The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-26
Staamhoat Moyamants.

The City of Portsmouth leaves at p. m.
daily from the foot of Walnut street for
Chilo, and attends to all way business.
The superb new steamer Jas W. Gaf is
loading to leave this evening for all points
on the Lower Ohio River and Memphis
Captain r. w. Wise, Master and G. Wash.
Thompson clerk, are her efficient andpopu-
lar chief officers.
The fine passenger and freight steamer
Silver Cloud is ON berth loading, and will
return to Tennessee River Thursday. Cap
tain Harry Gilbert, Master, and Major ].
NJ. Crow and Leo. Kahn, clerks, will see to
wants Of travellers and shippers.
The Wildwood came down and returned
| to Maysville at noon.
The Bonanza will be down tonight and
return to Portsmouth at noon tomorrow.
Capt. Isaac Brysons fine and speedy side
wheel packet Bostona will leave promptly
at p. m. for Huntington. where she con-
meets with the C. & o. r. r. tomorrow for
all Eastern cities. Gus. Honshell has charge
OF the Office.
The elegant side-wheel steamer Potomac
will leave from the foot of Broadway this
evening for Pomeroy and all intermediate
points. Capt. Jas. Kirker commands and
Capt Watt. Shedd presides in the office.
The Ohio No. will be the regular packet
ledNlnp TOMORROW IOr IOtnerOv.
Capt. ]. L. Carter's fine new excursion
steamer U. p Schenck will be found in
port loading to leave for New Orleans to-
morrow evening. Mr.. Thos. Bond is her
pleasant chief clerk.
Boat-hands' Gossip
| Business fair.
A new cylinder is being made at Wheel
| ing for the Nail City.
I,,II g h. =
| at Steubenville, will prove total loss. The
machinery and upper works will be trans
| ferred to another boat.
Gus. Young, who is making trip on the
Andy Baum as second clerk, writes us that
| the Baum left Memphis with 60 cabin and
20 deck passengers and 97S bales cotton, so
| brls OIL 300 pkgs sundries, 81 bales rags and
| a lot of miscellaneous stuff; also 100 stands
bees. He also writes ave had quite a
| lively time taking the bees aboard. One OF
| the laborers let a stand fall, bursting it
wide open. | never saw negroes and dray-
men get around as lively in my life as they
| did when those bees were let loose. The
bees mistool1 my hat for the hive and quite
a number of them took quarters on my
| head"
The new Mary Houston will follow the
U. P. Schenck to New Orleans and leave
Saturday.
The Alice, from st. Louis came in at 7
o'clock this morning and will proceed ia
Pittsburg this evening. She has a fair trir
Of freight, and discharged here for Robert
Moore h Co., 81 bales cotton; Proctor
Gamble 50 brls oil; II. brennan, so brls
pitch Cincinnati Transfer Co., 20 brls
pitch; various consignees, 2 horses, 20i
hogs, "A cattle, pkgs eggs, and 20 brls clay.
The II. +. Pierrepont and VIM. Ernst are
due to-day from Kanawha River with tows.
The River rose feetin the past "a hours,
and was rising at noon to-day with 35 feet
0 inches in the channel, leaving for passing
steamers "a feet space under the Newport
Bridge, and 66 feet under the Suspension
and Southern Railroad Bridges.
On the up trip of the U. P. Schenck Clerk
Dick Burns collected one bill at Evansville
amounting to $3.50, all of which was paid in
silver. Another BILL amounting to over
800, was collected al Louisville and paid
in silver.
Hack Kelso and VIM. Pendleton will be
the Jas w. Gatf7s pilots to Memphis. She
received g.,tly this morning, owing to the
inclement weather, but will probably dc
better this afternoon and get away this eve
ming with fair start.
Professor Geo. Morse, Of Cairo, ILL.,, was {
passenger to this city on the U. p. Schenck
| Capt. Alex. Semple the funny man
and clerk on the Central Transit Wharf
boat, has started a fancy grocery on tn,
corner of Front and Ludlow streets, ant
has young man running the concerl
while he attends to his duties on the what
boat.
Pilot Wm. Henry Harrison, who went tc
New Orleans at the new Halliday's wheel
returned by rail this morning via St. Louis
The Champion No. returned from the
Big Sandy River this morning with tow
and left one barge iron below the foot o
Main street.
The U. P. Schenck, from New Orleans
came in at 1880 o'clock this morning witt
about 20 passengers and fair trip. She
registered so cabin and about 1875 deck pas
sengers coming up.
Weather cloudy. Drizzling rain all morn
ing.
The James D. Parker will be here from
Memphis tonight and return Saturday
She will be followed in turn by the And,
Baum next week.
Pilot Wash Tenley, of the U. P. Schenck
has side show in the Schenck's pilot
house, having captured Klimizedotor
or some other curious kind OF an animal
which will be presented to the Geological
Garden, with an appropriate speech and I