The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-13
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Especial dispatches to the star.l

OIL CITY, Pa, April 13-9 A. M.-Anegheny
River inches and stationary. Weather clear
Thermometer 50' Wind west.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa. April 13-1o A. M.-Mo-
nongahela River feet and rising Weather fair.
Thermometer 6So. Wind southeast.
PrrrsBuRG, Pa, April 13-11 A. M-River 3
feet and rising. Weather clear and pleasant.
ST. LOUIS, April 1872 M.-Weather slightly
cloudy and cool River 13 feet II inches AMI
falling. Arrived ed-Commonwealth, from New Or
leans, 161a days the round trip; Lake superior,
from Keokuk Mollie Moore, from New Orleans;
Lady Lee, from Peoria; A. ]. Baker and tow, from
Jefferson City. Boats leaving to-day-James How
ard and Future City, for New Orleans; Capital
City, for Vicksburg; Red Wing, for St Paul; Lake
Superior, for Keokuk; Lady Lee, for Peoria. The
War Eagle got in at O'Clock last evening from
Davenport, and left at 10 p. m. The prospects oi
Davidson's Fast Line Packets are not f1attering.
NEW ORLEANS, April 13--1:05 P. M.-Arrived:
W. p Schenck and C. B. Church. from Cincinnati.
Departures for this evening: c. b. Church, for
Cincinnati; City of Alton, for St. Louis Weather
clear and pleasant River feet 10 inches below
high water mark of 1874.
The river receded foot inches in the twenty,
inches in the channel.
Weather clear and WARM
Business moderate.
Inc 1OilOWlUR StSdlHtTS WtFc III pOTt az UOOU
Fleetwood, Potomac, Bonanza A. C. Dennally,
Cherokee Golden Rule City of Portsmouth, Jas.
W. Cuff Emma Graham, United States and Gen
Pike.
Steamboat Movements.
The large and commodious side-wheel c. & O
Railroad packet Fleetwood will be the packet leav
ing at p m for Huntington.
The popular and reliable Potomac will go
further up the river than any other side-wheel
steamer leaving to-day She leaves at p. Ia for
Gallipolis and P0neroy direct.
The palatial new side wheel steamer A. C. Don
nally will depart this evening for New Orleans
| The Jas. W. Gaff the pride of the feet, will be
the regular boat leaving this evening for the
Lower Ohio River and Memphis.
The United States will be the mail boat leaving
this evening for Louisville.
The Bonanza arrived this morning and returned
to Portsmouth at noon.
The City OF Portsmouth will leave at p. m. for
| ChilO and all way landings.
The fast Bostona will be down to morrow morn
ing and return to Huntington at P. m. sharp.
The Cons Millar will arrive to-day and return
to Memphis Tuesday.
The ]. NJ. Kerr laid over and left this morning
with Thsyer's circus for the Missouri River
The new and palatial Golden Rule arrived at
and light freight. She will commence loading
Monday and leave on return trip Tuesday
The Mary Miller arrived from st. Louis, and will
return this evening.
TOwb0at Movements.
The Ed Hobbs arrived from st. Louis last night
with barges iron ore and cleaned boilers at Full
ton She left early this morning for Pittsburg
The Kanawha No. passed down this morning
from Middlepor for st. Louis with tow of salt
The Thomas W. Means added 200 brls cement
at Louisville yesterday
Boat-hnnds, Gossip.
Ira B. Huntington, formerly second clerk OF the
Emma Graham, bat late on the Katydid, came
down this morning on the Emma Graham, and
leaves to.night for Bonneville Missouri two hun
dred miles above St. Louis, on visit to his relar
tives.
Captain Watt shedd, the genial chief clerk of the
Potomac, received word from his wife to stop OFT
at Ripley last night on the steamers down trip,
and did So 1t is not known yet whether 1t is a
baby boy or twins.
Local Inspectors Fisher and Devenny returned
on the Fleetwood this morning from Catlettsburg,
where they have been investigating the Sandy
| Fashion boiler explosion.
| The A C. Donnally had about % passengers at
noon and considerable freight aboard and fair
prospects. She has freight engaged at Aurora. GOO
bales hay between here and Louisville and 40O0
SKIS corn at Evansville. Frank Carroll and Wheeler
Collier will be her pilots.
The Cherokee has withdrawn from the Cincn-
natl Louisville & New Orleans Packet Line.
To-days Louisville Courier Journal says: "Thc
first pine raft Of sawed lumber OF the season % ar
contained 100000 feet of pine boards besides
large lot of shingles 1t left the headwaters of the
Allegheny River in February, and II Pittsburg had
put such wheel behind it us the kehlorS got, the
craft wouldn't have been here until next fall. "
| Cincinnati is having new stone tagging for foot
walks put down upon the levee. The ladies and
children have to wade here to get on or off boat
at our wharf. Oh, WELL this amt Cincinnati by
d. S. This town is too internal dead for village
and too live for town. AS Yang Yung would say,
'Big heapee, nothing muchee"
The james W. Gatf has got new $500 piano.
Col Moore only plays upon 1t, by particular re-
quest" sometimes. The piano is Captain Bob's
forte He paws ivory wonderfully. Ask him
to tickle the keys for you, ladies, and sing tho
song and dance entitled Sweet By-and-by."
For Pittsburg.
THIS DAY, 18th, at 3 P. NJ, POSITIVELY,
Ng = EMMA GRAHAM, Hod Knowles,
s3Sses Master. Apply on board or to W. S.
zaesza Getty, J. c. Dorman d Co., j. Cunning
ham, J. s. Robinson, Agents
For POmer0y.