The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-26

River News.-There was very little
doing on tho landing yesterday. The
local packets arrived aud DEPARTED a.
usual. The marks last evening indI
Gated four feet six inches In the chan.
mel and stationary. '' f.7'a'g a3a
Oar Cincinnati exchanges Of yeStSr-
dsy contain the following:
lIUnited States Marshal Slack, OF woat
Virginia, will sell the steamer II. j.
Pickett, at the suit Of the KSna1be
Goal and Salt Oompauy-sale 10 take
place o. me foot Of Main street, Clncin.
natl, Monday, November Is. ut
The property OF ThayeE's cIrcus being
In the bands OF the Sheriff OF CineIn-
NATL and likely 10 remain 60 for solns
time, the three months charter OF the
spray by that troupe falls to the
The Maggie Hays now lying here
awaiting water, has for Wheeling 800
tons ore and are clay, and for Pitts
bnrgh about 200 tons freight, Including
200 bbls. -four, S87 sacks ShIpsluffs,
81 bbls. bone dust, 800 bales hay, 200
bhls. clay, 90. IfT' ~ y
When the explosion Of the boiler oil
the Revolution occurred, a fragment
was propelled through 1.-THE cabin oil
the natboRt lying alongside, kill
Ing o woman who was near
her end with consumption. The
terrible missed then plunged close
10 q party Of pickSnlokers on shore,
covering them with dirt and sand,
Captain Dave Henry had lust left the
boat, and was only sixty feet away
from 1t when the boiler burst. The
boat sunk, but will be raised and
repaired aud the machinery recovered.
Captain Booths new barge, Bill
Brannock, was launched ON Saturday.
She will be launched from the Marine
Ways to- day, at IL N. Capt. Booths
other new barge, Perry Tharp, will be
launched from the same Ways on Sat-
urday, .+.. .r,...... ~. ..l.
The Liberty No. As tow Of four bar.
ges from Wheeling, will leave for St.
Louis In tow Of the Allegheny Belle, AZ
soon % there 10 sufficient water, The
Liberty No. 4wlll depart for N. o. With
the new barges Bill Brannock and Per-
~ Tharp, as soon as they are complies
The weather at Louisville, Sunday,
was the coolest of the season, and loo
was made on ponds In the outsklrta y
Of an inch In thickness, ...,..,f ...I
A correspondent Of the ST Louis Dem.
ocret, writing inLhat city, says: I..,
In l94S Ice ran here In the river ON the
18th Of November. On the 9Th OF De-
cember wagons crossed on the Ice. Ga
the 10th Of January, 1874, the Ice broke
up, and on the 1st Of February the
river closed again-ice fourteen inches
thick. Ice melted with the heat OF the
weather on the 10th Of March, and
boats left with only three feet to Cairo.
The first boat, John Aull, LETT for the
Missouri river on the 9th OF April. On
the oath Of April the Amarantha ar-
rived at Galena. s',..l...
BREAK AT THE FALLs.-The 81. Paul
Pioneer Of Friday says: , ...1"...
The situation at the Falls remains
unchanged. The water is still pouring
through the tunnel, but no additional
damage has been done. Preparations
have been commenced for building q
dam from Nicollet Island 10 the st.
Anthony's shore, thus turning all the
water Into the channel on the Mlnneap-
oils side, and also dam from the first
break to the main falls, thus excluding
the water entirely from the tunnel.
This work will be done as speedily as
possible. In the meantime, no fears OF
further damage are entertained at pre-
sent,