Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-02-01
NAlEk WAITS.
An Interesting Budget OF News from
the River.

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The river was falling slowly last night
the marks showing IL feet 10 inches Of water
in the channel.
The Courier is the Parkersburg packet
to-day.
The Diurnal arrived and departed for
Parkersburg yesterday, with a big trip
both ways.
The Scotia is due up en- route for Pitts
burgh to-day.
The Abner O'Nesl is running in the
Steubenville trade.
The Modoc passed up with emptics and
the Mount Glare, Nellie Spears aud Jas. A.
Blakemore up light.
The Princess and Little Anna were doing
a thriving business.
The C. Y. Lucas is doing a good business
in the Powhatan.
The following coal boats passed down,
yesterday: Rescue, Jos. b. Williams. Sam
Clarke. l.. W. Morgan, Jas. Gilmore, Eagle,
Sam Miller, JOS. Nixon, Mark Winnett and
| Lud Keller, with coal.
The steamer Sidney was busily engaged
at the different mills, yesterday, loading
nails. She will leave Saturday for Cincin-
natl and will take 1000 kegs Of nails.
The Bachelor is the Pittsburgh packet
| to-day, and Judging from the quantity Of
freight awaiting her she will have all she
can carry.
Capt. Il. C. Wilson, U. S. Inspector of
this port, is very i'll.
1t is rumOred that the Granite State will
enter the Pittsburgh and Portsmouth trade
as a weekly packet.
Capt. MCCOnnells announces his favorite
steamer Carrier for St. Louis, to leave on
Saturday.-Pitsburgh E.
The coal boats grounded at Glass House
by the Alice Brown have all been gotten
| off, and those stuck at Merriman by the
Charley Brown were of yesterday but one,
and strong hopes were entertained Of get.
ting it off last evening. The Jas. A. Black.
more stuck a boat at Merriman yesterday
morning, but latest reports stated that it
would soon be aflost. A rumor prevailed
the Steubenville bridge, but it was not
credited. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
VIM. Porter, formerly one OF the old
steamboat men, is at present running q
large bakery, up at Pittsburgh.
Col. Luke Snyder. who every one in
Wheeling knows. and the man who is 10
put on the gloves with John l.. Sullivan,
expects to leave in a day or TWO TO join his
steamboat, down the Ohio.
The boat stores up at Pittsburgh done
the heaviest business that has been done
for a long time, last Sunday and Monday,
supplying the numerous towboats with
pl'N
The steamer Diurnal had the crew Of the
Sidney on yesterday, and som twenty odd
extra men, besides her own crew. She
came TO the landing loaded down to the
guards.
Mr.. Ham Baker, of this city, is at pres.
ent stewart one the steamer Alice Brown,
one OF the big towboats.
Capt. John Muhleman. engineer Of the
| Diurnal, has all OF his machinery in fine
| n,lar hut tha Uafpr whaplg ware CNnailpr.
ably broken on the last trip. They were
repaired before leaving.
Prof. J. Kirk, Of the Diurnal, was on the
sick list the last trip up, and was very lit
tie better when the boat left.
Mr.. Charles Buckwauld. an old river
boy, who has been cooking at the Mcclure
House for some time, has left there and
will go on the river again.
Mr.. VIM. hatcher, OF the Diurnal. says
ION the first trip Of the boat the fish in the
river came alongside Of the boat and
wanted to know if Prof. John Kirk was
aboard"
The following dispatch was received from
Pittsburgh, via Mutual Union line last
night: The wharf is entirely bare of tow
boats. There is still coal waiting for tow
boats. Other business good upon our land
ing.
The Southern Transportation Line, Of
Cincinnati, has i%naugurated q war on the
new independent steamer Will s. Hays, by
reducing passage on the steamer U. 7.
Schenck to only $40 to New Orleans, meals
and stat erooms included, while the Hays
figures are $25, or $50 for the round trip.
Both steamers leave tonight. The South.
ern Transportation Line has also reduced
freight rates to fifteen cents a hundred to
New Orleans. Ii is rumored the steamer
Carrier is coming here to ply in the Gin.
cinnati and New Orleans trade in the indie.
pendent line. There's music in the air.
Mild and cloudy yesterday, at Cincinnati,
with the wind from the southwest, and
rainy and stormy weather last night. It
rained at Cairo yesterday. At Cincinnati
the river rose 2 feet during the q hours
ending last night, when there was IA feet
of water by the marks and "A feet under
the bridges for passing steamers. The
Arkansas continues to rise, with GX feet
at Little Rock.
The Dove, Captain Stone, arrived at
Macon, Mississippi, on the sd instant, the
first boat up the NoIubee river in thirty
years. There was a general outpouring OF
citizens, firing Of cannon and general re-
joicing. The river was opened by the Gov
eminent and citizens, and is ~navigable
nearly the whole year.
The Jim Wood, with a tow OF co al, start
Gu sOulu ~ ii ~. L.. iIOh lSNuioFiiO, Nv
the W.. w. O'Neal, clears for New Orleans,
this ?. NJ, with II boats, s barges Of coal
and 3 boats Of fuel coal, aggregating 500,-
600 bushel, exclusive Of fuel. The Jim
Woods tow sums up 20 boats and one
barge Of coal and 3 boats OF fuel-49l, 500
bushels, exclusive OF fuel, the two tows
making 100000 bushels.
The Cincinnati Com. Gdr. says: The
Granite State for Pittsburgh, Telegraph for
Pomeroy, Bonanza for Portsmouth. and L.
A. Sherley for Madison and Louisville, de-
parted. The Ernst Liberty and PEBBLES
are due with Kanawha coal and miscellan-
eous tows. The SAM. Brown, loose, is
making fast time to Pittsburgh. 1t looks
as il she would go through inside OF a.
hours. Who says tow-boats nave no speed,
after the w. W. OSeil's famous run from
Memphis to Louisville?
The Mary Houston arrived at Cairo Tues
day, aud bad g1 tons of sugar, molasses
and rosin, and a fair trip Of people. Her
officers were assessed a fine here by the
government officer of s.. 200 for not having
her ~seaIhan's time-book written up. Many
boats are being picked up on this point.
The rule Is that the nam must be entered
on the time book when the seaman are
shipped.
The Wyoming will leave the Marine
Docks, Cincinnati, today, in comqIste re.
pair, and shortly load for the Sout /. Capt.
Frank Stein will command the Wyoming,
q guarantee that she is in the hands OF
skillful officers.
The Hestherington Bros, of Bellaire,
will build or buy another boat to take the
place of the Belmont, which was rather
light for their business.
Prr1sBURGH, January 3l.-River 8 feet
inches and falling. Weather cloudy and
cool.
CINCINNATI, January 3l.-River % fee,
and rising. Weather clear and cold. De
parted-Yint Shinkle, Memphis: VIII 8
Hayes and Raven, New Orleans
CAIRo, January 81. -Arrived-Cons Nil
Ter, Cincinnati. Departed-Miller, Mem
phis; Star, New Orleans. River 80 feet /:
inches and falling. Weather cloudy. Their
mometer %.
EVANSVILLE, January 3l.-River station
airy with % feet 7 inches In the channel
Weather cloudy. Thermometer g. Arrives
y. 8. Hopkins; Ariadne, Rainbow. De
psrted-Rainbow, Louisville.
NV ORLEANS, January J.-Arriyed-
Chas. Morgan, Cincinnati: Annie P. Silver
St Louis. Standardization Grown, Gin