The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-11-22
RIVER NEWS.
The Arrival OF the Coal FIcCt-News In
General About the River.

The Arrival OF the Coal FIcct-News In
General About the River.
The Katie stockdalc passed down yesterday
morning
Tho G. Y Lucas continues to thrive In the
Bellaire trade.
The Onward sunk barge at Beaver bridge
by a collision with the piers.
The towboats Hawk and Jacob Heather.
ington passed up with emptles,
The river yesterday rose about feet, and
last evening Indicated 20 feet and stationary.
The Emma Graham Is due up this morning,
and the Hudson down. Both are In the Pitts.
burgh-Cincinnati trade.
Capt. Coulson, agent for Pittsburgh and st.
Louis boats, las gone to Pittsburgh but will
be back In time for tue next st. Louis boat.
The Andes will leave this afternoon for
Cincinnati. The merits Of this iaYorite stern
wheel packet are too well known to be further
extolled. Capt. Muhlemau wants 10 leave
promptly at . o'clock.
The wharf was freQuented by large mum.
Der yesterday notwithstanding the disugreea.
BILE weather. The people gathered to watch
the rising river and the passing towS-two
things that have not been seen since last
June. Business along the wharf was rather
dull.
Local Inspector Wilson has returned from
n tour down the river to Inspect the boats
whose papers had expired The Lame Duck,
u passenger packet, at Charleston; the KittiG
Woods and Enterprise, feFryboatS, Mt CALI
poIis the Iron King, towbONt, Ut Pnrkers-
burg, and the Hawk, tOwboat, at Wheeling,
are the recent inspections The Abner
0Neal will DO inspected hero to-day.
Workmen are engaged painting the b. &
o. Il. II. bridge over the river ut this point
Three tic bOats broke loose just above
the whar(bOat, yesterday morning,
and were whirled down tile river, lodging
below the Union Coal Works ut Moundsyille
The Dick Fulton passed down with tow
this morning, and came very near being o
wreck by swinging against one Of the bridge
piers. Fortunately she pissed through with.
out injury.-IIeliGire independent
At seamon's cigar store the following list
was obtained OF boats that passed with coal
tows yesterday: MOrning-DlCk Fulton,
Nellie Speer, Harry Brown, George Lyle,
Hornet No. 9, Coal City and Onward. AZ.
ternOOn--Jlm Wood, VIM. GufIey, Clipper,
Alex. Swift Enterprise, lIengal Tiger, Ed.
Hobbs, Vim. Stone, sampson No. 2 and Rein.
ue0r.S lhe FultOn passed ABOUT A. N. ana
the Others followed closely. The boats aver.
aged about sixteen bargeS each. More boats
were expected to pass during the night.
CAIRO, November 2i.-Arriyed; X. s. Rhea,
Nashville; Charley. Bowen, st. Louis. lie.
parted Charley Bowen. River thirty-twO
feet four inches and rising. Light rain.
Thermometer 81.
CINCINNATI, November 2i.-lliyer 12 feet 0
inches and falling. Cloudy; slight snow dur.
ing the day. Arrived Silver Cloud, Tennes.
see river Departed: virgie Lee, Kanawha
river; Scotia, Pittsburgh
PIrrsnuRGn, November 2i.-Iliyer 10 feet .
inches and falling. Weather cool and rain.
ing. The additional coal shipments today
make the total shipment since Saturday
$3.50, 900 bushels, of which O,4i5OOO bushels
we're for Louisville and tho balance for Gin.
Cinnati.