Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-27
River News.

! day.
The Andes leaves to-day at 3 O'Clock
for Cincinnati, but lies at Bellairc until
after the arrival of the evening mail
train from Pittsburgh.
The Fannie Tatum is still lying at
Benson s ferry waiting for more wetneSs.
Captain Wintringers new boat, the
| G.. w. Bachelor, lying at Sweeney's,
| had up steam, yesterday. She talks
| about trial trip to-day.
Thetowboat Whale is en- route for this
port with a tow OF ore.
Capt. BarrOws has contracted with the
Point Pleasant Dock Company for boat
! 400 feet long and l6 feet beam, TO take
the place of the Clara in the Buffalo and
Galipolis trade, to be finished in sixty
days.
The new Granite State was launched
at Cincinnati Saturday.
The Whale is towing the tOw-boat Ed.
Hobbs from Cincinnati TO this place for
repairs.
Engineers formerly paid So for origi-
nal license and 81 for a renewal. The
charges now are SO and s.. This is a
severe tax for so unremuneratiye bus
| mess.
Mr. Geo. Angel, formerly steward of
the Virgie Lee. in the Kanawha trade,
and a typo, is in command of the Henry
Logan, lying at Covington, until she is
sold
The middle bar at Lctart is proving
to be a great trouble TO steamboatmen
since the low water. The gorge of the
ice last winter above changed the
course, causing the bar to make out
farther from the island, and as cOnsc-
quence changing the crossing, which is
being learned very fast by experience.
The steamer Alice, from Pittsburgh
to st. Louis, with very heavy load in
attempting to turn in the channel,
Thursday morning about daylight;
backed her stern into the Ohio shore
and was hard aground until noon when
the Barnard succeeded in pulling her
Off
by Telegraph.
PITTSBURGH, Nav 26.-River . feet g
inches and stationary. Weather cloudy
and cool. Departed-Katie Stockdale,
w. p. Thompson, Cincinnati.
MEMPHIS, May 26.-River stationary.
Departed-Ouachita Belle, Arkopolis;
Robert Mitchell, Cincinnati. City of
Vicksburg, st. Louis; Octavia, Cairo.
The Ouachita Belle has been withdrawn
from the Nicksburg trade and placed as
a semi-weekly packet between Mem
phis and Arkopolis. Weather clear and
warm.
New ORLEANS, May 26-Arrived-
Golden Rule. Clear; thermometer 50.
EVANSVILLE, May 26.-Rver rising
with 6 $40 feet. Arriyed-Andy Baum,
Idlewild Grey Eagle, johnson, Clinton,
Alice and Pittsburgh. Departed
Hndy Baum, Memphis; Grey Eagle,
Louisville; Pittsburgh, St Louis; Gin
ton, Alice and Idlewild, Cairo; Bowling
Green, Green river.
CNcISNAn, May 2G.-River 10 feet 10
inches and rising Weather cloudy
and damp. Arrived-Buckeye State,
Pittsburgh; st. Lawrence, Wheeling;
Sherlock, New Orleans; MrCoy. Cairo.
Departed-Buckeye State, Pittsburgh;
Clifton and Bedford, st. Louis.
CAIRO, May 90. - Arrived-Rob-
erts. Evansville; Future City, st. Lou
is; Grand Lake, 81. Louis; Centennial,
st. Louis; Gaf, Memphis. Departed
Annie Silver, Roberts and Future City,
1t. Louis. River u feet inch and sta
tionary. Weather clear. Thermometer
$50.
NASHVILLE, May 26.-Rivcr falling
with feet on the shoals. Arrived
Cook, Evansville; Anderson, Cairo.
Departed-CoOk, Evansville.
VICKsBURG, May 26.-Weather clear
Thermometer So. River falling. with
feet in the channel. Up-Guiding Star,
John A. Scudder, City Of Helena. Down
Paris c. Brown, X. NJ. White. Arrived
-NatcheZ.
ST. LOUIS, May 26-Arrived-Heth-
erington and barges, Wheeling; Arkan-
sas, Winona: Josephine and barges,
Fulton; Golden Eagle, Keokuk. De-
parted-Hickory and barges, Tennessee
river; Golden Esgle, Keokuk; Grand
Tower, Nicksburp. River risen one
inch. Weather cloudy and very warm.