The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-06
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

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PIrrsBURG, Sept, 6-l1:4O A. M.-River
II inches and stationary.
BRowNsvILLE Pa, Sept 6-9:40 A. NJ
Monongahela River 8 feet 4 inches and
falling. Weather fair.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 6-S:30 A. M.-Ka-
nawha River 8 feet and stationary.
Weather clear. Wind west.
OIL CITY, Pa, Sept. 6-S:17 A. M.-Al-
legheny River 5 inches and standing.
Weather clear, Wind west.
PARIS c. BROWN DEPARTS.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 6-NooN,-River
13 feet and 3 inches below high-water
mark. No arrivals except local packets
Departures for to-day-E. O. Stanard, ST.
Louis; Paris c. Brown, Cincinnati, and
local packets. Weather clear and pleasant
Steamboat Movements.
The Bonanza came down this morning
and returned to Portsmouth at noon.
The speedy and elegant new passenger
steamer Bostona will be the regular G. &
o. R. R. packet leaving from the foot of
Broadway to-day at p. m., sharp, for
Huntington. Captain Isaac Bryson COM
mands. She will be followed Tomorrow
by the Clifton.
Captain Sterling G. McIntyre's popular
and reliable Vint Shinkle is loading for the
Lower Ohio River and st. Louis, and will
leave to-day sure. Mr.. J, A. Lindsay is her
affable clerk.
The Golden Rule will load next week for
New Orleans.
The City of Portsmouth leaves at p. m.
daily for Chilo and attends all way land
ings
Capt. Armstrong; punctual Dora Cabler
will eavethis evening without fail for all
points on The Lower Ohio River and Evans
vile.
The Lucy E. Gastrell will leave to-nigh
| for New Orleans.
| Can't. +, S. Morgan's large, fast and ele-
CANT new side ewheel steamer Telegraph will
be the regular a<"ket leaving this evening
from the foot of Broadway for Maysville,
Portsmouth, Ironton, Big Sandy, Gallipolis
and Pomeroy direct.
Boat Hands Gossip.
Business on the Levee to-day is good with
the Southern boats, and the Upper River
packets have all they can attend to.
Mr.. Patterson, mate of the Lucy E. Gas
trell, is the gentleman who kept the Clinton
Hotel in Covington, KY, two years ago.
The w. N. Chancellor got away for Pitts
burg this afternoon with good trip.
ST. Louis Times, yesterday: Steamboat
men report the snags very thick in the
neighborhood of Liberty Island, and think
one of Uncle Sans snagboats might find
something to do if she would cruise in this
direction. One of the Sam. Roberts barges
was aground at Kaskaskia Island yesterday.
The Roberts had gone to Cairo with the
other two barges and would return for it.
Col Merrill proposes to build new iron
dredgeboat so feet long, 81 Il feet wide, and
6 feet inches depth of hold, the iron work
to approximate 81 tons in weight Bids
must be in by October 1st.
Weather cloudy and pleasant this morn
ing.i
The river was falling at noon with ten
feet IN the channel.
The Emma Graham lays up and the W.
N. Chandler defers her departure until this
evening and takes the Graham's trip out
for Pittsburg This isa elegant boat, and
Ira Huntington is the prince of clerks
Come again, Ira.
The Bostona came down this morning
from Huntington and laid up This Leaves
the Telegraph to attend to the RalroaC
business to-day. The Bostona will take al
excursion to Louisville tonight if the
| Wildwood isn't in by 8 o'clock this even
| ing,