The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-21
RIVER NEWS.

The river was rising slowly last even
ing with 33 inches in the channel.
There was no Parkersburg packet yes
terday morning. The Science will leave
for the above place this morning at the
usual hour.
The Mallie Ragon will probably be up
in time to load for Parkersburg on Mon
day morning.
The river men are hopeful, and think
the rise will be sufficient to let out the
! larger boats.
The Ohio River Commissioners meet in
Washington City on the 10th of Decem-
Der, to consider matters of Importance
pertaining to the improvement of the
Western rivers.
The Pittsburgh Telegraph says:
"Everybody is longing for coal boat
rise; the coal operators in particular, be-
cause they have 100000 bushels of the
'dusky diamonds" in the pools awaiting
shipment The iron men think rise in
the river would also do them great good
as great many Western firms refuse to
send in their orders until they can obtain
consignments ut lower rates of freight
than are charged by rail-
a special dispatch from Pittsburgh to
the Cincinnati Con.mercial says;
The West Virginia, recently purchased
for the GallipolIs and Kanawha river
trade, will take her departure for CALI
polls in the morning. She will take no
freight. The jury have not yet render
ed n verdict in the case of the steamers
Dick Fulton rs. Charley Brown. This
case has been on trial for about week.
The case Of Joseph Keeling rs. the
steam towboat Comet and John NJ.
Hare, master, an action for damages for
sinking of barge on the Ohio, twenty
miles below Wheeling, is on trial.
Mr.. Henry Martin, special agent of
the Treasury Department, discOursing on
the shipment of coal oil says: "Sections
and ), Steamboat law of February %,
1871, forbids the transportation of coal
oil, &c, on passenger steamers, but pro-
videS for the exercise of discretionary
power in THIS regard, under authority of
the Supervising Inspectors and the Sec
rotary of the Treasury. This authority
is granted in the II It'll rule of the Super
vising Inspector, page SO, Steamboat
Laws of 1874. The conditions are brief
L.. ,h.-,. I 4 hs.pp. oT a II ~ hnr m, a, bnJs
of transportation, except on passenger
steamboats,, . Metallic cans or vessels
for tn" oil. 3. Metallic cans or vessels
must be inclosed in boxes, barrels, &c.
t. Boxes, barrels, &c, must be marked
with manufacturer name, fire test, &c,
as is usually done on coal oil barrels. 5.
Such boxes, barrels, &c, must then be
placed on the forward main deck, guards,
&c, a. remote as possible from fires"
This simply means that coal oil can not
be shipped by steamer when there is q
railroad contiguous.
by Telegraph
PITTSBURGH, November 2O.-River
rising. with feet inches in the chan
mel. Weather cloudy and cool, with rain
and some snow.
EVANSVILLE November 20.-Weat
cloudy and cool with rain last night.
Mercury 800 to $50. River rising with
. feet on the guage. Up--George Roberts,
F. =. Gracey. Down-Sandy. Business
active. Snow to the north of Us.
CAIRO, November 20-Arrived-
CITY of Vicksburg. St. Louis. The sew
eral steamers chartered by the knight
Templars for the New Orleans excursion,
are now anchored ready to leave here on
November 18th, instead Of the 26th, on
account Of low water. River feet
inches and rising; clear mercury 32o.
LOUISVILLE, November 20.-River on
stand with 20 inches in the canal; clear
and cold.
CISCGNNATI, November 20.-River 3
feet 10 inches and rising. Weather cloudy
and much cooler.
ST. LOUIS, November 20.-Arrived-
Paragon, New Orleans; Clinton, Keokuk;
Maggie and Alp, Illinois river; Belle
Lacrosse and Osceola, st. Paul; julia,
Vicksburg, and St. Joseph, Memphis.
Departed-Grand Tanner, Memphis,
Oriolo, Helena, and Clinton, Keokuk;
aud OsceOla, New Orleans. River about
stationary. Weather cloudy and cold
during the day; clear and freezing To-
night.
FURs cleaned and repaired at the