The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-27

The marks indicate 9 feet inches and
falling.
Weather Rarm.
The Science departed Yesterday Tor Par.
kersburg.
The Ragon will be to.day's packet for
Parkersburg, leaving at l0:S0A. II.
The o'Eeal has laid upat this port on &C.
count ofthe low water.
The Thanhauser Is on the docks under.
going renovation.
The Florence Meyer Is expected to ar.
rive from Cincinnati tonight She will
return tomorrow evening.
The Tempest Is running In the Sunfsh
trade.
The Phaeton is making her usual daily
trips.
Capt. Billy List, Of the st. Lawrence, ar
rived in the city yesterday, from Cincin-
natl.
Captain Asa Booth is back from Hot
Springs, having sold out his hotel interest
there.
All the steamers lying at the wharf are
fixing up for the first rise.
The following steamers were built here
during the past six months. There Is also
on the stocks three OF the largest class In A
forward state that will be launched In
July or early In August. Those already
registered are: Montana, Captain F. Bue-
sen, 059.43; Dakota, J. Todd, 95G9S;
Whartar, Mcknight, 1907; Butte, Capt.
James McGarry, 405.5l; Carrier, Capt. S.
Lewis, Sl5.l6; II. NJ. Graham, CAPTAIN
kress, 1928. Total tonnage, 9,3iO.OS,
The hull Of the @. w. Bachelor was built
In this district, but was completed at
Wheeling and registered in that district
Pittsbttgk Dispatch.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch OF yesterday
says: "Col. Merrill requests us to state to
steamboat owners and builders that he
would like TO obtain collection OF photo.
graphs OF Ohio and Mississippi steamboats,,
in order to send them to France as illus.
trations OF American practice on inland
rivers. To make the collection complete
It should comprise every variety Of steam.
boat from the floating palace for first.class
passengers TO the towboat, and the noun.
tain sternwheeler that navigates on a
heavy dew. The American sternwheeler
is type that is unknown abroad, but
there are many rivers in the Old World
on which 1t could do good service. Pho.
tographs should be accompanied by state
ments OF length, breadth, depth OF hold.
draughtwhen light and when fully loaded,
carrying capacity in tons and in passen.
gers, size OF engines, and ordinary steam
pressure in boilers. Additional intorma.
ton as to size and number OF boilers. con.
sumption Of fuel, speed developed, ETC.,
would be quite welcome"
NJ. F. Noll has been offered n conductor.
ship on q Prominent railroad terminating
in Pittsburgh hut has not yet accepted the
position CHlcinnGh Commercial Mart Is
the popular chief clerk Of the Katie Stock
dale.
The Mississippi River Improvement
Convention viii be held in Quincy, I'M,
next month, There will be representative
in the meeting OF every branch ofindustry,
trade, manufacture and river commerce OF
the entire Mississippi valley, from North
to South. The Convention is to consider
and discuss measures which shall lead to
the appropriations to improve and increase
the trade Of the Mississippi.
Messrs. j. Q. Qugan and diver Al. Bur-
ris have gone. to Charleston, W. Va, 10
raise the towboat Liberty No. 4, sunk in
the Kanawha by the ice last winter.
ERy TOlsgaph.l
-, NEw oRLEASs,'June 28.-Weather clear.
Thermometer S9".
NASHVILLE, June 26.-River falling with
10 inches on the shoals.
MEMPHIS, June 26.-River rose inch
es. Weather pleasant.
EVANSVILLE, June 2G.-Weather warm.
River falling, with feet by the gauge.
CAIRO, June 2B.-River i feet and fall.
ing. Weather cloudy. Thermometer So.
LoUIsvItLR, June 26.-Weather clear
and warm. River falling with 3 feet 10
inches in the canal.
ST. LOUIS, June 26.-River fallen s
inches; IL feet by the gauge. Weather
warm.
CINCINNATI, June ee-River S feet 8
inches and falling. Weather partly cloudy
and warm. The Lytle was raised this
afternoon and will be towed 10 the city To-