The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-26

The river continues to rise slowly, The
marks at the wharf last night indicated
ii feet 2 inches.
The steamer Science and the wharf boat,
which were left high and dry by the first
breakup, yesterday morning lloatGd of
nil right. The Science will be taken To
MiddIepOrt and put on tho docks as soon
as the river Is clear.
The steamers Express and Andes have
dropped down to the wharf, and will
leave for Parkersburg and Cincinnati re-
spectiyely when tho leo Trims out. The
Express IL announced totake her depart
urG this morning, but, as the Allegheny
ice Is reported coming there is no GER
tainty about II.
The Pittsburgh wharf Is crowded with
towbOats from Market street 10 the point.
The Ohio Is reported lined with freight,
which has accumulated during the ice
blockade in that river.
10y Telegraph
PITTSBURGH, February 2j.--River 10
feet II inches and rising. II was showing
late In the afternoon and Is freezing now.
The Monongahela at . p. NJ. was about 10
feet and rising. The Ice broke in the AL.
legheny at 7;l6 p. NJ. and Is running thick.
Ice Is also coming from the MonOnghela.
The heavy Ice in the upper Allegheny
broke at 3;46 PM.
CINCINNATI February 25.-River II
feet inches and rising, Weather cloudy
and colder. acknowledgement and
Exporter, from New Orleans, and Laura
Davis, from Nashville. Departed-II.
G. Turner, for Memphis.
CAIRO, February 25.-Arrivcd-Fisk,
from paduCall, and return. River II feet
o inches and rising. Weather clear;
mercury 420.
NASHVILLE, February 25.7-River ris.
Ing rapidly; % feet 5 inches on the
shoals. Weather clear and cool.
MEMPHIS, February 25-Riyer fallen
inches. Arrived-Fort Gibson, from
the Arkansas river. Departed-Legal
Tender, for the White river, Eckort and
Charles Morgan, for the Ohio river.
EVANSVILLE, IND, February 25.-1t
showed from to II K. NJ, but II Is clear
this evening and the snow has disap.
peared. Mercury 34o, down TO 800, now
3G0. The river Is rising fast, with 6S.1O
feet on the gauge. Up-J. Adams and
barges, George Roberts, Itllewild, Red
Cloud, Mary Miller and Morning Star,
DOwn-Dlek johnson, Alexander Swift
and Barges and Bowling Green. Business
good. Tho packets had five trips in and
out. The BOdman was aground at Hem
llersOn bar NhOurs. The James Howard
Is aground al Tradewatet.
LOUISVILLE, February 25.-Rtyer ris.
Ing, with 0 feet In the canal and I feet 8
inches in the chute. The weather turned
colder to-day, with q heavy snow this
morning, but lE moderaLing tonight,
Arrived-Grey Eagle, Henderson; lHdi.
ann, Cincinnati; Arlington, Memphis
Departed-Arlihgton, Cincinnati: Nellie
speer and tow, Pittsburgh; Indiana, New
Orleans; Exporter, Cincinnati; Nick
Longworth, Cincinnati; Kittie HeVler,
Cincinnati; G. II Brown and tow, Cairo.
St, Louis, February 25.-The Ice IN
H1o Hb wi OtIOW LnS DEIuBej WHICH mas
put an embargo on navigation since Jan
uary 4Ll, commenced moving very slowly
this afternoon, and by dark had of
passed out Of sight without dollars
worth Of damage so far IA known 10
steamers or other crafts along tho shore.
Dispatches from Brunswick, twcnty:miies
below here, say II passed there, which
leads to hopes that tic river Is, or will DC
Tomorrow, open 10 Cairo, and that nayi.
CATION South will be resumed In one or
two days. The Ice above the bridge 4
breaking up to some extent tonight, and
1.-THE river continues to rise there will
be q general break up In very few DAYS
Of all the upper rivers. Steamboat and
insurance Companies congratulate each
other tonight Of, the happy fiddance Of
Ice without hlishnp, and The heattineSs Of
the congratulations may be imagined
when II ts stated that 81 100000 worth Of
property lies along the shore.