The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-18
River News.


The river rcCedcs slowly. The marks
last evening indicated scant feet.
The Jennie Walker, little low water
packet, passed up about Sam. cn route
for Pittsburgh.
The towbOat Grand Lake passed up at
IA. NJ. with empty bargcs.
The Frank Willard, chartered by tho
Government to place signals at the cross.
ings in shoal places on the Upper Ohio,
Which arrived here on Saturday, left at b
AM. for Pittsburgh.
The Express departed for Parkcrsburg
at 10A 4. NJ.
The Monitor No. 2, with two bargcs,
passed up In the morning.
The W. II. Harrison, with q tow Of
barges, passed up at II 4. N.
The James Rees left bout7A I'M. with
the members Of the Germania Singing
Society on board, upon picnic excur.
sion 10 Ctesap's Grove. She returned
with the exctfsionlsts in the evening.
The @. w. HotnbrOok passed up, en-
route to Rochester. n .
The Andes arrived IRON Cincinnati
last evening. The Cincinnati excursion.
lists, over one hundred In nunber, who left
here on Tuesday last, returned on the
Andes.
The Aiallie Ragon will leave for Pitts
bureh this morning at @ o'clock.
Tie John w. Garrett isdue here to-day
from St. Louis. The Garrett has several
bargcs Of ore for Wheeling and Stonbun-
vile.
The Courier is this mornings Patkcrs-
burg packet.
The comfortable packet Andes will dc
part for Cincinnati Mt 8 A. NJ. to-day
IgHa.. LBy Telegraph apBi4
PrsBURaif, May 17.-Rivery5 o feet ]
inch and falling Weather clear and cool,
OH Cry, May l7.-Rivcr 2 feet 8
inches md falling. Weather clcnt and
pleasant.
LOUISVILLE, May l7.-Riyer falling,
will, seven feet eight inches In canal and
five feet eight inches in Indiana oh ule.
Arrived-H. s. Turner, EEansville.N De.
parted-Turncr, Cincinnati; City Of Quin-
cy, 81. Louis. Weather clear and pleas
ant .FB "H f4-t3 l199
MEMPnls, May yl7.-The river fell II
inches Weather clear and pleasant.
Arrived-Belle Of Texas, Arkansas river;
Vint Shinkle, Uincihnaus Departed.
Belle Memphis, 81. Louis; Julia, Vicks.
burg; I,ongwor(h! ThOmpson Dean, Gin.
cinnati.
ST. LOUIS, May 17.-Arrived: Baker,
Pittsburgh; FayetLe, Peoria; lronsides md
Fleming, Cairo; 81. Genevieve, Vieks.
burg; Lake Superior, 81. Paul Addie
JOHNSON, Galena; Belle Memphis, Mis-.
souri, river; Dictator, Illinois river;
Laurel, Louisville; Hickory, Tennessee
river. Departed Dugan, Missouri river;
Rob Roy, Keokuk; Chester, Memphis;
Fnyette, Peoria; Minneapolis, 81 Paul;
Brown, Cairo. 1liver falling. Clear and
warm. The entire stock Of the John
B. Mnnd Transportation Company, seven
hundred and fifty shares, was sold to-day
on ptivate terms to Capt j. West and
Capt.Jake Swivel. She will he commands
ed by West, and Swivel will have charge
Of The Office. Theodore Layille's 100
shares In the Bismarck Transportation
Company, one Cighl.valve steamer, was
sold on Change to Capt. ]. p. Kiser,
Supt. Of the Anchor Line, for Sll so per
share. Major Whiting, member Of Com
0resa from the Peoria, Ills, district, left
tonight for Cincinnati and Pittsburgh ii to
purchase a steamer for the St. Louis and
Illinois river trade. d.
CiSo1NSArI, May l7.-River II feet 10
inches and falling, Arrivcd--Hudson,
from Wheeling. Weather cool.
NASHVILLE, May l7.-River still fall.
ing; 8 feet ii inches on the shoals, The
silver Thorn is expected to arrive to.
night Clear and warm.