Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-24
Driftwood From the River.

THE Tide yesterday made her regular two trips
to Homestead.
THE stage Of water below Davis Island dam, Z
feet. River falling.
THE Tom Dodsw worth has about go empty barges
tied up at Louisville
THE steamer 1. N. Bunton received the Nellie
Walton's old boilers yesterday.
The Elizabeth returned from Elizabeth and left
for that place on time yesterday.
THE little Inez at Louisville tows showboat
filed with living and dead curiosities.
THE steamer Boaz is laid up at Jacks Run and
the steamer Smoky City at Woods Run.
THE Little Bill left for the fourth pool yesterday
morning, with eight empty barges In tow.
THE James G. Blaine will not leave the wharf
for Morgantown again until next Wednesday.
> CAPTAIN JAMES THOMPSON, ofEvansville. Ind,
e.g spending f'" days with his many friends in the
CAPTAIN DowD and Pilot John Douglass are on
their way South by rail to post up on river channel
changes.
THE Germania is tied up at Brownsville under
ten days. ' - ~ N 'O'''
CAPTAIN HARRY BLACK. formerly of the Rob-
ert jenkins, left Thursday to take charge OF the
Little Bill.
THE Rescue came down from the fourth pool at 9
O'Clock P. M. on Thursday with three flats and a
tow of coal
THE City Of Carrolton is now at Cincinnati in
good condition, having come of the marine ways
at Madison.
THE reyairs on the Venice are almost finished
and she will be ready to make her regular trips
again to-day.
THE excursion down the Ohio to be given under
the auspices of the locked-out marble polishers
takes place tonight.
C. A. EGLY, travelling freight agent on the
Queen and Crescent route, Is In town and will re-
main for several days.
CAPTAIN JOHN DIPPoLp. of the steamer Time.
was In the city yesterday from Ohio. where he has
been spending some time bunting and fishing.
THE Delta, after having been partially repaired,
came down from Brownsville yesterday. She will
remain here week TO undergo further repairs.
The Diamond will be ready to raise steam in
about TWO weeks. When her repairs completed
1t is said she will be in better shape than ever be-
tore.
CAPTAIN W. W. SNowDEN. of the Belle Meow
an, Is reported slowly recovering from the attack
Of paralysis that he contracted while in camp at
Homestead.
THE Adam Jacobs, on account of the fog. ar
rived from Morgantown several hours behind
time. and did not return there until late at night,
having more freight to ship than usual.
CAPTAIN CHARLES B. LANDER who was en-
gagged In the coal business at Louisville for Is years
with Dippold Sons & Goose, is on his way from his
outing In California to his home near this city.
THE United States snagboat z. A. Woodruff,
Captain Christian. is on her way to the lower Ohio
She has been doing good service removing 20 snags
and oDstructions between Louisville and Madison.
THE Robert jenkins arrived at the wharf yester-
day from the fourth pool with two fats and about
600 bushels of coal. They left at Jenkins Land
ing fats containing about IS, 0O0 bushels and
coal.
THE four-gun side-wheeler, Michigan, the only
armed craft on the Great Lakes, is now lying near
Chicago. The vessel, which is of antique model,
reminds one of the steamships that piled between
Europe and dan America in the thirties and fortes.
Stackhouse. her timbers being carried from Pitts
burg to the lakes by canalboats and there set up.