The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-26

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In the Stage Of water u; this point yes
terday. Tho marks showed last even.
lug six feet SIX inches In the channel.
"Three feet six and stationary" is the
report from Pittsburgh.
The Liberty No. 4 aud barges arrived
Wednesday evening. and will com.
mence to load for New Orleans at once
These barges are the new ones bullt for
Capt. Booth the present season, and
are classed A No. /. We hear that Capt.
B. will have but little difficulty In iii.
Ing them up here, as there 10 a large
amount Of freight for points In the
South awaiting shipment,
The Rebscca, Science and New State
left for Parkersburg, Matamoras and
Pittsburgh, respectively, yesterday
morning, with fair trips. We were told
that the new cylinders had been placed
In the Hope, and she would probably
get away last night.
The work Of unloading the boat with
oil In bulk was continued, yesterday,
filling all that portion Of the city In
lts vicinity with an odor not Rs pleas.
ant as the ''Splcy breezas from Ceylon's
ISLE" A huge barge filled with coke
was being unloaded at the landing.
We are Indebted to yesterdays Gin.
clnnati papers for the following:
The river rose twenty inches in tho
twenty four hours, ending at six
O'Clock last evening-nearly an inch an
hour-wiLh ten feet ten inches In the
channel. BY the metal marks at the
Water Works.
The Maj. Anderson will drop down to
the City Wharf to-day to receive for
Wheeling.
The Leslie Combs arrived at LoulB-
Vile from 1ronton, on Tuesday, with
three barges OF iron ore.
Eight inches Of SNOW fell at ST. Paul
and vicinity on Saturday, and the Mis-.
slsslppl 10 full OF heavy running Ice at
that point.
On Sunday Last, Mrs. Captain Van
Meter emptied the water from wash.
bowl, In which ahe had laid her dIR-
mond ring, into the river at Evansville,
The ring had cost $3.50.
MIR. Charles Good, brother OF Captain
James Good, left here Tuesday night to
go on the United States snaR boat y. Il,
Long, as chief clerk, In place Of Capt.
Samuel Barr, Jr. -
The long span Of the bridge across
Indian chute at Louisville was COM
pleted ut late hour Tuesday night,
The trestle work OF one OF the remaln.
Ing short spans is up, and they com.
menced work on It yesterday morning.
This will leave but one span unfinished.
II Is thought The bridge will be complet.
ed and ready for the passage OF trains
by the 10Th OF December. When COM
pleted there will have been used in the
construction Of the bridge over the
Ohio river at this point, G3a, 900 feet,
board measure OF timber, which In.
cludes stringers and cross ties, and
{. 034 500 pounds OF lion.
Gen. G. Weitzel, United States EuRI.
neer. In charge Of the works for the
improvement OF the Falls Of the Ohio,
and for the improvement and enlarge.
ment OF the Louisville and Portland
Canal, awarded on Monday last 10
Messrs. II. T. Cook L. Co., Of New Al
bRny, Indiana, the contract for work 10
be done and material delivered In
placing In working condition the new
locks Of the Louisville and Portland
Canal, and for excavation above and
below the new locks, 80 that boats may
be passed through the canal by the
new locks on or before the FIRST day Of
November. 1870. The bidding for the
above mentioned work was spirited
and closely contested, bids being re-
cetVed and opened from all sections Of
our Western country, but the bid OF
the above mentioned firm being the
Lowest and best" therefore they were
awarded the contract.
The pot" a noted whirlpool in the
Tennessee river, strong enough at all
times to engulf q canoe, producing
cross currents which made navigation
dangerous even for steamboats, at high
water. and often destroying large YES.
sells In time Of flood, has ceased TO
exist.
Sr. Louis, Nov. 2i.-Captain Blake,
OF the steamer RubIcon, who arrived
to-day from Memphis, gives some par.
tlcuiAIS OF the accident 10 his boat last
Saturday. The fire was discovered at
Two O'CLOCK In the morning under the
pilot house, which, with the upper part
OF the texas, was In n moment or two
all abIaze, burning iurlously. The boat
was Immediately headed for shore pilot
William Riley standing TO his post un.
I'll the wheel Itself caught fire; nor did
hO leave It till the boat was landed,
Meantime, Captain Blake and crew
were trained to the use OF the hose, and
brought three streams Of water TO bear
on the IRE. Soon as the boat touched'i
the shore, all the passengers, fifty-fve
In number, twenty-five OF whom were
women and children, were safely land
cd, where they remained until the
flames were subdued, when all return-
ed 10 the boat, and she proceeded on
voyage. The fire Is supposed 10 have
caught from sparks lodging against
the pilot house at the intersection Of
tho hHPRioano