The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-28
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steamboat squibs and Local Leves
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Steamboat Squibs and Local Levee
Laconics. 't,
The Resolute passed up last evening with
tow Of Gray's Iron Line barges.
|, The Katie Stockdale passed up yesterday
noon for Pittsburgh, and the G. W. Ander-
son, from lronton, also passed up.
The Amos, which struck the Pittsburgh
railroad bridge, Friday night, is supposed
TO be total wreck. She was worth about
5000. Hat
A. J. Sweeney left Saturday for Alabama
TO superintend the placing OF the machin-
cry, recently built at the Sweeney foundry
in this city, an small river boat.
The newly arranged coal chute at the
Belmont coal works OF Heatherington,
below Bellaire, is considered by all steam.
boatmen to be the best arranged along the
Ohio.
The Monitor Tow Boat Company have
received the contract for delivering the
rails for the Ohio River railroad, and are to
legin work on June !, delivering the rails
wherever they are needed.
Last night the river was about stationary,
with II feet in the channel. The rains Of
the past two days will probably result in
raising her few feet. A good business
was done on the levee Saturday.
The st. Lawrence got away from this
vicinity about o'clock yesterday morning,
after having been here since IL O'Clock
Saturday night. She took on a big lot Of
freight and q number Of passengers.
The following towboats passed Saturday:
Up-Little Fred, light, Fred Wilson No.
2 and Jim Brown, with empties. Down
II. NJ. Townsend and Hope with empties,
Baltic and Veteran No. 9 with coal, Bar.
nard with empties aud Resolute Light.
The Diurnal got away with her excur.
sionists about II o'clock Saturday night.
They spent yesterday in Marietta and Par
kershurg and will be back at this port early
this morning, providing nothing interleres,
and 1t is hoped that such will not be the
case.
The Andes is due from Cincinnati to-
day, and will leave for that point to. morrow
afternoon. The Andes ia splendid stern
wheel packet, otticered by dne set Of
gentlemen, and possessing as commodious
passenger and freight facilities as any boat
on the Upper Ohio. Shippers should be
on hand promptly.
Pilot Dave Keller, who gained considera.
BILE notoriety by being at the wheel OF the
Scioto when the I.omas collided with her
on that fatal Fourth Of July, 1882. has once
more been granted papers. It will be re.
membered that the investigate n into that
disaster finally resulted in Kellar's license
being revoked, and the opinion Of many
was that this was upjust in the, extreme, as
LorR, the pilot OF Lne L9mas, was reiR.
stated. The license under which Kellar
was working and which was revoked would
have expired last month. Having expired,
under decision Of General DumontF,
given in 1881, there was nothing to prevent
Kellar's applying for new license, which
be did, accompanying the application with
a large number Of endorsements. The In.
spectors here were in doubt as to their
duty aud waited until General Dumont
was here q few days since. He ordered
the license issued. -.
CAIRO. May 27,-Rtver SO feet and rising;
clear; thermometer T0e. ..1.
ST. LOUIS. May 27.-River stationary ;
clear and very pleasant.
PlrnBuRou. May 27.-RiverS feet l inch
and iailingi slight rain.
EvASsvILE, May 27.-Riyer 10 feet Q
inches and falling; clear aud cold.
ClSctXNArl, May 97-Riyef 90 feet q
inches and risinl; warm aud showery.
LOUISVILLE, May 97.-Rlyer rising slow
with 10 ieet In the canal and 8 feet In III,
chute on the falls; cloudy and cool.