The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-17
RrvRB NRws.-The marks last even,

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RIVER NEws.-The marks last even
Ing did nat Sl"N any decline IN the
stage OF water during the preceding
twenty.four hours. For several days
Il has been stationary at four feet Ave
inches,
All the packets arrived and departed
al their usual hours. The New State
leit for Pittsburgh al 7 A. NJ, with a
fair trip.
The following resolution was handed
US last evening for publication. II
speaks for itself. The Hope has been
In the trade between this oil > and Mata
moraA for several months, and we had
heard her officers spoken OF as being
gentlemen, polite and Accommoda tlng,
before the resolution came into our
possession. Il ls In the words following:
ReSolued. That we, the members OF
the Quarterly Conference OF the Han.
preas our high appreciation OF the kind.
ness and conrte9y Of The proprietorB
and officers Of "The Hope" shown to
our ministers, and 10 ourselves, when
we have had occasion 10 travel on their
boat. We are glad TO learn that they
are making many frlends along their
route from Matamoras 10 Wheel ng, and
that they have q rapidly RugmenLing
business. Mr.. Jas. ". williamson ID the
gentlemRuly Captain.
Signed-J. s. Bracken, p. E.; VIM.
T. KoonIz, p. O.; Alex. Mc9rew; Sam.
uel Hoier; WIN. Knight; Wilson Mar
tin; Frederick Grim; Stephen ualhrow.
SdrdiS, NoU. Is, 1869.
We take the following from yester-
days Cincinnati papers:
The river fell an inch yesterday. Al
six o'clock last evening there were Ave
feet Ave Inches water In the channel
here, according to the metal marks at
the Water Works. The long boats In
the packet trades are withdrawing, and
shorter sidewheel. boats are being sub
stiLuted.
The sale OF the T. J. Pickett, adver.
Used 10 take place at the wharf yeater.
day, by United States Marshal Slack,
Of West Virginia, didn't come of for
some reason.
The owners OF the Golden Eagle con.
template rebuilding and frightening
that steamer 10 2S5 feet. Her length
now 10 $50 feet. ...
Captain VIM. Jones 10 rebuilding the
steamer Bottle D. at ParkerSburg.
Captain Shaw and party, who are at
the wreck Of the St0neWAll to recover
the bodies Of victims, has been. notified
that The money raised 10 delray ex-
penses had been exhausted, and 10 set.
tie up and return to 81. Louis. Not
one.thlrd Of the bodies OF the victims
have been recovered.
The Louisville Courier OF Sunday
says:
Captain Adam Carpenter will com-
menCe the building OF q harbor tow.
boat at New Albany Id u lew days,
The vessel will be one hundred feet In
length, and will bs used for towing
purposes. .r =
From the Chief Engineer OF the
Bridge Company, Colonel Albert Fink,
we learn that the span over the chute
will be completed and the channel
cleared In q week, or ten days at the
farthest. The boats which now oh.
struot the ohAnnel-WhiOh, by the way,
IL impossible, except for empty fat-
boats-are highly necessary for the
early completion Of the bridge, and
which II removed would delay the com.
pletiOn OF the bridge until next season.
We are assured that the company Is
using every endeavor to complete the
work at the earliest practicable mo.
ment. and II left unembarrassed the
bridge will be finished and the channel
cleared before the river rises sufficient.
ly TO render the chute navlgsble.