The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31
RIVER IsrELLlGESCE.

tspeciai River Dispatches IN the stae.l
n BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Dec 3l--11:17 A. NJ
River 7 feet and stationary. Westher
cloudy. Wind southwest
Il HINTON. W. VA, Dec. 31-i0:5S A. NJ
New River 8 feet and falling. Weather
raining. -.'e
CHARLEsroN. Dec. 31-1O:30 A. M--Kana.
wha River 8 feet 6 inches and falling.
Weather clear. Wind southwest.
On CRY. Pa. Dec. 31-11:l3 A. NJ
Allegheny River feet 1 inch and rising
Wind south.
PfrTsBuRs, Dec. Sill :33A M-River 9
feet 10 inches and rising.
t Boat Hands Gossip.
Business fair on the levee.
| The Fashion left for Evansville last
night with fair trip. 'i 81
The punctual City Of Portsmouth leaves
daily at 4 p. m. for Chilo and all way land
ings al.
\ The Wildwood came down last night and
returned to Maysville at noon to-day.
The large and elegant side-wheel steamer
Robt Mitchell will positively leave this
evening for all points on the Lower Missis-
Isippi River and New Orleans direct. Capt
Dan. Moore 'mmands. and Capt. Frank
lStein presides in the office.
I The fast, large and elegant new side-wheel
steamer Bostona, Capt. Isaac Bryson mas
fter, Gus. H.: Honshelf and Sam. Hawk
Iclerks, will leave promptly at 4 p. m. from
Ethe Big Sandy Wharfboat foot of Broad
wav, for Huntington, where she connects
with the early G. & O. Railroad trains to-
morrow for all Eastern cities.
+ The popular and reliable steamer James
D. Parker commenced loading this morn
ling for the Lower Ohio River and Memphis,
and will depart tomorrow evening sure.
liShe will receipt passengers and freight
through TO- Little Rock and all points in
| Arkansas
Il Captain James Kirker's large and reliable
| side-wleel steamer Potomac will be the
lpacket leaving this evening from the foot Of
fBroadway to Maysville.. Portsmouth, Iron
ton, Big Sandy, GalIipolis and Pomeroy
direct Watt. Shedd is In the office.
|, The Golden Rule will follow the Robert
Mitchell and leave for New Orleans Satur-
Fday. M
The Ohio No. 4 for Pomeroy, and the
Fleetwood for Huntington. will both leave
Iito-morrow from the foot Of Broadway.
II Weather cloudy and mild with rain.
L Il, There are on their way to St Louis. via
LCairo, towboats DippoId, Grand Lake, Fu-
Eture City, Z. NJ. Norton, Ironsides, P. Eads,
Storm No. 8 and Polar Star and about 900
barges. Towboating in the trade of st.
Louis with New Orleans, the Ohio and the
upper rivers, ia growing rapidly. and in
stead of the fifty or sixty barges employed
| in 1879 IN the st. Louis and New Orleans
trade, there will probably be one hundred
within year and five hundred within five
years-GSt Louis P-D. tat1 !
The Coal Valley passed mp last night and
the Fred. Wilson this morning, both for
Pittsburg with empty harges r
|, Capt Ike Whitaker is still in the oity.
Capt Sam. Wood arrived In the city this
morning from Pittsburg.
Capt. Morris Miller, Of Memphis, arrived
in the city to-day. .l 7f b @ts,
The following towboats came down this
morning with coal and cokei Ella. Charles
Mcdonald, B. D. Wood. Hornet No. 2, Geo.
Lysle and Sam. Clark.
/ The river continued TO fall at noon to-
day with 81 feet inches in the channel.
Captain J. b. Sneathen came down from
Pittsburg BY rail this morning, and will re-
turn tonight He says the samson will be
down tonight en- route for Louisville.
She has eight barges coal for Cincinnati aud
SIX packages for below. '''F '''''
Captain D. w. Kirkpatrick, late of the
Virgie Lee, goes out In command of the
James D. Parker Tomorrow. Mr.. Robert
Mccoy will have charge of the Office, assist
ed by Mr. Colbert. Nc, we are glad to say,
liz improving in health. @I.' ''.