The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-14
RIVER NEWS.
Notes About the SteRnibOasS,l HANK lsrief,
~ nnl ,Ieiax rnniliH Rennsfa -

md feiekrnsf,ic R~nOres.
The Eoatia passed d,wn Saturday morning
aud the katie Stock up ut noon yesterday.
The Courier wss yaslerdsy's Pa:kersburg
excursion steamer. She tovk out qni,e a
Number Of passengers.
The g.. Llwrance g,t away down about IL
O'Clock yeaterdey with small freight trip
bat plenty OF passengers. -sS. IT,. -.
One d,y last week the tewooat Jacob
HEATH rington br ke shaft near 3ogs s
leland. Bae has gone to Pittsburgh to have
the dam 81 repaired. - nj.
The Char csllor hes changed her tiu,-
table, TO take effect on the 2l,t che will
leave { harl.stnn on Mondays ut 6 a.. ". aud
Pltlsburgho on Tiursdays at 4 n,
The Ironsids lsf: this p,rt on route for St
Louis Saturday afternoon. having savera
bargea in tow, one Of which Is loaded ex.
clus.vely with nails from the mills In this
city. .f.. ~ -. 72'. ,''.N
Surveyor OF Castoms D .aci left yesterday
on tho ct. Lawrence Tor aIlipo lie, Point
Peasant, Huntington. Charleston and other
down river potn'l to lock after several
steamers. H-w Il be gone ,b,ut n W. ek.
The Andds is due to-day from Cincinnati.
for which pr'nt hha Ill lssvs tomorrow
afternoon T., o'clock. tn big stern wheeler
commanded iy Capt. Cnsslie Muhleuls~, il
d steamer that Is dassvedly popular with
sh'rp.r rs and the r,vsliug pubic. Attention
is callsd TO her card In this tissue.
The trim and jsunty ksnswha river y .cktt
W. N. CDnncrl or. Clrt. Z P. Chancellor,
master, and Capt. Ira B. Huntir gtoD, pur. er,
will lesve hera a. I o'clock this morning for
Chnrlts:or. She will not mike her TRIP u
Pit sbnrah but will turn bhck from this
poiot for the purpose OF accommodating the
d-legatss ard Others who dnsire to Ho to the
ChnI lsstcn convention. Canrlestoa will bs
ra,hsd Wedne: day mo ming asr ). The
fore for tho round ,rp hss been flreu at $40
which includes meals ali the time the boa,
is gone. The Chancellor is a popular bost
and hsr { 6 :sra know how to make one feel
at homa Delegates going by the Chancellor
will have good time. u
Mate Hubbard, o! the Chesapeake, still hss
his hand done up TIE misfortune he met
vita at the whalt here last Monday night
wat very pa nful une The Apdes was
landing ap.'ns' the Ches pa"ka. Hubb,id
had hold CT wi grR It ho /, a, d W. tha
Andos siru Kit tn sta chion ", 8 FOR Q pa
a stationary B'arth o n"d his thumb WIS
caught hetwse, tnain. Knowing that bis
arm and perhaps his body would be drawn
In and crUs,eu uetw.an the t;n.bers II re- did
no. get loose, he hracsd hlmstlt nod p1l!ed
with ali hi. sire; 9Th. lie teed Aitn.e aud
saved bis NJ, hu. III doing 10 his thumS WIS
cou p!e,ely torn ON his haed.
The river msn ara sft.r tie Pitlburph &
Lake Eris K.ilrnsd Compsny, In r.gsrd "a
tre building Gf ths dyke al tie Beaye,
bridge. rh'r.'s no: nluca d,nbt hut what
the company wtll be forced 10 comply :wi,I
tha dsmaods cf the river men, who hey,
rea''z.d ,hhtthrv rights. a, we'll ., The ,ai!
rcads. "a DIXIE . 0 l.et long at the son,h er 4
OF the hritgAis wanted Capt. Jnn. A. Woot
tts iisd IN court that he regarded the erection
ot The dy ke,a npcss y to .safa navigate o
hs 0 ,io r,v-r, for the r.amn ,in, It aal
almost impossible for s,euuefs to keep tbe.
tnws cil Tho south pier OF ,he b:dsr " hpr
the B.nver river wat hieh, the volume o
water coming out II that s,re.ui forcinJ
boa,a nrHr to the prn,h side OF 'he Oaio
Col. Merrill OF the U ifei Sta es Engineers
wxnxam'ra:l aud testified TO lise efIsc.
Ths Lake Ella p.opl. resist ths III lo.ia'nu,
on the ground that the licsn.e granted allow
,ss them to c'ect tliu bridge only ronire.
them 10 huild dyke 800 fact long, whic'
they are willing to do After the bridge hr
been built the Secretary OF War notified n
, COMPANY thA, 1t would he required TO bull
dyke 900 leet lnng. Tns company dan,
the power OF the So, r.t.ry OF War To conn,
1t 10 erect more than 800 feet. = :.