Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-09
MARI, FROM BErOw.

eo r1AFh l4 9Itobo = tl1IRlver A feet and
keystone State. Ben Hur, sKaflawha
and Valley Belle. Up with tows|sa m
brown. sam Clark and Mount Clark
awha is falling. The locals have resumed
trade. Both rivers are clear of ice. Il
MEMPHIS--Rive So feet and falling ia
Cloudy and pleasant. {
LOUISVlLLE-River stationary; feet
;, ing =. res; 5 feet inches on falls;
20 70, Ho.Qos 2oelow locks. Cloudy and
"a "a 2h,,,2..afL1i1-River 1919 feet and ris-
ing. Cloudy and warm.
CAIRO-River 9.5 feet and falling.
Cloudy and warm.
POINT PL0AsANT- 1875 feet and
CINCINNAtTI-Rive III feet and ris-
ing. Fair and warm.
Last evenings marks on the landing
showed stage of feet s inches and
rising, indicating rise of feet and'
6 inches since Friday evening. The
river at Pittsburg yesterday was risd
ing at feet and IL inches, and waA
not expected to go much higher, III
the Monongahel9g which accounts fM
the present swe is falling at M@E
gantown, Greens orc, Brownsville Il n
other points. a5r77A. ~ 1855 ssssgsE@ ;
ing yes eTday at -S 1yaf- C1ty, 'Bdt it is
largely to the gorge at Parkers, Wiz NJ
is backing the water. The weatA ne
generally was cloudy and mild
predicted in yesterdays Register, h
water at the wharf will not extdr
much above the twelve-foot mark, az
will become stationary some time ~
day, according to Indications q
The stage at present enables tn
shipment of coal from Pittsburg t
Southern points.
There are now four lows of Pitts
burg coal on the way to New Orlean'E
in the following order: Beaver, JohG
A. Wood Boaz and Defender y
The Coal City, laid up at Bellaird
several days on account OF ice, left.
there on Thursday night for Pitts
burg with her tow Of empties. Capt
William Hoffman was in command.
p Capts. James A. Henderson, b. ID
Blackburn and John f. bravo leaN
Pittsburg to-day for Washington to
appear before the Congressional Com
mittee on Rivers and Harbors regard
ing improvement to the jetty system
at the mouth of the Mississippi river
Capt. bravo will make an address on
behalf of the Pittsburg Coal Exchange.
Work has been resumed at Heirs
island dam.
Capt John Todd, who goes to Yu-
kon river to superintend the setting OF
three new boats being built by James
Hees & Sons, built and commanded
number of boats in the Upper Mis-
souri, river trade. He was for num-
Der of years associated with Commo-
dore S. b. Coulson and Capt William
s. Evans, both deceased, in the trade
in question. Capt. Todd was also en-
gagged years ago in the Pittsburg, Gin
cinnati and Louisville and St. Louis
trade, and will be remembered In con-
nection with the steamer Silver Lake
The Argand will cut loose from the
bank at Marietta tomorrow afternoon
and start up the river. She VIII leave
Tuesday morning at II o'clock for
Parkersburg, and is expected to carry
a fair freight.
The river is now nearly cleared OF
the ice which she has been floating Tor
the past two weeks. II conditions
continue favorable it will not be long
until the other packets can resume.
such as the Lexington and Ruth, tled
up at the mouth of the Muskingum riv-
er. the II. K. Bedford at Parkersburg,
and the T. NJ. Bayne at Steubenvllle.
The only packets leaving the wharf
tomorrow are the Ben Hur for Far
kersburg, at p. m, and the Leroy
for Darlington at $3.50 p. n.