The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-04
RIVER NEWS.

The river was falling at this point last
evening.
The Express departed for Parkersburg
yesterday at the usual hour.
The Hudson arrived from Cincinnati
last evening.
The Coal Hill left Wheeling for St.
Louis Thursday evening with thirteen
barges ladened with nails, coal, coke, fire
brick and clay. There was report IN
circulation that one of her barges had
go. aground, and in getting it off she
sprung leak and damaged her freight to
some extent. Captain Porter of the
Coal Hill says there was no foundation
for the report. The barges did take
some water, but the freight was mostly
on deck and no damage was done
The Ed. Hobbs has left for below to
help the Nail City up.with her tow.
The Mallie Ragon will be the Pitts
burgh boat this morning at o'clock.
The Courier will be the Parkersburg
packet to-day OF noon.
The Hudson will leave for Cincinnati
at P. N. to-day.
The Salt Valley from lronton en- route
for Pittsburgh is due this evening.
The Carrie Brooks will arrive from
GAINESVILLE tonight and depart for Pitts
burgh Sunday..morning.
The Fearless is en- route for this city
with two barges of iron ore for Pitts
burgb, $50 tons; one for Wheeling with
425 tons, and one barge loaded with 800
tons of miscellaneous freight.
A Sacramento (Cal) inventor has filed
a vaveat for a patent for an improved
steamboat. His contrivGnce consists OF
two lines of half oval water-tight tanks
or buoys, built of light but tenacious ma,
terisl, the edges of their bases being set
together upon an endless wire cable. A
light parallelogram framework is con-
structed, npon either end Of which
arc two large skeleton drums
or rather four wheels covering the cable:
bearing the buoys, Between the t7yA
lines OF buoys, when mounted, is space
for boiler and othe: room the whole
length of the boat. The revolutions o.
the drum wheels carries the buoys along
upon the top of the frame and down into
the water point first, along under thC
boat and up again ct the other end. Blu
above and below their weight is carried
by series of small wheels on fixed axles
secured also along two lines ofcabie, anC
running upOs rails gagged to proper
width. These wheels travel an oval path,
and all bearing is upon the peripnerles o
the wheels, and never upon the aIles oil
centres. Tho inventor claims for hi
steamboat unusual ligh.ncss, speed, Sc
curIty against sinking and carrying ca
pacity.
by Tolcgraph.l
PITTSBURGH, March 3.-River
feet and falling. Weather clear anc
cool. Mallie Ragon, Wheeling. arrived
and departed,
EVANSVILLE, March 3.-Wcather-
Clear; mercury % to Al. River ii fee
7 inches and falling, Port list up
Cleburn, Houston, Geo. Roberts and
Glasgow. Generally with good trips
Business good;
MEMPHIS, March S.-River fell Il
inches. Weather clear and pleasant
Arrived-Ruth, White river. Departed
-Schenck, Cincinnati; Bee and barges
Capitol City, St Louis, Robert Mitchell
and Commonwealth.
NASHVILLE, March River station
ary with feet on the Shoals Arrived
BTanstord Point, Isabel. Departed
Eddyville, Cairo.
CINCINNATI, March 3.-River lG' fee
9 inches and rising. Weather clear anc
pleasant. Atrlved-Susie Silver New
Orleans Departed-Nashville, Tennes
see river.
NEW ORLEANS, March 3.-Weathei
clear and pleasant. Arrived-Thoma.
Sherlock, Cincinnati; Future City anc
barges, St. Louis.