The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-27
RIVER INTELLIGENC & E,.
Especial dispatches to the Star. I


Oil CITY, Pa, Dec. 27--S:27 A. M.-Allegheny
River foot 10 inches and stationary and full Of
ice. Weather cloudy. Thermometer 20'. Wind
west.
BROWNSVILLE. Pa. Dec. 27-1O:Oo A. M-Mo-
| nongahela River closed. Showing. Thermometer
170. Wind northeast.
PrTTsBURG. Pa, Dec 27-11:0O A. M.-River 2
feet inches and frozen over. Weather cloudy
and cold.
| CHARLESTON. W. VA. Dee. 26-9:00 A. NJ
Kanawha River S feet 6 inches and full of ice
| Three inches of snow fell. and still showing.
| Thermometer 20o.
ST. LOUIS, Dec 27-Weather pleasant and clear
| Several tugs and transfer steamers continue
smashing the ice in order to restore harbor navi-
gait n, and will probably succeed. No ice south
ward can be seen from the top of the Vulcan Iron
works in South St. Louis.
MEMPHIS, Dec 27-The Golden Rule, New Or
| leans to Cincinnati, passed up at 1880 last night.
The Cherokee passed up yesterday afternoon.
BOat-hands' GOSSIP.
The river receded l foot inches since yester-
day, and this morning there was Is feet inches
in the channel. The ice continues to a cumulate,
and has tendency TO crowd the shores and en-
danger barges and other floating property.
The Buckeye State and Scioto are laid up at
| Ashland.
The ice is reported from 81 to 4 inches thick
yesterday at 1ronton. but the Condor, without
barges, passed there last evening on her way up
| the river.
The steamer H. c. Yeager is loading at Belmont
from the Iron Mountain Railroad, to leave for
| New Orleans Sunday
| The silver Cloud which left here Monday for
the Tennessee River, has gone into the Green
River. She fought heavy ice from Rockport
down, and Capt Harry Gilbert concluded it was
| not safe to proceed further.
Capt Alex. Beckman, the wharfboatman at
Lawrenceburg, has bought wharboat in the vi
cinlty of Parkersburg and will locate it at Law
| renceburg as soon as the condition OF the river
| will permit 1t to be tOwed down.
Capt w. r. Strickleet has contracted for a new
boat to be put in the Manchester and Portsmouth
trade The machinery will be built at Ports
mouth and the hull at Ironton.
/ One of the most successful steamboatmen that
has ever been connected with Mississippi River
commerce is Capt. VIM. Campbell, commander
and part owner OF the famous steamer L. E. Lee.
Capt. Campbell is yet in the prime Of life, being
but little past forty, and enjoys large fortune
which he has accumulated by his own unaided eff
forts. He has been W tn Captain Cannon for near
ly quarter of century, and the two are warm
attached to each other. Personally Captain Camp
bell is very popular and is sknown to almost every
man, woman and child living between New Or
leans and Vicksburg.
We picked up an old newpaper of the year 1852
and among the many interesting thingswe noticed
that five boats were advertised to leave this city fol
Pittsburg on the same day. Their names were
Editor, Navigator, Allegheny ]. S. Chenoweth ant
Columbian. The river news in the paper was very
spicy and spoke of the levee being packed witt
steamers trying to pack i'll to pack off and pack or
cargOs
Capt. H ]. vinton and Clerk NJ. Deem of the
!; Andy Baum, arrived last night from Kentucky
River
The following steamers are harbored in Greer
River Cons. Milar Silver Cloud Fashion, Mag
gle Smith, Sunbeam, b. II. Cook, Idlewild, Hot
spur, Sallie Carney and wharfboat
Walter F. Pratt, freight clerk of the Laura L
Davis, left by rail this morning for Louisville
where he will join his wife and remain until tht
river opens
Gel Thomas A. Blackmore returned this morn
ing from Pittsburg, where he spent Christmas.
A gentleman from Longreach is in the city 8nC
looking for Frank Richardson. He is a cele ratec
: conversationalist but will have to reach Ions
distance to take hold of Capt. Frank Richardson
$ and hold on without being talked TO death.
The barge Juno, belonging to the Pomeroy Goa
Com any, and containing about 10000 bushe
coal consigned to the Champion Towboat Compa
ny, this, this city, itI. was ,n sunk by =, th.' th'
gomery's Landing. just below the Suspension
Bridge. The ice is supposed to be gorged undc
the barge, and there is about five feet of waite
over it, The loss is estimated at 81 100. Possibl.
the barge and coal may be saved.
Mrs Eugene l.. Shnkle, who made the recen
I trip to New Orleans with her husband, E. L. Shin
, kle, clerk of the Golden Crown, was suddenl,
called home to Covington to the bedside of he
father, Mr. Isaac Greenwood who is lying dan
| gerously i'll.
, Billy Willis. second clerk of the Robert Mitch
! ell went down to Warsaw KY. this morning t,
see his wife, and will remain there until navga
ton opens.
Clerk Henry Shaw, of the Cons Millar, arrived
in the city this morning from Green River
Gus. II. Honshell, the genial clerk OF the c. 4
( 0. R R. packet Bostona, has gone home to Cat
lettsburg to remain during the ice.
Z The weather was very cold last night, but th,
sun rose bright this morning and the weather wa
considerable warmer at nom. The wind wa
variable, and the report from out West iniicale
more cold weather. Att a. N. the therlnomete
stood % below zero at Omaha, Neb.; 10 below a
Denver, Col: 9 above at Davenport Iowa. and 8
above at ST. Paul, Mimi.