Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-13
River N ews.

hlNeT Iast Hlsnt ietl hShSS anu
falling.
The Bachelor brought down pieces OF
the Iron Valleys boilers, which attract
ed much attention rs they lay on the
wharf. The boiler looks As il il had
been red-hot, and then come in sudden
contact with cold water.
The Bachelor was detained by
heavy fog. and did not get in yesterday
till 10 A. NJ.
The Andes left for Cincinnati yester-
day with fair trip, and prospects for
additions below.
The Stockdale had blooming" trip
down yesterday.
The Welcome had a good trip for It.
Mary's yesterday, for the first run, and
taking into consideration the number OF
competing packets.
The regular local packets are doing n
paying business.
The Courier, now at Swecney's, un-
dergoing repairs and painting, will be-
''as good as new when she is complet-
ed. Her owners intend TO bring her
out again Saturday, but it is doubtful II
she will have enough water.
The Cincinnati Enquirer makes fun Of
the Health Officers of the little river
towns, and their mock dignity in oilicia-
ting as bosses OF the quarantine. They
imagine themselves little United States
Governments in themselves.
The Jackson county Ners says that
the work Of erecting locks and dams on
the Great kanawha is going rapidly
ahead. There are 200 men employed,
and the expenditures from $4,000 Ia
$4,000 per month.
A small steamboat is being built on
the Kanawha river above Chenille, Ia
run between Chenille and Parkcrsburp.
In another place will be found a letter
from Capt. Mcclure to the Pittsburgh
Commercial. Gdlotie, correcting the recent
report that the new steamer DiurnM
was not satisfactory 10 her owners on ac-
count of faults in her machinery.
The |. s. Refer passed down yester-
day from Pittsburgh 10 Huntington
with three barges OF crude oil.
Travel, so it il said, il heavier on the
Upper Mississippi packets, than ii las
been for ten years.
Captain George Bay has named his
new sde-wheeler City OF Ironton. She
will be completed in about twenty days.
The Annie Kelly arrived yesterday
with tow OF cinder from Pittsburgh.
Young Prince, killed in the Iron Val
lev disaster, was TO have been married
this month TO an estmable and attrac-
tive young lady OF New Cumberland,
Hancock county. ...| Ef
Barges are greatly in use on the Ohio
at present in Tightening" steamers over
bars.
The Parkersburg Sniind says: "Char-
ley Gambrill, the well.known coal dealer,
bought the coal sunk on the dam at the
foot Of Blanny last week. The quantity
il supposed 10 be- 5000 bushels, but as
il il now several feet under water the
purchase was something like buying
pig in poke "
lBy Telegraph.
PlTTsBrRGH, August l2.--River feet 8
inches and stationary. Weather clondy
and pleasant
CINCISNArI, August 12.-Itivcr feet
| inch and rising. Weather lar and
pleasant. Departed-Nirgic Lee, Evans
vile.
LOUISVILLE, August l2.-River falling
with feet 10 inches in the canal.
Weather cloudy and pleasant. No ar.
rivals or departures.
NASHVILLE, August ll.-River fall
ing, with - inches on the shoals.
New ORLEANS, August I2.--No arri.
walls or departures. Weather rainy.
Thermometer 81.
,yIcksBuRo, August l2.-Weather
cloudy; Thermometer 10.
EVANSVILLE, August l2.-Arrived--
Hattie NOwland and &. w. Anderson.
Departed - Dora Cobler. Cincinnati;
Rowland, Cincinnati; Arkansas Belle,
Cairo; W. A. Johnson. Florence An
derson, Louisville. River falling with
feet inches in the channel. Weather
clear and pleasant.
CAIRO, August I2.-River - leet
inches and falling. Weather clear;
thermometer ~ degrees. Arrived
Cons Millar, Resolute, Cincinnati; j.
Means, New Orleans; Hope, London,
John Overton, r. q. Carroll, Vieksburg.
Departed-Ironsides ~. Louis; Resolute,
Ohio; J. Means, st Louis; London,
New Orleans.
ST. LOUIS, August l2.-Arrived-
Means and barges, lronton; Kinney,
Kansas City Future City and barges,
New Orleans. Departed-Red Wing
and Diamond Joe, 81. Paul; Victory,
Dubuque, Helena, Vicksburg. River
falling with Il feet inch by the gauge.
Weather clear and pleasant.