Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-24
River N Jews.
River 6 feet and falling.

RIVER lect ana lulluS.
The st. Lawrence will leave for Gin
cinnati at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
The Buckeye State left this morning
before daylight, with a large lot OF glass
ware and the machinery for a new boat
building at lrOntOn.
The Fannie Tatum left for st. Louis
last evening. She has big trip.
The Hudson, Science, Annie Kelly
and HornbroOk are lying in port.
There is a large amount OF freight on
the wharf, awaiting transportation. Bus
mess is brisk there now.
Capt. Wintringer's new packet, to be
called the G. y. Bachelor, is fitting up
here, and will be ready for trial about
June l.
There is a hermit named Lewis Cook
PLAYING Robinson CrusOe on Raccoon
island, few miles below Gallipolis. He
is said to be a strange genius, having
spent lifetime in the most dcsolate
haunts, avoiding the society OF man,
and accompanied only by his dogs,
with which he eats and sleeps. This
STANCE specimen of the genus homo
passes his time after true Indian style
hunting, fishing, and being an old
bachelor. He formerly lived on Crab
creek, but as that locality became too
thicklv settled 70 suit his tastes, he be-
took himself, bag, baggage and dogs to
the above skunk scented retreat, where
he proposes TO end his days in the soil
tude of his own misery.
James Rowley and David Alexander
-. A., D,,,l.n,.n &tata'G pilptg
Captain William Coulsons big st.
Louis packet has been named Wyo-
ming.
Boatmen will be pleased to learn that
the snag at Mastapha Island has been
removed.
Cincinnati Gazette: Captain List is
well satisfied with the st. Lawrence;
that she burns little more fuel than the
Hudson; that she is fast, having made
the run from Catlettsburg to Hunting
ton last week in fifty minutes; that she
is a good carrier on low water; and that
if he were TO build another boat, he
knows of no improvement he would
make, except to increase the size OF her
wheels.
Frank Skunk has changed over to the
Pittsburgh and Ira Huntington has
taken his place as second clerk on the
w. p. Thompson.
During the past season Memphis has
shipped to Cincinnati and the East by
river 1900 more bales Of cotton than
rail routes. Last year the rail shipments
exceeded the river $1,000 bales-quite a
difference.
by Telegraph
PITTSBURGH, May 23.-River 3 feet 4
inches and falling. Weather clear and
cool. Departed-Buckeye State.
LOUISVILLE, May 23.-W Gather clear
and pleasant. Departed-Nint Shinkle,
Cincinnati. River rising, with . feet s
inches in the canal.
CAIRO, May %. - Arrived Jacob
Heatherington, Ohio river. Departed
-IIeathering, II. Louis. River II
feet inches and falling. Weather clear.
clear: thermometer 73'.
VIcEsBURG, May 23.-Thermometer
Il. River fallen inches. A heavy
storm Of wind and rain began at o'clock
this evening. DOWN.. i. Lee,
Golden Rule. Up-Ouacnita Beele.
Arrived-City of Nicksburg.
MEMPHIS, May 23.-River fallen l
inch. NO arrivals or departures.
CIxcISSArT, May 23.-River y feet 3
inches and rising Weather clear and
pleasant. Arrived-Shinkle, Memphis.
Departed-Andes, Wheeling; Katie
Stockdale, Pittsburgh; Clinton, st. Lou
is. Up-Whale and barges.
NASHVILLE, May 23.-River rising,
AIRY with feet on the shoals. Arrived
--Rhea, Cairo.
New ORLEANS, May 23.-Arrived-
John A. Scudder, st. Louis; Iron Noun
tain and barges, Pittsburgh. No de-
partures. Weather clear; thermome.
ter 81.
ST. Louis, May 23.-Arrived-Hick-
ory, Mound City; Golden Eagle, Keo-
kuk; Polar Star, Metropolis and Chotian,
New Orleans. Departed-Golden Eagle,
Keokuk; Golddust, Nicksburg. River
stationary with IL feet inches by the
gauge. Weather clear and warm.