The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-21
RIVE2 INTELLIGENCE.
Especial dispatches to the Sgar.l


ALLEGHENY FALLING.
OIL CITY, Pa. Feb. 21-S:4s A. M.-Allegheny
River feet inches and falling. Weather
clear. Thermometer 1872. Wind west.
MoNoEGAHELA FALLING.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Feb. 2l-1o10 A. M-Monon-
gahela River feet 6 inches and falling. Weather
clear. Thermometer 17o. Wind southeast.
STATIONARY AT PITTsBURG.
PrTTsBURG. Pa, Feb. 2l-10:59 A. M.-River S
feet 4 inches and stationary. Weather clear and
cold and considerable floating ice
FALLING AT CHARLESTON.
CHARLESTON, W. VA, Feb 2l-9:27 A. M.-Kan-
awha River feet inches and falling. Weather
cloudy. Thermometer 260. Wind southwest
LOUISVILLE NOTES.
LOUISVILLE, Feb 2l-Noon.-River falling, with
feet 6 luches in the canal and feet inches in
the chute on the falls. Weather moderating. Busi-
ness good. The James Guthrie. for Henderson.
and General Iytle, for Cincinnati. leave to-day.
Vint Shinkle passed up this morning for Cincn-
natl with good freight trip. Fannie Tatum, Pitts
burg to ST. Louis, passed down last night loaded
flat. Alice from ST. Louis, is due tomorrow on
her way to Pittsburg.
ST. LOUIS NEWS.
ST.. Louis, Feb 21.-Weather cold and cloudy.
Cairo with tow of three baIges. She returned
The Matte Belle will leave tomorrow for Port
land and way points.
The E. c. Elliott goes to Grand Tower eEerJ
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Arrived. Grand Lake and barges, from Cairo
Alice Brown, Grand Tower, City of Vicksburg
Vicksburg: Belle IF Shreveport, New Orleans.
Departed and leaving to-day: DeSmet, for Pa
ducah; S.. Genevieve, Cairo; Clinton, Cincinnati
Spread Eagle, Grafton.
Steamboat Movements.
The fine, large new side-wheel steamer Tele
graph will be the regular packet leaving thi'
evening from the Big Sandy Wharfboat for Mays
Vile. Portsmouth Ironten, Big Slndy, Gallipolis
| and Pomeroy direct. Capt. E. s. Morgan com
mands, and J. T. Hambleton and Kendall Nor
gan are her gentlem My clerks
The fine and reliable steamer G. K. Peck is load
ing at the foot OF Main street, and will depart thi
evening ior st Louis. taking people and fregh
for all points on the Illinois, Missouri and Uppe
Mississippi Rivers
Capt c. B. Russell's popular and fayorit'
| row for Evansville, Cairo and Memphis direct
Mr.. G. W. Thompson is her oblging clerk.
The Southern TRANSPORTATION Company will sent
out for New Orleans tomorrow Capt o.
| Shinkles elegant new steamer Golden Rule. Sh,
will take freight for all Southern ports, and fu.
nish unsurpassed accommodations for excursion
Roar-hands' Gossip.
/ Business dull this morning.
An the streams above are falling.
| Capt. W. P. Wright rs back from Missouri.
The SILVER Cloud and Virgie Lee, for Cincinnati
and the Guiding Star, for New Orleans, left Evans
Vile this morning..
Cant. Sam. Cfristy win start for Kanawha Rive
with the d. T. Lane rs seon as the ice thins ou
4 sufiiciently to permit her TO take q tow.
4 The country papers along the river aHnounc
| that g. w Honshell, 'Our Gus" clerk of the G. 4
o. R. r. packet Bostona, will soon take unto him
self better half. The cards are not out yet, AM
we strongly suspect there is good deal of "taffy
| about the statement.
J Can't Jim Nichols carried Of the prize at dane