The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-23
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Especial River Dispatches to the star.l

RIVER lNEELLlGENCE.
Especial River Dispatches to the starl
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Aug. 23-10:10 A. NJ
Monongahela River feet inches and
falling Weather cloudy. Wind northeast.
CHARLESTON, Aug. 22-10;03 A. M.-Ka-
nawha River feet , inches and falling.
Weather cloudy indications OF rain. Wind
northeast.
OIL Cry, Pa, Aug. 23-1:22 A. M.-Al-
legheny River s inches and stationary.
Weather cloudy. Wind northeast.
P1rTsBURG, Aug: 23-11;14 A. M.-River
feet and stationary. Weather clear.
Steamboat Movements.
The City of Portsmouth leaves at p. m.
for Chilo and all way landings.
The fine popular and light draught pas
senger packet James d. Parker is billed to
leave this evening for the South. Captain
c. B. Russell commands and Mr.. Bob Nc
Coy presides in the office.
The punctual and fast new steamer Pitts
burgh will be the regular C. d. 0. R. II.
packet, leaving to-day promptly at 4 p NJ.
from the foot of Broadway for Huntington.
She will be followed tomorrow by the
Buckeye State.
The elegant new passenger steamer Paris
c. Brown, Captain Alex. Holiday master,
Chris Young clerk, will depart to-day for
all points on the Lower Mississippi River
and New Orleans direct.
The superb and speedy Dora Cabler
will be the regular packet leaving this
evening from the foot of Main street for
Evansville and all intermediate points.
Her officers are efficient and courteous gen.
tlemen.
The Bonanza came down this morning.
and returned to Portsmouth at noon.
Capt. 4. S. Morgan's large and elegant
new side wheel steamer Telegraph will
leave this evening from the foot Of Broad
way for Maysville, Portsmouth, Ironton,
Big Sandy, Gallipols and Pomeroy direct.
She will be followed Monday by the Gran
ite State,
Boat-hands' Gossip.
Business fair.
The new Central-avenue ferryboat, in
course of construction over at the Coving-
ton ways is to be called the j. p. Patton.
The frame of the new boat is about up, and
planking will be commenced Monday.
The Batesville is expected to arrive from
Evansville to-day and 20 on the Covngton
ways for repairs.
St. Louis Times-J Journal: Capt. J. M. CAT
frey, of lie Clare Ia, was introduced on
| Change yesterday by Col. P. 2. Manion.
The Captain is here for the purpose of buy
ing medium-sized stern.wheel boat to be
used on the upper rapids
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette: A friend
ic i,,fp cd tl,nt hn Of 4ha OH
Virginia were built by James Nelson & Co.
| Cylinder twenty-nine inches in diameter, 9
feet stroke; four boilers, forty-six inches in
diameter, twenty-eight feet long, five fues
each wheel thirty-nine feet in diameter
with ten buckets; shaft in main journal
eighteen inches, twenty-four arms in wheel
chimneys sixty-six inches in diameter, fifty
six feet above breeching; pitmans thirty
feet from center to center; contract price,
$4,000. The Virginia was commanded by
Captain Wells, in the Union Line, from
Wheeling to Louisville
New Orleans Times; The Trenton, under
the manipulations of Capt. Thos. Knee, has
been completely transformed into almost a
brand-new boat. She has had new decks
and guards placed on her her hull'is in
prime order and the painting Las been
done in an artistic manner, and she has
been refurnished ont and out. She left last
evening for Opelousas and Washington, in
place of the Yazoo, which boat retires for a
short time for repairs. Capt. VIM. Craw-
ford will have command, and Henry Mo
laison still manages the office
Pittsburg Dispatch: The f. Y. Bachelor
will not come out of the Missouri River, as
reported, but will go into winter quarters
at Yankton, as she did last winter. The
Bachelor has proved herself to be one ol
the best boats in the mountain trade.
The river was falling this morning with
feet inches of water in the channel.
The propeller c. P. Cord is out on the
Covington ways, and will be let into the
water to-day.
Yesterdays st. Louis Post-Dspatch says
Capt. John 3runer ought 10 know, il
any man does, that Alton is five miles fur
ther from ST. Louis than it was when the
Altoona made the famousrun in h. 81 min
He still holds that the Altoona was faster
than the present Spread Eagle.
| at would be interesting to know what de
scription of steamer Captain John B. Davis
is going to build. We know he likes great
speed; such boat in fact as would suit al
mail and passenger boat of the best sort
huge lIelSnl CdrTleTS are, Ike DlS uicl-Ol
war getting out of repute.
$50 great is the success of the sternwhee
raft pusher Pauline, with 10 inch by 6 fee
cylinders that the ]. G. Chapman has 90
in, by Rouse & Dean, Dubuque, cylinder
of II inches diameter, 6 feet stroke. Sh'
will be ouI IN few weeks The long stroke
preference is increasing.
"All the rivers falling except the Arkan
sas. To Cairo only 7 feet reported, ant
barges aground at Liberty Island. Highe
rates OF freight absolutely necessary.
THE exact size of the Diurnal's engine
is: Cylinders % inches base, As inche
stroke, having double slide valves, with th
D. & L. balance, thus giving the engines
powerful stroke. The wheels are IN fee
diameter, buckets l3H feet long, 2 fee
wide, with IA arms to each Wheel
Wee WireljHgs.
Mr. Hand, insane, found dead near Chilli