Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-06

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The Diurnal Is The Parkersburs pAckes
to-day.
The Scotia vas due up yesterday en- route
for Pittsburgh. 80 rs y Es.
~ The Emma Graham i due down tonay'
destination Cincinnati - h.sa t.i'i
The Courier arrived and departed ON tims
yesterday, with . fair trip.
The Onward left Cincinnati Tuesday on
her return trip with TOW Of empty osts
The total loss of the Lee and cargo Is
$l75, 600. The merchandise was iuiiy IN
sured. - S, =,
The chancellor win arrive here early
this morning, and will leave for Charies'on
about A. N. sss..,. :
steward Charles yoss formerly q the
steamer Pittsburgh, hns charge OF the Ffe Ss'
woods cabin. zs s =.
The river was stiIi declining ct dark last
|, evening, the marks showing 5 feetT inches
of water in the channel. ..s.fi
1, Gen. Weitzel arrived at Louisville on
Tuesday, and all the work OF the canal and
falls was turned over to him. sf,3hs,as4s
cantain ]. N. O'Neil, of the we'll fn,wn
coal firm of O,Neil & CO., Pittsburgh, ID
home from an extended Western trip.
The Dick Fulton and Fred Wilson, with
lows of coal on the way to Louisyihe,
passed Cincinnati early Tuesday morning.
The burned r. i. Lee was insured for
$50, 900, the National, Enterprise and MAI
chants, OF Cincinnati, coming in for S2,oW
each.
There has been fog almost every night
for week or more past, and the packets
were all delayed more or less IN conse.
quence.
The Bachelor did not arrive until 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon. She was de-
tanned by heavy fog. After laying mere
loading for about three hours, she departed
for Pittsburgh.
At the request Of steamboatmen, Col. W.
Z. Merrill has postponed the time OF CLOS
ing the Louisville Canal until A. N. on
Monday. October 8, when the new canal
locks will remain closed eight days, during
which time the old locks will be available
for navigation. The old locks will pass
boats 25S feet long and 49k feet wide.
The indications are favorable for a good
business in Pittsburg and st. Louis this fail
and winter; last season boats got fair trips
to ST. Louis, but it was difficult TO get any.
thing back. excepting iron ore. which had
to be taken very low in order to meet rail-
road competition. The outlook Tor Trips
both ways is much better than last season.
P1rrsBuRGH, October 5.-River 9 feet 8
inches and falling. Weather clear and
pleasant.
CINCINNATI, O., October 5-River Is feet
II inches and rising. Weather fair and
warmer. Departed-Stockdaie, PitIsburo n;
Queen City, Paducah.
CAIRO, ILL, October 5.-Riyer 8 feet 3
inches and rising. Weather clear, Their
mometer 100. Arrived: Polar Star, Jack
Frost. Departed: Polar Star, Ohio, JACK
Frost, st. Louis, Wm< Kyle.
ST. LOUIS, October 5.-Arrived: Scudder,
New Orleans; My Choice, Cairo; Common
wealth Vicksburg; War Eagle, keokuki
Pittsburgh, ST. Paul, Departed: Minneap-
oils, St Paul; War Eagle, Keokuk.
l. N1NRLEASs, October 6.-Weather clear;
Netor $50. Arrived-Jay Gould and
fxsN, st. Louis; Mary Houston, Cincinnati.
No departures.
EVANSVILLE, October 5.--River falling with
! s feet in the channel; thermometer 84o to
| $50; wind light and from the south. Ne
arrivals. Departed-J. 8. Hopkins, Cairo;
| s; Dora Cabler, Cannelton, 5. Smith anu
Hotspur on time.
LOUISVILLE, October 5.-River falling,
| with s feet Sinches in canal; feet inches
on the falls. Business good. Weather
| pleasant