Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
Picked Up Along the Wharf.


THE John A. Wood is LAID up at Wheeling.
THE Advance is repairing up at Brownsville.
THE Elizabeth left for Brownsville on time yes
terday.
CAPTAIN DowDs, Of Baden, was yesterday seen
in the city,
THE pleasure boat Gwendoline made a run down
the river last night
CAPTAIN WILLIAM HUFFMAN, of Coal Valley,
was In town yesterday.
THE Little Bill left for the fourth pool yesterday
with q tow of four empties.
THE Pacific is stationed with a tow Of emptles
II miles below Parkersburg.
WILLIAM JOHNSTON. mate on the Diamond. re-
turned to the city on Saturday.
CAPTAIN PACKER, OF Pittsburg. and Pilot
Brooks. of Cincinnati. left Cairo yesterday to in
spect the river channel.
CAPTAIN DAN PHILIPS. Of the Hunter. swan
ashore from his boat Sunday night when she broke
loose and tied her up again.
THE two daughters of Detective Furlough. of st;
Louis, will be the guests of Captain Dick E1wood
at Monongahela City this week.
THE James G. Blaine left for Morgantown on
time yesterday her new doctor having been placed
in position. She was not expected to 20 out until
Wednesday.
GEORGE BAHIA. of Monongahela City. passed
through Pittsburg yesterday on his way to In
diana, Pa, to visit his mother, who Is lying
seriously Ill.
THE Rescue cane down from the fourth pool
yesterday with one fiat and ton of coal. She had
TO have the Seven Sons to assist her in passing
Davis Island dam.
THE Stella Moran passed down the Allegheny
and mp the Monongahela river yesterday for the
fourth pool with two empty flats. She has been
repaired, and this was the first time she has been
to the pools for month.
MINER E. CRAWFORD took out an engineers Il
cense on September %: Jasmes Z. Davis on Septem-
Der 26 and Ballard B. Edwards a second-class eng-
neer's license on September 26;James Mutt took out
masters license on September g. and Lewis r.
Williams on September 26.
THE excursion which was to have been given
Saturday night under the auspices of the locked
out marble polishers the steamer City of Pitts
burg. did not take place owing to the opening be-
tween the piers Of the Sixth street bridge being
small TO allow the boat to pass through to receive
the passengers at Thirtieth street landing. The
excursion may probably come on next Saturday.
SOME damage done to the vessels at the
wharf Sunday evening by the storm. The Joseph
3. Williams, Diamond. Dick Fulton, Ed Roberts,
Hunter, j. NJ. Gusky. Lud Keefer and City of
Pittsburg had their stern ropes severed. the Lud
Keefer being damaged the most. Her hog chain
brace was broken. and left side partly crushed 1t
Is thought that $500 will put her shape again.
The City Of Pittsburg had her bulkhead damaged
to the extent of $50 and two OF her threeinch check
lines were snapped apart By the wind as If they
were so much thread. The Diamond sustained
slight injuries, while the Smoky City, which is
tied up at Pork House landing, was loosened from
her moorings and her electric light was blown
down. but was caught by the ropes before 1t could
be damaged. Her Captain, J. Mcclure. who was
in from Dravosburg yesterday, said the storm was
without precedent in this vicinity for violence.