The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-19

The marks last evening indicated Is feet
6 inches and rising.
On Wednesday night the river rose rap
idly and Unexpectedly, and part Of con-
signment OF lumber on the levee, belong.
ing to Haines & Wilson, was floated of.
The regular packets arrived and depart.
ed as usual, yesterday, including the re-
liable Bellaire packet, Pres Ellison.
The Annie Kelly arrived last evening
with barge Of iron ore for Mingo.
The Buckeye State passed up yesterday
from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh.
The Cherokee is due down to-day for
st. Louis. She has engagements here for
q lot OF sheet and merchant iron, and nails
at the Riverside and Bellaire mills.
The st. Lawrence is due to-day from
Cincinnati, and will return tomorrow
evening at the usual hour.
The Bachelor will be tomorrow morn
ings Pittsburgh packet, leaving at seven
o'clock.
The Courier will leave for Parkersburg
at 1890 A. N. to-day.
Asst. Louis telegram says there Is plen-
ty OF iron ore offering for the Ohio river,
but that other freights are scarce.
Nat. Earhart has resigned his position
as chief clerk OF the Emma Graham, and
is succeeded by Q Mr.. Cooley, Of Manches-
ter, Ohio. Nat. has been on the present
Graham ever since she came out, and was
on the old Emma considerable time be-
fore she was dismantled.
The Cincinnati Gazette says: We don't
think much OF the proposed simultaneous
strike on the part OF pilots as measure to
obtain repeal of the color.blind test.
The subject Is not properly understood by
pilots. The new rule was adopted on
precautionary grounds, which apply to
ocean navigation, and has through some
bad oversight been applied to pilots on
Western rivers. Investigation into the
cases OF numerous accidents atsea develop
the fact that they were frequently owing
to misconception OF signal lights, certain
conditions OF sea and atmosphere render.
ing sailors color-blind. These conditions
do not exist on our rivers, nor are our sig
nal lights oil such a character that color.
blindness, even II 1t should exist, Ia a
serious objection to o pilot.
lBy Telegraph
PITTSBURGH, March 1S.-Riyer 10 feet 8
inches and falling. Weather clear and
pleasant.
VlcKsBuRa, March 1s.-weather heavy
rain. Thermometer 55'. Up: ]. B.
Maude. Down: Golden City, r. r.
Springer, Henry @. Yeager, Chateau.
ST. LOUIS, March 1S.-Weather clear
and milder. River stationary with 10 feet
8 inches by gauge. Arrived: La Crosse
and Golddust, vicksburg; Clifton, Hunt
ington; Silver, New Orleans.
EVANSVILLE, March 1s.-weather clear
and milder. Mercury $50 to 54o. River
IS feet 4 inches and stationary. Down:
Mary Houston, Fashion and J. W, Gaff.
Up: Andy Baum. Mitchell is due.
NEW ORLEANS, March 1s.-Arriyed:
City Of Alton, st. Louis. Departed: Grand
Lake and barges. Up: Halliday, St. Louis;
Paris O. Brown, Cincinnati. Weather
cloudy and warm. Thermometer 74e.
Light shower this evening.
CAIRO, March 1S.-Arrived: Champion,
st. Louis; Ste Genevieve, st. Louis. De-
parted: Champion, Paducath Common
wealth, New Orleans; Ste Geneyieye,
Memphis. River A feet 4 inches and
rising. Westher cloudy. Thermometer
CINCINNATI, March 1s.-River 40 feet 10
inches and falling rapidly. Arrived
Katie Stockdale, Pittsburgh: Andes,
Wheeling. Up-schenck, New Orleans.
Departed-st ockdale, Pittsburgh; Rhodes,
81. Louis; Yirgie Lee, Memphis; Charles
Sherlock, New Orleans.
LOUISVILLE, March 1s.-River rising,
with IS feet in canal. Weather cloudy |
and cool, with indications Of rain. Guild
ing Star, New Orleans TO Cincinnati;
Granite State, Huntington to St Louis;
rhanhouser, Memphis to Pomeroy; En-
:erprise, Coal City and Smoky City, with
:ows, left for Pittsburgh; Storm and tow,
It. Louis TO Ironton.