchell commenced loading
this morning and will positively leave tomorrow
for all points on the Lower Mississippi River and
New Orleans. Capt Frank Stein is her atfabc
purser, ably assisted by Al. Schraag
The Laura L. Davis arrived last night from Ten
nessee River, and will positively return Friday.
She brought up fair trip and has 219 sacks pea
Graham. Capt. j. c. Reno master, and Charles
Regnier and S. D. Patton clerks, are her efficient
and atfable chief officers
TOWbOat Movements.
The Brilliant, from Louisville for Pomeroy,
passed up this morning with empty barges.
The Joseph Nixon and j. c. Risher, from Pitts
burg, passed down this morning with tows OF coal
for Louisville. ..,r .ry .-.
ing from Big Sandy River.
The Fearless, with miscellaneous tow from
Pittsburg, passed down at a. M, en- route to St
Louis.
The Grand Lake passed down this morning from
Pittsburg for Madison, and left four barges coal
here.
The James A. Stone left this morning for Pitts
burg with an empty tow.
BOat-hamds' Gossip.
The pilots of this city now boast of having one
of the finest and coziest rooms in the West. 1t is
located at the corner OF Sycamore and Front
streets, on the second floor, and commands splen
did view of the river. The room has been newly
papered and carpeted. The room contains twt
Associations, viz: the Cincinnati, Louisville and
st. Louis Pilots Association, and the Gin
cinnai and New Orleans Pilots Association
Brys0n Purcell is President of the former and By
ron CLARK is President of the latter, and Major r.
g, Shinkle serves ably Secretary of both ass0ei
ations The pilots have boxes located at Louis
VILE Evansville and Cairo for the st. Louis pilots,
and boxes at Memphis and Vicksburg for the New
Orleans pilots. These boxes very useful Pilots
coming going use them by leaving re-
ports containing a list of changes in the
river and new snags for the benefit of
their brother pilots. st. Louis and New Orleans
also have Pilots Associations which are run iii
connection with the rooms of this city Pilots et
those cities use the boxes belonging to Cincinnati
pilots, and in return furnish reports of the rivers
About 5S pilots belong to the pilots room here IS
of whom are New Orleans pilots and the remain
ing 25 are st. Louis pilots. At present there are
onlya few of them here open for berth. The fol.
lowing is a list of the st. Louis pilots now
here belonging TO the Association; Mike
Kelly, E. F. Mclean, James Ford, A. Delphi EVELYN
and Barney Clark. New Orleans pilots in the city
Sam. Jones, VIM Stricken, Gus AttenheimeI,
Oscar Jolly and Robert Nelson
Tony Beck, the saloonist on Sycamore street. this
morning presented Major Shinble with u box ei
cigars which he set out and invited the bhoys to
help themselves.
The U. s. Lighthouse tender Lily returned this
morning from Pitsburg.
Captain Sam Brown leaves by rail this evening
for Louisville.
Capt H. L. Lee contracted with the HowaFls
Yesterday for q new Stern-wheel boat for the MAJ
chnery of the Seminole She will be POI feet long,
81 feet beam and G % feet hold
Robert Brown, pilot on the States, Is lad up at
home sick.
For POmerOy.
THIS DAY, 1st at P. NJ, POSITIVELY,
~ l. POTOMAC, James Kirker, Master.
Freight received on Wharfboat foot Of
SzSzaszzszA Broadway W. Honshell, Supt.
For Huntington.