The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-24
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Especial dispatches to the star.I
ALLEGHENY RIVER STATIONARY.


OIL CITY, Pa. Jan. 24-S:1e A. M.-Allegheny
River feet and stationary Weather clouiy.
Thermometer 26O. Wind west
MoNoN6AHELA RISING.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Jan. 24-lOI2 A. M.-Monon-
gahola River 10 feet 10 inches and rising Weather
cloudy. Thermometer 33o Wind northeast.
RISING AT PIrrsBURG.
PTTTsBURG, JAN 2i-11:O0 A. M.-River7 feet 3
inches and rising. Weather clear and mild
STATIONARY AT CHARLESTON.
CHAIR EsToN, W. Va, Jan. 24-9 A. M.-Kana-
wha River feet and stationary. Weather cloudy
and calm. Thermometer 800.
LOUISVILLE NOTES.
LOUISVILLE, JAN A-River twelve in the canal
and ten feet on the lis and falling. Business
moderately good, Lytle, for Cincinnati, leaves
this afternoon, The Guiding Star is still here,
but will get away this evr ming after adding lot
of miscellaneous freight here. Captain Fawcctt,
of Pittsburg is here. Capt Silas Adkins, of St.
Lou S, is also in the city.
ST. LOUIS GOSSIP ICE UsCHANGED--DBATH OF
ARIyER REPORTER.
ST.. LOUIS. Jan. 94.-Plenty of ice here, and very
little clear space for the operations of the ferry
boats. The thaw is slight, if any. No breakup
of the ice will he attempted before 1t thaws
toiSluciubiy' SHlpHtHS he' DSlHg Uldue
daily to Cairo and Belmont by rail.
Great interest is manifested as to the event
of the lower port bouts to come to 81. Louis or
Cairo. New Orleans has often been twitted as to
her nonownership of tonnage engaged in the
upper trade. Perhaps she desires to wipe out the
stigma and demonstrate her desire for progress.
The suicide OF accidental death of HALEY Hyde
formerly river reporter of the Republican is much
regretted.
IRON MOUNTAIN LOADS AT EVANSVILLE FOR
NEW oRLEANs-DEATH OF CAPTAIN DICK
LOVE At MEMPHIS
ST. LOUIS Jan. 2i-2:3o P. M.-The Iron Noun
tain and barges will go up to Evansville TO load
for New Orleans,
Captain Dick Love, who died at Memphis yester-
day, was reared in Tennessee and married in st.
Louis the daughter of Captain Henry Sm tier. He
was connected with the rivers reaEy all his life,
being clerk on the Falls City and several Memphis
packets, and was some years St. Louis Freight
Agent of the Memphis Packet Company.
NEW ORLEANS MATTERS.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 24-Weather clearand pleas
ant. River feet 7 inches below high water mark.
Arrivals-Ashland, Shreveport; st. Mary, Bayou
Lafourche. Departures for to- o-dny-City of Angus
ia, White River; Chas. P. Choteau, Mem his; Ed
wardJ. Gay Bayou Sara. The Belle of Texas that
left here on Wednesday, the 18th, for st. Johns
River, Florida. arrived at Pensacola all right.
SLes Mboat MovemeutA.
The Fleetwood came down this morning and
will be the railroad boat leaving at 4 p. IN. for
The Laura L. Davis leaves tomorrow for the
Tennessee River.
The Andy Bs m, for Memphis, will depart to-
morrow as advertised.
The Southern Transportation Company s steam
tG-mO
leans
Isoat-hands' Gossip.
The independent pilots mean biz
Several papers along the Lower Ohio and Mis-
sssippi Rivers.are arguing the Wharfage question
and trying hard to have wharfage reduced.
Jas. w. Gaf1 died yesterday. Particulars of his
death will be found in our local C umns.
The Kanawha No. was i'll in the hands of the
U. S. Ma shall at Iront0n last night.
The Cons Milar Will follow the Andy Baum
and leave for Memphis next Wednesday.
Business fair on the Leyee this morning, with
good prospects OF improving.
CAPT. JOSEPH W. WILLIAMS.
Capt. Joseph H. Williams, the Cincinnati and
St. Louis pilot. is still hale and hearty and, al
though he is fftyseYen years of age an observer
would judge him to be not over forty-fve He
began his careeron the rverat the age of fourteen
years, and has during the, past forty-three years
mated, pilOted, commanded and owned in large
mum er OF steamers.
He accepted his first birth on the steamer A Ia
lanta in the year 1896, and his duties We're to make
himself generally useful about the cook-house
The Atalanta ran from. this city to New lenns,
and was commanded by Capt sam. Staley David
Fish was her chief cook. and owing to his harsh
ways and manners he could not keep boy: but
when he secured the services of Captain Joe he
found he had caught a Tartar. Capt Williams
made cne trip in the Atalanta's cook house. and
during that trip lost about two dozen buckets be-
longing to the boat. In those days steamers used
buckets of rather fancy pattern, and they cost
about S. apiece. The officers OF the boat were n t
aware that the buckets were lost by
Joe. After the Atalanta's5 return to tits
city Joe concluded that he was cut out
for something better than cook. and made appli-
cation to Mate Thomas Rogers for a berth. The
mate wanted to know what he could do. Joe said
he couldn't do much. but was willing to help all
he could Mr.. Rogers said he guessed he did not
want him, and turned away. After a few mo-
mentsl thought, Joe ran after the mate and said
that he col take care of the buckets and see that
they were not lost or stolen. The idea pleased the
mate, and next morning he ordered Joe, to report
for duty, which he did, and made the trip, receiv
ing $15 for his services one month. He succeeded
in saving the boats buckets, too. Thomas Rogers,
the mate was afterwards blown up on the Cinein-
natl & New Orleans packet Buckeye.
In the year 1910 Joe shipped as watchman on
the Pioneer and Empress He served three years
on the latter and then shipped as mate on the
steamer Levant, new boat built here at Captain
John .Leatherburys shipyard for the St. Louis
trade. She was owned by Captain A. R, Irwin,
key Island sixty miles below st. Louis Over one
hundred laborers were employed to raise her. but
the seams in lher hull were all open, and she
proved a total loss
Captain Williams owned in the N. w. Thomas
ard Nicholas Longworth and commanded various
other steamers Among the steamers he COM
manded was the Argyle,Owned by Captain lohn
Kyle, G. +. Pierce and others She run in the
Cincinnati and New Orleans trade during the war,
and she was the first steamer to leave here after
the war closed. The trip was a banner one very
profitable tn her owners and probably never has
been equaled, financially. She left here just after
breakup of the ice with full load and was
forty-fve days making the trip but when Captain
Williams returned he handed over to the boats
owners over $4,000 clear money above expenses.
Rates on freight were of course very high. He re-
ceived $45 head on cattle, 81 so per hundred on
pound freight, and rates in proportion on other
freights.
Captain Williams tells some interesting and
amusing stories in connection with early river life
Gus. Young, second clerk Of the Mary Miller,
is in the city.
Mr. Bates, Vice President of the Kentucky Cen
trail Railroad. came down this morning on the
Fleetwood accom- panied by his family.
A private letter, received this morning from
Pttsbu G, says that Captain Nick Baegen's new
steamer, Montana, will carry 900 tons of freight,
drawing 81 feet forward and 3 feet aft This is
very light She will leave Plttsburg for st. Louis