The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-06-05

The Science left Tor Parkersburg yes.
terday morning as usual. The Rngon
will be the regular packet this morning
The Market Boy yesterday morning
resumed her place in the Wheeling and
Mntamoras trade.
The Barnard, coming up from ST..
Louis with tow, has laid up at Louis.
vile.
The steamers Star OF the West, Tele-
gram and O'Neal are running as usual.
The Kerr lett for Pittsburgh yesterday
morning.
The Salt Valley is due down to-day.
The steamer Courier arrived from Gin.
cinnati at 4 P. NJ. and stuck on the bar at
the mouth Of the creek. She was still
sticking at dark last evening.
The Joseph B. Williams, with her tow,
is laid up at Parkersburg, waiting for
more water.
Captain Kirker, Clerk Maddy, and the
Exchange's crew, will command her in
the Pomeroy trade.
The new Emma Graham will be
launched in about two weeks and be
ready for business about the middle OF
July.
The Kanawha river is not quite low
enough yet TO continue work on the dams
at Brownstown and Cabin Creek.
Com. R.C. Gray has contracted with
builders at Freedom, Pa, to build two
barges for him. They are to he $50 feet
long, 81 feet floor, 3S feet beam, 6 feet
hold, with full cargo box, and will carry
1900 tons each.
The dimensions Of the hull Of Captain
Stockdale's new boat for the Pittsburgh
and Cincinnati trade, are as follows:
Length, 225 feet; beam, 35 feet; depth Of
hold, 8 feet. Capt. S. has not contracted
for the machinery yet.
II was the intention OF Col. Merrill,
some time since, to put the government
snagboat L. A. Woodruff at work about
the first OF this month. The water is too
low at present for the Woodruff to do any
work on this end Of the river.
The Hornbrook and barges will leave
for Cincinnati this afternoon in place OF
the Courier.
The steamer Emma Graham will leave
for Cincinnati tomorrow at 4P.M.
lBy Telegraph
CINCINNATI, June 4.-Riyer Z feet
inches and falling. Weather cloudy and
showery. The new Andes made her trial
trip to-day.
MEMPHIS, June 4.-River fallen 10
inches; II feet 8 inches. Arrived-E. n.
Norton. Departed-Rayen and John
Means, Weather clear.
ST. LOUIS, juno 4.-Arrivci-Coal
Hill, Hannibal; Polar Star, OHIO river
Kendall; Cincinnati; Big Horn and Rose.
bud, Pittsburgh. Departed-War Eagle,
keokuk; La Crosse, St. Paul. River
risen II inches. Weather cloudy and
warmer; rain this morning.
LOUISVILLE, June 4.-Rainy weather
Arrived-John Rhoads, ST. Louis; Baum
Memphis; Matte Hayes, coast. Depart.
ed-Rhoads and Baum, Cincinnati
River on a stand with 81 feet in the
canal.
NAsHvrILE, June 4.-River falling
with IS feet on shoals. Arrived-Ander'
son.
LITTLE Rock, June 4.-Weather warm
and cloudy. River IA feet G inches,
CAIRO. June 4.-Arrived-Vint Shin
kle, Memphis; Means, Cincinnati. De-
parted-Vint Shinkle, Cincinnati; Thos
Means, St. Louis. River % feet and
rising. Weather cloudy.
New ORLEANS, June 4.-No arrivals
or departures. Clear and warm,
VrCKsBuRG, June 5.--Warm. Indica'
tions of rain. River falling, Up-Gol'
den Rule. Arrived-Helena.
EVANSVILLE, June 4. Weather
cloudy, rainy and hot; mercury G7 to SO'
River about stationary, with 6 9.l0 feet
on the gauge. Up-Maggie Smith, Grey
Eagle, Bowling Green. Down-Idlewild,
Dick johnson, Selma, Business very
light.
SHREVEPORT, June 4.-Arrived-
Lotus, New Orleans. Depsr,ed-LOtus
Jefferson. River rose one inch in the
last q hours. Weather clear and hot;
rain much needed.