The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-06
BOau.handS, Gossip,


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There is no change in the situation here The
river above and below is frozen over solid and pc
destrians are crossing on the ice. Steamboatmen
have given up all hopes of an early resumption OF
navigation, and feel pretty confident Of at least
two weeks time in which to lay idle and enjoy
| life in various ways
Capt. Thad Conant will remain in the city sew
| eral days
Capt Ben Howard and Clerk Nurre, of the CAV
Idlewild, are seeing the sights, and think the
! paris of America" is some pumpkins for fun
They will remain here till the latter part OF the
week.
Capt Tom Leathers wants mammoth new
steamer built for the Natchezs machinery, to be
very fast-in fact fast enough to run all around
the Lee and other ''gners," and without taking
the Louisville ship,vards into consideration, he
sends to Cincinnati for bids.
The local packets at Memphis have laid up on
account OF the heavy running ice.
The weather was cold last evening, but moder-
ated during the night AID at midnight snow be-
gan to fall and continued all morning.
Capt W. s. Jones, late clerk, has assumed COM
mand of the YaZoo Valley.
Capt. Fie. Lee has taken charge of the Gate City
at New Orleans, but what he intends to do with
her has not yet been announced.
Chas. Regniers clerk of the Buckeye State, is in
the city.
Itseems that the D. T. Lane did not sink barge
of coal at Charleston Bar as reported. but merely
grounded it and it is lying in good shape.
The Kate Waters broke the ice yesterday below
the Southern Railroad Bridge and placed loaded
barge at the Southern Railroad Incline for Captain
Fleming, and at the same time removing an empty
barge.
The J. W. Gould is repairing her wheel and
putting double buckets on the outside
The wharfboat Of the Champion Coal and Tow
boat Company is high and dry. 1t has been sue
cessfully propped up, and lies easy.
Wheeling Intelligencer: "The Wheeling, Par
kersburg Il Cincinnati Transportation Company
have in course of erection new side-wheel
steamer which is intended to be daylight packet
bat his pty and parkprShurp n orda
fill the bill she will necessarily have to be light
and very fast. She will carry nothing but passen-
gers and light freight excluding stock altogether.
The plans, models &c, OF hull and machinery
are the conception OF that veteran steam boatmanI
Capt John Mcclure. under whose supervision ali
the work is being done The hull is being built
by Knox & Son, ,'at Marietta Ohio, AMI the Cap
tain has Just contracted with Sweeny e. Son for the
machinery. In the whole construction of the boat
there will be new applications of the best primer
Piles which years "f ex erience and experiment
have DEVELOPED as essential in steamers OF the first
class. The model and machinery, while similar
to. are an Improvement upon the little steamer
Phaton. which is the fastest boat on the Upper
Ohio. Her dimensions will be: Length, 200 feet
with 30 feet beam and hold feet 6 inches: Wheels
is feet in diameter, with l3 feet buckets. Her
cylinders will be D inches, with feet stroke:
steel boilers, two in number, "a feet long, SO
inches in diameter with fues. She will be fin
shed in April and will cost in the neighborhood
The river was rising at noon to-day with 12 feet
6 inches in the channel. The river has risen
about foot since last night, but it is back water
Cart. David Gibson received letter this morn
ing from Capt. Charles Muhleman. in which he
saws theAndes is in about the best harbor TO he
found at Wheeling and that is not saying much
She lies lust below the Belmont Mills.
Captain A. w. Dugan, the Louisville Coal King
arrived in town this morning and expects to re-
turn home to night.
A private letter received here this morning saws
Henry Mestermaker, who left here as engineer on
the steamer Edwin ]. Guy several weeks since
was struck with paralysis few days ago, and is in
q critical condition.
Capt. A. T. Gilmore reports his packets all in
safe harbors. The Fashion is lying in Green River
and the remainder of his steamers are in the canal
at Louisville. Capt Gilmore will return home to
Louisville tonight.
Commodore Wash. Honshell has force of labor.
ers employed keeping the ice cut about ten feet
wide, and from the foot of Broadway up to the |
foot OF Ludlow street, making clear space ont
side OF his steamer so she can move if necessary
The ice in front Of the city is about eight inches
thick.
Captain W. P. Walker and Clerk Chant shinkle
are expected home to-day from Memphis. where
their boat the Golden Crown, is in safe harbor.
and will remain there until the river opens.
party Of railroad men are expected here TO-