The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-03
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
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BROWNSVILLE, June 3-l0:33 A. NJ
River feet 10 inches and stationary. Wealth
er clear. Thermometer 100. Wind south
east.
H1Nroy, W. Va, June $40 A. NJ
New River feet inches and rising.
Weather foggy. Thermometer 6oe.
CHARLEsToN, June 3-S:45 A. M.-Kan-
ava River 5 feet inch and station
ary. Weather clear. Thermometer 6S0.
Wind southeast.
on. CIrY, June 3-10:34. A. M.-River q
feet and falling Weather cloudy. Ther-
mometer 7so. Wind west.
PrrrsBuRe, June 3--1l:06 A. M.--River A
feet and falling. Weather clear.
PITrsBURa June 9.-Captain John Cor
don, veteran river pilot. and commander
of the towboat Sam Brown died suddenly
at the wheel Of the John Penny, near this
city last night. Apopiexy was the cause OF
his decease.
He leaves family near Zwickley and
also the record OF an honest man.
| The new mail steamer Dean Adams will
leave for Memphis this afternoon.
The hull of the steel steamer, builnng
bv James Rees for the United States Medi-
cal Service, was successfully launched this
morning
Boat Hands Gosslp.
Business fair.
Weather clear and pleasant
The Fashion left last night for Evansville
| with fair trip.
The James D. Parker will leave this eve
ming without fail for Memphis.
The Bostona, speedy and reliable. will be
1 the regular c. & o. r. r. packet leaving to.
dav at p. m., sharp. for Huntington.
The Charles Morgan will positively leave
1 this evening for New Orleans direct, and
/ will be followed Saturday by the New Mary
| Houston.
The Bonanza came down and returned to
| Portsmouth ut noon.
The City of Portsmouth leaves at 4 D..
| m. daily for Chic and all way landings
| The steam boatmen should take care to
| petition the next Legislature to have the
wharfage reduced. Over SIC, 600 collected
4 from this source is now lying in the taxing
\ district treasury. This sum is fully sufi-
cient to pay for any improvements that are
\ needed or the levee, and there is therefore,
no necessity for imposing more thana NOM
| inal wharfage to pay for repairs on the
leyee, The tax as il now exists was fixed
upon by the steamboat men at this port
and incorporated into the law governing
the taxing district. Any movement there
fore looking to reduction OF the tax must
come from then.-lMemphis Avalanche.
The sidewheei Ohio No will be the
regular packet for Pomeroy and way points
this evening.
The United States left for Louisville last
evening" the Ben. Franklin having laid up
on account of damage 10 machinery.
The st. Louis Democrat, of yes erday,
says "a little definite information concern
| ing the Pilots Convention. TO be held in
this city June 10th, would be acceptable.
Where will it be heldf is the question"
The same paper says OF the destruction
of the Golden Eagle: "From the fact that
the boats of the Keokuk Northern Line
Packet Company use only in their lamps
lard oil. or mineral sperm oil (the latter be-
ing the prescribed oil by the United States
officials and as 1t will stand temperature
of over 5000 F. without vaporizng, tits i'm
possible that the fire should have been
caused by the explosion OF lamp Such
oils have never been known to have ex-
ploded. An error was made in this respect
by the papers"
| with less than IL feet OF water In the chan
mel.
R. Phillips and B. Jemison will be the
Chas Morgan's pilots She will clear for
New Orleans tonight with moderate trip
and fair prospects between here and Louis
vile.
During the month of Nav 1850 barrels
| of salt were received here in bar5es as fol-
lows: BY C. w. Holloway, 1900 barrels;
by Roofs & Co., $500 barrels
The Jas. ID. Parker is getting a good trip
and will leave for Memphis this evening
with twenty people at least and fair
freight.
The Upper Ohio River and its tributaries
are reported falling this morning. There
is slight rise coming out of New River.
ALARGE PROPELLER.
| lFrom the New York World.l
The largest propeller that has ever been
constructed for American waters is now
being built BY John Engis T. Son. Green
point Brooklyn, K. d.. for the New York
and Charleston Steamship Company. The
following are her Dimensions: Length ON
water-line, 27O ieet; width of beam, 40 feet; /;
depth of hold. 21H feet The machinery
viii be supplied from the Quihtard Iron
Works
The propeller will have compound en-
gine with high pressure cylinder SO inches
diameter and 64 inches stroke a low pres
sure cylinder, 90 inc .es diameter. 81
inches stroke, with surface condenser
and independent circulating pump and
six boilers each 10 feet diameter and 10 feet
8 inches long, with one steam drum COM
mon to all. The saells of boilers will be
n inch thick. The propeller wheel will be