Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-05
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
River last night, feet inches and


River last night, , feet inches and
falling.
Weather-cloudy.
The Hattie Rowland is due from Gin
cinnati to-day, and will no doubt turn
back from this point this afternoon.
The Granite State passed down from
Pittsburgh yesterday, for Cincinnati,
having received orders from Com.
Honshell to return to that point. She
took little or no freight, but had quite
anumber of passengers. She will prOba-
Div be wanted TO take the place Of
some of the larger boats in the Cincinnati
and Pomcroy and Huntington trade.
The generous allowance OF river news
contained i'm the Pittsburgh papers is
hardly less noticeable than its character,
as concerns reliability. Here are acou-
ple of items clipped at random from
Yesterdays issues: The steamer c.
W. Bachelor, Captain Windringer, is
laid up at Cincinnati waiting for more
water The Emma Graham turned
back to Cincinnati from Bellaire. The
Bachelor is here, and from here the
Emma Graham returned to Cincinnati.
The Phacton will not probably resume
her trips to-day, as was expected.
The Thanhouscr has the kilograms
trade
The new steamer w. y. Chancellor is
en- route from Cincinnati.
Steamboatmen on this end of the riv-
er are complaining OF the negligence to
the beacon light tender at CoX's ripple.
They have been obliged to elbow him
OUT on several occasions recently to
light up ms lamp.
The Abner ONeal continues her reg
ular trips between Wheeling and New
Cumberland.
CINCINNATI, September 4-River II
feet inches and falling. Weather
partly cloudy and pleasant. Arrived
Andes, Wheeling; Batesyille, st.
Francis river. Departed-kate Stock
dale, Pittsburgh.
New ORLEANS, September 4 Ar
rivcd-Paris {. Brown, Cincinnatitl.
No departures. Weather clear; Their
mOmetcr IS.
EVANSVILLE, September Arrived
trey Eagle, Evansville. DEPARTED
Grey Eagle. Louisville; Arkansas Belle,
Cairo: Evansville, Bowling Green.
Weather clear. River rising with IS feet
i'm the channel.
LOUISVILLE, September River sta
tionarv, with 9 feet 4 inches in the
canal. Seven feet inches on the falls.
Business good. Weather clear and
pleasant. James w. Goh, Cincinnati
to Louis.
ST. LOUIS, September 4.-Arrived-
Josie ami Josephine, st. Paul; War
Eagle, Keokuk; City OF Nicksburs,
Nicksburg; Hard Cash, Walnut Bend.
eparted-Pttsburgh Cincinnati; War
Eagle, Keokuk; Belle OF Memphis,
Vicksburg; Josie and barges, 1t. Paul.
River fallen > inches, and now stands
5 feet IL inches above low water mark.
Weather clear and pleasant
CAIRO, Observation-Disclosures
Dippold and Nv Choice, st. Louis;
Eldorado, Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, 1t.
LOUIS: Fawn, Evansville; Desmet, It.
Louis; Ironsides, It. Louis. Departed
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Fawn, Evans
vile: DcSmet, Paducah; Grand Tower,
Vicksburg; Eldorado, It. Louis. River
l. feet > inches and rising. Weather
clear; mercury %.
VIcKSBURG, September WEATHER
clear: thermometer So. River rose !
inch. Downtown Scudder,
EVANSVILLE, IND., September 3.-The
steamer Carrie, from Pittsburgh to st.
Louis, was seized here to-day by the
United states Marshal on a suit OF libel
al the instance OF DR.. Owen, quarantine
officer Of this city. owen boarded her
at Henderson on the quarantine tug on
her last trip up, when the captain de-
mande,l passage money and pay iortow-
inc the tug. Owen declined to pay,
when the tn. was cast of and he was
put ashore in the woods in the midst OF
a storm. He sues for 5000 damages.
Captain Lewis will also be prosecuted
for violating the quarantine laws. The
boat remained here till ten O'Clock this
morning. when bond was furnished and
she was allowed TO depart.