The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-07
river NeRn.

4. The Ragon;left for Parkersburg OF the |
usual hour on Saturday morning.
The Park Painter No. passed down
Saturday with tow Of oil Tor Hunting
II The Hudson left for Cincinnati on Sat-
9f f6s steamer steamer Andes is due from Gin.
cinnau to-day. o,> :;
The steamers Phaeton, 0Neal and
Comfort are running regularly,
The steamer Salt Valley, from 1ronton,
en- route to Pittsburgh, passed up on
Saturday evening. o,,,
The Fanchon, en- route from Ginclnnati
10 Pittsburgh, passed up yesterday.
The Science will be the regular far-
kersburg packet this morning!
The Granite State passed down Satur-
day night. EN- route from Pittsb urgh to
Portsmouth. She will probably go into
the Cincinnati and Pomeroy trade.
There are nearly fifty steamboats, laid
I'm on tile MonongahelR river between
Pittsburgh and Brownsville.
Two new gates are being put IN posi-
ton at.LocE No. !. = -.
No more blowing whistles at the Cln-
cipnai wharf. i -
Some Of the knowing ones predict that
we will have low water this fall.
The Louisville, Capt. Hegler,s new pur-
chase, will 60 on the docks and be entire
Iy overhauled. 1850 VI.
THE wheel Of the Bengal Tiger was
crippled by some obstruction at Lowry,
and The Gypsy assisted her up.
The Galiipolis Bulletin says that the
cause of the oil Valley sinking \ barge at
Raccoor, last week, was "by'runnlng 1t
m a nile of rocks that had been left In the
channel by, the United States dredge'boat
Anal had been working there; that the
sinking barge was crowded through, how
lever, and landed at Mrs Geo. Mo4res
Handing, and both boat and coal Will DC
saved, with very little, II any loss. II
seems the dredge.boat had been suddenly
ordered to Pittsburgh, and left the rocks
in a locality unknown to passing boats,
and II might have resultedin great loss oil
life and destruction ~ =
Report Of Messrs. Ford 6 Rodgets, AS
sistant Local INSPECTORS Of Steam Ves-
sells, for the district Of Gallipolis, Ohio,
for the fractional part Of the month, COM
mencing July II, ending July II, 1875
inspected passenger yacht Wild Gazellee,
submitting her boilers 10 hydrostatic
pressure d. l65 pounds, and allowing ITO
pounds of steam. Also issued licenses to
the following officers, viz: w L. Maddy,
ofHuntington, captain and first-class pi.
lot; Michael Wise, Of lronton, captain and
frst.class pilot; Ellis G. Mace, OF Bnrlinng-
ton, captain and first-class pilot; Daniel
lib. Miller, .of Middleport, captain and
| first.class pilot; Edmund F. Maddy, OF
Gallipolis, captain and frst.class pilot;
Atomic @. Furtuson, Of Pittsburgh, first
class pilot; Samuel F. Field, special en-
gineer. 80. r.
ST. LOUIS, August 6.-Arrived-Rob
Roy, Keokuk. Departed-Rob Roy,
Keokuk; Lake Superior, Quincy. River
fallen a inches. Weather cloudy; rain
most Of the afternoon.
EVANSVILLE, August G.-Cloudy and a
heavy shower before noon. Mercury 30
to 95. River $40 teet; falling. Port
lliHt-Up-cIht blho6oWI SASJ %'o,~t
Rob't Mitchell. Little business. +,
V1cKsDuRa August 6.-Warm and
cloudy. River fell Is inches. Arrived
Helena. =
sCMcIsNAn, August 0.-Riyer 9 feet 0
inches and rising. Weather, heavy rain
in the forenoon. Arrived-Andy Baum,
Memphis. Up-The steamer Nail city
| from 81. Louis TO Wheeling.
MEMpH1s, Aug. G.-River fel2 10 inch
es, now on stand. Weather shower;y'
Departed Genevive, Vicksburg; Maude
StSLouis.' aa =,
LouIsv111E, KY, August 6.-Weathei
rainy, River rising, with s feet 9 inehe'
| in The canal Arriyed-Shlnkle, Gin
cinnati. Departed-shinkle, Memphis
CAIRO, August G.-Arrived-Idlewild
Evansville; Charley Bowen, Pomeroy
Capital City, Yicksburg; Polar Star, st
Louis; Hickory, Tennessee river; City o
Vicksburg, St. Louis; Parker, Memphis
Departed@Cons. Millar, Memphis Idle
wild, Evansville, Charley Bowen, Mem
phis; Polar Star, Ohio river; Capital City
, 81. Louis; Hickory, st. Louis; Parker
. Cincinnati. River 10 feet 10 inches anG
falling. Weather cloudy; mercury S6V