National Republican., 1883-05-25
WEST WASHINGTON.

During the fishing season report concern
ing the condition of the Potomac river water
will be published each day, as furnished by
the Washington aqueduct Office, Georgetown,
using the following scale of measurement:
Very turbid, to 8; turbid, 8 to 10; slightly
turbid, 10 to %; clear, 22 to 36. Condition of
the water Thursday, May 24-At Great
Falls, g.; at receiving reservoir, north con-
nection, 3; south connection, 10; at dis
tributing reservoir, 80.
One thousand five hundred bushels of wheat
were sold yesterday at from $l,21i to $l.24 per
bushel.
The funeral of Mr.. J. B. Wells took place
yesterday afternoon from the chapel of Oak
Hill cemetery, and was attended by large
number of tho friends of the family. In the
absence of Rev. DIR. Howe, pastor of the p
Street Presbyterian church, of which de-
ceased was prominent member, Rev. DIR.
Childs performed the funeral services and
the following gentlemen acted as pallbearers
Messrs. William l.. Dunlop, b. r. Mayfeld,
S. Thomas Brown, John Leetch, NJ. v. Buckley,
and Levin Frey.
The river was alive with boats yesterday
afternoon, all of the clubs having out an un-
usually largo number of their members.
From tho Potomacs were the eight-oared
shell, two four-oared Shells McKenny, Nc
Rae, Fisher, Smith. Nordsy and Cropley in
singles, and ten pleasure boats. The Column
shells, Lake in his single, one pair.oare the
ten and four-oared barges and eight pleasure
boats; from johnson & Bakers were out
eight pleasure boats.
McKenny, of tho Potomacs, last evening
was using his new shcll which he has just
had built by Ruddick, of Boston he Is
highly pleased with il, and will, with its aid,
make good showing at the Newark regatta
on decoration day. He will take his last pull
on the Potomac prior to that event this even
ing, and will leave here on Saturday night
for Newark, exercising until the day Of the
race over the course.
At the outset of the boating season it be-
hooves not only the boat clubs, but all parties
who are in the habit of spending their even
ings on the river, to make every effort to
have stop put TO the custom Of the tugboats
driving through the harbor at full speed, for
unless some action is taken in this matter a
serious accident is likely to occur at any
hour, as was shown last evening when the
tug Gilmor Meredith dashed at full speed
through the port. making tremendous
swell, by which a pleasure boat from
the Potomac boat house, in which were
Messrs. Baker, Gascoigne, Hyde, and
another gentleman, all of whom We're
thrown into tho middle of the river, and
one of the party, who was unable to swim
was only saved from drowning by the efforts
of his companions, who kept him afioat until
assistance arrived, when they were all picked
up and taken to the boat house. The tug
after having caused the accident, was not
even slackened down, but kept on her way
without paying the least attention to the
men struggling in the water. Had this boa
been loaded with ladies or children, as hun
dreds of them are through the season, 4
would have been impossible TO save them all
A large number of young people of the con
gregation Of Trinity church (Catholic) tool
their first communion yesterday.