Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-05-16
BoATlE0 BULLETIN.
The Latest Information ofthe Movements
@; Steamboats,.


The levee on Saturday was crowded
with freight OF all kinds, and rousta..
bouts had all the work they could well
attend to. The river still continues to
fall rapidly, the marks last evening
showing scAnt feet inches.
The Diurnsl is the regular U. 5. mail
packet for this mornings Parkcrsburs
trade.
The Andes is due to-day from down
below, and will leave for Cincinnati to-
morrow evening promptly at 3 o'clock.
On her next trip she will take an excur.
sion party, the date being the 24th.
Already this trip is exciting talk among
society people, and many who have an.
nounced themselves as as going are an
ticipating the liveliest p easure. The
boat is pleasant one, and the officers
the best OF good fellows and full OF hos
pitality.
Sweeney & Son put a new shalt and
fianges i'm the Pres Ellison Saturday,
and made changes to the engines which,
it is thought, will make them more ETH
cient. The little steamer fred up yes.
terday and started down the river in
charge Of her commander, Captain Lu-
kens.
The ]. S. NeiIl and Belle Prince pass
ed up Saturday ior Pittsburgh, with
| tows.
The steamer La Belle will go down to
Bellaire every evening during the Loan
Exhibition, returning after the Exhibit
ton closes each night This will give
the Wheeling people good opportunity
to see the Loan, and it is expected that
many OF them will 90 down. The boat
will leave at 7:30 =. NJ. and return at TO-
The following is the result OF the re.
cent Investigation OF the collision be.
tween the Montana and Emma Graham
Oh the Both of March: The inspectors
suspended the license OF James Hsmil-
| ton, pilot Of the Montana, for sixty days,
for failing to give the passing signal at
the proper time, aud for running his
boat when the smoke was so dense that
he could not see his way. They sus.
pend the license OF VIM. J. Abrams,
| pilot oil the Emma Graham, for the same
length OF time, for giving the first pass.
ing signal instead OF waiting for the de-
scendi1g boat to give il, and for not pay
ing attention TO the course OF the ap.
preaching Montana, he admitting that
| the collision could have been avoided
had he paid any attention TO her.
A barge will he loaded at the Belmont
to-day for Gray's Iron Line.
The old reliable Hudson passed up
Saturday noon, and will be down this
morning.
Yesterday the Salt Valley from Iron.
ton to Pittsburgh passed up at D A. N ,
the Katie Stockdale from Cincinnati TO
Pittsburgh at . A. NJ, and the Z. W.
Bachelor with an excursion party that
it passed down with on Saturday at
A. VI. The Granite State up at 7r NJ
from st. Louis.
| Tho II. Lawrence with an excursion
party and an immense amount Of freight
cot away at about 1880 p. ".
PITTsBURGH, May l5.-River feet
and falling. Weather warm and clondy.
Hudson arrived at and departed at /
CINCrSNATI, May l5-River Is feet
and falling. Weather fair. Thermom-
eter 20. Departed-Scotia, Pittsburgh T;
Golden City, New Orleans.
EVANSVILLE, May l4-Arrived-Wy-
oming aud Dexter, Cairo; Grey Eagle,
Louisville. Departed-Wyomine, st.
Louis. River falling with Il $40 feet
on the gauge; wind from the northwest;
mercury GS to 20. Weather clear and
bright.
Sr. LOUIS, May Observation-Disclosures
Memphis; Golddust, Nicksburg; Polar
Star and barges, Ohio river; Libbie Con-
ger and barges, st. Paul. Departed
Dippold and harges, New Orleans
RIVER about stationary, with % feet by
the gauge. Weather clear and cool.
CAIRO, May l5.-Arrived-llickory,
Tennessee river; Golf Memphis; Grey
Hound, Ohio; Hopkins, Evansville;
Commonwealth, 81. Louis. Departed
Bedford, s.. Louis; Ben. Franklin, Mem.
phis; Hickory, St, Louis; Golf, Cincin.
natl; Charles Morgan. New Orleans;
Grey Hound, Memphis; Hopkins, Evans.
vile. River 81 feet Z inches and fall
| inc Weather clear. thermometer rs