Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-23
EWING BROS.
RIVER NEWS
Daily Chronicle OF tho Movements OF Tn
Boats and BOatmen.


Boats and BOatmen.
Ancient mariners who do their navigat-
ing on the Ohio river, and their yarn
spinning in Cincinnati. say that a most
interesting relic of prehistoric udys 10
imbedded in the river bank not lar from
Barton's Landing. That hamlet ny the
way. is in Illinois. 100 miles below Cincln-
natl. and therefore quite safe from the
curiosity of those TO whom the story has
been told. Whether this fact is relevant
or not need not be decided here, but II Is
fair to state that only once in many years
Is the river low enough TO permit OF an IN
spection of the relic. When everything IS
lust right. however. one may see-f he
goes to Barton's Landing-the PROV OF
sort of flatboat protruding from the river
bank at a slightly upward angle. Accord
ing TO the ancient mariners mentioned,
the shane of this boat is entirely unlike
those used in modern times, and its tim
bers. which are of oak. seem to have been
hcwn with an unevenly edged tool, pro-
baby Of flint, and are held together with
wooden pegs. The protruding portion Is
small. but there is enough to Indicate con-
siderable skill in the fashioning OF the
boat The wood is now as hard as iron,
and IS in a splendid state Of preservation
on account of having been under the water
for such a heightened period. From the
formation of the bank and the surround
ings. which have not changed in the slight
est in the memory of man, it Is thought
that the subsistence which buried the boat
under the embankment must have taken
place ages ago.
YESTERDAYS BOATS-Pittsburg Ben
Hur. 10 p. m: Sistersville, Ruth, 1880 p.
m: Clarington Leroy. $3.50 p. m.
TO-DAY'S BOATS-Pittsburg Hudson,
a. m: Cincinnati. keystone State s
a. m: Parkersburg Argand, Il a. m;
Sistersville. Ruth. 1880 p. m: Darlington
Leroy. 500 D. m. New Matamoras, Lex
inSton. II a. m.
TO-MORROW'S BOATS 80 Charleston,
Kanawha. $3.50 a. M: Pittsburg. Ben Hur,
8 a. m; sstersvine, Ruth, $3.50 p. m; Clar-
ington. Leroy. 1890 p. m.
The river is rising The wharf marks
last night were 10 feet. 1t is hard to pre-
dict at this time what the river will
amount to at this point but. If the present
condition of the weather continues for
couple Of days longer. a good stage of wa
ter may be expected although nothing
serious IS apprehendcd.
It will be noticed that the Manhattan is
not named I'm the regular schedule of boats
10 leave the wharf as the movements OF
this craft are very uncertain. Saturday
it failed to show up at all. and on Sunday
it is said to have come up as far as the
Belmont mill with band aboard, and laid
up there until evening. Yesterday II failed
to come up again. and II she does not do
better than she has since she started. she
can not help but be pronounced a failure.
The J. \. Bunton and the Resolute
passed down yesterday with lows of coal
PITTsBURG, February 22.-River 10 feet
and rising at the dam. Raining.
MORGANTOWN. w Va. February %
River a feet at p. m. and rising at the
rate of five inches an hour Raining hard
since p. m. Hard rain last night. Warm.
WARREN. Pa. February 22.-River
foot inches Light rain. Mild
OIL CITY. Pa. February 2.-River
feet and stationary. Mild. Light rain fall
ing.
CAIRO. H.. February 22.-River S2.2 feet
and stationary.
EVANSVILLE. Ind. February 22.-Riv-
er IS feet and rising. Rain. Colder.