The Evening critic., 1882-10-03
SOUTH WASHINGTON.

over onehalt of the rooms In tho Jefferson
School building are now occupied by scholars,
ana ere long the rattle Of the carpenters ham.
me, mer VIII entirely give way 60 the busy mum OF
hundreds OF llttlo voices. Tho school, it Is OK
pected, Will bo completely finished within
three weeks, and taken altogether IL Will bo tho
hnndsomest and most convenient structure Of
the kind In the city. Tho new building VIII
be better ventilated and lighted than the old
one, and can be relieved of It's occupants In n
much shorter space OF timo.
Our entcrprlsing merchants, Adler & Bros,
have filled their spacious store with n stock
Of goods that would do credit to an establish
ment anywhere. Their supply OF gentlomen's,
childrcn's, and Indies shoes ia simply onor.
nous, and their prices, as heretofore, are re.
duced 10 the lowest marks TO suit tho times.
Tho Adlcrs have worry polite clerks, who do
light IN showing goods, and II Is really a
pleasure 20 call and see them Mt their largo
establishment Mt sol Four.and.half street.
corner OF l..
The following is tue wharf report for yester.
day, made out by Iarbormastar sutton (:
schooner Rising sun, Captain Dunnington, %
cords wood for II. J.. Biscoo; schooner Ada
Lee, Captain Davis, 10 cords wood for II. l..
Biscoo; schooner rbrec Brothers, Captain
Taylor, % cords wood for Stephenson Bros.
schooner Mary Ella, Captain Underwood, 35
cords wood tor j. o. Carriers schooner Kate,
Captain Fitzsmmons, 30 cords wood for J. o.
Smith, 20 cords wood for johnson 4 Bros;
schooner II. @. Purdy, Captain Harris, 20
cords wood for johnson & Bros; barge
tons coal for Potomac Steamboat Company;
barge Arthur Dawson, Captain Blank, 11O
tons coal for Potomac steamboat Company
steamer Concord, Captain Milford, $50 tons
coal for Johnson 4 Bros; steamer Anna Eliza,
Captain Shropshire, merchandise for J.. H..
johnson Co.; schooner II. A. Golden, Cap.
tain Wagner, light to II. A. Golden, pungy
oysters FOR market; sloop Arthur, Captain
Culllson, $50 bushels oysters; puugy james
Summers, Captain Bailey, 200 bushels oys.
tor 81 II I'M al
bushels oysters; pungy Sarah Jane, Captain
Russell, 400 bushels oysters; sloop May, Cap.
tain Green, 100 bushels oysters.
The oystor-shuckcrs were at work on tho
wharves In full force thls morning, and things
presented familiar December look.
In the twenty-four hours ending at s a. m.
today twelve prisoners were landed In tho
First Precinct Station.
The Potomac had fallen very perceptibly
this morning, and tho current has lost its We.
locity. but vast quantities OF debris remain
along the banks and fastened 10 tho bridge
posts and every imaginable object above tho
surface OF tho water.
The new fish car being built by Mr.. Levi
Curry, tho well-known proprietor of the plan.
Ing mill on Maryland avenue, Will be COM
pleted this week. The car is finished on the
inside with white ash, which Will be left as
near the natural color as possible. There are
four ice-Doxes In tho car, each capable of
carrying 300 pounds, and on each side WI NIL
walls OF tho tanks arc fllcd with cork, and on
the inside lined with rubber and galvanized
Iron. The car is made entirely by Washington
mechanics, and is n model OF beauty and con-
vonlence. There Will bo large warehouse
and car shed erected at the old ArmOry build
ing. The car shed will extend along u stroet
siXty.four feet, and extending from It through
the park Will be tho warehouses, 127 feet In
length and 81 feet wide. The building Is de-
signed 70 hold tho fishing material that viii
be sent 10 the London exposition, and much OF
tho material that now crowds the old Armory
building Will be placed In 1t, as also the
presents given TO tho Government by ccnton'
NAL exhibitors.
one Of the largest stove, tin and sheetlror
warerooms In tho city Is In South Washington
Mr.. J. W. Barker, at his establishment, at 1O1
and 103 Seventh street southwest, daily re.
ceivcs parlor and cooking stoves from all OF
the leading factories Of the, North, for he has
always made u specially Of keeping II great
variety on hand. Mr.. Barker says he finds
that the Arlington range Is great
fayorite with housckeeper5 on account
| OF It's lasting Qualities and the case with
which cooking can be dono on 1t. Another
| thing he finds In great demand Is the Hitch
| cock lamp, an entirely new article in this
market. In connection with his stoves, Mr.
| Barker has shops whero there are mechanic:
for doing all kinds OF plumbing and gasiltting
and where n lady can have any broken por
tfnn NJ n sfoyp nm with facility.