The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-30
River, NeT rs

The river rcccdel' fifteen inches here
during the tweuty.Gopr hours preceding
five o'clock last eyentng-the marks show
ing seven feet nine inches In tile channel.
Al Pittsburgh, yesterday morning, the
stage was reported 70 be four RECT six
inches and falling. llin zt.yT2
il The Express got away for. Parkersburg
yesterday at a ", with q fair trip. We
hear that this packet has improved In
speed very materially since the recent
changes made in her machinery. The
Trader len for Pittsburgh. Whether she
designs to continue in thattrade, now that
the Curtis has entered it, we are not in
formed. Ifso, we will then hive q daily
line Of packets to the Smoky city. The
Granite State arrivedfrom Cincinnati with
a good trip. Among her freight was the
large shipment Of lager mentioned in o
paragraph below. The G. s. will take her
departure this afternoon on herrcturu to
the Queen City. shei is a fine packet, and
deserving Of patronage The urtis,will
be found at the landing this morning, and
viii leave for Pittsburgh at Z. a. NJ.
The Rees and Forest City arrived and
departed with fair average trips. The
Hone and Science arrived from Mata-
moras in good time last evening. The
latter went up to the Keg Factory, below
Martinsville, to discharge stayc timber
brought from some point below. -
Wetake the following from late CinCin-
natl papers: Elk ,5 ~ , '..' ~ ,'' l.',
The river fell Is inches in the 4s hours
ending at @ O'Clock last evening, with Z
feet s inches in the channel at that hour
by the marks at the Water Works, Last
evening the river was about on o stand.
and wifi doubtless be rising to-day. A
rise Of s feet is. reported In tie Kn n
The Potomac las laid up again, and Is
changing her pipes to 'scape In the Chin
neys, with tile hope Of improving, draft
and enabling her 70 make more steam.
She only averaged ITO pounds Of steam
while in the Louisville trade. We under
stand that the Potomac, will make % trip
10 Wheeling this week. al, 4 ,,.n ~ u!'
~ Coalboats are lying Three abreast for
seven miles along The bank Of the river at
Jacksonville, awaiting an opportunity To
M nvay thh Ea11a
One item Of the Granite States cargo
was 800 kegs Of lager for Wheeling
Several hundred kegs were shipped to the
same destination, by rail, on Tuesday,
The West Virginians thirst for Cincinnati
lager. ~" ta,,'-l
Capt Peter Boughner, Of the St James
brought down Rsample Of new wheat rails
ed in the interior Of Kentucky, and brought
to Maysville on the fisrt trim over the
Big Sandy and Lexington Railroad Mays
vile and Lexington Division). l'i' .
Patent corrugated wheels, to DO placed
under steamboats,, thus enabling them Ia
roll over the sand bars, Is the latest limo.
walton spoken OF in connection with river
navigation. These ponderous rollers are
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as "Culivator" engines. 49,. ilp'HIa
The Ohio River Salt Company received
from the various companies In the associa.
ton, for the month oil July, 1856 $50 and
two.filths bushels; from, the Kanawha
Salt Company, 10000 and tw0-ftthl
bushels, making total Of 294, no bushels
of salt. - ulb4.a Eu
II. Wise s. Co., ,Ironton, have the hull
of new sidewhcel boat nearly completed
This is from the Ohio Rieer Traveller:
IA little the worst sspelr' we ever en-
counterrd was that on the back Of d let,
ter for the Captain of the Fisk, the othel
day "Kaptun laphe Scyckuls, steemel
GIN Physique, joonyur." That chap had
Il bad. 10 '' ,''- a.'
We find this in the Memphis Aualanehe,
Mark Twain, who used TO be sort o
!, one. horse pilot on the Mississippi river
and who originally hailed from Hannibal
Missouri, and who recently married I
wealthy girl, has recently inherited
| quarter Of . million oCdollars BY the dealt
Of his wfte's father. Tic first hit Mari
ever made with his pencil was when hi
dubbed for Bart Bowen on the Alecl
Scott. Captain Sellers, q. well known
pilot, dignftied and somewhat pompons il
manner, was burlcsqued and ridicqled II
sketch that was widely copied" It wa
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