Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-22

The river last night WAS IL feet 3
inches and falling.
The Courier is tO-day's Parkersburg
packet, leaving at 1880 A. NJ.
The Bachelor leaves for Pittsburgh at
I this morning.
The Andes is en- route from Cincin-
natl 10 this port with good trip.
The pretty little Pres Ellison makes
her regular trips as usual. Her trade
is still growing satisfactorily.
The Buckeye State passed down for
Cincinnati and the Hudson up for Pitts
burgh yesterday.
Davis Alexander, after being off sew
eral trips, is back at his post - one Of
the pilots of the Buckeye State.
The Katie Stockdale got up yester-
day.
The st. Lawrence had such big load
to take on that she did not get away till
7P NJ. Saturday.
The Parkersburg S,7,tinei says: There
was quite rise in the Little kanawha
river during tho past few days, caused
by the incesSant TALBOT rain in the upper
kanawha regions. Quite large amount
Of timber came down on the flood, a
great proportion of which was purchased
by our mill owners. The steamer W.
y. Chancellor is lying at ChanccllOr's
wharf on the south side Of the kanaw ha
undergoing repairs. Ii il expected to
increase her speed considerable 10y en-
larging her buckets. The Commodore
says she will 10 out on the first OF April
aud will probably run from Pittsburgh
10 Cincinnati.
The lrousides and tow of iron ore,
from st. Louis, passed up at Pm,
bound for Wheeling, from which point
she will return 10 the Future Great
Cincinnati Times, Friday.
The color-blind test il still being car
ried out, but the probability IL that the
requirement will soon be set aside, or
treated as a dead letter. Pilots, as well
rs steamb0atmen generally, are very
much opposed to it, as we'll as the pro-
posed change OF signals. These two
measures, both OF which originated at
the last meeting OF the Supervising In.
spectors, are very unpopular to river
men, rs they can see no good whatever
no result thereirom.
Capt. ]. W. Cuyler OF the corps OF
army engineers has been ordered 10
Cincinnati ~ relieve Major Merrill Of
the labors connected with the improve
meut OF the Little Kanawha, Guyan-
dotte and Big Sandy rivers OF West Vir.
GINA, and the improvement OF the Ken
lucky river. The object of this is to en-
able Major Merrill to give his sole at
,ention to the more important work OF
the Improvement Of the Lower Ohio.
CISCIxSArI. March 2l.-Riyer SO feet
3 inches and falling. Arrived-Andy
Baum, Memphis; Mitchell, New Or
leans.
EVANSVILLE. March 2l.-Up-Fannie
Tatum; Clifton, Jas. ID. Parker. Down
-virgie Lee, Gray Eagle, Bowling
Green. Weather chiefly clear ami
pleasant; mercury 80 to IS. River IS
aud 2-l0 feet, and falling.
LOUISVILLE, March 2l.-River falling
with IL feet 3 inches in the canal, and
IL ieet 0 inches On the falls. Arrivals
and departures-Cons Millar, Cincin-
matt to Memphis; Schenck; Cincinnati
to New Orleans; Pittsburgh, Pomeroy
to ST. Louis.
ST. LoUIs, March 2l.-Arrived-vicks.
burg, vicksbury; Wyoming, Pittsburgh;
Colorado, Memphis. Departed-Sone.
River Q feet | inches by guage. Wealth
er clear and cool.
MKNPHIs, March 2I.-River station
airy. Arrived. W. Golf. Cincinnati.
Departed-Golddust Vicksbuy; Pan
ther and barges, Ohio river; Belle OF
Shreveport John B. Maude, Dippold
and barges, ST. LOUIS; viii. Kyle, Gin
cinnati; Mary Houston, New Orleans.
Weather clear and pleasant. . y
NEw oRLkAss, March 2o.-Joha New