The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-31

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The excursioniSts to Parkersburg report
having q delightful time, and their enjoy.
ment was increased by the polite atten.
tons OF Capt. Thad. Thomas and his crew
and Steward Kemple, who, they say,
knows how to provide for the table.
The st. Lawrence brought up yesterday
200 sacks OF malt for John Butterfeld, %
tonsof iron for A. j. Sweeney & Son, and
200 empty hogsheads for tho La Belle
Glass Company, besides lot oil miscel.
laneous freight.
The Dacotah, Alice and Carrier are at
Pittsburgh waiting for St. Louis freight.
We have been informed that the rates to
st. Louis will be raised, and that these
boats will, instead OF cutting, wait their
turns; that is, when one is loaded the
next one will receive.
The John l.. Rhoads, Is due down this
morning en- route for st. Louis. She has
1900 kegs Of nails waiting her at this
point.
The Wyoming will be down tomorrow
sometime, taking on 1000 kegs of nails at
the Wheeling mills for St. Louis.
The coal diggers strike at the Belmont,
Weegee, Pittsburgh and Union mines, be-
low Bellaire, still continues, and steam.
boats used to coaling there will have to
seek for fuel elsewhere. The miners have
been getting q cents but want cents per
bushel.
The Courier brought up a lot Of cooper
stuff yesterday which she put Off at Ben
wood.
Among the passengers on the St. Law.
renee yesterday was Adjutant General
Wood and bride, who have taken rooms at
the Mcclure House.
The Buckeye State is due down this
morning en- route for Cincinnati.
The Hudson will pass up this morning
from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh.
The st. Lawrence is the regular Cincin-
natl packet leaving ats o'clock this even
ing. Capt. WIN. List is in command and
clerk G. d. List presides at the office.
Quite number OF Wheeling people will
embark on her for New Orleans, TO attend
the Mardi Gras festivities. The fare for
the round trip from Cincinnati to New
Orleans $40, which includes accommoda-
tons while in port.
The Ironsides arrived this morning with
a lot Of ore for Wheeling mills, and pro-
ceeded on her way to Pittsburgh.
The Bachelor left here at 5 o'clock
Thursday evening for Pittsburgh, and a
telegram received yesterday by Com
modore John Crockard, stated that she
had arrived there at noon, and would be
down ready TO depart on time this morn
ing. The Bachelor is hard to discount
Tor promptness aud reliability. "a.
TIE Diurnal, for Parkersburg; Welcome,
for st. Marys; Telegram, for Darlington
Phaeton, for Sistersville, and 0'Neal, for
Steubenville, are the local packets leaving
to-day.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch says: The Nail
City is busy towing ties for the Pitts.
burgh, Fl. Wayne and Chicago Railroad.
The Pittsburgh Staye Works at New
Martinsville oontemplates purchasing a
towboat for It's own use. The Barnard
and Hope now do the towing for the
works.
The VIII Kyle, en- route from New Or.
leans 10 Cincinnati, has five hogsheads oil
sugar and three bales OF hides for the
Wheeling Packet Company.
Captain Tom Javens, an old and well
known Pittsburgh and Louisville pilot, is
lying very low at the residence OF his son
in Rochester, Pa.
The Andes arrived at Cincinnati, the
Commercial says, with fine trip. She left
last evening for this port, and is due Mon.
day.
The Salt Valley is due up tonight and
the Stockdale tomorrow morning.
Captain Wintringer's pretty Bachelor
brought UP some more nails from, Wheel
ing. This makes some 1000 kegs i'm
ported to this city by this boat within the
past few months. "Coals to New Castle. "
-PisburgA Telegraph, 30h.
IBy Telegraph.
PITTSBURGH, January 30.2River 6 feet 4
inches and falling. Weather cloudy and
cool. The Granite State departed at A
r. NJ.
MEMruIg, January 80,-River fallen II
inches. Departed: Cons Miller, Cincin.
natl; City Of Helena, st. Louis. Weather
raining.
EVANSVILLE, January So.-Weather
cloudy and rainy. Mercury 54o. River
IS 40 feet and falling. Down: Idlewild.
Raining hard tonight.
SIcxsBuRG, January 30.-Weather warm
and cloudy; thermometer 74o. River sta
tionary. Up: Golden City, Coahama,
DoWh"4' ~. heoi hoIluayt NcW hhiS
Houston. Arrived; City Of 6reenville.
CAIRO, January S0.-Arrived: Etna,
Ohio; Virgie Lee, Memphis; Annie P.
Silver, New Orleans. Departed: Etna,
st. Louis; Virgie Lee, Cincinnati; Annie
P. Silver. River 25 feet inches and fall
ing. Weather. raining. Thermometer So.
CINCINNATI, January 30.-River @ feet
and falling. Weather raining. Departed
Andes, Wheeling; Kehlor, New Orleans.
The sale OF the E.dorado was set aside,
and new order OF the sale was issued,
the owner having offered to advance
s, 500 on the bid at the sale.
New ORLEANS, January aG-Arrlved:
Jas. Howard, St. Louis. Departed: Mollie
Moore, st, Louis; Henry Frank, Memphis,
over laid till noon to-day taking on re-
turn cargo. Charles Morgan, for Cincin-
natl, is loading and will leave tomorrow.
Weather partly clear and partly cloudy.
Thermometer 750.
ST. LOUIS, January 90.-Arrived: Petrol
aud barges, Illinois river. Bigley and
Barges, Cairo; Polar Star, Ohio river. De-
parted: st. Genevieve, Memphis; Petrol,
Illinois river. River about stationary,
with ten feet three inches by gauge.
Weather cloudy and much COLDER win
freeze before morning. l
LOUISVILLE, January 3o-River station
airy, o feet 0 inches in canal. Cloudy and
rainy. James D. Parker, Cincinnati 70
Memphis; Robt. Mitchell, Cincinnati to
New Orleans John Penny and tow, from
Pittsburgh; Chas. Brown and tow, for
Pittsburgh; Coal Valley and tow, Pitts.
burgh and return; Alice Brown and tow,
leave tonight for Cairo.
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