The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-22

The marks last night indicated Is feet
8 inches and rising.
The popular Wheeling and Bellaire
packet, Willie Austen, has made slight
changes in her schedule. For full particu-
lars as to times Of departure see advertise.
ment below.
The Courier for Parkersburg, Telegram
for Darlington, Phaeton for Sistersville
and 0'Neal for Steubenville, departed yes
terday at their usual hours for embarking.
The Granite State passed down yestor-
day for Louisville, taking on lot Of
nails at the Riverside and Bellaire mills.
The Pittsburgh and st. Louis packet,
Montana, has caused q good deal OF "cuss-
ing" here among agents and steamboat
owners, on account Of cutting the rates on
nails from Wheeling to ST. Louis from Is
to l9l cents. One agent remarked to. a
reporter last evening, "That 1t was perfect
folly, as he was sure boats could get 20
cents as easy as Is heretofore"
The Chancellor passed up yesterday,
leaving fifty tons Of ore at Martins Ferry.
The Emma Graham was due down last
evening en- route for Cincinnati.
The Buckeye State is due up this morn.
ing en- route from Cincinnati 10 Pitts.
burgh.
Mr.. II. seamon received o telegram yes
terday announcing that the E. II. Duriee
would be down to-day en- route for St
Louis. D
The regular and popular Pittsburgh
packet Bachelor leaves this morning att
o'clock.
The Diurnal arrived from Parkersburg
last evening at $3.50 o'clock with good
trip, having lot of cooper stuff for Mar.
tins Ferry. She will be this mornings
Parkersburg packet leaving at 1880
o'clock.
The St. Lawrence is due from Cincin.
matt tomorrow.
Boating Is on the boom in Red river.
The Emma Graham, on her last trip
down, ran from Gallipolis 10 Cincinnati,
200 miles, in seventeen hours, and made
her usual landings.
The Pittsburgh and ST. Louis packet
Wyoming leftSt. Louis on her last trip
with the biggest cargo that ever left that
port Tor the Ohio river on single bot
tom, 500 tons.
The JohnL Rhoade, on her way up, has
100 tons OF ore for Bellaire.
The Cincinnati Gazette says: Two new
rumors are current in regard to the Gran.
tie State, viz: One that she will hereafter
be Cincinnati and Evansville weekly
packet, and another that she will be a
Louisville and Evansville semi-weekly
packet. One OF her owners being up.
preached by areporter in regard 10 the
matter expressed entire ignorance.
The Yirgie Lee, arrived at Cincinnati
Tuesday night, had ten bids sugar for
the Wheeling packets.
The Dakota and Hudson left Cincinnati
for Wheeling and Pittsburgh last evening,
The beacon Light steamer Alice has
been taken TO Jacksonville, Ind, TO be
dismantled. " TaH
General Herman Haupt, OF Pa, has APP
piled for Q patent on q new method Of i'm.
proving river navigation, with special re-
terence to the Ohio river, which the |
General claims can be made navigable at
all seasons Of the year. His system OF i'm. |
according 10 his remarks be- |
lore the River Improvement Commission,
consisted in narrowing the banks Of the
river In broad aud shoal places, by means
OF bikes, and retarding the flow In narrow,
swift, running portions OF the stream by
the application Of certain mechanical up.
planes.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: Captain
R, @. N. Lowell has purchased the tow.
boat Lookout from Captain Hale, .ot
Charleston, W. Va. The Lookout will be
taken out on the Point Pleasant docks for
thorough repairs, and Captain John Bar
rett lat last night to sNperintenl the
work.
The members Of the Pittsburgh press
met Tuesday afternoon and passed feso.
luhons Of respect to the memory Of the