The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-17


Dennis Agan, yrs, city.
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Especial dispatches to the SLar.J
ALLEGHENY FALLING.
OIL Cry, Pa, Feb. 17--S:2l A. M.-AllegheHy
River feet inches and falling. Weather
cloudy. Thermometer 240. Wind south.
SHOWING AT BROWNSVILLE.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Feb I7-9:40 A. M-Monon-
gahela River 6 feet and falling. Showing. Their
80. Wind northeast
FALLING AT PITTsBURG. IL
P1rrsBuRG Pa, Feb It'll: IA A. M.-River 6
feet 8 inches and falling. Weather cloudy and
cold.
sTEADY SNOW AT CHARLESTON.
CHARLESTON, W. VA, Feb. 1880 A. M-Kan-
awha River feet. Showing all morning. Their
mometer $40.
SNOW AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS Feb 17--After three inches of snow
at an early hour yesterday it was clear and cloudy
at intervals. Ice running much the same and
river falling, with feet to Cairo.
NLea nm boat NOV eMenIA.
Capt John Levisay's fine, large and fast side
wheel steamer Ohio No. came down last evening
way, loading to leave this evening for Mayssille,
Portsmouth, Ironton, Big Sandy, Gallipolis and
Pomeroy direct, and will take passengers for
Wheeling and Pittsburg. She has superior accom-
nodutions for people aud her officers attentive
and Obliging gentlemen. Messrs Morgan and
Seatterday are associated in the Office.
The punctual City Of Portsmouth leaves at
D. m. daily from the foot OF Walnut street for
Chill and attends to all way business.
Capt. RoDt W. Wises superb new steamer Jas
W. Gaff arrived yesterday and issreceiving peo ole
and freight preparatory to leaving "Wednesday
evening on return trip for Evansville, Cairo and
Memphis. Mr.. G. Wash. Thompson is her aff,.ble
purser.
The speedy and elegant side-wheel steamer
Fleetwood, Capt ]. T. Campbell master, came
down this morning and will be the r. gnlar c. & o.
R. r. packet leaving at 1. p. m. for Huntington.
The fine packet c. X. Peck is loading at the foot
of Main street and announced to leave Wedues-
day for st. Louis.
The wildwood left at noon tor Maysville.
Captain Moore's popular packet Bonanza wi be
down tonight, and return to Portsmouth to-mor-
row at noon.
The elegant new steamer Elizabeth will be the
packet leaving tomorrow for POmeroy, and will
take passengers for all points on the Upper Ohio
River.
Captain w. B. Miller's large and commodius
new sde-wheel steamer Guiding Star c. mmeneed
to register passengers and receive freight this
morning for Greenville, Vicksburg, NatcheZ and
New Orleans and will depart Wednesday wit her
cabin crowded with exculsionists bound f.r the
S. Jones is her efficient and courteous purser.
The Bost0na will be the c. d .. Railroad packet
for Huntington tomorrow.
BOat-hamds' Gossip.
Business moderate.
Ground covered with the beautiful"
Southern Transportation Company send out
only two boats this week-Wednesday and Satur-
day.
The trouble between the owners OF the new
steamer Eldorado were settled by Capt. Little trad
IA ~ 1
wick and partners for their interest in the new
boat. Capt Little and son will leave Portsmouth
with the Eldorado as soon as they can get her out
fit aboard and have her boilers inspec ed. Ben.
Woodwork will assume command of the Gaylord
to-day.
Frank Baker, of the Marine Journal, is in Mem
phis.
Capt J. " Reynolds is still '1oose," as it were.
while unless something unusually good should
offer. He 10 look at the Granite State yeSter-
day, but does not want her.
Commodore Wash. Honshells new steamer be-
ing built by the Marine Railway & Dry Dock Com
pany is rapidly approaching completion, and will
be ready next month for her machinery. She has
guards and noising on and laborers are now work
ing at her upper works. Her engines will be down
some time this week from Portsmouth. Com
modore Honshell has not decided on name yet
for the new boat She will be daisy.
Among the passengers from Pttsbnrg thism
ing en- the Buckeye State were Mr.. J. V. Da Costa,
5 De
Orleans Picayune, S. c. Weaver, and s. Martin.
They are Ell route TO New Orleans to attend the
Mardi Gras festivities. and will lake passage on
the Guiding Star, leaving Wednesday. The Buck.
eye State got here about daylight and reshDped Is
tons miscellaneous freight on the mail-boat fol
Louisville, IA tons on the JAS w. Gaff for Memphis
and tons on the Gu ding Star for the South.
Capts Fisher and Devinny will go to Ports
mouth this week to inspect the Eldorado. They
inspected the Cobb Cecil's boilers Saturday. Hy
drostatics 217 lbs Steam 145 lbs They also in
spected the c. p. Card, and submitted her boilers
| to a hydrostatic test of 150 pounds, and allowed
The Jacob Heartherington passed up this morn
ing from Louisvillefor Wheeling with an empty
tow. .-.
The river was rising fast at noon to-day with 2,
feet in the chanuel, leaving for passing steamers
IA feet space under the Newport Bridge and ID fee
| under the Suspension and Southern Railroad
Bridges. About 30, ono feet of lumber, which wa
P%ersed By Tie rapdy rising @ water
Capt John Kl nefeter, an oldtime river mar
and favorably known by nearly every steamboat
man in the West, is now resident of Bunke
Hill, H., and well fixed, financially. He wa
formerly of Pittsburg and St, Louis, and com
manded q number of steamers in the Cincin
natl & Pittsburg trade. Among them wa
the Pennsylvania, large side wheel steam
err He run her between this city and Pittsbur,
and between st. Louis and New Orleans She ex
ploded her boilers while in the latter trade ant
was total loss. The steamer he commanded wa
the Glad lator which made twenty-day trips be
| tween St Louis and New Orleans in 1862, and pre-
vious to that date She was very successful ant
made good deal of money for her owners.
The Annie Kelley, new towboat owned b.
| Capt. Hornbrook, is here from Wheeling. She i
lying at the foot of Ludlow street, and probabl.
| came down to raise the sunken Ed Hobbs
| Weather cloudy and moderate to-day, and stead.
| snow all morning.
ECincinnatl Live Stock Market.
| IN 81 CINcIHNArI Feb. 17-2P. NJ.
| The following are the receipts and shipments o
for4 In A