The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-29
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
tspec,a. River, Disparches tn thesta,.

Wpecta4 River Dispatches IN theStat. ~.
p BROWNSVILLE. Jan. 29-11:00 A. M.-
River feet 9inohes and falling. Weather
cloudy. Wind northwest.
Hrsros. W. Va. Jan. 29-s:5o A. NJ
New River 2 feet and stationary. Weather
cloudy. .. ..., ,,7
CHARLESTON, Jan. 29-10:0e A. M.-Ka.
nawha River feet inches and falling.
Weather cloudy. Wind southeast
OIL CRY. Jan. 29-l0.37 A. M.--River
feet 8 inches and rising. Weather clear.
Wind west. a.t "f' by
PrrrssuRa, Jan. 2s-1tOsA A. M.-River
feet / inch and falling Weather clea'
and cool. il ~. '..e
Boat Hands Gossip
| Weather partially cloudy, windy am
cool. a7l lH ,"eH #gfH a
IA letter from General Herman Haup
denies some published points regarding his
invention, and goes ON to say; 1T is tru'
that have developed plan for the i'm.
sproyenent OF the Ohio. which at the lowes'
zero state, of 1866 cubic feet per seeonG
will give a depth of six feet in chane
i 800 feet wide without locks and with nc
i impedimeats TO navigation either
ascending or descending. Coal fats 10(
4 feet wide can pass at any point and thu
whole. cost from Pittsburg to louisville
will not be more than one-sixth Of the COS
i Of an obstructed navigation by locks ant
dams. / am perfectly aware Of the fact tina
i l,666 cubic feet per minute will not give
4 more than 10 inches depth In an Ordinary
channel 800 feet wide with the usual fall il
the Ohio River. Yet the assertions ber'
4 made can be. shown to be correct Th'
4 General probably means coal fleets 100 tee
| wide, not fats WI Pittsbnrg Telegraph.
i The new steamer Florida went from Lou
1 isyille to New Orleans in FIVE and a hal
DAYS with full cargo. She is q two boile
boat, The. Florida left New Orleans for Sa
4 vannah. Ga, q few days since.
l The river was falling this morning, will
less than 20 feet Of water in the channel.
Captain O. T. Shinkle's superb, raw ant
fast passenger steamer Golden Rule will
leave for New Orleans tomorrow and ar
rive at that city in time for the excursion
lists t., witness the Mardi Gras festivities
State rooms should be secured early.
fulf ,string hand will be on. board. and
royal timssmay be looked forward to. AL
Shinkle is her affable ptfrser.
The pewWill., KYLE will leave next Eues
day for New Orleans. ,,t .,,.. ID. q, ..4,t ..-
Tie Vint Shihkle will commenoe loadin
to.murroW and leave for Memphis Saturday
The James D. Parker leaves for that cit
to-day. iuS5nS.. ~ a ~ =r' :, s:I.'ss ,--H
g. Business goed Il s'5I' 3'r t.r2 s..a1---
1 The Bonanza came, down and returned t
Portsmouth at noon. .a-4.
The tine, side.w heel steamer Reht
| Mitchell leaves this evening for New o.
leans. gaHi itt}a" '''4
~The popular and reliable Jas. D. Parke
will depart this evening for Memphis an
all waS points. ---
The Ohio No. 4 will be the regular packe
leaving this evening from the foot OF Broai
way for Fomsrey and all intsrmediat
points. I} fri .i$ist3
The Bostona will be the c. 4 o. r. r
leaving to-day promptly at p. III. fc
Huntington, where she connects with I'll
early trains Tomorrow for all Easter
les. ..f Y st ~ & "a
The City oi Portsmouth leaves from til
foot of Walnut street daily at p. III. f(
Chilo and attends to all way business.
II The Wildwood will be down tonight an
return to Ma. sville at noon Tomorrow.