The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-19
TIIE no RIVER.
Tho Waters Once Moro Receding-SOtci
About the Steamers.

Last night the river was falling with ):
feet 6 inches in the channel. The fall
will probably be almost MS rapid rs the
rise, for the present cold snap extends all
along the valley and alongth1 heGtlwaters
At all points above the rivers are falling
The q catest heighth was reached yestcr.
day morning, when there was about "a
feet. The rise in the river Saturday morn
ing was very rapid. Yesterday, hotwith'
standing the cold, goodly number
thronged the levee to watch the swiftly
flowing turbid waters and recount the cx-
pcriences OF last February. At nearly
every corner, groups could be seen point
ing out the high water marks.
The Katie Stockdalc passed up at Q
o'clock last evening.
The City OF Veyay got away in good
time Saturday afternoon for Cincinnati
with fair trip.
The wind was so high Saturday after
noon and the river SO rough, that the
Princes had to cease running i'll the Bel
aire trade.
While the Andes is in port Captain
Charlie Muhleman or Clerks Noll or Knox
will be glad to give all enquirers all posi-
BILE Information about the Andes excursion
to New Orleans. The boat will leave Feb
ruary 8. The fare for the round trip is
but $50.
The Andes is due to-day from Cincin-
natl. 1t is likely that she will not get in
until quite late this evening, as she has n
big volume OF water to come up against.
She will leave Oh her return trip tomorrow
afternoon. The Andes is a Commodious
steady running stern-wheeler, and is COM
manded by q very popular set OF officers.
The old Chesapeake met with serious
mishap at Marietta Island on Saturday,
tho full particulars OF which are not yet
learned beyond that it is known that she
sunk, and that the towboat Atlantic is
with her now, pumping her so as TO keep
her up. The Chesapeake is m old boat,
and heavy windstorm or u high river
full OF floating debris might 80 hard with
her.
The Scotia, which should have gone
down Saturday morning before daybreak,
did not go until yesterday morning, the
WlIIu CululGlllIlS llEl W lay up Az NIeOISG-
town. She made the run from there here
in ten hours. She was flying light and
proposed making up her lost time. In
coming under the bridge here, she struck
and broke her jack-statI.
The G. W. Bachelor had rough time
fit Friday night and Saturday morning
on her way from Pittsburgh 10 this place.
She braved the terrific windstOrm until
opposite Laezierville, when tho wind drove
her on the Virginia shore with force
enough to break about dozen OF her tim
beers and shake things up badly. As
soon as the storm moderated she turned
and made her way back to Pittsburgh,
where sho will 20 on the docks. The
Veyay had left large consignment here
for her.
Saturday afternoon the old West Wheel
ing ferry boat broke loose IRON her moor
ings at West Wheeling and lloated off on
tho rapidly rising river. At Bellaire she
struck one OF the bridge piers and sunk,
except o portion OF the cabin, which
tloated on down the river. The sinking
Of few more boats aud barges at this
bridge will pretty ei!ectually blockade the
channel. The boat was OF little or no
value, having been dismantIed when the
new ferry boat was started In the trade
about four months ago.
PITTSBURGH, Jan. lS.--River 20 feet 3
inches aud falling, Weather clear and
Vhry cold,