The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-04
River lNTELLlGIGNCE.
Especial disnatches to the Star. I

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| OH CITY, PA. Jan. 4--S:15 A. M.-Allegheny
River foot 10 inches and stationary and fro7e1
over. Weather cloudy Thermometer 50. Wint
northwest.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Jan. 40 A, M.-Monon
gahela River closed. Weather cloudy. Wint
| northeast.
PrrTsBURe, JAN. 4-11:15 A. M.-The river il
frozen solid above and below, with feet and fall
ing. Weather very cold.
| CHARLESTON, W. VA, Jan. 1900 A. M.-Ka
nawha River feet. Weather cloudy. Mercur,
down to zero. Light variable wind.
! HUNTINGTON. W. VA Jan. 4.-Ice still running
The Fleetwood is lying alongside the Wharfboa
and in good harbor.
| Cattle FTsDURG, KY, Jan. 4-1o:oO A. M-Tht
| river at this point is falling and frozen over.
| ST. LOUIS. Jan. 4-The river is on stand with
| I feet inches on the gauge. Thermometer l5e
below zero at Ia. m. The ferryboats are all run
ming. There is no steamboat business unless ii be
| by the Kentucky line. Agent King says he will
take freight by Belmont and nave it insured in re-
sponsible Offices outside of the st. Louis Board o
| Underwriters. .s- ~.
| ST. LOUIS JAM 4-The H C. Yaeger left Bel
mont mon t9r New Orleans Yesterday at p m,, ant
again next Wednesday. The IRON NJ nntal
railroad transfer and cars have been able to cross
at Belmont all the time. The iron banks, two
miles above, is the nearest point to Belmont
| where there is serious trouble. The channel is
narrow there r
| New ORLEANS, Jan. 4--Weather cloudy and
C Id. River feet below high water mark. Nc
arrivals. Departures for this evening: w. P
Sch nck, for Cincinnati; City of Alton, for st.
Louis. o. p Thorp, President of the Cincinnati
Marine Railway, and Elias EhleT the famous cabin
builder of Cincinnati, were in the city Yesterday
in consultation with Capt. I, +. Leathers of the
| Nstchez in relation to building a new boat tor
him, for the machinery OF the Natchez
/ noaJ-hands, Gossip. sar
| Ice is reported dangerous at Memphis ,.H.
| Capt. 1had Conant OF the Evansville Tribune,
sin the city, and visited Change to-day.
| The D. T. Lane sunk barge containing nine
thousand bushels OF coal at the Charleston Bar.
1t lies near the channel in nine feet Of water. N
| Engands present trouble with the Ameer Is
nothing compared to her former trouble with
| America. N'' WI ''.''' '
| Commodore WASH Honshells estmable wife
ana two daughters, Miss Mamie and Miss Fannie
are spending the winter at their beautiful country
residence in Gatlettsburg while the Commodore is
here hooking after his interests and keeping bach.
elor's hall AT his city residence on Third street. %
| Captain Vint Shlnk teleg aphed to Memphis
to Captain W. p. Walker to lay the Golden Crown
up and nof try to come ANY further until the river
opened. She is Ell route from New Orleans and
has number OF people, whom she will send
through by rail, Her crew will be paid off at
| st Louis Post and D spatch: Saunders Harts-
horn OF Cincinnati is credited with being " chi
tect OF all the boats named Pri cess and Natphez
built for Holmes q Leathers. Dan Merton EN-
ployed him. They were all built from the sane
lines and models, except the last Princess which
was constructed at Paddy's Run, below Louisville.
Hartshorn laid her down, and sent the models for
her construction. Mr.. Hartshon, if still living,
still curses Paddy's Run" . s..
The New Mary Houston will follow the q. P,
Schenck out of New Orleans. The latter leaves
to-day.
The Charles P. Chouteau took into New Or.
leans last trip five thousand nine hundred and
sixteen bales of cotton and eight thousand sacks
of seed. '.. ...H 4.
In addition to her three barges the John Porter
is towing up an empty cotton seed barge to Skip
with's Landing and an empty fatboat to the Ohio
River.
Kentucky River is frozen over hard enough to
admit the passage of wagons.
Capt John Todd is having compile of boilers
shipped to Yankton, D. t., from Pittshurg One
is for the Big Horn and the other for the Rosebud.
the owners having determined to give these boats
an additional boiler each.
The j. B. NJ. Kehor is coming UP the Mississippi
River with l,S00 hhds sugar, besiGes molasses and
other freight
Capt Ben. Howard, OF the Idlewild, which runs
between Evansville and tAiro, arrivedfin the CITY
this morning, accompanied by Capt Fred Nolte
and Capt Mere. They ali visited Change at noon.
The thermometer stood l2o below zero on the
9th day of January, 1879 ana 1929 in the shade on
the nth OF July in the same year, p 81