The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-18
kIvEE NEWS,


Sotex About the Steamboats,. Bank Briefs
nud TeIeEraptiic Reports.
Tae Andes will lsayo Cincinnati for this
poiut this evening.
The Dauntess pa-1sd up "Wednesday eyen-
Ing With tow OF empties. ~
JEDI Martin, CT the R-gula-, Is one OF the
most popular clerks OH the river.
Pilot Conn McDoaald is onco more on the
Belle Prince after vacstion OF several weeks.
The nav Chesapeake will lrsvs for Gin
oinnati Monday for Nav Orleans, en- rout,
Tor 81. johns riye-, F,f. ="
The Scotia pa.Nd up at 6 A. N. and the
Emma Graham pissed down about II 4. N.
Both had medium trips.
Pilot Will Brookhart, OF the st. lawrence,
will visit his family at Gallipolis while the
s'eamer is being repaired.
The river waa sgain stationary at this point
Yesterday. The marks indicated depth OF
feet. last evening there wa1 an indication
OF light swell. -.70.-.
Pilot Amoa Curley is at Cincinnati wait.
irg to pilot the Jennie Campbell from there
here. The Campbell is en- route from Ct.
Louis with iron ore. -.
Sweeney & San will make the machinery
for Capt. Dode Berry's new boat During
the pest four years they have made the ma.
chinery for all Of Capt. Eerry's boats
Mr.. Wssh. Dunbar, one OF the oldest eng;.
Eeers Of the Ohio Valley, Ia at prosent acting
as enpinccr On the steamer Courier during
the sickness OF OF JtmC1 Stephens, who IS at
his home on padens Island.
The steamer W. N. Chancellor is due a.
noon to-day from Charlie ton with the dele
rutes from this End OF the Sta'1 u the State
Convention. She will run back from this
point in order to be in Charlie st IN on the
.is!, when her new time table goes into opera.
iior.
The st. Llwrercs will nat pa hare to-day,
having met with an sccidant Wednesday
evening that will cause her to lose this
weeks trip altogether. Sha left Cincinnati
late Wednesday afternoon, and wnen about
twentysone miles above broke cylinder
head. She turned hs;k and put into Gin
cinnati for repairs. .,....
Capt. L. 8. Kseier, an old towboat msn,
died at his residence on the South Side,
Pittsburgh, Wednesday. DscerIed COM,
manded and superintendent the building OF
quite number OF t)wboat1 during his day.
The lest boat be superintsnded the building
OF vas the Frank Gilmore.
The daily packets continue running recu-
larry and arc doing a fair businr's, The
Checapeake and Regular le.ys for Masiett, at
10 A, u; the Abner . Neal for Steubenville at
$50 =. II and the Telegram for Clarington at
8 = N. The Parkersburg Transportation Conf
pany's packets, Courier end Diu-nal, alter
y ate, and leave here every morning at II
O'Clock. The Pittsburgh packet, G. W. Batch.
elo., leaves every other morning at O'Clock.
Last nights Cincinnati Enquirer has the
abou! the accident. to the St. |
Lawrence: "The st. Lawrsncs, which |
left here for Pittsburgh Tuesday evening, re. |
turned here on one engine, having run |
through herself" The accident happened at |
had mcde landing at Chilo, and, after back. |
ing out, her engines were reversed to 90 |
ahead, when the starboard engine let 70. Tie |
forward cylindtr-head wrs shot out With |
such forcs that the pieces struck crate of |
crockerywaye alongside the boilers and en-.
tirely demolished 1t. The atter.head OF the |
cylinder, as we'll ag the cylinder itself, wa,
badly cracked, but not entirely brokpn,
no one wns hurt, aud the boat
wat aoon on her way back To the city, where
she now Ia at Dnmonts foundry for repairs
While repairs could be made III couple Of
days, Captain List deems 1t best to remain
here until his regular day next week. New
rylindsr-heads will be cast, and the present
cylinder baulsd and used until new one,
which he1 been ordered. can te cast"
PARKER, Pa, April lT.-River 2 feet 8
inches aud falling; weather cloudy and mild.
GREENSBORO, Pa, april l7.-River u feet
and stationary; weather cloudy, ssi-
RlcEs LANDING, Pa, April l7.-Riyer 1
est inches and rising; weather cloudy;
thermometer 4So. -
BnosssrlLLr, Pa, April ]7.-R,ver s feet
'ud stationary wessher cloudy thsrmome.
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