The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-25


River 2 feet and stationary. Weather cloudy
and raining. Thermometer 2O'. Wind south.
RAIN AT BROWNSVILLE.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Feb 25-9:38 A. M-Monon-
gahela River 7 feet inch aud rising. Weather
cloudy and rainy. Thermometer $40. Wind
southeast
STATIONARY AT PITTsBURG.
PiTTsBuRe, Pa, Feb 25-11:11 A. M.-River 5
feet and about stationary. Weather cloudy and
mild.
INDICATIONS OF RAIN.
CHAIR EsroN, VIVA, Feb. 25-l0:18 A. M.-Kan-
awha River feet 6 inches and falling slowly.
Weather cloudy with indications OF rain. Ther-
mometer 5So Wind south.
ST. LOUIS Feb. 25.-Arrived: Polar Star and
barges, Tennessee River; Grand Lake and barges,
Cairo; Centennial. New Orleans. Departed and
leaving TO-DAY: De Smet Paducah; Annie, Keo-
kuk. Weather warm. and light rain. Business
fair.
Steamboat Movements.
For Chilo at p. m.-City of Portsmouth.
The New Mary Houston, coming up, Will pass
The Guiding Star is out Of the Ohio River with
her merry lot oi excursion SITS for New Orleans,
Capt j. T. Campbell's speedy Fleetwood will be
the regular C. & o. r. r. packet leaving to-day at
D. m sharp for Huntington.
The elegant new and fast sidewheel steamer
Telegraph will leave this evening from the foot OF
Broadway for Maysville, Portsmouth, lrontIn. Big
Sandy Gallipolis and Pomeroy direct and take
passengers for all points on the Upper Ohio River.
| Capt E. s. Morgan, master, and Messrs HANDLE.
ton and Mo. gan, clerks, are her courteous chief
officers. -,
leave tomorrow for Memph s. 49,
Capt Gilberts fine steamer Silver Cloud leaves
this evening for Tennessee River.
| The superb new steamer Paris G. Brown, Capt.
| a. uol1iI evening
leans and all Southern ports. MI. Chris Young is
| her afilble purser.
The Bonanza came down this morning and re,
turned to Portsmouth at noon.
The Bostona will be the raj !road boat leaving TO-
| morrow for Huntington.
The Golden Crown will follow the Paris G.
Brown and leave for New Orleans Thursday.
Boat-hands' Gossip.
Business fair.
W. Clay Dale now has charge of the Paris C.
Browns forecastle.
Commodore Wash Honshell. superin endent Of
the Big Sandy Packet Co., is, we regret TO say, still
| confined to his bed.
The Sylvan Dell came down to the foot of Wal
nut streetand left this morning Tor Ripley. She
run like hound and her wheels seemed TO work
beautifully.
Pat Cleburne received verdict for $3iS 06 on ac-
1 count of the collision case with the steamer Joe
4 Kinney. The accident happened at Bolivar Land
4 ing. Mississippi, winter 1874.
THE NEW ELDoRADo.
The new steamer Eldorado, which is now load
4 ing for New Orleans, is owned by Capt. w. w
| Little of Portsmouth,, where she was built Sht
will make the present trip to New Orleans anc
then enter the Pomeroy and st. Louis trade-tht
trade she was built for. She has er outht aboarc
and wi be ready to leave Tor New orleans 10
morrow as announced.
She is stanch to look at elegantly painted
neatly furnished and trstclass in all her appoint
ments being fitted up with all the modern i'm
| TO constructed with view of fllrn
shing superior facilities for the storing or frelgh
on her guards and boiler deck where 1t will b.
sheltered from wet weather.
1 Her dimensions are us follows Length love
alD 235 feet beam ~ feet depth of hold 5% feet
She has the defunct Brilliant's machinery consist
ing of engines with cylinders 52 feet stroke anc
Ii inches in diameter; boilers 2s ieet long ane
Az inches in diameter, built by Capt Moore. o
Portsmouth. Her wheel is 26 feet length Of buckle
and 1917 feet in diameter.
l Her cabin contains % state rooms neatly furn
ished, while the cabin itself is provided with every
thing necessary for the comfort OF passengers.
She runs we'll, handles beautifully, and draw
only 10 inches all around light and Will carry "a
tons freight on 81 inches OF water. Her carrying
capacity is about ,220 tons. She came down iron
Portsmouth IN II hours without trying to run
and Captain Little saws she will make six miles 81
hour up the Ohio River with 500 tons freight
She has good head and easy stern, and he
pressly for carrying furniture She is ofticered
. follows: Captain w. ". Little; Clerks, W. II
Little, Bryson Purcell Jr, and W. H. Cropper
Pilots, VIM. Underwood and Vim. Attenborougl
(late of the A. C. Donnally): Mates. Dave Littl
aud Alfred Fisher: Engineers, L. V: Applegat
and Ben Markley; Steward, Scott Mockabee.
, She will leave for New Orleans tomorrow even
ing, and have fair start.
Weather partially cloudy this morning. with in
dicatons of raj at noon. Raining at l p m.
The Andy Baum came in from Memphis at mid
night with fine freight trip, con listing princi
paly of 654 bales co ton, 460 brls rosin, 400 bri
oil, 20 packages eggs She will return Saturday
5 The Laura L. Davis from Tennessee River, ar
, rived and is undecided about returning. Sh
brought l54 bales cotton 80 tons pig iron ALI sack
peanuts, 11S head hogs, cattle, 80 pieces cooper
age, 25 sacks shipstuf.
The Golden Crown arrived early this mornn
from New Orleans, and leaves on return tri
Thursday. She had good trip, including 70 hid
sugar. ID bales cotton. II Drls -four 6Sl brls me
lasses brls tallow. 404 brls rce, 40 head ca tie
l41 bds hides. 200 boxes oranges and 10 bales ioE
The river was rising slowly at noon to-day, wit
IA feet 6 inches in the channel, and sufticien
space for passing steamers under the bridges
| Captain Alex. Powers who commanded tn
steamer Louisville and other fine boats in the Gil
cnnati and New Orleans trade, is looking aroun
for berth.
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