Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-10
WATER WAITS.
Personal and General News from ths
River Bank.

The Pacific passed up with empties.
The Courier is the Parkersburg packet to-
day.
The Bachelor leaves for Pittsburg to.
day
The Jos. Walton and Jim Wood passed
up light.
yesterday morning.
TIE Andes arrived last evening and will
leave for Cincinnati to day.
The Emma Graham is due up this morn
ing, destination Pittsburg.
Capt Berry's new boat, 0. VI. Lowell, is
being built as rapidly as possible.
The Katie Stockdale is due down this
morning en- route for Cincinnati.
The steamer J. C. Mercer passed this port
On Sunday last bound for Pittsburgh.
The owners of Minnie Bay think they
will be able to give her trial trip this
week
The towboat Pacific passed up yesterday
morning with a tow OF empties for Pitts
burgh.
Harry Smith has the contract for paint
ing the steamer Minnie Bay, and is doing
a good job.
The river was falling slowly at dark last
evening, with % feet inches OF water in
the channel.
The steamer DiurRal came to this land
ing from Psrkersburg by 7:30 O'Clock last
Saturday morning.
L. Simms formerly pilot of the steamer
Murnal, has resigned his position and will
go into business on land.
Thos Glasscock is doing some fast work
in the way of putting the cabins on the
new steamers at the landing.
Mart. Suter is at present acting as stew
ard Of the Courier during tho absence OF F.
kemple, who will be at his post during
the week.
new dredge boat, to take the place OF
the Oswego, has been built, and is now at
Marietta, where it will receive the Oswego's
machinery.
While the Percy Kelsey was lying at the
landing yesterday afternoon several OF the
deck hands got into a fight, which was
stopped before any of the participants were
seriously injured.
On Sunday evening as the steamer X itie
StoCkdale was backing out from this land
ing, she backed into the steamer Diurnal,
breaking one of her staunchions. 1t was
repaired by ID. &. Petty, yesterday morning
before the boat left.
A Pittsburgh exchange says: CAY yain
Muhleman, OF the steamer Andes, has got
his war paint on. He advertises in the Gin
cinnati papers to carry freight to Pome-
roy at six cents per 100; cabin passengers to
Gallipolis two dollars. This is lick, we
suppose, at the White Collar Line.
When the towboat Percy kelsey left Gin.
cinnati with tow of empty barges, the en-
gineer, Nathan Bryou, noticed a flaw in the
shaft, and on Saturday last it got so bad
that they were compelled to drop their
tow but managed to make this port yes
terday morning, and Sweeney & Son put
iron bands on, and she was able TO proceed
to Pittsburgh, where a new one will be
made.
MEMPHIS, April 9.-Riyer rose - inches.
CAIRO, April 9-River AZ feet and rising;
thermometer 81.
CINCINNATI, April 9-River 46 feet and
falling. Weather cloudy and pleasant.
ST. LOUIS, April 9-River risen inches;
Il feet in the channel. Weather clear and
warm.
EVANSVILLE, April 9-River IS ) 10 feet
full and rising; light rain; thermometer 90.
Weather cloudy.
LOUISVILLE, April 9.-Riyer rising slowly;
% feet inches in the canal; 9 feet less
on the falls. Raining heavy.
PrTTsBuRGH, April 9-River IS feet 8
inches and falling; weather clear and warm.
Katie Stockdale arrived this afternoon and
leaves tonight.