The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-05
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.



Monongahela River 8 feet inches and
falling. Weather fair. Wind northeast.
CHARLESTON. Sept. 5-10:16 A. M.-Ka-
nawha River feet 8 inches and ris-
ing. Weather cloudy. Wind east.
OH CITY, Pa, Sept. 5-S:14 A. M.-Al-
legheny River inches and standing.
Weather clear. Wind southwest.
PIrTsBURe Sept. 5-lO:56 A. M.-River
10 inches and stationary. Weather clear,
CLEAR AND WARM AT NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS Sept 5--11:30 A. NJ
River 13 feet and inch below high-water
mark. Arrived-E. o. Stanard, st. Louis.
Weather clear and warm.
.... steamb boat Movements.
The City of Portsmouth leaves at 4 p. M.
daily for Chilo and attends all way land
ings.
The Wildwood came down last night and
returned to Maysville at noon to-day.
Captain Armstrong; neat and punctual
steamer Dora Cabler' arrived to-day, and
after disoliargng her cargo, Immediately
began to reload for Evansville and all iD-
termediate points, and will leave to-mor-
row without fail.
Captain Sterling c., MeIntyre's popular
and reliable Vint Shinkle is loading for the
Lower Ohio River and st. Louis, and will
leave Tomorrow sure. Mr.. J. A. Lindsay is
her affable clerk.
The Golden Rule will load next week for
New Orleans.
Captain E. P. Chancellor's pretty and fast
new steamer W. n. Chancellor will leave
tomorrow at noon for Wheeling and Pitts
burg, and being very light she will 90
through. Ira Huntington is her genial
clerk.
Captain Jas. Kircher's large and elegant
new sde-wheel steamer Potomac will
leave this evening for Maysvile. Ports
mouth, Ironton, Big Sandy, Gallipolis and
Pomeroy direct. She will be followed to-
morrow by the Telegraph, another fine side
wheel steamer.
The. steamer Plow Boy, with Captain
Darragh in command, is advertised to leave
here Saturday for the Arkansas River,
The speedy and elegant new passenger
steamer Fleetwood will he the regular G. &
0. R. R. packet leaving from the foot OF
Broadway to-day at 4 p. M, sharp, for
Huntingdon. Captain J. T. Campbell
commands. She will be followed to-mor-
row by the Bostona.
Boat Hands Gossip.
Business fair at the Levee.
Weather clearing and cool this morning.
The James w. Gaff added 1000 barrels ce-
ment at New Albany and left this morning
for ST. Louis
The Keokuk Northern Line has char
tered the John L. Rhoads and will put her
in the st. Louis and st. Paul trade.
The Paris G. Brown arrived at New Or
leans Yesterday.
Navigation is about suspended again at
Pittsburg. Low water.
Captain Lew. Vandegrift is figuring at
Pittsburg for a new boat.
The river was falling at.noon to-day with
13 feet of water in the channel.
Captain NJ l.. Virdon came up this
morning from Louisville, and will remain
with us couple'Of days.
The Fleetwood came down this morning,
and after unloading went up to Fulton to
lay up. The Buckeye State was dropped
down to the Big Sandy wharfboat, and will
be the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad packet,
leaving to-day at o'clock for Huntington.
Captain Wash Honshell has not decided
or not.
The w. N. Chancellor was still on the
docks this morning, but we we're assured
that she would come off to-day and leave
for Pittsbnre at noon tomorrow.
The Cherokee arrived from st. Louis last
night with a good trip, and reshipped eight
plows on the Wildwood for Maysville. The
Cherokee will probably return to ST. Louis
next week.
Harry Bruce, second clerk of the Fleet
wood, stops off to-day to recuperate for the
next two weeks. At tnoon he was searching
for jim Dunbar to take his place.
The Cincinnati &Tennessee River Packet
Line, with Capt John G. Reno at the head,
have an office at No. Public Landing, up
stairs, and one boat, the Ariadne, in the
Line. This steamer is now loading and
will be the first to leave under the auspices
of the new line. Capt. Reno expects to get
another boat next week to enter the trade.
The Big Sandy Packet Company will send
the Potomac up tonight, and the Tele-
phone will return to Pomeroy tomorrow.
Yes erday'S IT Louis Post-Dispatch, says:
Moses NJ Hard had. as a steamboat clerk
on Western Rivers, some years ago, bigger
wages than many would suppose. For
five successive years his salary was $1,000
per annum. He was on the Welcome and
other boats during the period specified.
John G. Copelin was warm friend of his.
Mr. Hillari has given up the live stock
business. He has never been engaged in a
losing business since he was eleven years
of age if the stock business didn't prove a
losing business.
"Why does old slow-going st. Louis not
build the six Baldwin boats, and look out
for the contract for the next six, for there
are to be twelve of them? The company
doesn't ask credit. 1t is entirely cash
transaction, and yet hulls, engines and cab
ins are building elsewere. This is intense
ly mortifying"
Four thousand dollars was the price paid
for the steamer Handy, the sale of which
was announced yesterday.
The Ternary Bros, of Manchester have
just completed little boat to ply between
Manchester and Portsmouth daily. She
made pleasure excursion Sunday.
Quincy Wing, Sept. 2; Latest advices
from the different States the Governors of
which have been requested to send dele
gates to the River improvement Conven-
ton to beheld in this city October 18th,
give information that all the States will be
fully represented. The following letter on
the subject will explain itself;
COLUMBUS, Aug. 30.-To the Editor ofthe
Wing: called on Gov. Bishop to-day in
regard to the appointment of delegates to
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