The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-30

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The Cincinnati. Memphis & New Or
leans packet line has sent out notices OF
assumption In all lower river lines
The river reached its top notch on the
Use Thursday hight little over 10
feet, and commenced falling slowly,
with feet 4 inches In the channel at 6
p. m.
The H. X. Bedford left Cincinnati for
Wheeling and Pittsburgh Thursday
evening. She will be- here tomorrow
morning at Z O'Clock, and will at once
rc-enter the Wheeling Pittsburgh
trade.
The Ruth. one Of Bay Brothers boats,
which takes the Lizzie Bays trade be-
tween Pittsburgh and Charleston. will
be here Tomorrow morning for Pitts
burgh. Captain Ira u. Huntington will
be on the roof
night for Pittsburgh with $500 barrels
OF apples, which she had gathered be-
TWEEN Marietta and this port Captain
Klein announced last week that he
would put the Evansville In the Wheel
inE-Newport line. but he told friend
later that be had no money 20 drop In
that trade or elsewhere. As the river Is
full OF packets In this part of the river,
he viii probably not enter the field.
The Little Fred with tow Of seven
barEes and two fats Of coal was wreck
ed yesterday at Dead Mans rifle. and
sank three bRrges, completely blocking
the channel. compelling the boats fol-
lowing to tie up. Col Amos Stlckncy
has ordered the wrpcknEc TO be blown
out with dynamite, which Will he don,
M soon as the necessary papers OF
abandon urt granted. Thursday night
the onward sank six bargcs Just below
Davis Island dam. lip to date tho loqs
ON this rise amounts to about 100000
bushels and tho LOGS on craft and coal
will foot Up mt lenst 10000.
The big Pittsburgh coal fleet contin
ucd passing Wheeling yesterday. al
though no tOws cnne along until the
carly afternoon. Thursday nights fog
sent every tow to the bnnk. many or
them tying up nj Toronto, above StCu-
bcnyilir The ilrst tow that passed was
the Stella Mbrcn's, followed closely by
that of the Alice Brown. No more RC-
cidcntB were reported yesterday. but
fcnrs arc entertained on account NJ tho
falling river. which may cause the later
departures 10 be laid out along tho
river. Tho following ls u lHt uf tho
paFslng towa yesterday: stella No.
rem, Alice brown, | D. m: Tom DOdB-
worth. $50 y. M. Charlie Clark. john
Morcn, Dick Fulton. Iron Age, Enter.
prise, 3 n. M; Ida Budl. Tom Lyle o +.
m. Fred Wilson, 4 y. m; Pnclilc No. 2,
Cruiser, +. ~.
The frat bont To leave fdr Cincinnati
Plnrr cnrly last June. viii bc the big
keystone State, which has been laid up
ut the upper landing since June 2. She
got nWny with half her CROW Cuu0
watch Thursday night for Pittsburgh,
nnd leaves the Smoky city for Clncln.
natl this evening, aud win depart from
wheeling Sunday ut a. M. Captain
ISnOX'a pnCkct has boon laid up here
lust one half n year. lacking four days.
the longest tlC.up ever known On IN.
lnnd waters. II was Commodore Hon.
dCrBnnR intention ~ start the Key
stone from i'litHhurEh nest Monday
evening" but on account hf his Inability
to secure The new MuRlIlngum river
pnCkct, Lurcnn. 10 run In plnCc ~ the
virginia until tho hitter was entirely
completed, he was compelled ~ order
the KcyFtOnr out IN tho NifglnlH'H dny.
heavy freight offerings having piled M
nlnng tho tlIOr which II WIS necessary
tu handle before the kcyalanc'a rrgulnr
day Rhc left with one engineer and
ono pilot, who had n long watch " II to
rlttaburRl
rumnurh lllyct Z foot 2 inches aud
falling ut The dam. weather clear ana
cool
Nurglnluwn- river fact II Inches
nnt rIalng Hlowly weather clear nnd
'gi,,ii,rpviiir uIyrr a fnoi inch nuiI