The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-16
RIVER Npws.


feet 3 inches and stationary last evening.
The drift wood and ice passed out yes-
terday morning.
The Courier departed for Psrkersburg
on time yesterday morning.
The Rsgon will cave at 1920 o'clock
this morning for ParNersburg.
The Abner O'Neal WAS yesterdays
packet for Pitts burgh.
The Andes departed for Cincinnati
and way landings with fine trip last
evening.
The Emma Graham is due down to-
morrow morning, en- route for Cincin.
natl.
The Granite State passed down last
night.
The Brooks arrived from Pittsburgh
and departed for GallipolIs last evening.
The +. II. Durlee passed up at noon
Yesterday, en- route from ST. Louis TO
Pittsburgh, with good trip.
The Exchange leaves Pitts burgh to-
morrow Tor Cincinnati, passing here Fri
day morning.
The j. b. NJ. Kehlor will leave Pitts.
burgh for New Orleans tomorrow.
The Jobn l.. Rhodes is due here to-
day, en- route to ST. Louis from Pitts.
burgh.
The local packets are arriving and de-
parting on time.
The following tow boats passed down
Yesterday morning: Charley Brown,
Diamond, Bosz, George Lysle, Coal
City, Bengal Tiger, Rover, Tom Dods-
worth, Tom Rees and John Porter.
The Ironsides passed down yesterday
with tow OF model barges. The Hope
was following her with two of her
bsrges, helping her out on the trip as ar
as Parkersburg.
Port List-Nall City, Iron Valley,
Heatherington and MallIe RsgoE.
John Davidson, engineer on the Mary
Miller, died with the fux at Covington,
KY, last Sunday night.
Capt Muggsh has taken command Of
the Fanchon at New Orleans in the At.
tskspss trade. Charley Packard is clerk.
On. Gazette.
The &. b. Church, New Orleans TO
Cincinnati, has l0S bbls molasses for
Pittsburgh, and 225 bbls DO for Wheel
ing.
The Carrie Brooks brought from Pitts
burgh last night 3I2 bundles of hinge
iron for the Hinge Factory here.
lByTelegraph.l
PITTSBURGH, January l5.-River II
feet lOInches and risln sslOwly. Weather
cloudy and cool.
NASHVILLE, January 15.-River rising
with 81 feet on the shoals. Arrived
Hillmsn, Cairo. Departed-AndersoD,
Cairo.
New ORLEANS. January l5.-Arrlved
Charles Morgan. Cincinnati. Departed
R. Z. Lee, Vicksburg; 4. Ostsns-d d,
Warner and barges, 81. LOUIS. Weather
clear.
LITTLE Rock, January l5.-Wealher
clear and chilly. Arrived-M sqmels,
Memphis. Dspartei-John &. Fletcher
and Katie Z. kountz, for above. River
rising rapidly.
ST. LOUIS. January l5.-Arrived-
Grand Tower, Vicksbu-g. Departed
Fannie Tatun, Pittsburgh; Grand Tow
er, Vicksburg. River has risen 2 inches,
with 5 feet inches above low water.
Weather clear, colder and very pleas
ant
CIsCISNATI. January l5.-River 20
feet 9 inches and about stationary.
Weather cloudy and cool. Arrived
kstie Stockdsle and Alice, Pitts burgb;
Andy Baum, Memphis, Norton and TOW,
New Orleans, Depsrted-Hudson,
Wheeling Cherokee, New Orleans.
CAIRO, January Robert
Mitchell, New Orleans Greyhound,
Ono; RoIim, ONO; City Of Chester, II.
Ions DEPARTED seger, New Or
leans; Greyhound, New Orleans; Robert
Mitchell, Cincinnati. River Is feet 8
inches and falling. Weather clear.
EVANSVILLE January 10. Weather
cloudy and cool River $40 feet and
rising. Up-FIorenoe Lee, Arkansas
Belle, Mary Smith, Dick johnson. Down
Parker, James Guthrie, Mary Houston.
The Ed Hobbs with barge went 10
Rockport to-day. Business light. TIE
Houston il adding largely. She lesves in
the morning.