The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-28
9IRiyer News.


p. plRiver News. ilei3 ~
lJu-nYlt iHtj4----b'; 1911 iib'iHp' n"J
81. The river was rising yesterday atNl al
dark the marks indicated nine, leet nih(
inches in. tho channel, Tic large, heavy
Ice of last week h9s given place " Thai
which Inns apparently, been crushed. Let
Of the latter description covered the rivel
yesterday, almost from shorct to shore. 4
would not, however, offer u very scrioht
impeachment to'havigafopa. .iaAa l.
Tho hudson alFtiriiysd siAec oHf last ~
port was made up, myth a fair tipIianf
left; Saturday afternoon about her tlsual
tiour, Win on Gyesheht PdksengeE:,ll ist ST..
The, Sciences which, has I9eH lying jlst
below tho Water Works during the recent
suspension Of navigation leA d fSrlMata
nloraB yesterday morning; III resume ha
regular place in tllat t.fadex She will
probably arrive here, uilSCIenins. f.JI
ThGYenture isistill engaged about tlIF
barge sunk Opposite tie Belmont Mills.
Saturdays Cincinnati poPe}ss furnish p; 5!.i "
the following river iIemsapW II .,S'j |
DThe weatherlwas delightful yesterday,
Business wGsinot go active as hereto
fore, but rates South were excellent The
receiving, New Orleans steamer has about
all she wants. The limited States Mall
Line steamers ~ are ! recalptipg height
Through 10 New Orleans, andY ! he line
will be represented on Change today BY
an agent soliciting freight. One Of our up
river packets laid over yesterd8y-w9 be
lieye more on account Of scarce freight
than on account Of irepOrted ice.sH flu2
The river fell B feet yesterday Last
evening there were 20 feet Of water IN the
channel, and % tact space under the bridge
for passing steamers. ty.f.. .:,a',,
We have. another painful steamboat
disaster 10 record, Yesterday about 3 P.
n, the towhoat Neville, with q tow 81
empty barges, exploded her boiler, about
FIVE. miles above LawrencebqEg, Ind The
wreck caught fire and was burned, Three
persons were killed and, four fatally
wounled-Pilot ,Iainesi RraLer, Pagan
Moore and Buldnard Ergo. Tie Louis
vile Mail Line packet, Ben: FRANKLIN,
took of, the crew and wounded. Tile
Neville was recently purchased by IF.
KEELING & Co... Of. tits city, and was
a good iowboat. The Neville wa, Com
manded by, Capt. Moses Picklchimel, for
metly pfthe tGYbo4t Champion. Ar, Scott;
az CoyIngtbn; waS her chief engineer She
WIS built at Pittsburgh fl 1850, md had
jast besn inspected and ,pa riononnIpcsesd IN
'SFTks Arlington ran through quite heavy
ice on her way here from Wheeling, on
Thursday night, and her officers would
not venture out yesterday. Sliell hid up,
consequently, ntiIitil a moderation in'the
weather ensues.i. The Major Anderson,
however, breasted the heaving current,
and denartetl withia fair freight list and
crowded witltO people, She CAM have
things Her 0wnlway this trip.n"t arni
" Al number OF scavengerS were at work,
endeavoring, to rid tho wharf Of some OF
the accumulated filth! The receding river
gives them d fins opportunity to exercise
tlcirinuseleand. please steanb oatmen! The
landing presented m active appearance.
The bright Balmy, springlfISe state ofthe
atmosphere facilitated shipments, caused
quite an accumulation OF freight, and
6roughtwith it labor for the, rOustabops.
+, We are able to give tho following ilinr.
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ny 39yoo " T. y s,s a}e .3yaa iSst
vi nc S ,.Srort tI,ot tho NiIca Words pnD.
,,ot tI III boon sold F,r raiIroad nIrnnses
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sl,nI 6as lied IN tho GailipoIis and Parkers