The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-09
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
[spectal dispatches % the sLar. /

Especial dispatches TO the SJar.l
OIL Cry Pa. Dec. $500 A. M.-Allegheny
River feet inches and falling Weather CLOUDY
and raining.
River 6 feet inches and falling.
Weather cloudy and rainy. Thermometer Az,
Wind northeast.
PTTTsBURG. Pa, Dec. ell A. M-River 6
feet inches and falling Weather cloudy ano
rainy
Kanawha River feet inches and station
ary. Weather cloudy and threatening rain. Ther-
mometer 46o. Wind south.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Dec 9--The steamer Etna came
up light in 20 hours from Cairo. She draws four
feet, and reports 81 feet in the channel The
Gold Dust will arrive from New Orleans at orr
this evening. The Gilmore has started for
New Orleans with tow, and great care
is exercised by her pilots No ice in the
river. A further decline OF water is expected on
account of cold weather. Henry Lowry has ar
rived from Pomeroy, Ohio. He bought an eight
hundred-ton bulk grain barge; also, the towboat
L. NJ. Norton, for the st. Louis and New Orleans
trade. She will be here Thursday night to take
tow down. The Norton is three years OLD, 10 feet
long and 80 feet beam: Mr.. Griffith,
of the steamer Mary Miller, has come
here, and interviewed W. F. Davidson,
of White Collar Line. fame. 1t appears that ONO
River parties of wealth and influence are looking
compete with Davidson. The latter threatens to
run boats hence to the Ohio. He is the boldesf
steamboat operator on the Western rivers.
Steamboat Movements.
The punctual City of Portsmouth leaves to-day
at p, sharp from the foot of Walnut street for
Chlo aud all way landings.
The Oh o No. came down last night, and on
her return THIS evening she Will 90 further up the
river than any other sde-wheel steamer leaving
to-day. She departs from the foot of Broadway,
and will take people for all points along the Upper
Ohio, and furnish unsurpassed fare and accommo-
dations Parties going up this river tonight Will
,barth nd INl,1 Tat,i
say oil the Ohio. Messrs. Morgan and Scatterday,
two clever and obliging gentlemen, have charge
OF the office.
The Wildwood left to-day at noon for Mays
vile, and will be here 10 leave again next We'd
nesdav.
Capt j. T. CampbelTs large and commodious
side-whecl steamer Fleetwo d, the queen of the
Upper Ohio, arrived this morning and will leave
promptly at p m from the foot OF Broadway for
Huntington, where she connects with the early
Chesapeake & Ohio r. r. trains tomorrow for all
of the office, ably assisted by Harry Bruce
The Golden Rule left Saturday night for New
Orleans with thirty-two cabin passengers, several
deck people and Il fair freight TIP.
The Vint Shinkle, leaving for Memphis Satur-
day night, had fair start
The elegant sde-wheel steamer Telegraph will
be down, and return to Pomeroy tomorrow even
ing.
Capt John c. Reno's popular and reliable Good
INTENT Line steamer Laura J.. Davis is loading
for all points on the Lower Ohio and Tennessee
River, and will depart tomorrow evening. Amos
Fisher and Sidney D. Patton attend to the duties
OF the office
The Bostona will be the railroad packet leaving
at p m. tomorrow for Huntington.
The United States will be the Mail boat leaving
to-day for Louisville.
The Hudson will arrive this evening from
Wheeling.
steamer Andy Baum, the pride of the fleet, Wi
lie the next steamer leaving for Memphis. Sht
will depart Wednesday. Mr.. NJ. NJ. Deem is hel
Cant. j. v. REYNOLDS palatial and capacious new
steamer Paris G. Brown is on berth loading an@
will leave tomorrow sure for Greenville, Vicks
burg Natchez and New Orleans direct
KOat-hands' Gossip.
Business quiet on the Levee to-day
Geo. Dunbar is improving and will soon be able
to relieve his brother Jun, who is attending to the
Fleetwood s freight book.
The owners Of the Cotton Valley have entered
suit in the u S. District Court at New Orleans
against the Charles Morgan for the value of their
boat, furniture ETC., valued Mt O000. They claim
that the loss Of their boat was due to the careless
ness of the crew on the Morgan.
Brother Ryan continues to "whoop EN- up
lively over at st. Louis. The St. Louis Evening
Post is the only paper in that city which gives Gin
| cinnati river news in full.
| The E. Ii. Durfee will bring several hundred
sacks of grain out of the Wabash River for the East
via the C. d o. r. r.
Capt Perry Tharp is back from Evansville. He
went TO that point to confer with Capt A. o. Dur
The steamer Celina carries freight from Nash
vile to Point Isabel at sc per 100 lbs.
Snow and rain alternately all day yesterday, and
steady rain last night and this morning. Our dis
patches report rain at the head waters and from
private advices we learn that it is raining all along
the Upper Ohio River. The U. S. Signal Service
report rain this morning at Cairo, Memphis, Nash
Vile Galveston and Louisville. The prospects are
very favorable for big water.
The river was falling here at noon to-day, with
twenty eight feet three inches in the channel
The II. E Pierrepont, which arrived here yes
an empty tow.
The Nellie speer passed down at II 80 this morn
ing with tow for the Lower Ohio.
The Sam. Brown ariived from Pittsburg this
morning with tow OF coal
Capt. John ~ Phillips and Ensign Nixon left
by rail last night for Pittsburg.
The Coal Valley left Wellsvlle this morning for
this city with twelve bargeS COAL
The Mount Glare, from KanaWha River, and the
Jas. A. Blackmore, from Pittsburg, passed down
this morning with coal for Louisville. heformer
had 10 baTges.
Agents report plenty of freight offering for the
South, but owing to the bad weather boats are re-
ceving very little
The Andy Baum, which arrived from Memphis
this morning, had Il fine trip, and made extraor'
dinary fast time coming up.
Capt. JAS S. Wise is back.
For POmerOy.
THIS DAY, 9th at P. NJ, POSITIVELY
~ hOHIO NO 4, j. Levisay, Master
.issEaeafa Freight received at all hours on Wharf.
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