The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-24
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
[special River DISPATCHES to the star.l ]


PITTsBURG, Sept 24-11:22 A. M.-River
inches below water marks. Weather
fair and cool. Light rain.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Sept. 24-10:11 A. NJ
River 3 feet inches and stati nary.
Weather rainy. Wind west.
CHARLESTON, Sept. N-10:00 A. M.-Kan-
awha River / foot 6 inches and falling
slowly. Light rain this morning. Weather
cloudy, with prospects of more rain. Wind
west.
On CITY, Pa, Sept. 24-S:24 A. M.-Al-
legheny River s inches and stationary.
Weather cloudy and rainy. Wind west.
New ORLEANS, Sept 24-11;5S A. NJ
River II feet inches below high-water
mark. No arrivals other than the local
boats. Departures for to-day: Centennial
and Kehlor for St. Louis. Heavy rain this
morning.
Steamboat Movements.
The City of Portsmouth leaves at p. M
daily for Chilo and way points.
The Cherokee is billed to leave Saturday
for New Orleans
The Granite State, fast, light draught, and
elegant, will leave this evening for Pomeroy.
The Pittsburgh will be the regular q. &
O. r. r. packet leaving this evening for
Huntington.
The w. N. Chancellor is advertised to
leave Friday for Pittsburg.
The Dora Cabler will arrive Friday, and
return to Evansville Satu day.
Boat-hands Gossip.
Business good on the levee to-day.
Light rain last night. Weather clearing
and cool this morning.
Harry Bruce and Geo. Dunbar resumed
their duties on the Buckeye State this
morning. Harry has been recuperating for
two weeks, and is in fine health.
The Telegraph came down last night.
She reshipped two hundred kegs of nails
and four hundred bundles of iron on the
malboat for Louisville, and after discharg-
ing her cargo went up to Fulton this mort-
ing to lay up. Another steamer will prob
ably be secured to take her place.
Capt. Wash. Kerr, accompanied by his
family; came down this morning on the
Buckeye State.
The Mary Ann, with ten empty barges,
passed up at 10 o'clock this morning, ell
route from New Orleans to Pittsburg.
Capt. J. D. Hegler had the Great Golden
City tOwed down from Fulton this morning
and landed at the Central Transit Wharf
boat foot of Main street. where she is load
ing for New Orleans, in place of the Chero-
kee. She leaves Saturday. 1t is not yet
decided who will go out in charge of her
Office.
The river continued to fall slowly at noon
to-day with feet inches in the channel.
Our dispatches this morning report rain at
headwaters which is pleasing intelligence.
Big Sandy Packet Company Notes.-The
Pittsburg is in and goes out in place of the
Granite State tonight with her own crew.
The Granite State will be down this even.
ing and start back to Pomeroy to- morrow v.
The Buckeye State will be the Railroad
packet at o'clock to-day and shell be fol
lowed tomorrow by the Clifton. Business
with this Line is rushing. The Telegraph
which came down last night and laid up
brought one hundred and twenty passen-
gers and fine trip of freight.
Local INSPECTORS Fisher and Devinney
leave this evening for Ashland and will be
back SUNDAY. They will inspect the boiler.
of the propeller Pike at Ashland, and ther
go to Portsmouth, where they'll inspect thu
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River City.
The Laura L. Davis is getting good trip
and will positively leave this evening fol
the Lower Ohio River and St. Louis. She
has good engagements below, including
LOO boxes starch at Louisville.
Col. J. A. Blackmore and Captain Dar
Risher are with us again. They arrived in
the city by rail this morning from Pitts
burg.
The Gazette this morning in speaking
of the sale of the Iron Mountain and
barges at Pittsburg, on Monday, says
"the Iron Mountain is a powerful
towboat with engines seventy-five inches in
diameter and eighty feet long" Egad, the
Gazette is away off its ka-base. Engines
twenty-five inches in diameter and eighty
feet stroke would make her powerful, but
seventy-five inches and eighty feet stroke i,
most too much power P. S.-The state
ment in the Gazette was copied from yes
terday's Times, and the Times got the same
from the Enquirer the dav before.
Capt Dick Lightburn, of Memphis, anC
Captain J. b. Conway, of the Fanny Tatum
arrived by rail to-day from St. Louis. The
Tatum will leave this week for st. Louis.
Commodore James s. Wise, Superinten
dent of the Lower Ohio q Memphis Packe
Company, leaves by rail tonight for St
Louis on business connected with the line