Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-13
THE RIVER.
The Depth OF Water not Known, Rea.
son, No Marks.

The Depth OF Water not Known, Rea-
son, No Marks.
The river was rising slowly at dark last
night. Just how mnch water there is in
the channel cannot be ascertained; one
riyerman said: There is between % and
% feet, but unless you take tape line
and measure from some of the land marks
OH the wharf TO the water edge you cannot
tell anything about it. The 81 and % teet
marks are on cQbble stones and how many
Dimes they have BEEN changed no one car
tell" The City Council certainly ought to
tske immediate steps toward having relia-
Die marks placed on our wharf. Since the
large flood every body is interested in the
depth of water in the river, and as we
have no marks to go by nov, no one can
tell anything about it. One thing Is GER
Tain, Council is not holding very enyi.
able position in the estimation OF our
CIlizeBs by not putting up reliable set Of
marks on the wharf.
The prospects are very good for at least
80 feet of water at this point.
The Lily, United States light house ten
der, after taking on lot OF lumber, left
for points above about o'clock yesterday
morning.
The W. n. Chancellor passed down en-
route for Charleston yesterday morning.
All the local packets are running.
Changes and new lights, Vioksburg and
New Orleans; on billions Point discontin-
i. d Gold Mine, new light; Bayou Sara Is
lsnd new light; Greenwood, new light;
Unicn Point, new light; Quitman's Bluff,
moved down 600 yards; Waterproof No. 2,
lieLt moved down to lower end OF levee;
GiIlaIu's. new light; Dishtooris, moved
dc wn 500 yards; Yucatan, new light.
TIE fine steamer Montana is announced
to leave on Saturday next for st. Louis
a, d the Missouri river. She has the best
u passenger accommodations.
SEN Miller, going down, collided in Glass
Gouse yesterday morning, resulting In the
sinking of fuel boat in tow Of the Miller.
Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
The Jennie Campbell will leave Pitts
burgh for st. Louis Saturday.
The steamer G. w. Anderson, belonging
to Capt. John Harrison, Aleck Voeghtly
and George Harvey, was sold yesterday TO
some Illinois rivermen for 800 cash. The
steamer will be taken away some time this
week, 1t will be taken to Peoria, ILL.,,
where after thorough overbauling, it will
be made 10 do service between 81 Louis
and Illinois river-Pittsburgh TX
Caro-, Iil-River reacted 80 feet q inches
and rising; weateer cl.or, thermometer IS
Evansville, Ind.-Rivsr rose 3 feet t.
inches in the last "a hours, no e 81 fe4: 10
inches on gusge weather clear and coJi;
Thermometer IS to 50; barometer 29Ii.
LOUISVILLE, March 12.-Rrver rising an
inch and half an hour with 1917 feet in
csnsl; TX feet on falls. Business brisk
WPatl er Clesr, warm and pleasant.
Lock No. 4-River II feet 6 inches and
rising, weather rainy.
Brownsville-River 10 feet Inch and
falling, weather clear.
Psrker-River feet aud rising, weather
mild and rainy.
acknowledgements River Is feet
inches and rising, weather clear and cool.
Inorganic wn-River feet inches and
stationary, weather cloudy.
Oil City-River 5 feet and rising, weather
cloudy and rainy.
Greensboro-River II feet 10 inches and
rising slowly, weather clear.