The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-11
a1YER NEWS.
stage Of .hs water ana aioyslnsnis oil NE :

Stage OF the Water and Movements OF die
Steamboats,. et
The scenes on the leyee yesterday were
liyelier than they have been icr year
past, The place WAS covered with freight
that Was being received and sent Of from
early daylight until alter dusk. Whole
sale merchants we're sending off goods
that they had had ready for shipment
since the first oil January. They.wer
consigned to river towns not accessibleb by
railroads, and which It has not been
able to reach during the close Of
o'clock last night with tremendous trip,
having been obliged to refuse freight.
All the packets that stopped here yes.
terday arrived and departed withIal they
could carry, ind the prospect for con.
tinuation Of this rush otbusiness Is good,
provided the river does not get too low.
Last night the marks indicated depth
Of o feet inches in the channel and the
river was still slowly falling.
The Chancellor passed up en- route from
Charleston to Pittsburgh at noon, and the
City Of Veyay passed down for Cincinnati
last evening. Both had large trips.
The Diurnal had so much business Of.
fered yesterday, that 1t was not until 4 p.
n. that she getaway for Parkersburg,
The towboat Hope was sold last satur-
day to the Sea Lion Transportation Com
pany, OF Catlettsburg. Her former owners
were the Kramer Bros, Of Clarington, and
Captain Barnard, of Bellaire.
Captain Charlie Muhleman, OF the
steamer Andes, will leave Cincinnati next
week on two weeks jaunt to the New
Orleans Exposition. During ,hisabsence,
Captain Godfrey Muhlemau will be in
command on the Andes.
The news from st. Johns river, Florida,
is that the electric light steamer Chesa-
peake, built here by Sweeney & Son, Is
meeting with phenomenal success. There
are twelve boats running against her, yet
she Is reported to be clearing $500 per
week. It is the heighth Of the fruit season
there now.
Captain Yves Corns, well known in
steamboat circles as one of the very best
and most reliable pilots on the Ohio, who
has been laid up in the Marine hospital
at Cincinnati for some time past with
severe case OF the dropsy, was on the
Andes this trip. He isstill quite weak,
but with the assistance of his son, was
able to stand a watch at the wheel. BE
was in good spirits and his friends hope
that he will soon be fully recovered.
The CIV. Bachelor arrived from and
departed for Pittsburgh yesterday. She
had a large trip both ways and did not get
away from here until afternoon. This was
her first appearance since the time sh0
was caught in the severe wind storm of
about three months ago and'blown on the
rocks at Lazieryille, where she was
severelyFd damaged. She managed to get
on the docks at Pittsburgh before the
freeze up.
Last week Mr.. John Sweeney, OF the
firm of Sweeney & Son, the popular steam
boat builders Of this city, left on d triSS to
Southern points on a lookout for coz
tracts. He expects TO secure a contract
from New Orleans party, one from q
Memphis firm aud one from the Natcbez
Transportation Company, this last one to
DO for stern wheel boat 245 feet inlength
by So feet beam, with 90 inch cylinders.
The firm has already considerable steam
boat work on hand. II will probably
build aferry boat for Capt. Inglebright to
take the place of the burned Climax,