Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-15
R1yER INTELLIGENCE.

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River last night 0 feet 0 inches anu
Mrs Moore and daughter, oil Mn 0;,,
;,a were among the passengers ieavlhs
Gncinnati Saturday night on the o""'e'
Morgan. . Io,,sv;lle for
Wheeling Saturday. x,or ,sssed
The Sam Clark and Newto" P"'''"
down with tows, Saturday. p,,.s-
The Nail City came down iromtIv
buryh. where she had besn thorous",.
repaired, and took three barges OF t'eS W
Colchester Saturday afternoon. ia,
The Mathison went up SATURDAY WIZ"
The Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Parkers'
hur,, and local packets arrived anu "e
married. AS usual Saturday. a..
The Jacob Heatherington leaves ''''s
morning for Huntington with W" VI
ore for the Jefferson furnace.
The Joseph Dixon came up ~ noo"
Saturday with five empty ana TWO Ioau-
ed baryes, and is laying up nj the "a'e'
works with burnt boiler.
The Andes is due from Cinclnnat TO-
dav. and will leave as advertised III An-
other column. ,o,
Glare, belonging to the Marmet Mining
Company, went down yesterday aiter-
noon with six barges OF coal. The Mar
met mines, we are told, have resumed
The reporters who have been drawing
ON their imagination and weeping on
account of Pilot Joseph Alexander being
refused n license Oh the color question,
have a chance to dry their tears, and be-
fore they get up another story maxi
some slight inquiry before publishing
statements that are calculated to do par
ties a serious injury. Joseph Alexander
il a young man and IL one oil the pest
pilots now in commission. TN FRIDAY,
March IL, he was examined Tor the nrs'
time for color blindness and found 10
have no defect Of vision. We have seen
DIR. Puryiauce's certificate and have
copied his own words. lie is at present
one.oi the pilots Of the Buckeye State.
His license on'texpire until next week,
when he will he examined by Messrs
Necld and Atkinson and furnished with
the necessary documents, and don't you
forget it i itsLurgh Dipdich. Glad to
hear it, by iing.
The Cincinnati Enquirer Of Saturday
says: Captain w. III. Stone and MIR:
Holt, Of the proposed Memphis and
Helena Packet Company, are in the
city looking for steamboat. They are
figuring on the Wheeling and Parkers'
burg packet Diurnal."
The New Orleans Times says ave
had the pleasure on Wednesday morn.
ing Of making the acquaintance Of Capt.
julius Wehrman, Of Wheeling, w. Va
lie is here representing the steamer
Raven, which boat is now en- route to
the city from 81. Louis with four barges
Of bulk grain. Having passed Memphis
on last Monday, she is due here on
Thursday
"a rumor is current here that all the
Ohio river pilots will strike on the 18TH
Of April. aud refuse To resume their du-
ties until the regulation prescribing med
ical examinations for color blindness is
rescinded, aud the nonsense done away
with. Several river men whom We cat
echised on the subject last night credit
ed the report, although no pilots could
be- found TO corroboratc it, Wheeling
Register. A reporter Of the Post con
verscd with u number Of pilots and
stcamboatmcn about the wharf ycstcr-
day in regard to the above, but could
learn nothing definite They aldo had
heard the rumor, but as far ~ they
knew no arrangements have Vet been
made. Each pilot, however, declared
that il there was strike for the purpose
OF abolishing the color blind test" IL
would receive their hearty support.
Evidently Pittsburgh pilots are not in
favor of the test.-PiSburgh Post.
Several RATS oi lumber passed down
Middle Island creek during the late
ircshet, and We learn they all reached
the mouth OF the creek in safety. An.
'other boom Tor our lumber men. Tyler
County Stdr.
CMCINSAri, March A.-River 81 feet
and falling. Weather clear aud cod
Arriycd-Thos. Sherlock, New Orleans.
LOUISVILLE, March IA River falling,
with Ii feet In the canal. Weather
cloudy and cool. Arrivals and depart.
ures-Nint Shinkle, Cincinnati 10 Mem.
phis; Clifton, Huntington To 81. Louis
Chas. Morgan, Cincinnati TO New Or,
leans.
Ngw ORLIASs, March li.-Arriyed-
Iron Mountain aud barges, 1T. LOUIS
Paris G. Brown, Cincinnati; John A.
Wood aud coal tow, Pittsburgh. River
rising.
EVANSVILLE. March II. - Weather
cloudy; winds north; mercury 50 10 40;
barometer about 29i and rising River
80 feet and rising.
ST. Louis, March lI-Arriye Com.
monwealth, New Orleans; Helena,
Nlcksburg. Departed-None. River
risen inches with II feet Z inches In
the channel. Weather cloudy and irccz.
ing.
MEMPHIS, March i3.--Riyer rising
Arrived-Andy Baum, Cincinnati. De
parted-Annie =. Silver, Joe Kinney
Ste. Genevieve, Golddust. II. Louis
J. b. Maude. Nicksburs; City Of ALTON,
New Orleans. Raining.
CAIRO, Ill, March lL-Auiysd-
Wager 81. Louis, Belle Memphis, 1t.
Louis: smoky City, New Orleans; Nor.
ton, New Orleans; Sam Roberts, Ohio