The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-17
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Especial River Dispatches to the 3 tar.

Especial River Dispatches to the StarI
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Sept 1855 A. NJ
River 3 feet 6 inches and stationary.
Weather clear. Wind northeast.
CHARLESTON, Sent. 17-9:45 A. M.-ka-
nawha River feet inches and falling.
Weather cloudy. Wind east.
OIL CITY, Pa, Sept. l7-S:03 A. M.-Al-
legheny River s inches and stationary.
Weather cloudy. Wind west.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 17.-River II feet
below higli-water mark. No arrivals nor
departures. Weather clear and pleasant.
Steamboat Movements
The City of Portsmouth leaves at4 p. m.
and all way landings.
The Wildwood came down last night and
returned to Maysvile at noon to-day.
The new and elegant steamer Buckeye
State will be the regular packet leaving
this afternoon promptly at p. m. for
HUNTINGTON, where she connects with the
C. & .. Il. r. for all Eastern cities. and sells
through tickets. She will be followed to-
morrow by the fine steamer Pittsburg.
Captain w. c. Tichenor's popular and
reliable packet Cons. Miilar is announced
to leave this evening for St Louis di ect,
and will take passengers and freight for all
points on the upper Miss ssippi River
The Emma Graham will be down in the
| morning and return to Pomerov at p. M,
leaving from the foot of Broadway.
The fine new passenger packet Granite
State came down this morning, and will
leave this evening for Maysville, Ports
mouth, Ironton, Big Sandy, Gallipolis and
Pomeroy direct.
Boat Hands Gossip.
Business fair.
Weather clear and pleasant.
The Henry Logan will be put in the
Portemoutn and Rome trade by her late
purchasers.
The Fannie Tatum is laid up at Fulton
The James w. Calf is due from st. Louls
tonight
The Eld5rado will arrive to-day from St
Louis.
The Golden Rule added literally al
Evansville yesterday, and left that point
last night for New Orleans.
The James d. Parker, going down, will
pass Cairo to-day.
The Josie Harry has been raised and will
be at Cairo to-day, and 20 Oh the docks for
repairs.
Mr.. James Kerr of the New Orleans
Times, wants to Dus ferry boat.
They haven't learned the art of launch.
ing boats yet about Pittsburg. Come down
here, boys, and watch Ed. Howard shoot
'em into the river Louisville Courier
Journal. The above is IA good joke, con-
sidering that it took the LouisvlIlians near
ly two months to luuncn the w. T. Holli-
day =, alta cost of several thousand dollars
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Mr.. A. l.. Ryland. river editor of the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch and, by The way, one
OF the best river editors in the business,
has, without severlng his connection with
the Post-Dispatch, gone into general
steamboat exchange business. He not only
proposes to buy and sell steamboats,, but
offers to furnish competitive bios for build
ing all kinds of water crafts.
Quarantine will be raised here tomorrow.
YESTERDAY $ St. Louis Post-Dispatch saws:
THE Wild Boy is open still Tor sale or char
ter She came back with her barges, hay
ing been unable t. 60 hgltl up the Hi
ntls than Sugar Greek. She brought back
the freight sile left here witt, anu las dis
charged 1t, prohabl. to order of shippers or
consignees. Tie Illinois Packet Compan,
have also Withdrawn the steamer Calhoun,
and are anxious to procure two or three
light boats. In the meantime, while we
write, the Maggie +. is the only st. Louis
boat running III the Illinois"