Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-19
Failure of the Potomac Fisheries
This SeaSDN

EEfsS SEASON.
TIE fShiEg season for Sbal and herring
IN he Potomac river is drawing 10 q close
and has proved To- be a failure. Not fishing
landing o. either side from Jackson City 70
the lover Potomac, IL i believed by expert
tEced fishermen. will pay expenses. anil
most OF the pr0prietlrS will suffer a cOnsid-
cradle loss. TX is the general belief that the
catrh viii he less than one third the usual
annual average. and all agree that they have;
never known 80 disastrous a season. The
Immediate cause assigned for il the present
season = the cold north winds which set in
about the 18th of April and continued for
twelve days without cessation. heading the
Isb OF AMI driving them TO the creeks and
rivers near tine mouth of the bay. Captain
VIM. r. Stewart. the well known FISH dealer
IN the center Market, who has been en-
ssEed for many years in the trade, states
mar the eaten IN the SUSquehanna river and
at lie shores and creeks in Baltimore Hart
ford, Cecil and Kent counties. Md. has been
very good. and the price for both shad and
herring IN Baltimore and Philadelphia has
- en- much below that here and Alexandria
His theory is that the steady north wind
which set IN about the time the fish COM
nleneed ascending the Potomac drove them
back. and forced them into the creeks and
streams indicated. No Shad or herring has
been sent from this District 10 northern mar
ketS. a. has heretofore been done. Herring
M our OVID market, now sell readily at So
peT thousand, which last year went slow al
Sass, and shad al SiiaSf5 per hundred. which
last year were sold at So. IL is estimated
mat The total loss in outfits for the thirty or
more landings on the Potomac in excess of
the returns. viii amount to about $4,000.
Already have the following SaiueInen cut out
and returned home Price Grey. MARYLAND
Point; Joseph CaywoOd. CaywOOd : landing.
Jacob Faunce. jr. Windmill Point: Cunning
nam co, TUmpS; JeTTe BObb, The Gums
Joseph BeaSley.- Arkendale. - Waller
clifton chris. Faunce. The DiDper. JOhn
HOskiEs- Plumb Creek Gut; and the prOpri-
ct0TS OF sandy Point and OccOquau landings
w - stalled by some that the pTOprietOrs of
High Point. stony Point and MOxley'S land
iDSs have about paid expenses thus far. Free
POINT hu- NJ 1 IA
successfully last year. has proved failure
This wear. IL l. thought there will not De a
seine IN the river by the coming week.
NEW ESTERTAINNENT.-I lecture
room Of DIR. SUndeTland'S church presents a
busy scene to-day in the work OF preDaratiOD
ICr Tie entertalnment-called ''the Authors
Fete'-Eeid for the benefit ofthe church This
entertainment = something ont OF the beaten
,Iack I'd fairs. leStl walls. sc. and prom ,ses To
te very attractive novelty. II will open
Tonight. ard will DC Continued for three
ni-hfs- Inc Shakespeare booth viii be pre-
sided over by Mrs. Fuller. and some of the
ladies taking prominent ShakeSpearean
Parts viii be Miss Winnie ReaIn Miss Lillian
PIKE, daughter 81 Gen. Albert Pike1 Mrs
Fuller, and Mrs. &. e. Adams. The Dickens
booth VIII be represented hv cha RACERS frorY,
"cur Mutual Friend" Rip Van Wrinkle as
sisted ~ his friends. viii preside over the
lFVlnE BOOTH III the Burns and LOnofalloy
booth VIII be found the unique combination
81 Priscilla. NiTEehaha. Elizabeth. mot of
-BrcoSivn- and Highland Mary; in the Moor
- psrsOnified. andiheTe will Toe I.iiIipUf
y ri under the protection OF Miss HAYDEN as
W oliler Hubbard. Miss Bliss as Mother
sc -, Miss Gilman As Farmers Wife. anI
Nj, Sunderland a. QuakereSs. There will
also - many other interesting features un-
der y charge 81 the ladies Of ne general
Mis- i-inan and Mrs. Temple.
HTCI Won ADVERSE To THE " lSHTS-ToN
MAEK. y tOsIPASY.-A decision was given
to-day 4 the c.t~e Of the washington Marker
ComPsI against Emanuel F.Isncaster 10
recover sDsSesSiOn Of his stalls under the
landlord and tenant act which S1;t was in.
Stituted eveTst weeks since. and removed
from Just. O. samuel 4. Mills 10 Justice r
- EOblrSC ~ an AFFIDAVIT OF defendant that
ne did nO-I z eve justice would D. done him
DIV the form. - having been made. The plain
Tin claimed lat the defendant hal not paid
his rent. ard use latter that he was ready 10
pay whenever proper receipt was given.
Justice Robin Su gives Judgment for Tie de-
feusIapt ON the ground that the case does NOT
GENE wifbin n . IansIiori and tenant act ''1 81
istI. and that q " only remedy i by suit at
common Iaw-aS anejectment suit. Heholis
That under the aw the company nave no
right 10 resell at bonus the stands at which
the dealers have built up business; and so
long they payr ent- a. stipulated at the
1 TIst sale; ihey arr ,snea .e apd efoTs ,6is
ease u decided theI evil probably BE- an
other injunction case. IN addition 10 the Hof-
man case now - Milling a. tht com pstilS now
propose 10 sell the stan l. again ON the Sis4
Instant.
WINK pRfNkINa Ann HAZE PULLING
Yesterday rDornfn.g a wine 'crinkin and hair
pulling Scrimmage took y -OScs IN mouse on
D. between 12fb AMI 18TH stl Sets kept by one
Prank Mir4dIefon Gertfs Allen and Anna
Lloyd were the principals. II enlpen switches
were jeTked about and calis . Torn SitnOut
regard 10 cost Anna Lloyd. iar, TAI ala
ioTty, did not stop at hemp; she Went deeper,
ard took out some of Gertie Al ems genuine
back twist The screams attract " the aiteE-
uOn OF Officer Sutton. VINO went IN and al
m - lrVrNHF "A
hack 10 the Police Court, in char se OF tnat
offieeT. The court had wound up snalrs
for the day. so Anna left 80 collats raj ana
nor own personal recogniZance 10 ansN yer the
charge Of assault and battery to-day. The
sequel u told in our Police Court report
A GREAT Rush will be made for the sale.
Thursday evening. May 20. at 6 O'Clock, OF
NE ~ fine building lots In square 49, betwe. N
u and and 18TH and I. IN streets. Go early
And get rich.
BHrGS. - STORE. the y