The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-25
NOTES on NAVIGATION,
Stage OF Water aud Movements OF Boats.
The River Interests.
BOATS leaving TODAY,

Jewel. Darlington, $50 D. M,
boats LEAVING TOMORROW.
Lexington, Mntamoras, il a. an.
Liberty. Parkorsburg, II q, III,
Jewel, Darlington. $50 p. IN.
The Keystone state has been laid up
nj the upper landing since June 2, and
by the time she resumes 1t viii have
been nearly six months, longer tle-up
than she has ever had before.
Captain Charley Knox was expecting
to receive orders from Commodore
Henderson last evening to start out
with the Keystone State for Pittsburgh
this morning, but the evening reports
being so uncertain and unsatisfactory.
the Keystone was ordered to lay over
here until her regular day next week.
The management OF the Pittsburgh
& Cincinnati line yesterday determined
to start the Hudson from Cincinnati
next Saturday and the Virginia TO fol-
low on her first trip on the following
| Tuesday, The Keystone will resume
next week, leaving Pittsburgh on Tues
day. her regular day.
Captain William Prince took his
| Belle Prince down to the Belmont coal
| works for coal yesterday afternoon. Hd
took alongside a coal Hat and started
back for Wheeling, but was unable TO
gGt over the McMeChen bar and laid up
there. He viii be up this morning and
the Belle Prince VIII then 20 to Pitts
burgh where she will get several Jobs
OF towing.
The Parkcrsburg packet Liberty
played In tough luck again on Saturday
night. She left Wheeling for Pnrkcrs-
burg on Saturday afternoon ut 4
o'clock. About o'clock she went
aground on Captna bar below Powhat-
an, where she was still lying at O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. She will proba-
bly, return to Wheeling and 30 out or
her regular day, Tuesday
The marks at the public landing last
evening ut O'clock showed feet
inches and slowly rising NJ the same
hour the marks at Davis Island dam
below Pittsburgh registered 3 feet
strong and rising. 1t IS thought the
rise viii be here good and strong this
morning. Eight feet will probably be
the maximum stage here. unless there
Is more general rain.
The Keystone State has been laid NJ
as follows this scaSon: Captain
Charles W. Knox: purgcP, Henry Eo8;.
Randolph: chief mate. Ben Baker,
chief engineer, George Knox. carpcn-
ter, W. I. Terry, who il the only
Wheeling man In the lot The oaly
changes are in thepilots. the old mon,
Harry Ollum and II. S. Sanford, going
to the Virginia.
No word had been Received from tho
Ben Iiur. Lizzie Bay, LOrcra or II, H..
Bedford last night. but they will al
resume In their local trades ns soon us
II fair boating stage is assured. Tho
Lizzie Bay IA now running In tho Ein-
clnnati and kanawha river trade and
the Bedford Is OF the Newport docks
md doing well between Cincinnati and
Manchester The Ben llur IL laid NJ at
Marietta and the Lorcna Mt HHnosvillc
Matters are likely to be very inter-
eating In the river trade between here
and ParkcrabuUg. with the Liberty
Ben Hur LcXinEton and Barngdnll, all
plying In that part OF the rlvcr, the
field appears to be fully covered, but II
seems that there IN to be another with
the possibility Of two aCCcsaiona. The
IntelilgCnCcr yesterday received a letter
from Captain John +. Klein Of Pitts
burgh. In which hc sny5 that he viii
place the Evansville IN the Whrolin
IjAll Jtll Nu llpok 81 0llil liuHMNN pN'
comes up AZ II Ia coming W.. the Ev.
nnsyilc IL likely 20 appear NJ an early
hour In addition, Il is rumprCd, that
Captain Mnck Gamble isn't plonncd ht
being lett out Of his old trade between
Wheeling and Pnrltorgburg aud VII,
como In ngain with boat he 10 to gc-
cure down the river
Wnrrcn-lilvcr feet ana rlglnF
Weather fair and clear
Oh City=ltlyC' feet . Inches aud riJ-
Ing. Weather cloudy and mild.
Greensboro River Z ro,t inches and
stationary weather raining. Rain
fail 80 Inches
stcubcnvlllr-El foot II lnulIrs
and rlflug. weather olouly nud cool
plltHhurgh River 32 ana rising at
dam Weather cloudy and cool