The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-05

Miscellaneous Steamboat squibs and
meal LeYee LtcOnIcs.

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Miscellaneous Steamboat squibS and
Local ieyee Imcouics.
The Heatherirgtou, Hawk and Monitor
passed up with lies.
The ". N. Chancellor passed down at 7 a.
NJ, and the Scotia will pass down early this
morning.
The marks at this point last evening indi-
Gated a depth Of s feet 8 inches and falling.
Business was light on the levee yesterday.
The Sam Brown passed mp with three
barges OF Gray's Iron Line loaded with iron
ore, and the Alarm passed up with empties.
Two years ago there wera seven fine passen-
ger aud fieight steamboats, regularly In the
Pittsburgh and st. Louis trade. Now, only
one.
The pilots OF the v. N. Chancellor report
q supken barge at Roberts Landing, twenty
FIVE miles below Parkersburg, aud h snag at
New berry Hand, nine miles below Parkers-
burg.
Capt. Billy Bay arrived yesterday and will
leave early this morning for Portsmouth with
his new boat, the Minnie Bay. Mr.. John
Sweeney will 70 down with her, and a party
consisting Of surveyor Beach, Messrs. Frank
and James Stanton and ID Elson will 10
down aud meet the Andes. They 90, partly,
10 play fifty games OF whist.
The Pittsburgh Commercial Ga=eth says of
Secretary Du Bots, Of the Belmont mill, Capt.
J. D, Du Bois, Superintendent OF the Norton
Nail Works, ut Wheeling, was q passenger TO
Cincinnati on the 81. Lawrence. Capt D.
was asteamboAtman years ago and one OF the
owners OF the st. Lawrence. He had not
been TO Cincinnati for twenty-five years."
During the month OF April there arrived
from above ut Cincinnati 81 steamers with
coal barges and boats; sos boats OF coal, GA
barses Of coal, 100 packages OF nut and slack
and 70 of coke were In these tows. There de-
parted for the South 81 steamers skiing 200
boats and l22 bSrges Of coal. 05 Of nut aud
slack aud 8 Of crkt; 1o 10000 bushels were
received aud 8 $50, 900 bushels shipped.
The st Lawrence arrived about s P. NJ, and
left for Pittsburgh about 0 She will be down
his evening on her regular C%inciBnAti trip,
and offers superior facilities to both passen.
gers and shippers. For this pnint she had on
her up trip 1000 sacks Of grain and 200 tons
OF pig metal, besides any amount OF other
freight for this point II was Q big trip, and
the cabin wastnll OF passengers.
The editor OF the Vest Ergiaid EremGn re-
Gently took q trip on the Emma Graham aud
felt called on 10 made the following remarks:
.tFor much OF the pleasure, comfort q
safety OF steamboat travel TO day between
Cincinnati aud Pittsburgh, the public owes o.
lasting debt Of gratitude 10 Captain ]. n.
Williamson. Don't tell us the temperance
cause is not advancing with rapid and won.
dsrInl strides! We know better from our
own brief observation. Twenty years sgo an
Ohio river steamboat a. a rule was the sceSe
OF drunken debsuchery and dagraeeiul
gambling; now the bar 10 gone, with all It's
villa accompaniment, and the cabin 10 q
home.llke parlor filled with social enjoy
ments, vocal and instrumental music, read
ing, social converse, with no fear OF any
drunken intruder"
C,ScSSArr, May 4-River q feet and fall.
ing FAST hot and cloudy.
G~RKESsBoRo, Pa, Nay 4.-River 4 feet
inches and stationary; clear.
EVANSVILLE, May 4--River 20 feet and fall.
ipRl smart rain from 3 10 Gr,M.
PtrrsBuEon. May 4-RiYer6 feet 4 incheH
and stationary clear and pleasant.
BRowSsynLE Pa, Asy 4-River 8 feet
l inches and tSllinpi olsa'i Thermometer So.
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