The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-01-29
RIVER NEWS.

Things are assuming their usual placid
condition about the landing, and the
'break up no longer occupies the boards
as topic of conversation. The river was
entirely free from floating Ice yesterday,
though few boats have resumed their
trips.
The marks last evening indicated
feet inches in the channel, and falling
Another rise is expected, which will
bring down some heavy shore ice, which
cause the river men to hold back their
boats for the present.
The Granite State arrived from below
yesterday morning at IL o'clock, and
passed up for Pittsburgh.
The Market Boy resumed her regular
trips between here and Bellarre.
There will be no Parkersburg packet
before Monday morning.
The Forest City will be here from
Steubenville tomorrow.
The following is special dispatch
from Pittsburgh to the Cincinnati
CommercjaL:
There is very little ice coming out Of
the MOnOngahela, from which it is in
ferred that the lee coming out of pools
h.,..
in the Ioughiogheny continues firm, and
the Allegheny ice shows no signs Of
coming out just yet. The towboat VIM.
Stone, belonging to Stone Bros, coal
dealers, sunk very suddenly and uneI-
pcctedly last night in the Monongahela
river, at Stones Landing. She sunk in
about 10 feet of water, and is reported
considerably. curcened, but it is thought
she can be raised without much difficulty,
| and the work of raising her will be COM
menccd ut once. She sank about mid
night, but 1t is not known definitely what
caused the accident She went down so
quick that the crew just had sufficient
time to escape with their lives. The Abe
Hays has succeeded in raising tow of
coal. sunk ut Merriman, on the last
freshet by the Grand Lake The Juni-
alta is loading for Cincinnati, and will
take her departure on Friday or Satur-
day, providing the river opens and the
weather does not turn cold again.
This is what the Cincinnati CONNER
ciat says about the lost Hudson:
The stern-whecl steamer R. r. Hudson,
long identified with the Wheeling trade,
was cut down by the ice ut that place
Tuesday night, and nearly torn in two.
, She will prove Il total loss. She was
owned by w. NJ. List, her commander
and others, all Of Wheeling. She was
built in 1866, and at the time of the dis.
aster valued at $4,000. She is probably
partially insured in Wheeling and Pitts
burgh companies. We learn of no risks
in Cincinnati companies. Her dimen-
sions are 100 feet long, 33 feet beam, 81
feet depth OF hold; carrying capacity
about 800 tons. She has two lever en-
gnes, with cylinders II inches in dame
ter and 81 feet stroke; three 40-inch boil
crS, 20 feet long, with seven Hues. The
tow-boat Albion, engaged principally on
the Kanawha river, was also sunk by the
ice with the r. r. Hudson. She is a
sternwhcel boat of the medium class,
worth less than $4,000.
by Telegraph.
| PITTSBURGH, January 28.-River 6
feet 3 inches and falling slowly. Slight
rain all day.
CAIRO, January 2S.-River feet II
inches and rising. Light rain this after
noon. Weather cloudy. Mercury $50.
Arrived-Susie Silver, Evansville. De-
parted-Future City, New Orleans.
| CINCINNATI, January 28- River fallen
inches, now l6I feet and stationary; con-
siderable ice running. The packets will
probably resume their trips tomorrow.
| Weather cloudy and cold.