The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-25
stage of tho wa.er aud movements Of tn.
The Scotia Is due lp to-day.

stage of the watsr aud Movements of the
Steamboats,.
The scotiais due up to-day.
The marks last evening indicated a
depth in the channel Of 10 feet and the
river was falling.
The shipments OF coal by river out Of
the Kanawha during the past ten days
only reach about 100000 bushels.
Clerk Al. j. slaven, of the Pike, spent
Tuesday night at the stamm House and
went to Pittsburgh by rail yesterday
morning.
The steamer Lame Duck has been tied
up at Charleston by the United States
Marshal 10 satisfy certain claims against
her held by Mrs. Reed and L. UdiCk, Of
that city.
Work is being pushed vigorously on the
new steamer Hudson, and she will be com.
pleted Just as soon rs possible, as she is
needed in the trade for which she Ia being
built.
The Parkersburg State Journal says that
two barges Of coal tied up in the mouth Of
the Little Kanawha sank. The oakum
was forced out OF the seams in one Of the
barges and 1t caused the other to sink.
The barges were the property Of John j.
Bartlett, coal dealer. II Is thought they
can be raised.
Additional shipments OF coal from
Pittsburgh are as follows: For Cincinnati
three boats taking $780, 900 bushels, and for
Louisville four boats with $4,000 bushels.
These shipments swell the total number
OF bushels sent out from Pittsburgh on
this rise 10 over thirteen million bushels,
as was predicted would be the case.
The General Pike did not pass up until
nearly midnight Tuesday night, over
afteen hours behind time, and will There.
fore be late IN passing down to-day. She
will probably not 90 down until late this
afternoon. The cause OF her detention
was the large amount Of freight she had, 10
handle, including several heavy castings.
The Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette says:
The Beaver has been ordered by tele.
graph to drop her tow at Point Pleasant
and return to this port and take out q tow
Of Coalboats for the Grand Lake Coal Com
papy. The Sam Miller will come back
from Pomeroy 10 take advantage Of the
water and take out another tow.
Capt. George O'Neal was In New Gum.
berand Tuesday attending thesuit brought
against the O. W. Bachelor for damages
ior running over and drowning 70 ing
Witherow In the summer oil 1884. The
Bachelor was backing out from Ander.
sons Brick Yard when the young lad
rowed his skif under the wheel and met
bis death.
Mr.. Charles NJ. Buchanan Arst and
George Goodwin second clerk Of the Gin.
Cnnati packet, Katie 'stoUkdale, have re-.
signed and will leave the boat on her or.
rival at Cincinnati. They will 20 into the
commission business. Mr.. II. o. Cald.
we'll, who has frequently Clerked on the
o. w. Bachelor, Is 10 succeed Mr. BuCh.
shan as chief clerk. He Is a worthy sue.
cessor,
The W. N. Chancellor passed Up yestsr.
day. She will be due down tomorrow
morning on her way back 10 Charleston |
and intermediate points on the Ohio and
KanAwha rivers. Capt Il. 7. Chancellor
is In command, and Ira Huntington does
the honots In the Office. The boat Ii a
first class ono and her officers are as clever
as any to be found on the river,
The Cincinnati Engtirf says that a
little Of the $4,0O00OO appropriated for
street purposes Is to find It's way TO the
river The first and most important con.
tract given out was that Of the Chesapeake
4 Ohio Railroad to =. II. Budd and OH.
ford Walker for the transportation Of
granite from Huntington 10 Cincinnati by
river, The contract Involves the trans.
porlAtion oil from 100000 10 100000 tons.
Messts. Bubb and Walker have Bublet the
contract TO the Cincinnati, Huntington 4
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