The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-18
RIVER NEWS.

The river was about stationery last
evening, with 30 inchss in the channel.
The heavy rain all day yesterday wreath
ed the faces of the rivermen with smiles,
and they are in hopes of good rise.
The Science departed for Parkersburg
Yesterday morning, at the usual hour.
Captain. Murine was in command.
the Market Boy has resumed her trips
between this city and Bellaire.
There will be no Parkcrsburg boat
this morning.
The Mallie Ragon will be up here the
first of next week and resume her trips
In the Parkcrsburg trade.
A special dispatch from Pittsburgh
to the Cincinnati Commercial says: The
Evans, Coulson rs. Kountz libel suits are
expected to come up for trial soon. 1t
is stated that there are about 10000 tons
of ore at st. Louis awaiting shipment to
this market by river. George AIbre",
our weather prophet, predicts that the
river will freeze bp before there is IA
rise.
The same paper contains the following;
Colonel Merrill has received from Capt.
&. VI. Cole, contractor, the following re-
port of Instructions recently removed
between Marietta and Buihngton: "a
large rock near the channel ut the head
of Coles Island was lifted and dropped
INTO deep water. The worst log opposite
the middle of Coles island. below the big
sycamore, was raised and dropped among
the logs on the Ohio shore. The large
rock remaining in Mustupha Chute was
broken into three pieces and sunkin deep
water A log that recently came in OPP
positc this rock was also removed, and
two smaller rocks. One large rock and
three smaller ones and one log, all just
below the lump at the head of Lee Creek
were placed on the left shore, above the
mouth of the creek. One rock much
worn, lying in the channel opposite the
head Of Bellville Island, was raised and
sunk in deep water. One large rock OPP
poSito the feet of the Island neart the Ohio
shore. was blasted and scattered. This is
the rock that sunk Il barge ofcoal for the
Sam. Roberts three years ago, and has
been in the way of tOwboats at Il middle
stage of water. Eleven of the worst
rocks at the head of Swan Bar were re-
moved, and also II log on the Virginia
side of the channel at De Wits Run. In
the head of Burlington Chute the large
rock at the right of the channel and one
hundred yards above the dug chute, was
removed, and also all the rocks, about
sixty in number, that formed reef cX-
tending from the long dixie into the chan
mel above the new chute. The best way
to run this chute is to keep down near
est the island until YOU are about oppO-
site the apple tree above the house; then
YOU cross over the backbone into the
dug chute
by Telegraph.I
CINCINNATI, November l7.-River
feet . inches and rising. Arrived-Eddy-
viii, Evansville.
PITTSBURGH, November lit has
been raining steadily all day. River
about II inches and stationary. Raining
hard at Brownsville, with 4 feet 3 inches
in the channel.
River at Morgantown, W. Va, Sinches
and rising; still raining.
Oil City-Raining; river rising slowly
with 5 inches.
Greensboro, Pa.-River rising slowly,
with 2 feet and still raining.
LOUISVILLE, November 17.-Rivcr
rising with 2G inches in the Canal.
Raining steady all day.
EVANSVILLE, November l.. 1t rain
ed all night, and until noon to-day. 1t
is still cloudy with murcury A. to GO.
The river has fallen inch; 40 feet
on gauge. Up-Silvcr Thorn, Down
b. II. Coallc. Business very dull. %
feet to Cairo.
CAIRO, November l.. - Departed
Mollie Moore, ST. Louis. River feet g
inches and rising. Cloudy and cooler,
with mercury 30.
ST. LOUIS, November l7.-Arrived-
Clinton. kcukuk; Rock Island. st. Paul;
City Of Vicksburg, Vicksburg; Savannah,
Keokuk. Departed Helena Vicks
burg; Clinton. Kcokuk. River rising
slowly. The weather has been wet for
the past few days, the rains extending
over large district of country, and a
considerable swell may be expected in
all rivers north and west Of here.
The steamer Pauline Carroll was sold !
at auction to-day to Captain John VI.
Bafingor for 5000. She will probably |
be put in good repair and enter the New
Orleans trade.
Captain William Baugh, for forty years
connected with the Ohio and Tennessee |
river trade, died here to-day, aged seventy
years.