The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-12

River news.
The marks last evening indicated IS feet
and falling.
Business dull.
The local packets arrived and departed
as usual yesterday, and were the only
movements OF importance, with the excep-
ton OF the Emma Graham, which passed
down and the Buckeye State up.
The elegant steamer St. Lawrence is due
from Cincinnati to-day, and will return to.
morrow evening at the usual hour. Capt.
Billy List commands, and clerk O. D. List
presides in the office.
Capt. Maddy, commander OF the Chesa-
peake, and formerly master oil the Tele-
phone, at one time in the Wheeling and
Charleston trade, was in the city yester.
day.
The Buckeye State is due down this
evening from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati.
The Bachelor will be to-morrow's Pitts.
burgh packet leaving at Z AN
The Hudson ia due up tomorrow en-
route from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh.
The Courier will be to.day's packet fol-
Parkersburg leaving at 1880 A. NJ.
The Pres Ellison is making her usual
trips to Bellaire. Her timetable will be
found below.
The pittsburgh Commercial Gazette says:
It 10 stated that Mr.. Thos. H. Mong, for
many years in the steamboat agency bust
ness at Wheeling, and most worthy gen.
tleman, goes as clerk on William Gray's
new steamer Iron Age.
A Charleston dispatch says the Elk
river boom broke on last Sunday evening,
letting out about two hundred and fifty
logs.
Col. W. Z. Merrill writes in reply to a
query as 10 the removal Of the wrecks at
Little Grave Greek and Marietta Island
! would state that tried some weeks ago
to get some ono TO work at them, but
could not get bid. Not hearing any
further mention OF them, / concluded that
the agitation was somewhat OF false
alarm, and that they were not much in
the way. Finding, however, that was
mistaken, / renewed my efforts to get
these wrecks out, and believe that this
time will succeed. Cant. Cole, al Mari.
eta, has promised to examine them at an
early day, and TO remove them II possible.
The snagboat is here, but she was disman.
tied when laid up for the winter, and 1t
would be too expensive to put her in
working order and send her 800 miles up
stream for so short job. Capt. Cole can
easily attend 10 it.
ny Telegra ph,
P!rrsDURdH, March ll.-River s feet
inches and falling. Weather clear and
pleasant,
IpuIsvILLE, March ll.-Rlver rising;
81 feet Q inches in canal. Harry Brown
leaves tonight for New Orleans with a
tow OF coal.
EVANSVILLE, March II. - Weather
cloudy and cool. River 80 inches and
rising. Port list down: Fashion, Grey
Eagle, Andy Baum.
CAIRO, March l1.-Weather cloudy.
Thermometer 52o. River rising with 40 feet
Z inches. Arrived: Ironsides, st. Louis.
Departed Ironsides, Ohio Champion,
81. Louis.
MEMPHIS. March ll.-River fell 2inches.
Weather raining. Departed; Common
wealth and Fannie Lewis, St. Louis;
Smoky City, Ohio riveri My Choice, New
Orleans.
CINCINNATI, March 1l.-River A feet 8
inches and falling. Weather cloudy and
cool. Arrived: Andes, Wheeling; Hous.
ton, New Orleans; Carrier, st. Louis.
Departed: stoCkdale, Pittsburgh; Parker,
Memphis; Springer, New Orleans.
ST. LOUIS, March 1l.-Arrived: Josie
and barges, Dubuque; Scudder, New Or
leans; Belle Memphis, Memphis. Depart.
ed: Maud, Vicksburg, Pittsbuty, Hunt.
ington. River risen 1 inches, 10 feet
inches. Weather cloudy and cool.
New ORLEANS, March ll.-Arrived: Jas.
Howard, Memphis; James L. Williams,
coal tow, Louisville. Departed; Centen.
nial, st. Louis; ROhett Mitchell, Cincin.
natl. The steamer L. o, Stannard's out
ward cargo will Getain her day or two,
The Henry Frank IL receiving to leave
tomorrow for Memphis,