The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-21
Wind
,ometer 42. Weather cloudy.

Thermometer 42. Weather cloudy. Wind
northeast
PITTsBURG, PA, Jan. 2l-10 A. M-Rivor
feet inches and falling.
CHARLESTON W. VA, Jan. 2l-lO:2O A. NJ
kanawha River feet inches and stationary,
Weather mild and raining. Wind west.
POMERoY, o., Jan 2l-lO:OO A. M-The Katie
Stockdale passed down this morning, and will
arrive at Cincinnati on time.
I. 5. CALHOUN, Master.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK, jan. 2I-l0:26 A. NJ
The Ashland will leave here to-day for above.
Plenty OF water. JAS. ALEXANDER, Clerk.
| The river was falling here at noon to-day,
with 26 feet inche, in the channel, leaving for
passing steamers "a feet space under the New
| port bridge, 7616 leet space under the Suspsn-
SION Bridge, and 1G feet space under the south
\ ern Railroad Bird c.
| Business dull, and very little freight Offering
| for the south.
| weather cloudy, misty and dsagreeabIe,
with very light drzz Z am Chis morning,
Inc fohowing steamers wese e in port at noon:
Wildwood, Gold Ii Crown, Robert Mitchell,
Cons. Mllar, NrBie Let, Louis A. SnerIer.
Ben. Frank I'm aud Mary Elizabeth.
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS
| Capt J. T. Campbtlrs large aud commodi-
Ous side-Wh pac ct Fleetwood will leave
this evening prom lily at Z. Al. for Hunting
ton, where she connects fOt all points East
| with the {. x o. RAILROAD. I. W. Vanderbilt
| auu Gus. HOnshell are her efiiCenJ and clever
The famous Robert Mitch ,lI Captain Dan.
| Moore master, Can't. Frank stem clerk, is now
loadig g. aud will depart to morrow Tor all
| 10 nGs On the Lower Mlssis .Ippl River and New
| Orleans.
Tne City of Portsmouth will return to Chilo
| at z. Nj. snarp.
The Wild : odd left at noon for Maysville.
| Captain ohm Levisay's popular aud 1Avor-
ite steamer ONO No Will be the pack
leaving this evening for GallipOlis and Pomr-
rov. FRANK Morgan and Dave scat erday are
! associated in the Office.
| The Virgie Lee re. urned from Louisville this
morning, and will leave at clock Z. NJ. tUr
Madison ami all Intermediate points
| Inc Andy Baum left saturday night. for
Memphis, With % cabin people and 30J tons
! freight.
| Tie Charles 3. Chu, ch left for New Orleans
Saturday evening with 800 tons freight.
Captain W. Z. IichenOra reliable and pOpu-
lar packet, Cons. Millar. Is on Der.h RECEIVING,
and will leave Wednesday for Evansville,
Cairo and Memphis. Mr. James Wilson docs
| the honors of the office.
| The New Mary Houston going down, passed
Vlcksburg last night, with lOU passengers and
| a full load OF freight.
The elegant new Golden Crown arrived last
| night from New Orleans with 450 tons freight,
! including go brs molnsses, 80 hnds sugar, ~
casks ana ia hnds iron, l4l bales moss, 3I Uaes
cotton, $50 pkgS sundrles and 432 empty beer
kegs. She reshipped hhlts sugar, 3 brls mo-
la SoeS and u bags coffee ON the Wildwood Tor
| Maysvllle, / nhd sugar on ONO No for GallI-
polls, and has 4S brls molasses for Wheeling,
and 1856 brts molasses for Pltt5burg. h.
Golden Crown will return to New Orleans
next Thursday and be followed By the A. e.
Donnally Saturday.
| The FANNIE Tatum arrived from st. Louis at
s A. NJ. with big trip, principally wheat for
Huntington, anu lett at :3o A. NJ Tor Pitts
burg. |
The j. W. Garrett anu barges are expected
at New Orleans to-day.
The Thomas w. Means, en- route from Iron
ton to ST. Louis, passed down yesterday with
miscellaneous tow
The L. Williams passed up this morning
from Louisville tor Pittsburg with an empty
tow.
The Robert PEBBLES left this morning for
Pomeroy with a tow OF empty barges.
The Charles Bowen No. passed down this
morning en- route from MIuIlLport to NASH
vile, with 4 tow OF salt.
| the Ben. w uod passed down early this morn
ing from Pittsbulg & for Louisville with coal.
The Joe Nixon passed up this morning with
| an empty tow from Louisville for PlttsDurg.
, BoAT-HANDs' GOSSIP.
1t is stated that captain wash Kerr, Of the
Granite state, VIII shortly contract for a new
boat for the Pltsburg and Cincinnati trade,
| similar to the Katie etoCklale, with the exCep-
ton that she Will have more power.
| A large meeting Of business meu was held al
Kansas City to consider the feasibility of es-
tablshng line of barges Cd the Missouri
River, between Kansas City and st. Louis.
About 81, ,00J was pledged on the spot, and there
Is not The slightest doubt but sufficient sum
will be secured in few days to insure the
| success of the enterprise.
| Professor Iice's demonstrations for the res
maindGr OF the month are as follows: From
the 2lst to the 2ith, warmer, cloudy, threaten
ing and falling weather with snow and RAIN
storms n places; 24th to 26th, clear or fair and
cooler; 26th to oOGh, warmer, coudlng, threat
ening weather, with heavy rain-storma and
snow fall IN places; Goth to 3lat, clear to fair
and colder
Chas. Woodward brought the Fannie Tatllm
around from ST. LOUIS and will stay here till
the h. Nj. Norton and tow arrives from above
and stand a watch on her to St. Louis. Barney
Givens and Albert Williamson were the Fam
ME TRtum's pilots to Pittsburg.
The Ohio No. 4 discharged 60 tons iron at
Newport ana reshippei Is tons iron ON the
Ben. Franklin for Louisville and l20 brls po-
tatoes on the Robert Niche i for New Orleans.
Capt. Geo. ke!e telegraphed TINS morniny z
that the Exchange would arrive to-day at 2 =.
NJ. She announced to return to Plttsburg this
evening.
Capt. Ed. Howard Is at Madison negotiating
for the Marine Ways. He will remove them W
Jefrersonville.
To-day's Louisville Courier journal says:
"Capt. ack Gumbert leaves for Pttsburg to-
day Commodore Duffy and Ensign Nixon
left for home on the Ben. Franklin yesterday.
We heard an old boatman say yesterday that
Capt. John A. Wood was the best dam man lie
ever saw OF course he meant what h said,
and to prove it, we viii sJate that he has per
formed feat here which at once stamps him
as being mau who understands his business.
ON Friday the B. D. W NOOd stuck two load q
coalboats upon the dam at the head OF the ca
nal. Capt. Wood, who owned the boat anu coal.
came down flying light The river
was falling and everybody thought the coal
would be lost. Captain John went to WORK
night before last, built dam of two-inch
plank on top of the dam where the boats was
| ctr alOn npS side of the DOatS, He raised
the water around the four feet, got one of In
twenty minutes, and the other off in the twink
ling OF an eye, and with no damage to boats
or coal either"
For Pittsburg.