The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-10

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ENJOY was again slowly downward,
with 1--WE feet nine inches In the chan.
mel. AtPlLtsburG the stage 10 reported
to be three feet three inches and fall.
inS-Glass house shoals four feet.
The Hudson got away with q good
trip, Saturday afternoon. Wehsar that
the salado has been chartered TO run
between Parkersburg and GAllIpolls
during low water.
No arrivals yesterday outside the
regular packets.
The following we take from our ex-
changes Of last evening:
Captains G. Cole and T. ", Spencer
nave another Government contract for
snaggtnR In the Ohio River. Their
steamer IsbrA 10 lying In the KanAWha
tlVer, and will start out as soon as The
water 10 low enough.
Inc Liberty No. 4 added ESQ barrels
OF cement, but was unable 10 take lot
OF tobacco and other freight engaged
Tor her. and turned II over to the
Champion.
Thomas Farrell, n fireman On the Kate
Putnam, OF Pittsburgh, was drowned
at st. Louis on Thursday,
A dispatch from LaSalle, ILL.,, Of the
Avn says: The steamer Storm passed up
me Illinois River to-day 10 Ottawa,
nlteen miles east Of this city, with o
tow Of two Ice bRrRes belonging to the
LaSalle Ice Company. This IL rare
event. No large steamer has assembled
the river 90 far before within the last
sixteen years, and never before did
such an event occur In midsummer.
The X. O. Gray departed for Pitts
burgh, Saturday, with 100 tuns, and
engagements for 100 tuns pig iron at
Portsmouth and Ironton, and 600 sacks
wheat at MaySvllle. Pilots, VIM. Hall
and Jas. Shouse.
The ST. Louis Democrat, Of Saturday,
says:
River falling here one foot per day,
leaving on the wharf an increasing
depth OF mud, which ls being Bhoveled
back into the river. Business active In
river circles. Shipments TO New Or.
leans are increasing. Both banks Of
the Missouri are lined with piles Of
sacked grain, and the warehouses are
full, waiting shipment. II will ali come
In due time. The boats take all they
can along, and some OF them too much,
The owners OF the grain use frantic en-
deavors 10 get the boats to receive, but
they must blde their time. Boats hence
TO the upper rivers get all the frsigh
they want. River business In It's sew.
eral aspects 10 remarkably active, and
everybody has reason TO be pleased
with the abundance Of the crops. The
decline continues In all the upper
rivers.
The New Albany Commercial OF Fri.
day, says II Is not improbable that an
other Bird Re across the Ohio river In
this vicinity will soon be built. A
charter has been granted, we are told,
for such u bridge, and those who own
the charter propose TO build the bridge,
u built at all, from points opposite
Sand Island. This island 10 ab0 al Cd.
poslte Upper Nincennes street. In this
city. A gentleman interested In the
charter has stated to US that those own.
Ing 1t will at once 60 to work 10 put the
project through, II they can secure q
subscription In this city Of $3.50 600,
Whether anything will come out OF Inc
matter, we cannot say. The Workmen
upon the bridge over the Ohio river at
the Falls are experiencing much trouble
IN sinking the center piers In the In
dian and Middle Chutes. Il Ia stated
that the formation at the bottom slabs
on and slips to such an extent that a
secure foundation will be obtained only
with the utmost difficulty and patience,
Some persons, who profess TO be posted,
predict that the effort 10 sink these pliers
Will prove a failure. We do not believe
these reports. II Is now stated that the
bridge will not be complicated before
the lrst OF December, and probably not
that soon, even though the workmen
succeed Immediately In sinking the
piers. The delay In this work has been
caused by the long-conunued high
stage OF water, we appHehend, rather
than from any trouble in finding firm
foundation. We confidently look for
the opening OF the bridge at as early a
day as the first OF Deem Der, and DOS.
stbly q month before that time The
great event will transpIre.
The Hull OF Captain Dexter's new
Evansville aud Memphis packet, build.
Ing at Pittsburgh, will be completed by
the 18th OF October. The boat viii
cost SIS. 900.
The United States Local Inspectors.
OF Pittsburgh, presented their quarter
y report, In the United States District
Court, Saturday morning, as follows:
Daring the quarter we have inspect
ed II passenger steamers, IL towing
boats, 3 freight boatg, TWO ferry boats,
and one United States Survey boat,
making q total Of 80, having a total
tunnage Of S.034 tuns. We have issued
licenses to s. engineers and IS pilots,
We have examined the condition OF a
number OF steamers and steam boilers.
We have ruled out OF passenger service
the Gray Eagle, because OF ner condl-
ton and untiLnesS as passenger steam.
er. Repairs were ordered on several
steamers, and large number Of boil
ers. We are pleased to say they were
attended to promptly. The boating
business, In the aggregate, has been
large, and the quantity Of coal shipped,
our great staple, has been unusually
large. The number OF new steamers
built and being constructed for the
Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio and South.
ern waters, has kept our builders quite
busy up TO the present time. No accI.
dent OF any consequence has happened
to any vessel In this district during the
quarter, which fact can be attributed
to the efficiency and carefulness OF the
officers and owners Of steamers.'
W. T. Poole 10 having the coal taken
out OF bis two barRes that were sunk
In the Ohio and Little Kanawha Rivers
some time ago.
The raIn>tall ofJune, 1859, has been
excessive as compared with June, 1868.
Thus, 10. Pennsylvania the rain fall In
June, 1869. was 4.S4 inches, against 3.47
In June, 1868, or nearly forty per cent.
over last year. About the same aver
age increase fell In the Atlantic States;
but In the West the increase was
over one hundred per cent. Illinois,
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri
averaged q rain fall OF 7,2O inches In
June, 1850, against 1854 inches In June,
1868. The effect Of this increased moIs.
ture upon the grain planted last fall
has been to give an almost unprece-
denied growth ofstrRw and remarkable
vigor In the head. ..r.r.
DAvENPoRT.-The Gazette OF Friday
says:
Thirteen hundred feet Of Golfer dam
at Campbell's Chain have been buIltin
a straight line out In the river, starting
at a point just below the head Of Camp.
BELLS Island. The Argus says the plan
OF this Golfer dam Ia AS follows. The