Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-08
A BIG RIVER
Promised Within the Ensuing Forty-Eight
Hours.
The MOUNTAIN STREAMS BANK FULL.
Twenty to Twenty-Five Feet Expected at
PittSJurg.
TWENTY EIGHT TO THIRTY HERE.

The prospects this morning are excel
lent Ior a big river within the ensuing
iOrtt-right hours. This must not he con
strued 10 mean a Hood, for the water vii.
not rise aboye the danger line-unltss il
keeps on raining-but the valley of the
Ohio will he comfortably full, quite Il
novel condition, by the way, for it to be in.
This state OF ali:airs has put a good many
people in 4 pleasant frame OF mind, no
tably the river men generally, and the
coal men in particular. Up about Pitts.
burg, yesterday, the coal shippers were
as busy ~ they could be, getting
things in order for another hi" shipment,
and during the day the Acorn, Nixon,
Raven and other boats lett with tows.
LAST night such big shippers as the
Browns, O'NriIls and Waltons got sever,
al other boats mt ON their way down
stream, and this morning others will
follow.
At the wharf here, last night, the marks
indicated lO feet Il inches and rising ut the
rate of about five inches per hour. Easing
Their estimate upon reports from head
waters, river men here think we will have
about twenty eight to thirty-twO feet by
Tucsd day night, which il not enough to do
any material balm. \ good deal dc,
pcuds upon the approaching cold
-. I.,-.,.r III. l..,. ,al E,-l.,
passed down with lows during the day,
and the Relle Mctiowan up with cmptirE
The local packets made their usual trips.
There was "a we'll marked disposition Ia
pile freight well up on the wharf, aud the
landing was fairly active during the day.
The following telegram vas received
from pittsbWg Last evening:
| Special Tlgrum toDs S,Uu5Gy Register.
PTTsErEG, January +. At ten o'clock
Tonight the Monongahela river marks
showed fourteen irct nine inches aud ris
ing nearly Il foot IN hour. The Allegheny
river wts sixteen feet ten inches and rising
six To- eight inches AZ hour. The I p IN.
murks mp the Allegheny were. oil city,
five feet nine inches ana Parker seven ir,t.
vt Ihe s,mu hour up the Mnm1nGahrlI the
marks were: Gr,en>bnru twenty feet and
B.OwnHNillc sixteen and rising rapidly.
by L. morrow evening from twenty Ia
tweuty-lhr,c feet is expected IN The Ale
"hcnY I this poIrt aii non, eighteen 10
iHrUt, IL the M~0nOugahcl2 The fol
lowing boats viii be prepared to
start to-morrnw: Cob Connor., twrn-
" five boats and live hatgrs; VIM. Kraft,
twelve h0atS aud ipu. hii srs, lud kcclrr,
six boats and three barge, BOaZ, um~unt
nl iow not learned; Maxi Wimett. ten
boats and six bar,ct; IA. l. t'lcIpUut,
amcpul Of iuw nnL LEANED also the IH'
Nixon, Bella McCawan and W. W O'NrlI
The latter boat arrived from st. Louis to-
night hut will start on return trip to
morrow. The Dick Fulton will ~" -t.I!
Tor 81. l.Ouis, taking OFT 4 niI lo". Iir,c
j. great excitement along the wharf IN.
uiphI. The boat sl0uS will hr open all
might and the river m"n wIlI hr "n duty
All night dropping down tows from the
. upper pools. Between four and five null
lion bushels viii hc sent out to morrow
People residing Oh the Allegheny City
mats lyar 4 Hood.
The Signal "ljc" lrp,rts Il cold wave
coming. which may >rud the ,urrrUry tO
ten degrees below the freezing point: aud
q Telegram i,om Columbus %rci'ari~ $40"
there. TIE i,Il III the Temperature how
ever, viii scarcely have an aPpr,riabIc ri
frrt on the river, ~ the watrr j. mostly
well IN Its way.
The following Associated Press Telegram
was received after midnight this morning:
PursWURG, Pa, January S.-hn,4u,.
large shipment Of coal &. tho s"auth and
West vii, tiVa pare within the ne4
Ior ty-ciGnt hours. The continuous RAIN,
together with the soft atmosphere that n
melting the snow and ice Oh the hills,
have raised the waters to Il rQia. oolduln
reached at ,h,. SEASON uf the wear.
There will probably lie u stage of from
~ to - feet at Davis Island Dam by
morning. The gorge at Oil City broke this
morning and isCOming down the Allegksay
with a rush, bnt 50 far ny lnIAsso haa been
reported AIu liver II too turbui"ut inst
nUW 10 make it safe GnS boats 10 20 ont.
but IL is likely that tomorrow or Monday
most of the 10, OUU. 900 bushels of coal i in
The pool will be on the move.
Inc ulIoWlnE SptCltl ltIcRTilliN were itr
ceived from various upstream ,.o,ui4 last
night.
Sp,y4d = yo.m ~ he Sunfug Register.
BROWNSVILLE, PA, January :, 9p. m.
River nineteen feet seven inches and ri7-
ing. Weather rainy. Prospects uniayor-
able for much more water.
Special Telegram IN hC SWiug Register.
PARKER. PA, January :, 9:!0 p. NJ.
River nine feet and rising fast. luiyas Inc
weather grows colder we will nave 4 much
higher river.
S,,.gW T,1GraJ IN Nr s.uiJ,ly E,gsl,r.
MoRGANTOwS, W. Va, January :, 40
.. M River eleven feet ten inches gnd
falling slowly. Rain all afternoon, Nth
Indications of more.
:po,jrl ?. $50. ~ n, ~n"ira R,lscr.
on CITY, Pa, January :, 9.lj p. hi
River five feet and rising, lee running
all afternoon.
Special telegram 10 The SuDdup EgJi>t,r.
FARMONT, w. Va, January :, Sp m.
River six feet and falling slowly. Pros
poets good Tor Il rise tonight. Rain all
,lay