Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-15

| son, are almost an utter failure not ONLY in.ths
shad and herring catch but of rock, perch ant
| catnsh- all OF which are becoming scarce
Both the seine and gill men agree that the cans,
OF this dearth is the over fishing of the shores
| Doth IN ana out OF season, and, in the absence
the cause is likely to continue. The owners n
SelneS charge that the gllnet men are dOine
the damage, while the latter declare that tht
10rmer do the greatest amount of mischief
me seine men advance very plausible reason.
| 10 sustain their premises; among them that il
| is Impossible for the fish to ascend the river in
| consequence OF the thousands of gill nets tt
to head them Off, forcing them to seek spawn
ing ground elsewhere. The gill-netterS deny
this, and say that most of their nets are Specf
ally made for Shad catching, and do not pre-
vent the free passage OF herring and the
smaller fish, while the seines not only gobble
up the large fish, but thousands of tons OF
small perch, rock, Shad, catfish. &C.. are an
nually dragged ashore and left to perish with
out any care being made to free them besides
the SCENES utterly destroy the spawn deposited
| by the Shad and other fayOrite species of fish
supply. 'f 'No
In this view the gillnetters would appear to
to have the best of the argument, but it is
| probable that an authOritive enforcement of
| S some regulations mutually agreed to by Mary
R and and virginia would remedy the difficulty.
| from present indications there will not be
| ISh enough caught this season to anything
| lke pay Tor the outfits Many of the old places
VIII not be fished with seines this year. and
| Ihe shores are represented rs swarming with
| iaOOferS and tramps looking for employment.
| Stony Point and Fairy Landing are the prin-
Gl i SHORES on the Virginia side where seines
prospects are equally discOuraging. Perch
| and other bunch fish will. therefore, be scarce
and high. Dressed catfish are even now sell
ing IN our markets for seven cents per pOund,
| and perch range from forty to seventy
cents per bunch for good ones. R0ckfish are
also becoming scarce, and gOOd-sized stur-
ge0n is now regarded by fishermen as a prize
The few Sfad now being brought up the river
are mostly packed in ice and sent to the North
ern markets, the prices there being quite
high. Jackson City shore, at the south end of
the Long bridge, is being ished by Mr.. Henry
Knight but with very poor success. The
average number of shad taken Yesterday was
from seven to ten at each haul and a few hun
dred herring. Ont lower Potomac this sea
son IS most disastrous to the fishing interests.
The shores low down on the bay and in North
Carolina waters, both of which are much
earlier than those on the Potomac have re-
suited IN ruinouS failures. There is no doubt
but that it would be for the benefit of all con
cerned ii fishing We're prohibited entirely for
ABOUT tWOOr three years.
JUDGE WYLIES ADVICE TO THE GRAND
JtRi.-lhlS morning, when the grand Jurors
We're called in the Criminal Court, Judge
WylIe remarked that he had seen in the news
papers that there had been some dssensiOn in
the grand jury room as TO questions OF law. If
thty mad any trouble they should come into
court and ask instructions. There are but
lew cases where there should be any trouble
about such questions, for it was their province
10 zeal with facts. In so large a body as the
grand jury. composed of laymen not Versed in
the law, discussions on questions of law lead
10 dlSSenSlOns and no good results. When such
questions arise he would advise instead of
getting into dispute and wasting the public
Tune. they should come into court and receive
instructions on such points.
Mr.. Reed (the fOreman) remarked that if
was not serious dispute as he understood it,
but he was not present that day They were
quite anxious to know how the repOrtS GOT
out. ~
Judge Wylie-Oh, well. the newspapers will
ma out things which other men know moth
ing about. He was glad to hear that, the
trouble was slight, and repeated that if sncb
questions should come up again, they should
come INTO court and receive Instructions He
mentioned, that if they did not get along bet
shortly -l
MI. Reed stated that the apparent DELAY in
lePOrtIns business, was due to the difficulty of
HE court remarked, that they should
promptly report any such difficulty to the
court; and expressed the hope that there |
would be no further cause for remarks.
VERDICT OF GUILTY IN THE GEORGETOWN |
OUTRAGE CAsE.-TO-day, in the Criminal |
Court, Judge Wylie the case of John Thomas |
a colOred boy, about IS years Old, charged with |
an assault with intent to commit rape on |
Catherine COCA, mother of Ida, testified that |
she was sent Tor to come home at II o'clock in |
the morning, an hour after the transaction. |
and see see the condition of her child. She did |
the child told her. She then mt tP Of "t the
story J., as 3 the child had told it to her.
Marina Young testified that she knew John |
one week ago, and he was putting on the |
chIld,S shoes and she was crying. The witness |
asked as What was the matter, and he said that
mere was water in basin on the stove, and |
II was bloody. After they sent for the chiId'S |
inotner Thomas began cursing terribly Bette |
renee she saw the condition of the child. Al |
towards, when she went to find Thomas. he |
mad md under the house DR.. A. B. Phelps |
child. The case was submitted TO the inrv
without argument, and verdict of guilty was
returned. WV
BROAD STREET THEATER, PHILADELPHIA.
UNDER Mr.. FORDs MANAGEMENT-The man,
SS az m OF this fine theater, which is owned
Ledger, OF the 18th inst. pass for the next sea
son into the hands of Mi. John T. Ford, who
IL Is SAID Is the Oldest in service of all the the
managed in Philadelphia, in a musical way.
tWenty,se years ago the same winter that
the Ledger building, at Sd and Chestnut streets
ofSIyed by re fio He for
presenting Edwin Forrest and other notable
attractions at that house. But his continuous
and successful management for twenty five
years III bal!lm0re, Washington and the South,
mas been his chief work in dramatic sense.
His lie mas n0t only been marked by theatri-
cal laOOrS, as the friend and associate Of soma !
81 our greatest actors and understandable
JeneISOn, Booth, Clarke, Owens and Jarrett.
but Mr.. Ford has held a variety of public
trusts IN Baltimore with a success that has
maze MN a representative man in many re-
SpectS
1t was the earnest desire of MI j. s. Clarke
that Nlr. Ford should become the manager of !
ms Broad street property, and he DELAYED his |
departure to Europe to bring it about,
DEEDS N FEE have been filed as follows
u T. laws PAWS and I. F. Larner, trustees, to NJ
| Ca!lan, SIZE, lots and g. So. 39j: F. J.
Lear ustee, to III. nj. C.. Danaher. 5000, lots
o. 10 As, so. 2s4: j. A. Williamson to J. w. Viii, !
Hanson, $3.50, lot 5, 50. 5SS; ": II. Hope, |
trustee, to 7. W. Smith, sl,i3N lot 70, 50. ~;
Z. A. MGimttiTe TO j. NJ. Wright 81, $50, lot 195
So. 675: J. s. Jones ct al, trustees. to A. G. |
Haley, 5000. lots to 10, So 60; A. G. Haley |
TO c. A. Smith, =, same property: Enoch |
TOtten to B. H. Warner, trustee 5000 lots Is |
and q, So. 36S; w. f. ThysOn to c. G. Glover
ct al, $3.50, part sub-lot Sc, so. 345: H. E.
Scott to r: H: W. Reed, $1,000 lot s., So; S66;
}. W. Starr, trustee, to NJ. A. Curtin. S, 200;
lots a and ., so. 24l; r. FL. Wood to E. H.
COurteney, s320.26, lots IA to Is, SO. 60; j. S.
Edwards, trustee, to Richard Cruit, ST., =,
part lot s, So, 345: G. X. Andrews to A. S.
West, 81, lot 10, 'Bagey's Purchase :" R. H.
Laskey, trustee, to William Leach, sos, lot 5,
square 655; j. G.. McRae to Mathew Spicer
500, part 9, square 95l; w. w. COrcoran to j.
G.. Griffin. s. l2n. lots Is and l6, SQUARE 73I. F.