The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-09
RIVER NEWS.

usual hour.
The Katie Hegler arrived from Gin
cinnati yesterday morning at 10 o'clock,
and after discharging some freight left
for Pittsburgh at 2 P. NJ. The Horn
brook assists the Hegler and barge to
Pittsburgh.
The Hudson is due from Cincinnati at
noon to-day. After discharging her
freight she will leave for Steubenville at
81 o'clock with the Esther excursion.
The Science is the Parkersburg boat
this morning at II o'clock.
The Iron Mountain and barge5 left
last night for Pittsburgh. She has been
laid up at the Washington Mill for about
three weeks.
The crew of the Heatherington left
yesterday for Pomeroy, to bring up that
boat.
The Forest City will make her trip in
the Steubenyille trade to-day.
There is a prospect for rise sufficient
to let all the towboats laid up in the
neighborhood make their way to Pitts
burgh.
The Cincinnati Commercial has the
following in reference to two Wheeling
towboats:
OF late there has been considerable ri
valry between the officers Ofthe Barnard
and Nail City, each claiming their re-
spective boats the fastest. To settle all
disputes as to which was the fastest, both
parties agreed, at St. Louis, to test the
matter by departing from that port to-
gether. So each with two barges in tow
lett st. Louis Thursday evening, the Nail
City getting of thirty minutes ahead OF
the Barnard. Coming up the Ohio river
the Barnard passed the Nail City at
Chain Cur, above Cairo and has kept the
lead ever since, making the run from st.
Louis To this city in five days and u
hours. The Nail City arrived last night.
John Sullivan and Jake Remelin piloted
the Barnard from st. Louis to Cincinna-
ii, and Captain Dreamer and Geo. Pol
lard pilot her from here to Wheeling.
A New ERA FOR STEAM NAVIGATION
Speed Of Boats to be DolsJLed.-There
has been shown us working model of
new invention which aocomplishes in a
simple manner the object which has been
so long desired by steamboatmen. 1t is
u wheel with movable paddles, so arrang-
ed as to feather and cut the water in
front, and, after pushing to the length Of
one-tifth the diameter of the wheel, or TO
the point where the ordinary paddle
must lift the water in rising. 1t feathers
again, and rises without lifting any
water thus giving the entire force of the
power ordinarily required to submerge
the paddle on the one side and lift the
incumbent water upon the other. In
short the whole force OF
the engine is given to the direct
push against the water. And rs the
wheel may be submerged to any point
short OF the shaft on which 1t revolycs,
any desired resistance may be obtained.
The water being the fulcrum on which
the leavcr (the wheel acts, and four feet
depth gives four times the resistance at
one foot, it is ready seen how much Il
wheel gheel gives us the direct power Of
the engine upon the boat, losing very
little by slip, and absolutely nothing for
the entrance into and the emergelce
from the water as in the ordinary pad
die. 1t is claimed by the inventor that
it will increase the speed of steamboats,
from one.half to two-thrds over their
present capacity, with the same engine
as now used, atfording greater economy
in the transportation OF freights, and
putting them for the carrying of passen-
gers at many point in successful compe-
tition with Cincinnati CONF
merctGi.
lBy Telegraph.
PITTSBURGH, July 8.-River feet and
arising; weather clear and warm.
EVANSVILLE, July S-Weather clear;
mercury 80 to $50; wind from the north
west. River rising with l3 40 feet on
the gauge. Up-Florence Lee, Arkan-
sas Bell, Dick johnson and George Rob
erts. Down-Bowling Green, Morning
Star. Business very light.
NASHVILLE, July S.-River rising,
with 10 feet large on the shoals. Wealth
er clear and warm. Arrived-Eddy-
vile, Cairo.
CINCINNATI, July 8.-River II feet 10
inches and about stationary. Weather
clear and warm. Arrived-Andes,
Wheeling; Arlington, Memphis; Chas.
Morgan, New Orleans. Departed-Ash-
land, Pittsburgh. Passed up-Nail City,
from st. Louis to Wheeling.
CAIRO, July 9.-Arrived-J. d. Par
kcr, Cincinnati; Grand Tower, st. Louis
Departed-Hclena, ST. Louis; Parker,
Memphis: Grand Tower, Memphis. River
80 feet inches and falling. Weather
clear: mercury 81 degrees.
MEMPHIS, July S.-Riyer about sta
tionary. General clear; mercury 81.
Arriyed-Illinois, Vicksburg. Departed
Chester, st. Louis; City of Nicksburg, !
Vicksburg; Falls Pilot, Ohio river.
LOUISVILLE, July S-River falling
slowly with s feet : inches in the canal
and 6 feet : inches in the chute. Arriv-
ed-Fawn and Turner, Cincinnati; Chas.
Morgan, New Orleans; Cobb Cecil and
Governor Allen, Ironton. Departed
Morgan. Cincinnoti; Turner, Memphis;
Fawn, Evansville; Governor Allen, st.
Louis. Weather clear and pleasant.
ST. LOUIS, July 8.-Arrivod-Lake
Superior, st. Paul; Savannah, Galenai
Rob Roy, Keokuk; Belle Of Memphis
Memphis. Departed Lake Superior,
st. Paul; Capitol City Vicksburg; Rob
Roy. Keokuk. Ei:er risen IA inches;
cloudy and warm,