Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-12
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

River last night 5 feet 6 inches and
falling.
The Andes arrived last evening, and
will depart for Cincinnati, this after
noon. Passengers will find the Andes
commodious and pleasant, and the Off
GERS polite and attentive.
The neat little Welcome will make her
first trip to-day in the Wheeling and st.
Mary's trade. See advertisement.
The Mcconnell brought up two water
melon flats, yesterday, and returned
with one empty.
The "Wclcome" made trial trip on
Saturday. She is l45 feet long with 26
foot beam. has two twelve inch Cylin-
ders with four feet stroke, two boilers
twenty feet long and five lap-welded
fiues each. Sweeney & Sons did this
work. Armstrong, Coen d Co., did the
cabin work in good style. She has
eighteen state rooms. Her officers are
NJ. Davis, captain; T. HornbrOOk, clerk,
and $. Higgs, engineer.
Water melons have begun to arrive by
river in abundance.
The hull of the new Memphis and
Vicksburg packet Parole was finally
launched into the water Friday evening,
and, we are glad TO learn, sustained no
damage whatever. 1t was was towed up
to and landed in the Allegheny, along
side the old Phil. Allen, by the towbOats
b. ID. Wood, Joseph Warne and Ven
ture, Saturday morning. The new boat,
which, in addition TO being fine, will be
very fast, and she will becompleted just
as soon as possible. Continuous efforts
had been made for more than u week to
launch her before success was attained.
The first task for the river commission
should be to pull out the bridges and
dvkes-yes, roots and all. Let nature
have a chance, and it will in time, muir
der the red tape.
The Alice, Fannie Tatum and Carrier,
st. Louis to Pittsburgh, passed Evans
vile Friday. A special from that point
to the Cincinnati Commercial says: THE
Carrier last night was boarded above
Henderson by the Health Officer. The
captain refused to respect the quaran-
tine and put the officer off in the mud
at Lockhart's Point. The boat will be
prosecuted under the United States
quarantine laws"
1t is reported by the Steubenville Ga
,ette, that Capt. Bill Prince, of the Iron
Valley, and Jake Lashley, the wharf
boat boss, came very near coming to-
gether at Stcubenvillc the other day.
Prince, so it is said was very bOisterous
for a time, but finding Lashley did not
scare, he suddenly subsidized.
Kanawha and New rivers were rising
at last accounts.
lBy Telegraph.
PITTSBURGH, August ll.-River feet
inches and falling. Weather clear and
pleasant.
CAIRO, August l0.-River Is feet
4inches and stationary. Weather clear;
thermometer 50 degrees. Arrived
Whale, Pittsburgh; Golddust, st. Louis.
Departed-Silver Cloud, Evansville;
Vale, st. Louis; Golddust, New Orleans.
LOUISVILLE, August lO.-River falling
with D feet in the canal. Weather clear
and pleasant. Arrived-Fashion and
Henderson.
ST. LOUIS, August l1.-Arrived-
Peck, Fort Benton; Diamond Joe and
tow, DUBUQUE. Departed-MinnesOta,
ST. Paul; Whitmore, Saltwater. River
falling with IA feet inches by the gauge.
Weather clear and warm, but pleasant.
CINCINXATI, August 1l.-River : feet
s inches and stationary. Weather clear
and pleasant.
EVANSVILLE, August ll.-Arrived-
Sunbeam. Dcparted-Cooke and Cons
Millar, Cairo; Evansville, Bowling Green.
River falling with six feet in the channel.
Weather clear and pleasant.
New ORLEANS, August ll.-No arri-
walls or departures. Weather rainy.
Thermometer S3.