The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-06
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

OIL CITY, Pa, Aug. 5000 A. M--Allegheny
River foot inches and fall ng. Weather cloudy.
Thcrmomet., 7S'. Wind southeast
BROWNSVILLE. Pa, Aug. 6--l0 A. M.-Monou-
gahola River feet inches and falling. Weather
cloudy, ThemOmetcr So Wind cast
PITFsBURG, PA, Aug. 6-l1:3OA M.-River feet
inches and falling. Weather fair and warm.
CHARLESTON. W. VA. Aug. 6-9:O0 A. NJ
Kanawha River > feet 10 inches and falling
slowly. Weather clear and calm Thefmometcf
72'
EVANSVILLE Aug. 6-The Golden Crown, New
Orleans for Cincinnati, passed up at 8 O'Clock this
morning. Everybody well. Not one case ot sicC
ness of any kind on board.
/. L. SHINKLE Clerk.
New ORLEANS, Aug. 6-l2:41 P. M.-Arrived;
Belle Shreveport, from st. Louis. Departure for
this evening: Grand Lake No. 2, for St Louis.
River 10 feet below hign-water mark Weather
clear and hot.
Slea IN boat Movements.
Capt. f. s. Morgan's large, fast and palatial nov
sidC-whcCl steamer Telegraph came down and will
return to POmeroy this evening, leaving from Ii.
foot of Broadway. She will take passengers for al
points on the Upper OHIO River. Messis. Hambie
ton and Morgan are associated in the office and ar
The punctun city of Portsmouth leaves daily a.
4 p. m. for Chio.
The Bonanza came down and returned to Port
mouth at noon.
The popular and reliable packet J. d, Parker
loading and will leave tomorrow for all points
the Lower Ohio River and Memphis direct. Capt
G. b. Russell master and W. Thompson clerk are
her efficient and Obging chief officers.
The fine, fast and reliable side-Wheel steamc.
Fleetwood will be the regular c. d O. K. r. boat
leaving to-day at y. m. Tor Huntington, Capt
II. Campbell commands and Gus. ii. HOnShcll j.
her aiable chief clerk, ably assisted by Sam
Hawk.
The fine, fast and punctual new steamer Virgic
Lee, Capt. W. H. Kirby master, will be found IN
I to- tl a trfll a
IN. She will be back again in time to leave FIR
day at the same hour for Louisville. Mr. Charlie
Grey, a worthy and courteous gentleman, preside
in the 0lCe.
The Cen Lytle will be the mail boat leaving TO-.
day for Louisville.
Capt r. W. Wisc's fine Jas. W. Gaff arrived from
Memphis early this morning She will return SAT-
urday.
TOyvbOat Movements.
| The Pittsburg coal tows are nearly all here arG
! the harbor was full of towDoats tnis morning.
Among the arrivals were the Enterprise, James
| A. Stone, Hornet No 2, j. ". Could j. H. Bgey,
Bengal Tiger Panther, Baltic George Roberts,
Coal Valley and Veteran.
The James W. Gould returned to Pittsburg with
| an empty tow.
| The JOS H. Bigley proceeded down the river
with tow of coke.
! The kanaWha No ., en- route from Pomeroy to
Louisville, arrived this morning with the ill-lated
BrilliantS tow OF salt.
| The Gen. Lytle returned to PittSburg this morn
ing with empty barges.
The Bengal Tiger struck the wreck OF the Bril-
| liant and sunk one barge OF coal
| The James A. Stone will return to Pittsburg this
| afternoon with n tow of empues
| The Coal Valley viii lay here few days.
| The Baltic Will take portion OF her tow below.
Eboat-handS' GOSSIP.
Damron & Honshclls boat store, which burned
during the big fire at Catlettsburs some days since
| is in full blast again and doing a tne business.
| We learn from Capt Gus. Honshell that he and
his parClner Mr.. Damron are building a fine
| brick building at CatlettsbuTg which they W II use
| for boat store. Gus is an energetic fellow and
deserves success.
The Rapid Transit is still on the ways at Coving-
ton and is being fixed up in A. No l order. Col
J. G. Mi er, OF st. Louis, is here putting in the
new machinery. She will have two wheels five
feet in diameter made by Farrar d Trelts, of Bufia
| 10, N. Y. She will have four new cylinders-twu
for each whGel--built by Renshagen < Buchanan,
OF Cincinnati. They will be twelve inches III
| diameter and ten inches stroke.
| The Virgic Lee carries passengers to Louisville
for the small sum OF ~, and furnishes best of fare
and accommodations. Her officers are clever gen
! tlemen and understand how TO treat shippers.
For PomerOy.
THIS DAY, 9th, at P. NJ, POSITIVELY,
NJ = TELEGRAPH, f. S. Morgan Master.
.sAl - Freight received ON Wharfboat, foot u
SasHszEaa2@ Broadway. W. lIonshell, Supt
For HUNTINGTON.