The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-31


The H. X. Bedford viii so through to
Newport tonight. leaving at midnight.
The Liberty got in from below at .
n NJ. and departed on time with good
trip for ParkersbuTE.
Charles Harrison went ont Us first
mate on the Keystone State. relieving
| Ben Baker Harrison has been second
mata.
The Lexington resumed yesterday III
the Wheeling -Matamoras trade, AFTER
having lost trip on account OF bro
ken rudder during the Ice run on Mon
day night.
The stockholders OF the Little Ka-
nnwha Navigation Company elected
the old board OF directors except John
S. McEown, who was elected secretary
and succeeds Milton Lowther
The big packets are still on their
| regular days. The Keystone state VIII
be up tomorrow morning from GIN
cinnatl and the Virginia will be down
for Cincinnati the same morning
The river has been fallinS very rap
Idly for the past two days, On Wednes-
day the fall was feet 6 inches anu
yesterday II was 3 feet. The rear guard
OF the coal ieet Is having no easy task
The t1ii-end Of the coal ileet wai
passing Wheeling yesterday AmonS
the bouts that passed were j. c: R!sher,
M noon. ". q. Horacr, nj p. M;
Crescent. at $50 y. m. The Relief. at
a. m, and the Coal city, at noon, pass
ed up with emrtles
Wednesday was by far the busiest
day tho river front has scon this sea-
soI. The scenes on the big Cincinnati:
wharfboat. Incident 70 the handling OF
th,. frcr;ht for Pittsburgh and Mem
phis. are rarely duplicated, and remind.
ed some OF the Older men OF TIE 'soou
OLD dnys. TIE Keystone state re.
ceiyed freight for Pittsburgh, and by .
O'Clock she had taken aboard all tnnt
she could handle. Sire left nj that houf,
and was compelled to leave scvern
hundred barrels OF moltsscs Tor the
Hudson, Cnmmercial-Ga'
zCtte.
Tho John ". Allies with 1--WE boats OF
coal laid up at the Belmont coal works
below BcllairC. yesterday. the hNc
boats were all that ahe wns able to 6ct
ahoa; after having GROUNDED ~ 'oW
below Pittsburgh. She remnoscu az
HcIlairc waiting for the Crescent, which
had bcer started out from Pittsburgh
with four bargc1 OF coal to he added to
no kile7' tow. When the Crescent
passed Wheeling last evening one OF
the barges was leaking badly. on &c.
count OF the r0ptjly rcccdinE river 1t
WIS determined tITerd both boats or
TO ParlscraBurC before uniting the
towa. The Crescent vii then so back
10 Pittsburgh l!Sht.
Cougrersnan Sanford has placed
himself In correspondence win INV
two TnInHa
once 10 the proposed dam below thq
cItv ana Is ready to lend every assist
nnre 10 that project II the citizens o.
BeiIaIre feel thit 1t will not intcreferv
with the water supply and sanitary
conditions. He says the ONO rive
needs more attention thnn 1t has over
rad and he Is IA hearty accord with
Tho nffort for the general Improvement
M that stream. The Bellnirc board or
trade wiz hold n meeting perhaps neNt
weci, 10 tall: over the matter. anu WIZ
select REPRESENTATIVES. to attend the
| meeting ut Wheeling when tEc, cor
nc tonr OF Tic river FOR inspection and
lnvaGtigntton.
Mrs. Mary b. Green, wife OF Captain
Gordon Grccn. commander OF lhc
| Whecllpr; proHot II. Il. Bedford, was
granted pilots llccnHc yesterday BY
Local inspectors Atkinson Phillips. to
NV In the trade between this city,
! WhceiIng and SlrtcrsrlllG says the
| Observation-Disclosures. This 10 the Hris
llccnge over granted to woman from
uhe Pittsburgh olicc 10 the crcdit
| OF Mira. Green 1t must lie SGld that Che
| stood her examination rs VOL Ms ANY
| man" Tho announcement was some"
what Of surprisc TO the pilots OF the
gtorner scx. when Captain ASA Booth
heard OF II he proposed three chcYl
FOR Mrs. Green. AND thny wore givfn,
There ARE two worlcr iiiots in the
Routh, but Mira. Green IL the first To-
man entitled to the honor In these 10
rions Mrs. Grccn " Nc.y pleasant
woman, OF medium height q Is rattle
| stout, which l- more IN her Gnvnr
turn the wheel She has been with he.
husband niniot constantly on the bon
for years. md, while Il 10 not Eonor-
ally know, has r!Huy tines stood g
watch at the wheel /. IL Gald that she
knows the river. between the point
which her license grants hcr tho priyi-
icgc Of pilltnr M good a any plot
on the river She stood hIg., ~ her ~.
animation before tho iutrccto'd, ana