The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-03-18
RIvrR NEEvs,lThe marks here show

RIVER NEws.-The marks here show
seven feet seven inches of water and
about on a stand. News from Pitts
burgh yesterday was to the effect that
the river was falling there with con-
siderable rapidity.
The Juniata, which has been laying
up at Ravenswood, reached here on
Saturday. She had a fair load. Her
carpenter had narrow escape from
death one day last week. He went
across the river into Ohio, for the purpose
of getting stick Of timber to repair
something about the boat, and in cutting
the tree it fell, striking him on the head
crushing him to the ground. His head,
however, struck in a small sink hole
which prevented the tree from falling
solid on it which would have caused in
slant death. As it was, he received a
painful, though not dangerous, cut on
the head.
Business was very lively on the land,
ing yesterday, and the great amount OF
freight piled up there made things look
like old times
The Hudson arrived yesterday morn.
ing with big trip. After discharsing
what freight she had for our merchants
she continued her trip to Pittsburgh.
We hear that there is talk Of the Hud-
son and Argosy making ten day UPS
between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.
The Granite State reached our wharf
yesterday afternoon from Portsmouth.
She brought twenty-five tons Of pig iron
and few packages for Wheeling. We
found our friend Morris Dorsey in the
office. making everything comfortable
for his passengers. The Granite State
will be here on her down trip on We'd
nesday night
The Exchange and Messenger passed
down. The Exchange stopped at Bel
mont mill to take on nails. The Mes.
senger had all she could carry and did
not stop.
The Arlington is aground at Glass
House. She has not made many trips
this winter and has freight on her that
has been there so long her officers must
feel as if it were their own.
The ever-popular Express, Captain
Phil. Anschutz, will leave for Parkers-
burg this morning at half past ten
o'clock. Passengers will find the Elk.
press one OF the speediest and pleasantest
boats on the river, and her clerk, Ed.
Anschu'z, very prince OF good fellows.
The Andes, Captain Chas. Muhleman,
left Cincinnati on Saturday noon for
Wheeling She will be here to night
and is advertised to leave tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock for Cincinnati
The Andes is conceded by all river men
to be the best and fastest stern. wheeler
ever built. She is very large and draws
only two feet light, so that she can run
at almost any stage Of water. Her
cabin is roomy and her state rooms
large and comfortable. She must
become q favorite boat in this trade,
especially in charge Of her popular
officers. Ed. Mnhleman, who ranks
on this river as one OF the most accom-
plishei clerks, has charge Of the Office.
a large amount of ore is awaiting ship.
ment at st. Louis to Wheeling aud
Pittsburgh at Sc per ton.
Corn is being shipped from St Louis
by the barge line in bulk for England
and France via New Orleans This
corn is going forward on freight contract
Of ten cents per bushcI.
Captain r. L. Taylor, Of Wheeling,
formerly OF the Salado and other
steamers in the BGuf river trade, has
taken command Of the Big Horn and
placed her in the same trade.
Captain William Williams, seventy
eight years OF age, is the Oldest Western
river pilot on duty, having received his
first license in the year 1924. iorty-eight
years ago, but was a pilot long before
he received his parchments.