The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-30
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Especial River Dispatches tn the Star.l

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BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Aug. 30-9:55 A. NJ
Monongahea River feet inches and
falling Weather clear Wind northeast.
CHARLESTON, Aug. 3O-9;45 A. M.-Ka-
nawha River 4 feet 3 inches and fall
ing. Weather clear. Wind east.
On Cry, Pa, Aug 30-S:40 A. Nal
legheny River inches and standing.
Weather clear. Wind south.
PITTsBuRG, Pa, Aug. 30-1052 A. NJ
River feet 5 inches and falling Weather
clear.
Steamboat Movements.
The Bostona will be the regular c. q 0.
r. r. packet, leaving tomorrow afternoon
at clock, for Huntington.
The OHIO No will be down to morrow
night, and return to Pomeroy Monday.
Captain Eugene l.. Shinkles magnificent
new steamer Golden Crown will leave this
evening for all points on the Lower Missis'
sippi River and New Orleans direct, and re-
ceipt freight through for southern ports,
Mr.. Chant Shinkle is her affable clerk. She
will be followed mkt week by the Golden
Rule.
The City of Portsmouth leaves at p. m.
for Chilo, and attends to all way business.
Captain E. s. Morgan's large, fast and
commodious new side-wheel passenger
steamer Telegraph came down, and will
leave at o'clock this evening from the Big
Sandy Wharfboat, foot of Broadway, for
Maysville, Portsmouth, lronton, Big Sandy,
Gallipolis and Pomeroy direct, and take
people for all points on tie Upper Ohio
River. Mr., j. T. Hambleton and Kendall
Morgan are her gentlemanly clerks.
| The Bonanza came down this morning,
and returned to Portsmouth at noon.
The large and speedy new side-wheel
steamer Fleetwood, Captain j, I. Campbell,
master, will be the regular G. & 0. X. r.
packet, leaving at 4 p M to-day for Hunt
ington.
Boat-hands' GOSSIP
Business fair on the Public Landing to-
day.
Mr. David Scatterday, clerk Of the Gin
cinnati and Pomeroy packet, Ohio No. 4,
celebrated his thirty-thrd birthday Thurs
day. and notwithstanding he is in the prime
of life, he "fces Just as young as he used
to be-" when boy at school. Mr.. Scatter
day began the life of a riverman about
seven years ago as second clerk OIL the Jen-
ME Howell with Captain Alex. Halliday,
in the Cincinnati and New Orleans trade.
Mr.. Frank Buskirk, now in the Government
service in this city, was the Howell's first
clerk. Mr.. Scatterday has been on the
Ohio No. 4, and in the employ of the Big
Sandy Packet Company for the past five
years, during which time he has been an
honor to the Company and made many
friends along the Upper Ohio River. We
wish Davie many a happy day, and hope
he'll live to be a hundred years OF age.
His boat, the Ohio No. 4, will be here Mon
day, and back out the same evening at .
o'clock for Pomeroy.
Commodore Wash. Honshel's family will
be here from Catlettsburg next week.
Work on the new Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad packet, being built to take the
Bostona's place, is progressing finely. La
borers are now plankng her hull.
Mr.. Albert Shinkle, son OF Captain 0. r.
', Shinkle, will come out next week in charge
of the Golden Rules Office, vice W. r
!, Shaw.
The river receded foot in the past, o
: hours ending at noon to-day, with IL lee
r 6 inches in the channel.
j The Potomac, from Pomeroy came il
last evening and returned after midnight
: She reshpped 1,40O kegs nails and 65
bundles cotton ties on the mail boat TO
Louisville.
! The Telegraph is late to-day, but will b.
' in this afternoon, and return to Pomero,
l this evening.
The Golden Crown is receiving good trip
t and will get away this evening for New Or
9 leans with 400 or 500 tons of freight, ant
will fill out below.
; The Eldorado is ahoat and on her wa,
down EN- route to St Louis
Captain J. Lawrence Carter is repaintin
and fixing the U. p. Schenck up in a No.
style for the fall. She is lying just abov
Sedamsvile.
Captain James A. Blackmore, Captain J
= o. Phillips, Captain j. b. Sneathen, an
!, Hon. William Stone arrived in the city thi
+ morning from Pittsburg.
r Let some of our enterprising steamboat
e men put iirst-class packet in the Tennes
see River and Cincinnati trade. There
\ lots of cotton, peanuts hides and passer
gers awaiting such boat.
l. The Evansville Journal thinks it's tn
9 Clinton and Rob Roy that Conmodor
Davidson will put into the St. Louis an
Cincinnati trade.
The New Orleans Times mentions the al
rival OF several consignments of new CO.
j. ton on the Thomas Dean.
d The st. Louis Post Dispatch is trying t
get the Tennessee River trade to the Futur
d Great, In yesterdays issue Ryland say
Tennessee, delightful stream. Sixt,
E. four inches Of water 240 milk
Up from its mouth, clear, an
7. abundance of fish disport along i
y pebbly bottom. Most attractive Of all thel
Z are heavy crops and the people still cry OIL
z for trade connections with st. Louis. S
p. cure this trade, and it never will be lo
!, again. The Tennessee River was in goo
q condition when the Polar Star and to
4 came out. She brought out 495 cords, equ'
Z to 1000 tons of tan bark, 125 tons of irol
L and 100000 feet of lumbe
The Tennessee River is one of the be
- streams in the world for navigation. w
"a terloo, at the foot Of Colbert Shoals, is tv
hundred and forty miles from the Ohio
steamer. Along the Tennessee there a
q the largest crops Of cotton and goobel
q ever known. The people say to I'll
* day that st. Louis is their nf
!, ural market, and they want to trade wi
,S that city; but they can't do it, as st. Loy
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