The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-21

soon be fnished. The accident resulted
from q misunderstanding ofsignals.
The Wyoming and Rhoads were due
down last evening, en- route to St Louis.
No such tow6oRt for value; splendor
and speed as the Iron Age ever went
above st. Louis. So says the Post. Dispateh
oil that city.
The Hon. John Fehrenbach, supervis-
ing Inspector Of this district, left for
Charleston on the Bostona last night he
will also visit Gallipolis, Parkersburg and
Wheeling, on official business before he
returns.-Cmeinndi Enquirer.
The Cincinnati pilots who have so far
passed the examination for color blindness
and have received the United States En-
gineers' certificates to that effect are as
follows: Ambrose Dennis, Harry 8. Will
hanson, VIM. n. clephane, Harry L.
Redden, Jas 1; Sheppard, Jss. PEatheT'
Fagin, Jas d. Wright, Jas. P. Kelso,
Geo. W. Ellington, VIM. Wesley Gardner,
Vim. Fenton, VIM. II. Turner, Isaac w.
Brooks, Joshua Ketchum, Geo. B. Pol
lard, John A. Martin, Chas. W. Corns,
Edmund Wilson, W. ]. Montague, Henry
B. Fenton, Samuel G. Moore, Augustus
Magee, Ohas. A. Shinkle, Thos. Gree, Jas.
Z. Mace and Levi Knapp. The only pilot
who has been found color blind Ia Byron
N. Clark, pilot between Cincinnati and ST.
Louis. He was found color blind in both
red and green.
lBy Telegraph
NASHVILLE, April 20.-River q feet on
the shoals. Departed: Cooke, Evansville.
PITTSBURGH, April 20.-Riyer 8 feet
inches and falling. Weather clear and
pleasant.
NEW ORLEANS, April 2O.-No arrivals.
Departed: Golden City, Cincinnati; Annie
P. Silver, st. Louis. Weather cloudy.
Thermometer 72'. Heavy rain all morn.
ing.
vIcxspuRd, April 2O.-weather clear.
Thermometer 70o. River stationary. Up
Colleen Grown, Laura L. Davis. Down:
Natchez.
CINcINNArI, April 2O.-River II feet and
falling. Clear and pleasant. Arrived
Golden Rule, New Orleans. Departed
Chancellor, Wheeling; Robert Mitchell
New Orleans; Andy Baum, Memphis.
EVANSVILLE, April 20-Weather cloudy
this evening. Mercury B60. River 81 feet
4 inches and falling. Up: Vint Shinkle,
Dick johnson. Down: Fannie Tatum,
James Guthrie, Ark, Belle, Guiding Star
CINCINNATr, April 2O.-Captain Wash.
81. Kerr, an old steamboatman, died to-
day at Ironton OF heart disease. He had
Just left his boat, the Buckeye State, and
had reached his residence few minutes
before his death.
LOUISVILLE, April 2O.-River stationary
with feet 9 inches in canal and feet q
inches in chute OH falls. Business dull.
Weather clear and pleasant. ]. W. Gar.
rett aud tow, st. Louis to Pomeroy; ]. s.
Neel and tow to Wabash river.
CAIRO, April 2O.-River 81 feet 10 inches
and rising. Weather clear. Thermometer
go. Arrived: E. W. Cole, St. Louis
Lioness, Ohio; Little Eagle, Ohio. De
parted: Cole, Hickman and Little Eagle
st. Louis; Holiday, New Orleans.
ST. LOUIS, April 20.-Arrived: Meant
and barges, Huntington; Stevens, Dyers
burg; Montana, Pittsburgh. Departed;
Clinton, st. Paul; City Of yicksburg,
Vicksburg;- Granite State, Welcome aud
barges, La Sale Diamond, Joe st. Paul
Alps and barges and Henry Frank, New
Orleans. River risen inches and stands
10 feet inches by gauge. Weather
clear and pleasant.