The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-03
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.


ALLEGHENY STATIONARY.
OIL CrTY, Pa. March $500 A. M.-Allegherly
River feet inches and stationary. Weather
clear. Thermometer 25'. Wind southwest.
MoNoHGAHELA STATIONARY.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, March $1,000 A. M-Monon.
gahela, River : feet 5 inches and stationary.
Cloudy. Thermometer 36o. Wind west
FALLING AT PITTsBURG.
PITTsBuRG. Pa, March 3-l1:OO A. M-Riyer :
feet 6 inches and falling Weather clear and
mild
THREATENING RAIN AT CHARLESTON.
CHARLESTON, W. VA, March 3-914 A. NJ
kanawha River about s feet and stationary.
Weather cloudy and calm and threatening rain.
Thermometer 3s'.
Steamboat Movements.
For Chilo daily at p. NJ, City of Portsmouth.
TIE Cons. Mllar, Capt. W. G. Tichenor master.
James Wilson, clerk, arrived yesterday with a fine
trip, and is now ioading to return to Memphis and
all intermediate points Wednesday, She is u fine
steamer, ana her officers are agl ceable gentlemen
The fast and reliable side-whcel sttamer Ohio
No will leave this evening from the foot of
broadway for Maysville, Portsmouth, Ironton,
Big Sandy, Gallipolis and Pomeroy direct and
take people for all points On the upper Ohio
River Capt. John Levisay, master, ana Messrs.
Morgan and Scatterday, clerks, are her pleasant
and competent chief officers.
The Wildwood left at noon for Maysyile
The Andy Baum for Memphis, and the II p
Sehenck for New Orleans left Saturday night with
good trips.
Capt. j. C Campbells large and elegant c. & O.
r. K. packet Fleetwood came down this morning
and Will return to Huntington this afternoon at
o'clock sharp, and receipt passengers through to
all points East.
The Telegraph, a fine, large side-wheel steamer,
Will be down in the morning and return 10 Pome.
roy in the evening.
The Bostona will be the railroad packet leaving
tomorrow at 4 p m: for Huntington.
mt i'm bharIa
Mary Houston began to register people and receive
freight this morning, Gnd will leave tomorrow
without fail for Greenyille, Vieksburg Natcbez |
and New Orleans She has unsurpassed accom-
tor passengers and Mr.. A. Elliott Mill
err her affable purser is clever gentleman to deal
with N'''
The Bonanza leaves tomorrow at noon for
Portsmouth and all way landings
The Buckeye State leaves this evening for Pitts |
burg ava ''''
The ,virgie Lee arrived this morning from Ey-
ansville. ~
The Hudson will arrive from Wheeling this
evening with a fair trip.
Boat-hands' Gossip.
Receipts fair and shipments very light this NOR.
llng, owing to the lnclement weather.
FIFTY years ago the steamer Montezuma loaded
Vitha valuable cargo Of aueensware and fiue
o'clock Saturday morning, March /, 1890, She
Junk at what is now known as Montezuma Bar. in
he Mississippi River, about five miles below
Helena, ana was total loss Capt. VIM. Mix |
who now resides on Walnut Hills this city, was
engineer OF the Montezuma. JIe is nearly sew.
anty years OF age, but is still as lively as school
boy and occasionally visits the levee to see his old
Capt Mix has commanded a
number OF steamers The first boat he command.
ed was the Empress in the year 1Si1. Joe viii
liams was first mate OF the Empress and she was
the first steamer he mated. They shipped togeth-
or and were quite young, but they made things |
hum.
Commodore Wash. Honshell's new steamer will |
be launched from the Marine Way in day or two |