The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-21

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minutes. : -.
lsl7-washipgton, IS days.
lS1T-shelby, 20 days, hours and e
minutes. y ''''Ns 'HA .l'f,a
IslO-PaSagorn, Is daysSl0hours,
1928 Tecumseh, S,days, .4houfs!
JSS4-Tuscasofs, 7'days, 10 houra.
lS37-Sultana, 8 days, Is hours.
lsS7AExpress, s days, II hours.
lS37-Gen. Brown, 6 days, % hours.
ls9S-During this yearthepwners Of the
Diana received $500 in gold from the Coy
eminent rs prize for the first boat max
| ing the trip from New 0flesns TO, Louis.
vile in less than SIX days; ia
1S50-Edward Shipper, 5days, l4hours.
1S42-Belle OF the We3ty 6ldays, "A
ls4s-Duke Of orleans, s days, i2Shours.
.1S44-Sultana, 8 days, I2 hours.
lS51GBeIle Key, days, 20 hours.
lS52-ReindeeT, days, 70 hours and 10
IS53-A. L. shotwell, 4 days, 8 hours
and 20 minutr3. rs
lS53-Ecllpse, 4days, 8 hours and 80
minutes. F5 Ny t-F'a1 9el2
The fastest time ever made on western
waters was between CINCINNATI and New
Orleans by the steamer Duke OF Orleans
in May 1874, when she nan through in
three days aud twenty hours. On her re-
tarn trip, from New Orleans to- Cincin-
natl, in five days aud eighteen hours. She
was q remarkably fast boat, and her time
is not likely TO be beaten this century at
least.
In the last few iyears NO b6atI have
attempted t)L1akes FIST. runs ] between
New Orleans and Cincinnati, except the
Charles Morgan, in June 1877. The Nor
CAMS time from port to port was Elk days
and eleven hours, including thirty-two
hours Lost at LOUISVILLE apdtime lost maxi
ing iorty.two way landlDgss ~ "a
The Thompson lDeap, h Apr1, aSiTi
made the run from New Orleans to Cincin-
natl in 8 days and 10 hours, including II
hours lost in the canal and II hours at
way landings.
The great race between the R. Z. Lee
aud Natchez, in 1870, from New Orleans to
St. Louis, was won by the Lee. The fol-
loving shows the time Of the two boats:
Lee, s days, Is hours and II minutes
Natchez. days and hour.
Inls74 tina ]. N. bite made the run
between New Orleans amidst. Louis in 8
dSys. 90 hours and 0 minutes. ~
From New Orleans to Cairo, COO miles,
the following is the time OF the Eclipse
and Shotwell. Shotwell-S days, 8 hours
and 40 miEgtes. Eclipse-3 days, hours
and minutes.
The fastest time up stream ever made
on the Ohio, was by the Peytona. She
had Henry Clay on board IS q passenger.
She made the run from EyRnsYllle- 70
Louisville in Is hours. - ~
In April, 1874, the General. Pike made
the run from Cincinnati to St. Louis is So.
hours. She had boilers, l7.inch cylinders,
8 feet stroke.
Below give the time Of the boats
named running between New Orleans
and Natchez, down trips:
R. E. Lee, Is hours, So minutes aud AZ
seconds.
Nstchez, 16 hours, 81 minutes.
Princess, II hours, 30 minutes. -
The Princess made her time before the
war, the Natchez on the 18th, and the Lee
on the 9th OF October, 1870.
The old sultans, 10 hours and 40
minutes.
Magnolia, 10 hours. 80 minutes.
A. l. shotwell, 10 hours, 20 minutes. r,
Southern Belle, 20 hours, 3 minutea
Princess, No. 4, 30 hours, % minutes -
Eclipse, 10 hours, IS minutes.
The Mississippi is an unusually crooked
river and she Is constantly breaking over
her banks in thess bends and forming
what are termed "cut.otfs." Below | give
| the times OF the openings OF the principal
cut.offs on the river:
lS3O-Red river.
lS32-Bunche's Bend. q; ~ E,lsss
lS44-Horse-shoe.
lS4S-RaCourcie.
lS5S-Johnson's, or Shirt,tail, April.
1868 -selfridge, or Arkansas.
ls66-Terrapin Neck, or l06, April.
lS67-Dayis, or Big Black, March. q
lS74-ComInerce, May lii nj a =
1s76-DeviB background ot'blAnd3l
March %.
lS76-Vickaburg, April q.
These facts about the Mississippi and
the names OF the different steamers plying
between the principal cities along its
shores may not be OF interest to the gener'
al reader; but l am confident that the
steamboatmen Of The upper Ohio will ap'
preciate the compilation Of the facts which
have given.
Il Is altogether owing to circumstances
whether on this trip you will again hear
from your correspondent ~ SQo1Bg
A LADY Of Mariana, Fla, writes: 81
applied to q physician here for q prescrip
tion for Sick Headache, with which ! have
koan a{Jiirtnd MANY VaaFR He recon-