The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-03
RIVER NEWS.
Notes About Rtenmboats and Their own
erH-Bank RrieIa.


The George streeker recently brcke her
ssait and Is lying upat Harmar for repairs.
The Katie stockdale passed down satnrday
morning about Z o'clock, and the scota
pss,ed up yesterday morning. Both Of these
Pltlsburgh. Cincinnati packets had good trips.
The marks at this point last evening indi-
Gated depth In the channel OF feet ~ In.
chss In the channel and falling. Business
on tho leyee, In local way, was very fair
Saturday.
The Lighthouse Board has ordered that al
male employees on VESSELS or Stations Of the
lighthouse service shall have the regulation
uniform, and wear 1t from the date when
furnished.
The New Martinsyills Messenger says
There Is considerable talk OF putting In the
steamer Frank Stein between this point and
Paskersburg, to connect here with the Str.
Chesapeake.
The ". n. chancellor, the trim Kanawha
river and Pittsburgh packet, passed up yea,
terday afternoon with a moderate trip and
several passengers. She will pass down
Wednesday morning. a more deserving
packet Is not shoat
The Andes Is due to-day from Cincinnati,
for which point she will leave tomorrow
afternoon NJ 3 O'Clock. The Andes IL one OF
the most popular fixtures on the Upper Ohio.
Always reliable and on time, commanded by
pleasant gentlemen, and with the best OF &C
commodations, II Is no wonder she 10 such q
favorite. Shippers should be on hand
promptly.
The Wetzsl Democrat says Of the war be.
tween the Diurnal and Ohesapeake. "Mr
John Slender, proprietor Of the During mills
at this place, In the steamboat war, has been
warm friend OF the Chesapeake. Having
some -four to ship to Cow creek he offered 1t
To the Diurnpl fur shipment and the captain
refused 10 take Il because, as the said, III
we can't get the f,ur to carry up theriyer
we don't want to carry down The result
was rather animated conversation on the
wharf.boat. The Dlurnal being common
carrier was legally bound to receive the
freight.
The St. Lawrence did.not arrive from Pitts!
burgh until GA. N. yesterday, and did not
get away from here until after noon. She
had an enormous trip. leaving here with
over 500 tons OF freight on board. This, too,
In spite OF the fact that an agent OF the oppo-
sition was here all day Saturday looking up
freight The Pittsburgh Commercial. Gazette,
OF Saturday morning, refers to the fight In
this sly manner: Having not been advised
by Captain Stookdale as 10 whether the
steamer 81 Lawrence will be permitted TO
come above Wheeling, her agents will re-
specially announce that she will leave as
advertised Ia this paper"
Several gentlemen interested In the future
welfare and prosperity OF Point Pleasant are
trying to raise bonus OF $4,000 to induce
Sweeney d Son, OF this city, 10 remove their
boa. building department to that city and es.
tablish regular boat yard. The fscilities
off Fred there for such an enterprise are first
class, aud Sweeney & Son have met with such
chilling reception In their efforts TO once
more establish boat building industry here,
that they are not at all ayerse 10 removing TO
some place where they will meet with en-
enlargement. Taeys have recently turned
out soms~splendld work aud have made o
good reputation along the rivera.
The wah" between the st. Lawrence and
the other packets Is about terminated. The
Pittsburgh and Wheeling packets haveagreed
to pool th,ir earnings, and the White Collar
Line have bargained not TO receive freight or
passengers for abovet this bend II the Wheel-
Ing and Pittsburgh lines would raise the
prices 10 the old schedule. The 81. Law
renee has had thres offers made her. viz:
either TO come into the pool, sell out or fight,
and she must be very hard to please II she
can no. choose one OF them. This kick.
against the St. Lawrence doing Just as she
pIta'es reminds US Of little story told about
a man who wanted to run raft from the
mouth OF the Big Sandy River TO Cincinnati,
and wrots to Commodore Honshell request
Ing the privilege Of floating his logs down his
tHonshells) riyer.-Pomeroy qelegrdph.
CIEcISsATI, December 2.-River IS feet
. ID falling; weather clear and cooler.
LOUISVILLE, December 2-Riyer falling
with feet inches in the canal aud feet
2 inches on the falls weather clear, cold
and windy.