The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-08
sTEAMpOAT MATTERs


or General InteFest-IliVer News.
Tho river has commenced falling, the
marks last evening indicating scant eight
feet,
The regular packets arrived and departed
on time, but outside OF that, business was
dull during the day.
The Buckeye State passed up yesterday
afternoon, enroute from st. Louis 10 Pitts.
burgh.
barge and laid up aYove the Water Works.
On the recent trip OF tho United States
snagboat 4. A. Woodruff, from Pittsburgh TO
Cincinnati, the following Instructions were
removed:
November 17th-snag from right Of chan.
mel, opposite Coalhaven, and one from mid
river.
November 2ith-Snag from channel OPP
posito upper end OF Baden, Pm.
November 25th-Snag near channel at the
head Of tho bur at the mouth OF Short Creek,
West Virginia, and one from foot ofsame bar.
November 2Sth-Snag from channel in
front OF La Belle Landing, West Virginia, and
one from right Of channel Just below Wegee
Creek.
November 2Otll-snag from Bcrlcy's Land.
ing, W. Va; four from Woods Landing,
Ohio, about one.half mile below Powhattan;
three from Cresap's Landing, W. Va, and
one from EoiI's Landing, w. Va; also, re.
moved wreck OF flel-Aat froM channel at
mouth OF Graveyard Run.
November 30th-Fourteen snags from left
Of channel Just below Fish Creek Island, aud
one In front Of Goodhue's Landing, Ohio.
December 1st-snag In front Of Goodhue's
Landing one from right OF channel at foot OF
sunhsh Ripple; four from Muhlman's Land.
ing, Ohio; two from Paden's Landing, VIVA;
channel in front OF Stewards Landing, Ohio,
and one from channel opposite CoChransviile'
Ohio; also removed wreck OF coal barge from
left OF channel Just above Clarington tSun.
fish,
December Zone snag each from Matamo.
ras Landing Ohio; Dyes Landing, Ohio; st.
Mary's Landing, W. Va, Clarks Landing,
Ohio; Lower Newport Landing, Ohio and
two from Newport Landing, 0hio one from
right Of channel opposite loweren OF New.
port, Ohio; one at Little Muskingum Land.
Ing and one from mid river opposite Har.
mar, Ohio.
December 3.-snag from West Virginia
side, Just below Greer's Landing; eleven from
channel in front OF Danna's Just below Park.
ersburg, and one from sherman's Landing,
Ohio, lust above BlenneflaSsett lslandt al.
so, removed wreck Of coal barge from clan.
mel opposite Dana's, about half way between
Parkefsburg and Blennerhassett Island.
CAtRo, December THE barge Oronta,
loaded with railroad iron and coal, in tow OF
the steamer Tronsides struck sriag at Goose
Island. The iron will probably be saved, but
the barge Is total loss.
PTrrsBuRGH, December 7.-Riyer feet 10
inches and falling. Weather cloudy and
cool.
New ORLEANS, December 1.-The steam.
boats have their flags at half.mast In respect
to the memory OF Capt L. s. Austin, q we'll.
known steamboatlnan.
LOUISVILLE, December 1.-Riyer stationary,
with fet I inches In the canal and feet
inches in the chute on the falls. business
dull. Weather clear, chilly and windy. Up.
II. NJ. Graham, Cairo 10 Pittsburgh; Little
Anna Wheeling.
CtNctxN4rI, December River twelve feet
ten inches and falling slowly. Weather
cloudy and cool. Arrived james W. CAT,
Memphis. Departed: Andy Baum, Mem.
phis; Paris G. Brown, New Orleans; Dick
johnson, Evansville; Hudson, Pittsburgh.
Passed down: Pittsburgh, from Pittsburgh
to 81, Louis