The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-06
LEVEE LACoSICs,
General Information Concerning the
Htenrnerh ON the Ohio.

nteNuIeFb On tnG VAlus
The B. D. Wood passed up light yesterday.
The report Of the Veteran having had
trouble at Point Peasants Is denied by Capt.
Black burn, who Is her owner.
Two new steamers are loading at Pitts.
burgh. The Joe Peters for the Arkansas and
the ChickAslw for the White river.
The Diurral was Yesterdays Petersburg
boat. The Chesapeake, Telegram, Abner
o'Neal and Princess were all regular In arr1-
wing and departing.
The marks on the levy at dusk yesterday
evening showed the depth in the channel 70
be Z feet inches and the river was falling
slowly as It had been all dsy.
The beacon light steamer Lily Is above her.
She will work down. It has been long time
since she has been In these watsrs. She hiss
been rsmodeled aud generally fixed mp.
While in this vicinity she should establish .
much needed breast light on the Ohio shore In
the bend below Brilliant.
The owners of the little Anna have With.
drawn, her fromthe MAstin's Ferry trade and
provided they do not sslll her In q few days
will gosouth with her and tow coal and pro-
visions. At present she is at bank. Captain
Seamon will be mislsd by the public % he
has always striyen to please.
Although formal transfer has not been
made, the Buckeye stEts ,iusy be regarded as
sold for 81. 900 to- the Cincinnati, .Portt-
mouth, Big Sandy & Pomeroy Packet Com
pany. Her former owners we're Captain Jas.
Rees and Capt. Wash. Hopshell, two.titths
each, and Captain John Thornburg one.ffth.
The Andes did not get in until after 10
o'clock last night. She was detained by fog
and an enormous big trip. Her cabin was
well filled with passengers. The Andes will
leave for Cincinnati this evening. Shippers
should be on hand promptly. The steamer
is one OF the finest stern wheeler5 on the
| Upper Ohio and commanded by sst OF gen.
tIemen whose superior 1t would be hard TO
iiuu. She has been handsomely renovated
and is better than ever. Capt. Charlie
Muhleman 10 in command as usual.
The Nellie s3eer, in descending the river
in front OF Point Pleasant on Saturday, with
o heavy tow OF large barges laden with coal
collided her two with the West Virginia
pier OF the bridge, breaking 1t up and badly
injuring all OF them. Before the men could
cut the ropes they snapped In twain, pulling
out the check-po and knocking the ends
and siding out OF several Of the barges. The
Charles Brown was coming up loose, and
came to the rescue OF the Speer, or she would
have swamped her entire tow. They sac.
cesded in lane og them near the mouth OF
the Kan&wha, four OF them sinking near the
shore In front of the Virginia House land
ing. The accident evidently resulted from
gross carsltSIness on the part OF the pilot, as
he Rugged the shore pier on the West Vir.
ginia side and rang bis backing bell only
when the head OF his tow first entered be-
tween the piers The day was perfectly
calm, net even gust OF wind blowing. The
next dey the speer, with the assistance Of
the B. u. Wood, succeeded in Kissing one OF
the baTges. Sunday the Reindeer struck the
pier, sllghtly damaging one barge. All the
other boats ran through successfully. Pilots
should be careful to notice that crosScui-
rent sets in towards this shore, inst above the
bridge. caused by the drift on tae false work
OF the bridge, making sort OF dam and dc.
Il 4ctipg the current. The channel Epan will
be completed and the trestling removed by
the end OF this week.
CAIRO, November 5.-River 10 feet : inches
and r nP; thermometer GO.
OFT CITY November Driver Feet and
falling; weather clear and cool.
PARgER, Pa, November 5.-River feet
inches and rising; weather clear and mild.
CINCINNATI, o., November 6-Riyer 10 feet
Q inches and rising; weather clear and
warm.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, November 5.-River
feet and stationary; weather clear; Their
mometer &c.
RcE's LANDING, Pa, November 5.-River
4 feet 0 inches and falling; weather cIeal;
thermometer CSC