The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-05
RIVER IN'CELLIGLNCE.


fSpeeial dispatches tn the 3tar.i .
OIL CITY, Pa. Dec. 500 A. M-AlleghetIy
River feet inches and falling Weutnes Aouuy.
81. Wind north.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa. Dec. 5-1oOO A. M-Mo-
no. guheln River feet and rising. Weather
cloudy. Thermometer 80. Wind east.
PITTsBURG Pa. Dec 5--l1:30 A. M.-River
9 feet inches and rising slowly. Weather ciouuy
CHARLESTON. w. VA. Dec. $500 4. NJ
Kasawha River II feet and falling. Weather
c oudy. Thermometer Az.
ST LOUIS Mo-, Dec 5.-Weather clear and cool.
River falling slowly Upper liver hllins. f lIe
steamer Commonwealth has not yet arrived from
New Orleans. She is probably being llghtened:.
Towboat and barge facilities are being eIlargeu
hence to New Orleans. Capt Lowry has gone up
the OHIO River to buy the T. M. Norton. Ine
Valley Barge Company is building several barges;
X G. Gray. OF Pittsburg, is here and determined
to carry out his old idea of running his iron
barge line from here TO W Orleans, with the
other company as independent The OO0ton
st amer Alice leaves tonight for Pittsburg Tife
Annie Silver lett for New or'eais last night with
u sufficient cargo. The Uppe, MISSISSIPPI packet
Red Wing leaves tonight for Wnite River to stay
all winter probably. The other Davidson boats
will 60 South to str up enterprise.
New ORLEANS, Dec -12:27 p. M.-No arrivals
De arturss for this evening" Chas. F. Choteau, for
Mem his; Fort Eads and barges for ST. Louis;
Golden City, for Cincinnati RIVER IL feet inches
above low water mark. Weather clear and pleas
ami.
SLea M boat Movements. ....
The Mary Mil er is loatti & at the Central
T ansit Whariboat, and will leave to-nlor ow
evening for al points on the Lower Ohie River
and st. Louis direct Capt John N. Skunk com
IN nds. and j. II. Griffith and Gus. Young have
cha &c Of the office.
Monday, and leave Tue day FIR the Tennessee
RIVER.
The City of Portsmouth leaves al p. M, sharp,
daily for Chlo.
J,h,, 7 1orp mol otto cid
wheel steamer Ohio No. 4 ame down this morn
Ing and will ave tai evening from the foot of
Broadway for Maysvllle, P rtslnouth. Ironton,
Big Sandy Gallipolis. Kanawha River and PUme-
roy direct and will take people for Wheeling and
i'iltsburg. Messrs Morgan and Scalterday are as
sociated in the office.
The Bonanza came down this morning, and re-
turned to Portsmouth at Il on.
Th' Jas. d. Parker left for Memphis last night
with fair trip.
Tn Telegraph will be down in the morning,
and return to Pomeroy in the evening, leaving
from the Big sandy Wharfboat, foot Of Broad
Capt Geo VOLTS fine steamer Cherokee will
positively depart this morning for GreeHville
| Vieksbulg Natehez and New Orleans direct Capt.
A. Beyeis presdes in the office. 3
The John d. Scully C cared for New Orleans last
night with 450 tons freight. but very few people.
| Capt Sterling G Mcntyre's popular and reliable
packet Vint Shinkle will be found in port loading
TO leave Saturday on return trip lor Memphis. She
will attend to all way business and receipt people
| through 10 l4ltllp IL dllu lle AFkillSttS l1Ot
Springs Mr.. J. A. Lindsay is her atfable clerk.
| Capt. J. T. Campbell's large and commodious
side-wheel steamer Fleetwood arrived and VIII
| leave this evening for Huntington, where she con
meets with the morning trains tomorrow for all
| Eastern cities. She departs al o'clock from the
foot of Broadway. Mr.. G. W. Vanderbilt does the
honors of The office, and Harry Bruce and George
| Dunbar are her attentive freight clerks
| Capt o. P. Shinkle's famous and elegant new
steamer Golden Rule will follow the Cherokee
| and leave for New Orleans Saturday.
| The Bostona will be the railroad packet leaving
at D. IN. tomorrow for Huntington.
EsOat-hands' GOSSIP.
| John T. Jones' who let at the wheel of the John
D. Scully last night for New Orleans is an old
timer and tells some interesting stor es in con-
nection with early river history. Forty wears ago
there was a steamer running from this port to
New Orleans called the Superior and probably the
only raft of her kind ever built She had three
wheels ne on each side and one at her stern, and
yet she was not 2:40 boat. She exploded her
boilers but we were unable to learn in what
wear A number of lives were lost Joseph Har-
son was her commander at the time and Henry
Christie her, at present resident OF Louisville,
was one Of her pilot.
The Monarch a sidewheel steamer of 700 tons
capacity. run in the Cincinnati and New Orleans
trade twenty-five years ago, and was commanded
by Floyd Logan. Frank Raymond, now living in
this city, was her clerk, and John T. Jones and
Henry Harrison were her pilots. We are not GER
tain about who built the Monarch, but think she
was built here She was cut down by the ice and
years ago.
| Business moderate OH the Levee to-day
Weather clear and cool this morning. Thin ice
formed last night
The Ohio No. this morning reshipped one hun
dred and fifty kegs nails on the nailboat for
Louisville and six hundred kegs ON the Cherokee
forNew Orleans
Pilot james Rowley leaves by rail tonight for
Pittsburg, to accept berth at the Buckeye States
Wheel
The Ed Hobbs came down this morning to help
the Whale and tow up. The lat er arrived from
ST. Louis this morning with five barges, and is ly-
ing at Sedamsville
The Chas B. Church broke a pitman at the
| Louisville Wharf last night
The John Penny passed up this morning for
Pittsburg with an empty tow.
The Baltic, from Plttsburg, will pass down to-
morrow with tow of coal She will leave seven
barges here and take nine barges on to Madison.
The river was falling fast at noon to-day with
80 feet in the channel.
The Rapid Transit was out again yesterday try.
ing her machinery. Everything worked beaut
fully with a single exception. The present
boiler will be taken out and another put in its
place.
For Pittsburg.
THIS DAY, 5th, at p NJ, POSITIVELY.
a-= - The G. & o. Railroad packet KATIE
l.6allSsSaaAET sTOCKDALE ]. l. Campbell Master,
sszzsssGssszA Freight received on Wharfboat, foot
of Broadway. W. Honshell, Supt
For POmerOy.
THIS DAY, 5th at 5 P. NJ, POSITIVELY,