Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-09
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

River : feet inches and still rising.
The probabilities now are that we will
have a good boating stage for the rest OF
the season.
The Florence Meyer got in from Gin
cinnati about I last evening.
The Thompson passed down yestel-
day, from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati.
The Stockdalc will be up from Cincin-
natl, for Pittsburgh, tomorrow.
The following towboats went up YES
terday in the order named: Sam Clark,
Tiger, Joseph \. Stone, Storm, Ella
Lavman, Enterprise, Simpson Horner
and Lioness. Most all had big tows.
The Ncws-L Letter, the Sunday paper :
little propeller packet, arrived yesterday
i'm charge Of Charles Knox, of Marietta
Yesterdays Pittsburgh Post says the
c. w. Bachelor arrived from Cincin
natl" The Bachelor has not been be
low this city for two weeks.
Mr.. :. ID. Kane, a Memphis merchant
was a passenger up from Cincinnati OF
the Katie Hooper. His family reached
here some days before he did. Mr. h
and his family will remain here unit
the yellow fever subsidies at Memphis
Pits. COm.-Gds.
The lake schooner John +. Prince
bound TO Lampco, Mexico, was agrounC
at latest accounts in the Upper Missis
sippi, fifty miles above Prairie du Chen
She has a cargo of baby carriages, which
her skipper wants to sell at once.
The hull of the new towbOat Harr,
II fro
Freedom. The Brown is one OF thu
largest and most powerful towboats evel
constructed. Her cylinders are 26 inch
es i'm diameter, with 10 feet stroke, FED
bv seven steel boilers. Her machinery
will contain all the latest and best im
provements, including Rees' patent cu'
oil. The hull is an excellent piece o.
work, and does credit 10 allconcern ~
her cOnstructiOn.--I'dts. Lispdtch.
The steamer Salt Valley is on tho
docks at Point Pleasant.
A rise of five feet is reported IN the
MOnongahela.
lBy Telegraph.
PrrrsRrRGH. August S.-River feet II
inches and stationary. Weather clear
and pleasant.
CINCIXNATI, August S.-Rivcr 8 feet !
inches and falling. Weather cloudy
and cool.
CAIRO, August S.-River IL feet
inch and rising. Weather cloudy
mercury II. Arriyed-John A. Scudder
st. Louis; Arkansas Belle, Evansville
Departed-J. ID. Parker, Cincinnati.
LOUISVILLE, August River falling
with feet II inches in the canal, and
3 feet on the falls. Weather warm and
cloudy. The Golden City and barge Is
due up tonight from New Orleans tc
Cincinnati.
NASHVILLE, August s. - River sta
tionary with IL inches on the shoals.
New ORLEANS, August $40 arri-
walls or departures. Weather clear
Thermometer 81. Heavy shower this
evening.
VIcKsnURG, August s.-Weather
cloudy and showery; thermometer 50.
River fallen inches Up-Thompson,
Paris c. Brown, City Of Greenville.
NASHVILLE, August S.-River falling
with IA inches on the shoals.
EVANSVILLE. August S.-Arriyed--
Raven, Sam Roberts, Rattle Rowland,
G.. w. Anderson, J. w. Porter. De
parted Raven, st. Louis; B. II. Cooke
Cairo; Hattie Rowland, Cincinnati
Weather cloudy and cool. River rising
with feet inches in the channel.
ST. LoUIs, August S.-Arrived-Dnr
fee, Kansas City; Clinton, st. Pal
City Of Alton, New Orleans. Departec
City of Vicksburg, Pittsburgh; Grand
Lake and barges, New Orleans Rive
falling with IL feet 8 inches by thu
gauge. Weather cloudy and cooler.