The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-23
RIVER NEWS.
Notes Abnnt tho Steamers, Hank Brief.
and relCgrnpllc IscportH.

NOTES. ADMIT tho s~teniuerS, Hank Brief.
II relcgrnphlc Reports.
Tho Diurnsl got away for parkersburs
about noon with a big trip.
The tow.boats Sam CLARK aud L. W. Nor.
gan passed down with coal.
Engineer Hab5asd, Of tho Regular. always
has his machinery III good condition. !;
The Minnie Bay has rssimed business in
Inc portsmouth aad Huntington trade.
Mart Thomas engineer OF The steamer
chesapeake, who has recently Joined tho
RANKS OF the bened:cts, gave tho boys II rich
treat on tho last trip.
Charles W. Knox, one Of The Andes clerks,
had the water high enough 10 near.y ruin
everything stored in the upper story Of Ills
dwelling ut Hamsr, O.. -
The river fell very slowly Yesterday. Tho
marks last light showing a difference Of n
very lew inches over those OF The previous
night. The depth in the channel va 0fsat
5 inches.
Tho Fuller Packet Company ysstsrdsv
sold to tieorge Stricken, and ottera. The
steamer George B.rickes, which has been
RUNNING III the Marietta trade, f,r four
thousand dollars.
Surveyor nesch intends going down tho
river on the Courier this moraiup. az far ns
Marietta, where the General Dawes. n new
boat built for the Fuller Packet Coatpauv. is
waiting to be measured.
The scoiis passed down early yeste,dsv
morning loaded almost fiat with freight and
Tith a caein tull OF pasaengels. Commodore
~Ssockunia was in command III the absenceiof
Captain k.rkcr, who, it IL ex pec.eu, viii lake
charge when the boat reached I%roaten, who're
he resides. \
|, The WIN. Chancellor, when she resumes
her Pittsburgh mud Great KanawEa river
trade, will leave Charleston every SATURDAY.
ut Q AM, arriving in Pittsburgh Monday nj
81. NJ. Leaving Pittsburgh Tuesday at / FIN.
she Will pass here Wednesday morning pad
arrive in Charleston Thursday evening"
Tho st. Lawrence will not leave PITTSBURGH
To-day ut noon, RS advertised yesterday. and
therefore will not be here tomorrow morning
at 6 o'clock on her way 10. Cincinnati. The
cause assigned Is that no cal Ia to be had
either at Pittsburgh or this poiut, the Hood
having carried away nearly all th%4-tipples,
1t seems strange that no coal can be prccurr
ed for q steamboat nj The New Castle of
America. -
As WAS intima.ed in these columns seysral
days ago, all the indications point 10 tho fact
s'Aae 'io oteaiAoout WIZ VI Inc OhlO lS not to
be resumed. The principals, tl,e S,ockdales
and Lists, have, it is reported, agreed 10 a
schedule OF rates, and while the St. Law.
renee will continue in the Pittsburgh trade
she will be governed by tho rchedulc, Cant.
List goes into the new arrangement In ali
sincerity, but in case Of any future infnc-
tionso Of the schedule he will 80 to work it,
dependently again.
PARKER. Pa. Fehrn,rv % Dive, n e..
and falling; weather clear and cool. iHS1
GREENsIoEo, Pa, February 2a-Riyer 10
feet Inches and falling; weather clear.
M%oEaANTowN, W. Va, February 6 -I.iyer
Q ieet and stationary; weather clear Their
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, February 2o.-R,yer 0
feet 10 inches and falling; weather cloudy !;
Thermometer $50. :
Rlcr's LANDING, Pa, February o2.-R;yer 0
feet . inches and falling; weather cloudy;
Thermometer 5Ge. =
PirrsnuRon, February 92.-Monopgahcla
river IL feet I iEchcs md falling; weather
clear and pleasant. trs.t $3.50,