The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-07
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Especial dispatches to the star.l
ALLEGHENY FALLING.

Especial dispatches to the Stall
ALLEGHENY FALLING.
OIL CRY, Pa, March 70 A. M.-AIle-
gheny River feet inches and falling.
Weather clearing. Thermometer 250. Wind
southwest.
ELEVEN FEET AND RISING AT BONNEVILLE.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, March Ito A. NJ
Monongahela River IL feet and rising.
Weather fair. Thermometer Az. Wind
southeast.
ooAL-BoAT WATER At PIrTsBuRa.
PrrrsBuRe, Pa, March 7--11:0O A. NJ
River IL feet inch and rising. Weather
clear and pleasant
KANAwHA STATIONARY.
CHARLESTON, w. VA, March 300 A.
M.-Kanawha River feet 2 inches and
stationary. Weather clear and calm.
Thermometer, 500.
Steamboat Movements.
The City of Portsmouth, leaves as usual
to-day at p, IN. for Chilo and all way land
ings.
Captain R. W. Wise's superb new passen-
ger steamer James W. Gaft is on berth load
ing and will leave tomorrow without fail
for Evansville, Cairo and Memphis direct,
and receipt passengers through to Little
Rock and the Arkansas Hot Springs. Mr..
u. Wash. Thompson is her affable purser
Captain K. S. Morgan's large and elegant
new side-wheel steamer Telegraph arrived
this morning from Pomeroy, and will re-
turn this evening, taking passengers for all
points on the Upper Ohio River. She has
unsurpassed accommodations for people,
and is commanded by courteous gentlemen
Messrs, Hambleton and Morgan are her
clerks
Capt. T. T. Campbell's fine steamer Fleet.
wood will be the regular c. go. RR. packet
leaving to-day at p. M. sharp for Hunting
ton.
Capt. Lew. Kates' mammoth sidewheel
excursion steamer Thos. Sherlock is loading
and will leave Tomorrow sure for all points
on the Lower Mississippi River and New Or
leans. Mr.. NJ. L. Virdon presides in the
office.
The Chas. Morgan will follow the Thomas
Sherlock and leave for New Orleans Tues
day.
The Wildwood left at noon for Maysyile
The fine and reliable Laura l.. Davis will
positively leave this evening for st. Louis
Boathands' Gossip.
Business fair.
]. G. Schreiver, General Freight and Pas
senger Agent for the Morgan Line. and J.
II. Waldon General Freight Agent for the
Houston & Texas Railroad, left this morn
ing for New Orleans. They are en- route
home from Washington City, and stopped
here only few hours to confer with Royse
q Mosset in regard to Rates on freight to
Southern ports via the Southern Transpor-
ta,ion Company and their respective lines. |
Messrs. Royse & Mosset have been author
lied to receipt bill ladings through to all
points on the Florida coast via the Florida |
d Havana Steamship Company.
Commodore Wash. Honshell informs us |
that his new steamer, now being completed |
at the foot of Ludlow street, will De named |
"Clifton," and will be commanded by |
Capt. J. NJ. Vandergrift. He also saws that |
Andy Robinson will not be her clerk as an |
nounced by various papers. 1t is not /
known yet who will clerk the new boat.
The river was about stationary at noon |
to-day, with q feet inches in the channel, |
leaving for passing steamers ~ feet space |
under the Newport bridge, and rs feet un-
Ter the Suspension and Southern Railroad |
Bridges.
Weather cloudy and rainy.
The total amount of salt received here by |
oarges during the month of February was
Is, ,38s barrels as follows: BY N. A. Laidley,
J, 454 barrels Booth & Co., 1900 barrels; G.
". Holloway, l3,946 barrels; e. p Rogers,
!, 1888 barrels.
The Telegraph brought in good trip
his morning from Pomeroy, including 655
iegs nails, 450 packages cooperage, 68 bags,
0 packages eggs, IS tons pig iron, as sacks
wheat and sundries.
reight from the Andes this morning She
Viii ret this ff,, l
'lth several passengers and splendid trip
4 freight. Her principal items at noon
1ere 65 tons iron, 1,500 cases canned goods,
U brls pitch, SO rolls papers, 10 tons sacked
nd 100 bris dried fruit, and considerable
stuff.
The Andes came in from Wheeling with
big trip and reshipped largely. She
rought liz brls oil, 566 .brls apples, 78O
kgs, lS6 pes and 2S4 bdis iron, 2SS pks
ueensware, Al bdls leather, 3,O66 kegs
atls, and vast amount of miscellaneous
eight.
Captain J. B. Sneathen the Pittsburg
oal Prince, arrived by rail this morning,
nd is stopping at the Grand Hotel.
Coi. J. A. Biackmore is also here from
ittsburg.
Capt Mann satterwhite came up from
ouisv1lfe this morning. and will return to-
ight.
The James W. Gould, now on her way
own from Pittsburg has two keel boats
'aded with bricks, and three fuel boats and {
K barges coal, $1,000 bushels. i
.. CORRESPONDENCE. IL
PARKERsBURG. W. Va, March 8, 1879. II
ver Editor Star
Captain Boyton passed down at 9:45 this I
ornihg, with dense fog hanging ever the /