Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-12
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Vessels Arrived and Cleared and What The,
Brought to This Port.


The two-masted schooner Shining Light
Capt Richard Wright, came up yesterday from
Mattawoman creek with shad for r. A. Golden.
The two-masted schooner G. p. Leatherbury,
Capt. W. H.Dewick, came in yesterday from
York river with seventy bushels Of seaside oys-
tiers and 10000 clans. The clans were sold
to Edward weser at 81 per 1000, and the oys-
tiers to Mr.. NcKenny, P. Moore and Samuel
Reeves at 70 cents per bushel. VIII
liam A. Bryant, an oyster shoveler of
forty odd years experience on the river front. Is
authority for the statement that this is the
nrgest single arrival of clans in fifteen years.
The Lentherbury expects to get under way for
York river today.
The schooner Howard Dale, Capt. Tubman,
from James river, made port yesterday with
so 600 feet of lumber consigned to johnson
Bros.
Charles IT. Javins yesterday received 5000
herring, thirty barrels of sea trout, taylors and
blue fish and 800 shad.
Trap fishermen yesterday brought in 80, 900
herring. 700 shad. forty barrels of taylors, sea
trout and blue fish and fifty punches of cat and
perch to r. A. Golden.
The two-masted schooner Emile Burton,
Capt. Jacob Masters. is discharging 100 900 feet
Of lumber at Jackson's wharf. The Burton will
sail tomorrow.
The Jacob S. Barns, Capt. Thos. s. Cullen,
of lumber for II. s. Biscoe. The Barns was out
thirty-six hours with fair weather.
The steamer Bartholdi Of Georgetown has had
her shaft and propeller repaired at Benefits
yard and gone in commission.
The tug Zeta, Capt. Mohler, is expected to be
hauled up on the marine railway at Benefits
yard tomorrow.
Capt Jacob Faunce's seine boat is being re-
built at Beunetts yard.
The Mary Brown cleared for the eastern shore
of Maryland yesterday.
The schooners Idle Wild and Mary E. Candy
are in the stream awaiting charters.
The big three-m ns ted schooner Harry Messer.
Capt. Pierce, of Boston, arrived in port yester-
day with 943 tons of ice from the Kennebec
river for The American Ice Company. The
Messer made the passage in little over eight
days. This is quick trip. She lost her fore
top.ah in squail sixty miles south
wetheren let the Kennebec five days ahead Of
the Messer and is not in. The 5Iesser left in
company with schooner Belle Hardy with ice
for Baltimore.
The schooner Five Sisters, Capt. Bennett
Woodward, is due from Acquia creek with
cordvOod.
The two-masted schooner Mary Anne Shea,
Capt. Lewis Monroe. has arrived from Acquia
creek with forty cords of wood.
The Carrie L., a two-mastcr out of Baltimore,
Capt. J. S. Mcpherson, made port yesterday
with the aid of the tug Z. Nj. Pierce. She
brings So 900 feet of lumber from Norfolk con-
signed to Thomas j. Shryock & Co. She will
clear in day or two for the Rappahannock
river after corn.
The steamer June, late the Belle L., is being
overhauled at the kennebec Ice Company's
wharf. Engineer Charles Nelson is doing the
work for II. j. shepherd.
United States Local Inspector Of Steam Ves-
sells Vim. o. Seville made a trip to the various
Potomac river resorts this afternoon on the
steamer Samuel ]. Pentz. Capt. E. s. Randall.
A six-inch water main il being laid along It'll
street from NJ to southwest for the conve-
nience and protection or the wharyes and
steamers.
The fishing season has been brief and unprof-
table. Shad seem to have missed the Potomac
this year. Inspector OF Marine Produce Gwinn
Harris states that the shad catch for April,
1892, was 1900 short of that for April, 1891,
and $4,000 short of April, 1890. Bunch fish
are scarce
Sailmaker William waddy of Water street is
at work on handsome awning for the tug
Fannie VI. Gilbert.
The steamer Manchester is expected back
from Baltimore tomorrow, whittier she went
for Overhauling and repairs.
Dir. W. b. Matchette is getting his sloop
Yacht Lotus ready for the seasons cruising.
The steamer Mattano, Capt. W. d. Novel;
from river landings az far down as Wirts wharf,
got up last evening and cleared this morning.
she brought passengers and miscellaneous
cargo.
United States light house tender Jessamine
from Baltimore. Capt. Wyatt, arrived this morn
ing and lies AT the Alexandria ferry wharf. She
expects to get away today for Fort Monroe with
a party of the light house board. Capt. Wyatt
reports rough weather in the bay.
The Washington and Norfolk propeller Nor
folk, Capt Geoghegan, came in this morning
with berries. peas. cabbage, fish and CLANS
reafh rfaH In..fy sk.yicyS
came up.
The steamer Wakefield. Capt Ross, cleared
this morning for down-river points.
The steamer John Z. Tygert. Capt Simmonds,
came up this morning from river points as far
down as Cone river. She brought passengers
and q general cargo.
Coal barge Greenleaf, Capt. W. F. Swain,
from Cumberland. with ia tons Of Georgia
creek coal, has discharged at Corcoran wharf
and left Yesterday in tow of the Gilmore Meri-
dith. Coal barge s. n. Storm. Capt. Bush,
from Cumberland, with 11s, tons of
Brother, arrived Tuesday. and Capt. Bush
reports that the break in the canal at Log Wall
level has been repaired. The two-masted
schooner William Clark. from Prince William.
Va, Capt. Thomas Nash, arrived Wednesday
afternoon with thirty-five cords Of wood con-
signed to Carter & Clark.
The two-masted schooner Elizabeth, Capt.
Bennett. came in Tuesday afternoon from Brit
aims bay with fifty cords Of wood consigned to
Carter & Clark; Jas. o. Carter is consignor.
The schooner Uriah Horner, Capt John D.
Webster. came up from Occoquan bay Tuesday
afternoon with thirty cords Of wood for Carter
4 Clark.
The tug d. B. Lenox, Capt. z. D. Stearn,
while off Occoquan with the yacht Clarionet in
tow. broke a crank pin and was brought to
Washington by the tug Fanny Gilbert, Capt.
VIM. A. Raglan, and is undergoing repairs at
Rag@n's boat house.
The Martha \. Jones, two-masted schooner,
Capt. Henry Peters, from Baltimore. with
q. 900 fire brick for the Washington Gaslight
Company, discharged Tuesday and clears today
for Newport News, Va, with 10000 red brick
The Martha A. Jones had rough weather in the
bay and was forced to make harbor at Herring
bay, Fair Haven.
Tug ID. S. Stetson is at the wharf Of the Great
Falls Ice Company.
The Washington and Norfolk propeller Wash
ingtOn came in yesterday morning with eighty
passengers and general cargo. She brought 200
bales Of excelsior, shipped from Boston, con-
signed to J. Il. Kendall
The Steamer Wakefield. Capt. Ross, got in
yesterday from Potomac landings as far down
rs NOmini, Va, with forty-fve passengers and
a miscellaneous cargo of fish, live stock and
grain.
To GO WITH RAND