The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-29
RIVER INTELLIGENCRs
Special River DISPATCHES to the star.l

. Especial River Dispatches to the atar1
BROWNSVILLE, Pa. Sept 29-9:52 A. NJ
River 8 feet inches and stationary.
Weather clear. Wind northwest.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 29-9:3O A. M.-Kan-
awha River 18 inches and falling slowly.
Weather cloudy. Wind northwest.
OIL Cry, Pa, Sept 29-S:N A. M.-Al-
legheny River inches and stationary.
Weather clear, Wind south.
PIrSBURe, Sept 29-12 M..- River
inches below water marks. Weather fair.
New ORLEANS Sept. 29-12:35 P. NJ
River - feet 7 inches below high water
mark. Arrived: Steamer Natchez, Cincin-
natl. No departures to-dav other than the
local packets. Weather clear and warm.
Steam boat Movements.
Captain George VOLTS Cherokee is billed
to leave Wednesday for all points on the
Lower Mississippi River and New Orleans
direct. She has been thoroughly over
hauled and repaired, and is in first class
trim.
The Bedford arrived from Portsmouth
yesterday morning with 150 excursionists,
and returned at II o'clock last night. She
came through without touching, and will
be here again Wednesday.
The Dora Cabler, for Evansville, left Sat.
urday night with good trip. ."rg
Boat Hands Gossip.
Business fair ''
Weather clear and pleasant. "
The steamboat landing for Vicksburg is
Il ,it 70 hu yr,itl
the county.
Colonel Irwin Dugan, the Louisville coal
prince, came over BY rail this morning from
ST. Louis. and goes home to Louisville tn-
morrow morning. He came over in com.
rany with Buffalo Bill, Red-handed Mike,
The Bear, several savage red skins, and
few more Of the gang and landed in town
with all his hair. Coming over they dis
austed the passengers with BABY Nine"
MY Grandfather's Clock" and other new
song and dance pieces.
FIR IN Colonel Dugan we learn that the
Grand Lake No. 2 sunk barge of bulk
srain YESTERDAY. twelve miles below St.
Lo,uS. The Eckert went to her assist
ance.
Local Inspectors Fisher and Devinnev re-
turned this morning from the Uprer Ohio.
Pike at Ashland. submitting her boiler to
hv,irostatic pressure of 1913 pounds, and al
lowing her 1872 pounds steam. They also
inspected the w. f. GAYLORD and River
CITY at Portsmouth. The frmer was all
lowed to carry i20 pounds steam and the
latter 100 pounds. tu.
At Greenup, KY, reef of rocks extend
across tie river, and teams ford the river at
~ h.r n
above, and at some places the Ohio River is
packets navigate.
The City of Portsmouth is on the docks
at Fulton, and will come off "Wednesday.
The U. P. Schenck will be taken out on the
docks Thursday to repair slight injury
she received the other day by backing on a
stump. a.o
Tie Pittsburgh came in from Huntington
last evening with seventy-tive passengers
and about one hundred and fTtY tons of
freight. A passenger down on this boat
speaks very highly OF Jim Mace, one of her
pilots, who did some splendid steering
coming down. At Bonanza Bar, just above
Portsmouth, the Bachelor and City of
lronton were both stuck, one ON each side
ofthe river, and large number of people
were waltlllg ON we miiafi ao f1rtsmoutl
lor one OF them 10 get OH. Inc flttsoorgh
came oowh WIN mace az the "heei ana
barge N TOW. Inc river oeins very harro"
at the bar she stuck one of her barges, but
instead of proceeding to get it off, she
dropped down to the wharf at Portsmouth,
got the people, and then went back aud
ligntened her barge off Clever little trick
W caIc'i p"sSe"GeiN m"oo oio,S'1 iei
over Fourihlie bar l'ke t"p. Aiter u'l-
loading her cargo mere iase hight she "eht
9" Fuiton 10 lay up