The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-08
RIVER NEWS.


8 feet in the channel.
The MallIe Ragon left yesterday for
Middleport, Ohio, to go on the docks.
After being repaired she will go into the
trade below until the river rises.
There has been no boat put in the
Mallie Ragon's place.
The Science will be the Parkersburg
boat this morning at II o'clock
The Tempest departed for New Mar
tnsville yesterday morning.
The Ed Pope left for below without
any special destination.
The Comfort arrived from Steubenville
yesterday afternoon at 8! o'clock, with
big trip. She will return this morning
about o'clock.
The Wheeling and Parkersburg Trans
portation Company will put a boat in the
Ragon's place, and no trips will be lost.
Capt. Cramer, of the Barnard, was in
town last evening, and reports his boat
laid up at Ashland.
The local business about the landing
was very good yesterday.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says:
Captains L. w. Dugan and John X.
Booth were up from the wreck of the
j. W. Garrett Yesterday, but went back
on the mail boat. Both gentlemen are
sanguine about the Carrot being raised,
bat before she can be raised both her
engines and boilers will have to be taken
out, and for that purpose barge has
| been sent sent To her, and on Wednesday
the Champion No. will be sent down to
pump her out.
The lronton Commercial tells the fol-
lowing: "a passenger on the Ohio, the
other evening, when 9 o'clock came,
went to the clerk and in piteous accents
bcsought him to give him some place to
sleep for the night. When the clerk
/ opened statcroom and told him to feel
, perfectly at home till morning, you could
have hung your hat on his eyeballs.
He'd never heard of such thing as u
/ bedroom on steamboat before!
The Marietta Times, Of Thursday says:
The dam opposite the city is approach
/ ing completion. The etl.ct has been to
deepen the channel obviating all past
difficulties OF want of water, AMI reder.
/ ing for the future safe passage past the
mouth Of the Muskingum. The river men
Mt Pittsburgh can now stop their grum.
bling about the passage OF the Marietta
side oI kerr's Island; it is all right
IBv telegraph
/ PITTsRURGH, September River s
inches and falling. Weather clear.
. NASHVILLE, September River on
Il stand with two feet three inches on
the shoals. Weather clear and hot.
ST. Louis, September 7.-Arrived-
Belle of La Crosse, johnson and Colossal,
kcoku5; Grand Tower, Memphis; Belle
OF St. Louis, Cambridge. Departed
Colossal, Keobuk; City of Helena, Yicks-
/ burg; Belle Of La Crosse, St Paul. River
/ stationary but upper rivers rising.
Weather cloudy and warm.
MEMPHIS, September THE river
/ has fallen inches. Weather clear; mer-
curry 90 degrees. Departed-St. Gene
We've, st. Louis Rosa Miller, Little
Rock; Indiana, New Orleans.
MEMPHIS. September River fell 3
inches. Weather clear; mercury 43 de-
grccs. Dcpartcd-St. Gencyieve, St.
Louis; Rose Miller, Little Rock; Indiana,
/ New Orleans.
/ CAIRO, September 7.-Arrived-City
/ Of Chester, St. Louis; Idlcwild, Evans
Vile. Degradation Accord, 7. f.
Eckert, Grand Tower. Eckert goes TO the
relief of the tow boat Jim Rees sunk
near Grand Tower. River II feet I
inches and falling. Clear weather.
EVANSVILLE, September WEATHER
clear and warm; mercury - to IS de.
grees. River falling steadily, with five
feet on the gauge. Up-Arkansas Belle
| Glasgow, George Roberts, Dick johnson.
Down-Cons Millar, Alice, Tarascon.
/ Business good.
CINGNNATI, September 5.-Rivcr 3
feet 3 inches and falling. Arrived
Hudson, Wheeling. Departed-Era No.
. ., Arkansas river; Arlington, New Or
leans. Weather clear and pleasant.
LOUISVILLE, September WEATHER
warm and clear. Arrived J. l.. Rh0ads,
Governor Allen and tew, Cincinnati.
Departed Rhoads, Allen, St. Louis.
River getting very low with four feet
six inches on the canal and two feet six
/ inches on the tallf.
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