The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-28
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Especial River Dispatches to the star.l

Y DROWNSVILLE, IA, NOV. Ao--lVeo n. NJ
River feet and stationary. Weather
cloudy. Wind northeast 4f p r.'t
HINTON. W. VA, Nov. 28--9;is Am
New River foot inches and stationary.
CHARLESTON, Nov. 2S-9:l4 A. M
Kanawha River feet 8 inches and
rising. Weather cloudy. Wind from the
north. .t,.... ,.l, .......,.. ~.
OIn,CIrY, Pa. Nov. 2S-11:20 A, M.-River
| foot inch and rising. Weather cloudy.
Wind south. 'T .'a' .-" VI
PIrrsBuRe, Nov. 2S-11.1s A. M.-Eiver 2
feet II inches and stationary. Weather
cloudy and milder. . tw3Qa.Ge3sa
New ORLEANS, Nov. 2S--l2:3O .M.-River
ls feet inches below high-water mark.
No arrivals or departures to-day. Weather
threatening ...ti. lis -, g,f-a a.
Boat Hands Gossip. 4t
Business moderate. '. 'f
Heavy rain last evening.
The Liberty No. came down yesterday,
and left some time during the night for
Louisville.
Joe Locke formerly river editor of the
st. Louis Post, is now mixed up in theatri-
| cal business in this city.
The Ohio No 4 will be the regular packet
leaving this evening for poineroy.
The Guiding Star left for New Orleans
last night with fair trip.
The Robert Mitchell will leave for New
Orleans Tomorrow. ~" 'f'',
The Lookout sunk barge of salt at
Eight Mile Bar last evening.
The Thos w. Means is due up tonight.
The new Fred. A. Blanks will be out Of
Dumont's hands by December 23d. u,
| The wharfage receipts this week
| amounted to $94 80.
The river was falling this morning with
feet inches in the channel.
! The John L. Rhoads arrived from St.
| Louis about 10 o'clock this morning, and
left this afternoon for Pittsburg. She dis
charged few packages here and added
nothing, having all the freight she wanted
aboard "'
Captain Sterling G. Mc1ntyre's popular
and reliable Vint Shinkle leaves tomorrow
for Memphis.
Weather cloudy this morning, drizzling
rain at noon.
The Dora Cabler will be in port loading
to leave Tomorrow evening for Evansville
and all intermediate points. She is pune
tual craft and her officers are clever gents
Capt. 8. 8. Brown is In Evansville,
| Where the Panther left four barges o
coal sunk and three barges aground a fev
days since, at Grave Creek Bar, we learr
fire. 1t is supposed that they were set fir
through carelessness.
The Chouteau has been doing some NOR,
big hauling into New Orleans-7, ST. bale
| this time. ......
/ Today's louisville Courier-Journal SAYS
The John A. Wood and tow have con
cluded not to 20 South until there Is NOR,
water.
The tug Wash. Gray when finished will
be one of the best and most powerful
afloat. %
The Alice Brown and Lioness and tov
passed Flint Island all right, going alon,
finely. W..
The Resolute left for Pittsburg last even
ing with a tow of Gray's Iron Line barge
loaded with iron ore. -.
There are some people who rush of l.
Cincinnati. build a boat and start out witt
her, thinking they are "demnition clevah
to the builders of her to leave them wha
chips there are left They think the build
| CIo ooH ANO VII ciuu-piO dHo sdW0uoO pun
! ding and build boats for the stun Of ith
1 J7 Don't git scared H4'. 4.
Il Ln5 .. Before your hurt, . .. f.
For coal will be t..tr.
AS cheap as dirt.
i''iA There's lots of snow '-
Il ,3l-s Fell from the skies. -a-4,.H.
10 s4Ua And when 1t melts qra.r 70
.5- l. Then comes rise. . e. a.
30 be ye glad
Don't look for ice,
| 10 .U The food will bring
ao lu Down coal and prica a:.a