The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-02
RIVER NEWS,
Picnfy Office once More Floating Past.
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Picnfy Office Once More Floatfnr p.u,
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Tho river c,ntinued rising all Thursday
night and yesterday, although the Tightening
! up in ;he weather had a perceptihl. fY,cl. IN
cueckiEg tbs rapid rising oi lbs watsrA,' Tho
nesvy scs from The Moncugs commenoed
hsating past esrly In tho day and The river 3
lematntd full OF 1t ali day. 1t was well bro.a
Ken up, howeyer, by the tims It ireachaa
mere aud did no damsge At dusk last niahi-.
ihero IVES depth In the channel -ofssSs55iSsi ii
10 shes 1nt still So !.
The g M-asIdefson' v hich has been laid
up arstaautxh for several months past win !,
prob'b!y enter the Pitiuhurgh and Irontnny
trade wnen naylg 4tio1 Ia resumed. -.
m tha beacon Light steamer Lily will. leave
Cincinnati for this end Of the river as soon M .
the ioe runs ont. {s ~. !3f,,sirf5 ), t,S~Yt
The CaL & W. wharf boat which has besn,
assound for numbsr OF weeks was d oatsdt 4
by yesterdays riss in good shape: 4 IL Ia,
the hank. rs i.! 1'i'" ''-s's> - - - n
Aff.irs In the steamboat line at Cincinnati
nave been very lively for the past TWO Or !
three days Tho Iiyermen have BEEN hurry.f
Ing 10 from their homes and getting their !
The Cincinnati Eaquinr.s special from from /
marietta about the break up in Tho Muskin,.s
gum and the rise In the Ohio says:S .;The
hoa's have escaptd serious damage. zIThe
D1urna!. has been fast tn the bar, ior /;
some days and with the heavy ice porsed !.
under her, 1t YVES feared she would breski
lWo, but hhe got OF with bat slight damaee.. !:
iht ~harlboat brGka lroI her niooriups and ,
started down the river, but was caueht bv
tbs Mcconnell, and with tho a,sIsl, I "a al
the Courier way towed back TO . place Of ,
ss.'e'y. The " cConnell. Courier, Nail Ujty..,
Monitor, Lowell, Hattie Bliss and + oiah
kireum" - N l5,1-G - :.
: PITT, EuRal, February LINE xiyers |. ..
reached the highest stage thss morning at IL =
o'clock. when the marks egiatered 2I feet, I
ro-aight tho Monopgahela Is falling with !,
depth Of 10 lsstG 2 inches IN the channel,
Portions, Of TIE low lands In Alleg, q, v CITY
an2 &he South eide were under water, but no
ssrious damage resulted 10 property, Tho
water is now receding and as the weather IN
now irets tsipg no more trouble Is an t;cpated,i Y.
Ice is nearly al! out of the Monone ,els, and (
the Allegh,. ny y being rapidly cleared. The i
gorges on the Youehtoghepy are still firm,
aao not hEeiyl TO come out until another.
Considerable d.mngs was done along tho
Youghioghepy and Allegheny a TiyeYa
by gorges. vi At Freeport on l. the
Allegheny the Z! ica was T. piled /,
80 feet nigh and f,r; ; time It was fear.
I'd tho town would be f ,odrd but the pores
startsd 81 or .ly before midnight, srdtthe
waters OBJ aiming an ontibt . )on fell 10 Ina
proper 'esa.' he Allegheny ice rea ohed hero /
al 3 this morning, and has since been stsadiiy 4
passi & out. Several flats moored near Hand,
street. set tadrift about 4 O'Clock, co .Iided
With and sunk the trading beats Monitor and I
a ~ nj Afo.k q. :
IhB boafawf owned by Edward Bishop ard
Cres' Brothera respec,iyely; and valued at
s. 600 each. lt14lhuughtlo BE- total loss.
ths fl ats contiuuedson their wGe down the
river, and have not been heard from si ce,
The steamers Joseph Walton Ind John Case
lying at Shousetnwn on the Ohio river lad
por ed - g ~ ~ Mi ! -.
PARKER Pa, February l-River 81 tieet !.
and falling; weather clear aud co d. Ssfl@.
BRowN.yILLE, Pa, February l.-R,ysr ~ ,
Sss ts.t aud falling: weather clesi; thermometer
On Cry, PA, Februsry l.-Rlyer q ,eet : I
inches aud rising slowly; weather clear and .
Rlcrs LAu1se. Pa, February l.-Riyar % ;
feet 0 inches and falling; Weather CLOUDY;
thermometer ~. y 1880 - = :,
s1ktnEsyiLlE,! O., Fl Ftbrna,y 1.-THE river
Is about at a stand, III rs feet In the chin.
mel. NO damage wa done here by the rise.
4: Lager. IRON HsApwArERt
PirrDuRah. F. brurry 1.-ll:s0 p x-At
5 oolocA t'.aight the Allegheny river com. !
menoed swelling agsin and at II o'clock: tho .
marks showed d-pth OF 23 fee: q rise iof !
the, feet In ns many hon 3, IT, Pittsbu rph 4
d Western railroad tracks are submerged for {
many mite. aud trsftic is entirely suipendsd. |
Several rats OF lumber have been swept
away and great damage Is anticipated Il the !
river CONTINUES to rise through .hs might at
the pse.ent rate. ~. = l,'',. III ~ q,
Tcache,s' Meeting Yesterday. "a, III !.
The 'snlsr monthly meeting Of ,,,e Tsaob-
err Z ASSOCIATION go va hsld y.sterd. . al ernoon
one OF the most inierpstipc Tor soms mnn,bs
past. Rey. J. 7; Z Mcclure delivered ve1yy
entertaining and Instructive !. address on
The School Curriculum. = He va, followed,
BY Prot, George r 5stsarns, OF nicaSo, who
held the oac attention OF the iteacheIs for