The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-26

The river rose two feet i'll the twenty-four
hours ending at noon to-day, with % feet i
inches in the channel.
business good.
" Gather clear and springule this morning.
The following steamers were in port at noon:
A. Z. Donnally, Nint ohiNklc. BUstona, PotD-
mac, CiEy Of Portsmouth, B0nanZl. Emma Gra-
ham. GeneralPike ana General Lyue.
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS
The Golden Rule, en- route from New Or
leans, passed Louisville last night aud will ar
rive here ABOUT O'Clock tonight.
The large and elegant Potomacwill be the
packet leaving this evening for Pomeroy.
The regular packet leaving to-day at 4 L.
NJ. for Ii Huntington, will be the fast BUstgna
She makes connections with the {. Il o. X. II.
for all Eastern cities.
The magnificent side wheel packet, A. Z.
Donnally, will denalt this evening for Now
Orleans, and DC followed Tuesday by the new
Golden Rule.
The Vlnt Shinkle will leave this evening
without fail for Memphis, aud 60 through
without detention.
The Emma Graham arrived last night and
returns to Pttsburg to-day.
1he City of Portsmouth leaves at A p M. for
Chlo
The Chas. B. Church, going down, passed
Memphis yesterday with 1alr trlpof people
and 100 tons freight.
1 The Bonanza arrived this morning and re-
turned TO Portsmouth at noon.
The Chas. Morgan Will arrive tomorrow
night from New Orleans anu return Thurs
day.
essee River with 10 passengers and 3oO tons
freight, including 800 brls salt
Ehe Andes left last evening for Wheeling
with 20J tons IreighC
The Gen. LytlC arrived this morning aud
will return to Louisville this evening.
The Gen. Pike returns to Madison this. after
noon.
The e. II. Durfee arrived this morning at s
O'Clock from PittsUurg loaded HAT. She stopped
few minutes, and DrOcp LQCU to st, Louis
without adding anything
| TowBO AT MOVEMENTS
The Robert PEBBLES lett TINS morning for
| Poneroy with an empty tow.
| The Coal Valley leaves Pitts5urg to-day for
| this city with coal.
BoAT-HANDs' GOSSIP
| "Just twenty three years ago Friday the
| steamer JENNIE Lind left Montrose for Ro0K
| Island, at which place she arrived next even
ing. Her officers on this trip were: Captain, A.
Martin; clerk, E. q. LARK; pilot, Frank Owen;
engineers, George Oman and John Bowen;
mate Joe Rav. The same evening
| the boat arrived at her destination big snow
| storm set in. showed all night, and in tho
| morning the boat was frozen in TO the bank,
! with eighteen inches Of sush all around Mer
hull.
81 remember that on the goth of January,
1858, the steamer John Bell came up over he
IA pIds with 600 sacks OF salt for ner cargo.
| The boat was drawing thirty inches, and She
came up the mIdulr OF the river all the way
| over the rapids, and the event Is recorded over
| the door In Browns old warehouse at
kGokuk. The Bel went 10 MusCatine,
discharged her freight AMI took a cargo
| of flour, and arrived at keOkuk on the 7th
| OF tebruarY on her return Irlp, wnen she was
| frozen in. She LAID there uHtil March IL, when
| she left, anu arrived in St Louis in safety.
| Her officers were; captain, ' an SiCklcs pI-
| lot, James Lawson, phis sane January, 1863.
| the steamer liCurctta was caught at Nash
| Vile and the Minnesota Belle gov stuck at the
foot OF Spanish chain. and had to use nearly all
l tI,n q, IN ny fht