Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-23
,rApKc FROM RELOW.

Mount Claire, Virginia and Lorena' ~
Coal City.
MARKS FROM BELOW.
POINT PLEAsANT-River 24l feee anu
8 ctIiNlSc1INNATI-River 4s.4 feet and fall
louisville falling; "A feet ,. !
inches in canal; % feet inches On aalie'
80 feet inches below LOCKS. hailir mn ris-
EVANSVILLE-River 40 feet ana rs
M MEM Aff'fi.IsSs Us feet and rising
cAIRSO" ri Ss4 feet and rising. Rain
ing and cool.
The gauge on the wharf indicated
stage last evening of II feet 10 inches
and stationary. This showed rise Oh
one foot since Friday evening. Yes
terdays reports from above showed
the river to be receding at all points,
the maximum stage being reached at
II feet and 10 inches in the afternoon
at Pittsburg. AS heavy rains prevailed
Yesterday and last night at all places
along the headwaters, another rise
may be expected in the Ohio within the
next forty-eight hours. This Will be
the sixth swell occurring in a period
covering little less than three weeks,
and is something unusual on the
Ohio. 1t is not likely that the coming
rise will cause any discontinue TO
residents of flood districts in this
vicinity unless the rains continue for
a While longer. The side streams IN
this locality will all be running out
heavily this morning, owing TO the
constant precipitation OF water during
yesterday afternoon and last night,
and will no doubt hold the present
volume between Steubenvllle ard
Darlington a greater portion q to-day
Capt. Gordon Green will have his
new boat to take the place Df the Il.
X. Bedford in the Pittsburg and Kan
awha river trade pushed TO- ward to
completion as rapidly as possible.
The little steamer Venus, owned by
Capt. Mike Duffy, and plying between
Marietta and Waverly, sanh few
days ago and will be wrecked. The
Rob Roy has been secured 10 take her
place.
Various theories are advanced in
connection with the cause Of tie eX-
plosion of the Percy Kelsey It will
be some time yet before the local in
spectors are through with ;heir inves-
tlgation.
Capt Les. Jones, who was in COM
mand of the Percy Kelsey when she
blew up, has been placed III command
of the Mariner. Capt. Jones has not
yet fully recovered from the injuries
sustained by the explosion.
The new steamer Urania is proving
to be very fast; she has bls power.
| The work of removing the wreck OF
| the Percy Kelsey and sunken coal craft
| is being pushed forward as rapidly as
| possible under the superintendent OF
| Capt. John A. Wood. The intention
| is to blow up the sunken coal craft and
| remove the wreck of the Kelsey after
| ward
! There are now three regular packets
| in the Pittsburg and KaEaWha river
! trade. A few years ago it was thought
| that there was but little in il for one
| boat.
Dispatches report that the President
has nominated Mr.. S. II. Crumbaugl, of
Kentucky, to succeed Caps. E. P. Chan
cellor as supervising inspector of this
|
never in any way conAocteI with the
river, it is thought there is some mis-
! take in regard to the matter. The
PARTY in question may na,e been nom
mated for collector of internal revenue
or some other position, and the an
nouncement COMPOUNDED With that OF
supervising inspector. Capt. Jim
| Woodward, who is an applicant for the
pOsition, is in receipt OF a letter from
| Senator Elkins saying that ,he present
incumbent, Capt. Chancellor, will be
| allowed to serve out his four years
which do not run out until May next.
| 1t is estimated that Pittsburg coal
| GENERATORS have lost about SGT 900 in
sunken coal boats during the past year
| Exactly fOrty-one boats and five barges
| went down. W. II. Browns Sons and
| G. lutte & Co. were the heaviest los
! ers.
| The new Harry Brown will have &c
| be rugged with new hogchains. The
| present ones have been found too light
| for the size of the boat.
Many years ago the late Capt Ed
ward Hornbrook of Wheeling, oper-
ated line of boats and barges between
4 L 2,
4 Rock 1t is said of him. that he hat
a stable built on one Of the mode
barges, and that he kept a COW or
| board, which supplied milk for the
crew. Capt. Hornbrook at that time
operated the boats Whale, Ed. Hobbs
| Jennie Campbell and G. w Hornbrook
RISING AT MIDNIGHT.
| The gauge on the landing at mid
| night indicated a stage of IS feet
| inches and coming up slowly, signify
ing rise of one foot and one inch
| since seven o'clock. From five Jc
seven o'clock last evening the river
| was stationary and was falling al
| Pittsburg. Therefore the additional /:
inches and rising river al midnight
| is due to the action of the size streams
| which are all on a boom at this wit
ing.
Semi-annual clearance sale of shoes
min at