The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-28
River News.

dining rooms.
River News.
The marks at the landing last evening
showed 10 feet l9 inches in the chsnnel.
The Abner O'Neal departed for Pitts
burgh yesterday, at 7 AM.
The Courier departed for Psrkersburg
yesterday. The Ragon is to-dsy's packet.
The Andes departed last evening for
Cincinnati.
The Phaeton, Della and Telegram ar
rived and departed yesterday rs usual.
The Emma Graham, for Pittsburgh,
passed up at o'clock yesterday after
noon. She returns Thursday morning,
en- route Tor Cincinnati Messrs. g. Ii.
Booth d Co. yesterday took the agency
OF the Graham.
The Carrie Brooks, en- route for Zanes-
vile, will pass down to-day.
The Granite State, en- route from Ports
mouth to Pittsburgh, Is due at this port
at noon to-day.
The Salt Valley, passed down yester-
day, en- route for Ironton.
The following towbosts passed by this
port yesterday with tows: Mary Ann,
Alex. Swift, Onward, Fred. Wilson No.
2, Joseph A. Stone, George Lysle, Tom
Reese No 2, and Charles Brown. Up
Joseph Bigiey, light.
The Simpson Horner passed down
yesterday, with tow of six coal
boats. 1t will be remembered it was the
Horner that sunk the boats opposite the
water works, while coming down on the
last rise.
The remains of Sullivan Powers, OF
Allegheny, who died on the steamer
Emma Graham shortly after she lef.
Cincinnati, Saturday night, were on
board that boat, en- route for home, yes
terday, when she passed this port. De-
ceased was formerly a cook On lower
river boats, and was unmarried.
Captain John Need, local Inspector
OF the port of Pittsburgh, made lntOrma
ton before the United States Commis-
sioner, S. &. McCandIcss, Saturday,
charging james Brookmire with serving
MS u master on the towboat Dexter with
out license; also against John W..
Butterheld, for acting Is pilot on the
said towboat Dexter without license;
also against 5. S. Brown, the owner OF
the Dexter, for employing John w. But
teIteld, an unlicensed pilot. The de-
PENDANTS were arrested and released on
giving bail for a trial at the May term of
court. 1t will be rememb ered that the
Dexter, in charge of Brookmire AID But
terrified, struck at abutment above Pine
run on the morning of the 9th OF No
vember, overturning the mud drums and
scaldng to- death the mate, William
Ripper.
LBy Telegraph
SHREVEPORT, November 26.-Weath-
er cool. River falling.
PITTSBURGH, November 27.-River 10
feet and falling. Weather cloudy and
raining.
LITTLE Rock, November 27.-River
falling. Wheather clear and cool. De-
parted Maumelle, above.
LOUISVILLE, November II. Weather
cloudy and cold. Depsrted-John l..
Rh0ads, Pittsburgh. River rising, with
feet inches in the canal.
lChSBU hf, NON6ulDOE H. w tdLuCl
clear and pleasant. The river rose s
inches; mercury Sc. Up-Future City;
Grand Tower. Down-City of Angus.
tn, Barnard and barges, Natchez, James
Howard.
CINCINNATI, November 27.-RIver q
feet inches and rising. Arrlved-Hud.
son, Wheeling; Hammitt and tow,
Wheeling Departed-Hudson, Wheel
ing; Baum, Cairo; Hsmmitt, ST. Louis.
Weather cloudy and cool.
ST. LOUIS November 29.-Arrived =
Norton, Ohio river; Golden Eagle, keo-
kuk; st. Genevieve, Memphis. Departed
City of Helena, VIcksburg. River
risen 10 inches. Weather cloudy and
cool, with il dicatons of snow tonight.
New ORLEANS, November 26.-Ar-
rived-John, Ouachita river; Texas, Red
river; Belle OF Shreveport, st. Louis;
Kountz, Arkansas river. Departed
Charles Morgan, Cincinnati; r. f. Lee,
Vick3burg; Kountz, Red river. Weather
clear and cool.
CAIRO, November 27.-Arrlved-
Robert Mitchell, Cincinnati; Centennial
and City of Chester, St. Louis. Departed
Susie Silver, St. Louis; Golddust, New
Orleans. River l6 feet inches and rising.
Light rain and snow this afternoon.
Weather cloudy and cool; mercury A
degrees.
EVANSVILLE, November 27.-Violent
rain, snow and wind. Mercury 3S de-
grees. River 2-10 feet and rising.
Down-Msry Miller, Golden Crown,
Florence Lee, Fashion, Smith, Arkansas
Belle, Dora Cobler, T. w. Means, CAT,
Dick johnson. Business active; treights
plenty.
MEMPHIS, November 27.-River risen
5 inches, with II feet 2 inches in the
channel. Weather clear; mercury 81.
Arrived-Scudder, New Orleans; Petrol,
upper Misslf sippi. Departed-SChenck