The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-11
River News.


The river continues 10 fall. Last eve
ming there were about Q feet 10 the chan
mel.
The ice has completely suspended navi
CATION.
The Hudson arrived from Cincinnati
about 8 o'clock Saturday morning, sht
was announced to start upon her return
trip at SP. NJ, but owing to the heavy ic'
was obliged to lay up at the Belmont mil
to wait until the river Is clear,
The Express has laid up at Marietta
the Reese at sunGsh, and the Salt Valley
ut Ironton,
The Market Boy came up from Bell
aire on Saturday morning, but upon hel
return laid up until better river.
Capt. List attempted to get his new
boat down to the Belmont landing on Sat
urday, but was unsuccessful, She Is ly
Ing at the foot Of l4th street, fast in The
Ice.
A good sized fleet Of towbOats at Pitts
burgh are ready to depart on the Arst
rise.
The Nail City and bnrges have laid W
at Portsmouth OH account Of the ice.
Fridays Cincinnati Commercial says
The Nall City with three barges laden
with iron ore, from 81. Louis TO Pittsburgh
and the Grand Lake, from Louisville will
an empty tow, passed up early In the
morning. The Peytona reshipped GC
hhis sugar and 015 bbls molasses fol
Steubenyille and Pittsburgh on the Andes
The Sam. J. Hale also reshipped 1874 Dbl,
molasSes, for Portsmouth, % hhds sugar
for Wheeling, G3 bbls molusses for Pitts
burgh on the Andes. The II. s. Turner
reshipped Is bbls hoop iron and IA keg'
sundries for Pittsburgh on the Andes
Tom BObo Is assisting Capt. Living at the
wheel Of the Nail City.
10y TOlegraph,l
NASHVILLE, January l0-River still
falling, with II feet 2 inches on the
shoals. Weather clear and cold; ther,
mometer below and at zero all day. De
parted...CoOk, for the Upper Cumberland
and Burksville, for Cairo. The Eddy
vile Is expected.
CINCESSATI, Jannary i0.-Rivcr Is
feet and falling. Weather clear and very
cold. There Is considerable newly.madc
floating Ice, and the up.rivcr boats have
all withdrawn. Departed-J. D. Parker
for Memphis, Longworth and Peytona
and barges, for New Orleans.
CAIRO, January l0.-Arrived-Charles
Morgan, from Cincinnati, City Of Quincy,
from New Orleans. Departed..-EekeFt
for the wreck Of the Maudc, Minneolal
for Memphis, Charles Morgan, for New
Orleans. River "a feet 8 inches, and fall.
Ing. Weather clear mercury at zero.
EVANSVILLE, Jan. 10.-lIad a snow
storm last night, but Is clear to-day, and
Is the coldest In the last II years. Mercu.
ry below zero. at IA. 81, above at noon
and zero at6P.N. Wind from the north
River has fallen 2t feet in the Last "a
hours. Down-Dick Johnson at 8 a. M.,
Exporter att. Up-PatCl Cleburn, 6:3O this
morning.
MEMPHIS, January 1O.--The river has
risen 8 inches during the past "a hours.
Weather clear and intensely cold. Dc.
parted: Cherokee and Great Republic,
New Orleans; Mary Boyd, Arkansas river,
LOUISVILLE, January 10.-River full Of
floating Ice, and falling, with s feet 0
inches In the channel; O feet 0 inches In
Indian chute. The General Lyttle came
In from Cincinnati to-day, and laid up.
The Nick Longworth arrived from New
Orleans and also laid up. The J. D. Par.
ker and Peytona, due from above, had not
arrived up to Q o'clock this evening, and
are supposed TO have gone into the Ken.
lucky river. The Tafascan, from below,
has not arrived. AT noon to-day several
towboats and barges were brought from
the Virginia side and nioored at the
mouth ol the canal. The Warner and
bargea and Storm and barges arrived from
below and laid up In the canal. The JEFF
ieraonville ferries made trips during The
day. Weather very cold, but moderatihg.