The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-12-08
RIVER NEWS.

The marks at the landing last evening F.
indicated 10 feet in the channel
and rising.
The Louisa Parker and barges passed
up yesterday.
The Courier departed for Parkersburg
Yesterday at the usual hour.
The Andes departed for Cincinnati at
3 T. NJ yesterday.
The Salt Valley, from Pittsburgh, for
Ironton, passed up yesterday.
The Emma Graham, from Cincinnati
en- route for Pittsburgh, was due last
night.
The Market Boy will leave for Pitts
burgh this morning at 10 o'clock.
The Express will be the Parkersburg
packet to-day at noon.
The Ed Hobbs and barges will leave
for St. Louis this morning.
The Carrie Brooks, IRON Pittsburgh en-
route for GAINESVILLE, is due this morning
The local packets are making their
regular trips.
The Andes caught on the line of the
barge Harry yesterday morning, and
was swung round. In getting clear Of
the line, she tore off some CT the guards
of the Hornbrook.
The following is from the Pittsburgh
CommcrciaL:
Editor Commercial:
"a telegram from st. Louis on Satua-
day announces that Captain james l..
Huse, of the ice and towboat firm Of
Huse, LOOMS Il Co, has abandoned the
suit against his firm by the owners OF the
owners of the McMilIen capstan patent,
and concluded to settle
The above is only part Of the con-
tract. The boatmen in this vicinity
would like to know what was the consid-
Grafton. That there was consideration,
/ there can be no doubt. Let us have the
whole truth.
y PITTsBURGH BoATMAN.
BY Telegraph
/ PIITSBURGH, December 6.-River s,
feet inches and rising slowly. Weather
cloudy and rain,
MEMPHIS, December River fallen
3 inches Weather cloudy and cool.
/ Arryed-Vint Shnklc, Cincinnati; Gar
rett and barges, Wheeling; Thompson
/ Dean, New Orleans. eparted-ROsa
! Miller, Arkansas river; Susie Silver, Gin
cinnati; Ark and barges, Ohio river
Illinois, Yicksburg; Come and Zee Ne
and Robert Mitchell, New Orleans.
/ CAIRO, December G.-Arrived-Ilick-
Dry, ST. Louis; Colorado, Vicksburgi
Utah, st. Louis. Departed-HIckory,
st. Louis; Colossal, Yicksburg. River
- feet inches and falling. Weather
cloudy, with light snow since dark
mercury 40.
CrycINNATG, December River l.
fcot 10 inches and falling. Weather
cloudy and damp Arrived and depart
cd Hudson, Wheeling.
EyANsyILLU, December 7:-Weathcr
cloudy and damp, with snow mercury
$50 and falling; barometer below 29'.
| River IS Clio feet and falling. Up
Florence Lee, Thomas w. Means,
Arkansas Belle, George Roberts. Down
Oakland and tow, Glasgow, Fred. Will
son No. >, John A. Wood and Tnrascon.
Business light.
ST.. LOUIS. December ARRIVED
! Glencoe and Johnson, New Orleans;
/ Kinney, Nielsburg; st. Joseph Memphis.
/ Departed-Lcopard and barges, New
Orleans; Capital City, Vicksburg; Hattie
Fisher, Jefferson City. Weather cool
and fumes of snow falling.
NASHVILLE, December River
rising slowly with feet on the shoals
Arrived--Alex Kendall, Louisville; T. I.
Hlllman, Evansville. No departures:
LOUISVILLE, Eecember G.-Weather
cloudy and misty. Hrrived-Warncr,
Cincinnati; Fearless, Pittsburgh. De-
partcd-Warner, New Orleans; Fearless,
st, Louis. River statinary with feet
inches in the canal and feet inches on
the falls.