The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-16
nlvEn NEWS.
HotesAbout the STEAMBOATS,, Hank DricI

~ aud Telrgrnphic reports.
The parties whosold the 0. N. Lowell are
trying 10 procure boat 10 take her p,acs In
the MstSrlofas and Marietta trade. n
Capt. Dode Berry's new boati is expected 10
reSch hero thia week 10 receive her ma.
chinery from Swssnsy's machine shop. N
Surveyor of Customs Beach expects to
leave TINS evening on Il trip down tue river.
de he several boats 10 look after between
here and GallipoIis. g,t !. 81 a. + II r 2
Saturday morning the Barnard passed up,
having IN tow tho Elaine from Mar,slla. Tue
Elaine broke her Bnatt lr1t week aad IVES re-
,nS taken 10 PitlsDnrgh for u new one. rs
The Telegram is popular this season with
excursion parties. bhs has already had sieni
OF ten, rna Is engaged Tor one on the Fourth.
Her oiliceru know now TO make 1t pleasant. :
Tho h.eamer Hibernis, one of the most
popular Of all our local packets, has been
suiu to Piusourgh parties. The familiar
craft Will be gseaay mis- ed by the travelling
pablic.-l'aikersburg journal. =
Jsmes Reed, who has bssn steamboatipc
down south Tor soine uins past, has III &c pteu
u position on this steamer Courier. Forty
Years Ego tomorrow Jimmy began hts steam.
boating, and Is gGou Tor twenty more.
psrtics at Matamoras have purchc7ed the
Little kanawna Steamer Witt, and will Ill
her up Tor u TOW OF produces to tho South,
fhs Witt wss the property Of Capt. Murray
and one OF the best xnuTa steamers in that
vicinity. 80.
Capt. A. J. F!esher and son Newton, Of
Mur.nysville, ere ut the biamm House. Csp.,
FIesher 10 hero this time on husinesS cot :
he0led with the surveyor of Customs oilice.
Rs IL an old timer ano Is alwsy.;warnliy VOL.
comsd IN this city. sis 80 81
lhe attention OF tie public is dirac!ed to
the advertisement Of the steamer Willie us.
ten III tnis JESUS. The Austen 10 a trim l,ttls
packet and her Ctlicels will be tonud clever
and accommodating. In the Martin's Fer,
trade she will supply want feit ever since
Capt. ssamon sook the Little Anns out.
The. Telegram took a large excursion party
to Slsubenviils yesterday morning, aud It.
turniEg reached hero about 0 clock last
evening. krsner's baud accompanied the
party, and turnished both b.ass aad string
music. The ezcursionists spent the day
waeCe,iDg about SteubenYilio and having Il
general good time. &. sl555- +.
The Andes is .e 10 day from Cincinnati
fer which point she viii leave Tomorrow
afternoon. Tue Andes emf ys popularity
second to that Of no other ouas on the river,
and she deserves 1t too; her ACCOMMODATIONS
are unsurpassed amt her III GERS arc careful
and clever gentlemen. Tnose desiring 10
make an ct joyable trip should 60 on the
Andes. U.s., Is \ 81. IA &. Il g r - ~
The pa1kersburg Journal sayB OF the action
Of Congress In Striking out OF the River and
Harbor bill, tho appropriation for the Little
kanawhs: There Is not a question but that
segeral Thousand dollars, judiciously e1
Ie1ded, would materially sssist navigation
In tho Little kanawhA river, but the dons at
the Capitol do not seem to regard the stream
as Of much consequences" RI
The Diurnal, after reaching here Saturday
night and unloading, proceeded to SteubsE.
vile. Yesterday morning She lett there
with the Turner Society Of that city and its
friends and wont down 10 Moundsyille. She
passe d up on her return trip at s P. N. Over
800 e1cursionists were on beard. Several
stoppad at this point Instead of going down
to Mouudsville. The lDiurnal is u splerdid
excursion steamer. j. =.
The Scot a passed down Saturday M ,rning
and tho Katie stockdalo patspd up yestei.
day. Tho S.ockaale arrived about noon, but
did not get away until after 3 clock In the
afternoon. She had an immense trip, her
guards .bein, almost under watsr, She
caught nearly, all OF the st. iLaw,ence's
freight, owing 10 the fact that that steamer
was not able 10 get ont before tho rise.
The June rise Is almost as certain as the
setting Of the sun. The ioEe this year was
not very large one, but 1t was sufficiently
large tn let oat about h.000, 900 bushels OF
coal. The 4 set flashed passing late sstur.
day evening. Very few accidents we're re-
ported on this run. The river a! this point
has commenced falling The ms,ks last
evening indicated depth OF q feot 3 riches.