Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-11
River News.
ivar 2 feet oinches.

River 3 feet inches.
The new cylinders for the Iron Noun
tain will be four inches larger than the
present ones. Her speed will be largely
increased. She will be real clipper.
Owing to the small supply on hand
and the poor prospect OF replenlshlng
the stock. on account OF the extreme
low stage OF water, the price OF coal TO
steamboats, on the Lower Mississippi,
including NatcheZ, has been advanced
to siXty-hve cents per box.
The weather prophets have nothing
more to say. Some OF them say that
there will be rise soon, but they are
careful not to fix date.
Ii everything works as expected the
new Diurnal will make her trial trip to-
day.
We learn that parties in Pittsburg are
endeavoring 10 negotiate for portion
of Browns Island, above Steubenvllle,
with view of making it pleasure re-
sort.
The steamer Telegram delivered at
Bellaire for the week ending July 9th
ms follows 80 hhds tobacco, p rolls
leather. tubs cheese, Is cans milk, II
packages butter and eggs, 9S bags oats,
10 bbls flour, - sacks meal, 30 bags
wheat, lO3 sacks bran, and 5S sacks OF
corn Trjb,me.
The steamer Telegram will lay up
until there is more water, and the
steamer VI. :. ThanhouScr will take her
place. The Thanhouser has been thor
oughlv overhauled since this company
purchased her and is now the best low
water packet on the upper Ohio. The
company have put new engines, boilers,
&C., upon her and made her hull as good
as new.
Can't John ShOuse says the Steuben-
vile Gd-,ttcJ was the first pilot who Sug-
gested the propriety OF placing stove
in the pilot house OF steamboat on the
western waters The boat was the
Clipper No. >, that ran from Pittsburgh
to Cincinnati, and later from Pittsburgh
10 Wheeling. The Captain states that
lac took a boat from Steubenville to
Pittsburgh once in very cold weather,
when he was obliged to land her several
times 10 warm himself by the stove IN
the cabin, then start her out again and
run as lOngas he was able 10 stand the
cold. when the same thing wOnld be re-
pcated. He SAYS that pilots in those
DAYS i'm order To keep from freezing IN
winter were compelled to wear Buffalo
overshoes and leggings, with muiilers
around the neck and face, and then had
hard work to keep warm.
The new daylight Wheeling and Par
kersburg packet "Diurna" is rapidly APP
preaching completion under the super
intendence Of Capt. John Mcclure. She
will be very fast She is built some
thing after the style of the Phaeton,
which boat has proven herself one at
the fastest on the river Capt. j. g..
Muhlcman will be her commander.
by Telegraph
PITrSBvRGu. July lO.-Rive | foot, !
inch, and stationary. Weather clear.
CIxCINNArI, July lO.-Rivcr ) feet 9
inches and rising. Weather fair and
warm. Arrivcd-Goldcn Rule, New
Orleans; c. ". Pittsburg.
LOUISVILLE. July lO.-River feet /
inches in the canal. Weather warm
thermometer 100. Arrived and de-
perted-Andcrson, Parker and Matte
Hayes.
NASHVILLE, July l0-River stationary
with II inches on the shoals.
CAIRO, July lO.-Arrivcd-Cons. Mil
lar. Memphis; Silver Cloud, Evansville;
CITY OF Nirksburg, II. Louis. Departed
Calf, Memphis; Cons. Millar, Cincin-
natl; Silver Cloud, Evansville. River
II feet inches and falling. Weather
clear; thermometer 96.
New ORLEANS, July l0.-Arrivcd-
CITY Of Alton, st. Louis. Departed
Belle Of Shreveport and Gilmore and
bargcs, -. Louis. Weather clear; Their
mOmctcr -.
LITTLE Rock, July l0.-Rivcr station,
airy, with feet large on the gauge.
ST. Louis, July l0-Arriycd-Futurc
City and bargcs, New Orleans; Tidal
Wave, Cincinnati; War Eagle, keokuk
John +. Maudc, Nicksburg. Departed
Northwestern, St Paul; War Eagle,
Keokuk. River fell inches, with Is feet
, inches on the guagc. Weather clear
and very hot; thermometer IS.
NICEsBURG, July lO.-Weather clear
thermometer ~. River rose / inches,
No boats up or down.
MEMPHIS, July lO.-Riyer falling
| Weather clear and warm.