Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-18
ALONG THE wHARVES,

ALONG THE wHARVES.
Matters of Interest About the Various Craft
and Those Who Sail Them.
Mr.. ]. L. Guard Of the Great Falls Ice Com
pany's dock office will spend his vacation in the
Adirondack mountains
Mr.. Klugg is all right
Mr.. Barnado Of the Independent Ice Com
pany's dock is ill.
The work Of putting on the upper works of
the William H. Mohler has been begun.
| Capt. Wilson d. Cater has succeeded Capt.
dria schooner Mount Vernon. Capt Cum
mlngs has retired from river-faring life to give
more attention to his farm on Aqua creek.
Woodmen report an abundant supply Of their
article along Aqua creek, Va.
Mr. Z. A. Huntington Of the Great Falls Ice
Company has entirely recovered from his rheu-
matte troubles. He alleges this desirable re-
suit due to the electric finger ring.
1t Is said that Capt Nicholson Of the three
mast schooner S. H. Walker has been cured by
similar means.
II. l.. Biscoe has twenty carloads of encamp-
ment lumber due via rail from Milford and Pc
tersburH, Va.
Mr.. Penn OF Alexandria lost fine pair Of
rabbit hounds on the river front last evening.
Mr.. Charles George Taylor of Riley's dock
viii lcdNc lLis week LOT AtluTtlc tltv, N, j.,
where he intends to spend his one month va
cation.
The Washington Hydraulic Press Brick Com
pany will ship 10000 brick to Portsmouth. Va,
tomorrow or day after. The vessel to carry
them has not yet been chartered.
Barge Alliance of Philadelphia is light
At the rendezvous of the watermelon feet
there are fourteen sail and about IL 900 or Is 900
watermelons
There is a great supply of lumber on the docks
and several hundred thousand feet are due to
Barber Ross, Johnson l. Wimsatt, Thomas
". smith. Galliher d Brother 7. j. shryock &
Co., Wimsatt Chler. Z. E. Jackson Co., r.
J. Mclean, r. II. Willett Wheatley Bros, H.
l.. Biscoe. j. d. Hitch. Church 4 Stevenson,
Libbey, Bittinger q Miller.
The cause OF this great demand is the encamp-
ment.
Schooner F. C. Eaton, Baltimore, Capt Tay-
Tor. is discharging.
Schooner May Queen. Alexandria, Va. Capt
Mcqueen, expects to sail tonight.
Schooner Annie, Tappahannock. Va, Capt.
Nallandingham, has begun to discharge.
Mr.. Raglan. the boat builder, is making over
his favorite batteau.
Capt. P. P. Faunce Of RIley's dock is sum-
mering at Old Point Comfort, Va.
George W. Stone Il Co. have bought out
Charles Bevers, barrel dealer =
The crab season has been a particularly brisk
one.
Henry Washington, colored an employe of
the American Ice Company, had his right foot
smashed between blocks of ice while assisting i'll
scharging the Ebenezer Haggett.
Bark jesse McGregor, New York, from
Georgetown. ID. c.. to Portland, Me-, with coal,
passed Nobska on the 14th instant.
Barge Mary Maoney. Philadelphia, Capt.
Thomas Maloney. is discharged.
Barge Ellen Call. Philadelphia, Capt. William
Gillorly, is discharged.
Mr.. Jesse Wilver. jr., Of the American Ice
Company, is considerably improved and is ex-
pected to resume his duties at the dock in O few
days.
The four-mast schooner Ebenezer Haggett
from the Penobscot, with ice has shifted SO
often and taken such an unusually long time to
discharge that rumors afloat along the front
that her cargo is bad. The ships people pro-
nounce these stories false.
Thomas ". Riley received today 100 tons of
Lykens valley stove white ash stove and white
ash chestnut coal via rail
Excursion steamers did big business again
yesterday.
Schooner John Hooper is at Norfolk.
There Is letter and registry receipt at
Rlley's wharf for Richard Tonse Of some
schooner Cname not given now due.
Charles Ii. Javins, an authority on fish, saws
that the demand is good and the supply poor
Very few turtles are being received at the water
front.
Schooner James Flanagan, Capt Lewis,
cleared at st. Johns. N. B., August Is for
Washington and was to have sailed ON the fol-
lowing day.
Schooner Henry c. winship. Capt. Doane,
from Georgetown d. c., with coal is reported
at Boston on August Is.
Schooner b. c. Cromwell. Capt York. from
Georgetown. d. c., is reported ut Portland on
the 18th instant
Three-mast schooner Elizabeth A. Baiglev,
Camden. Capt Townsend, has arrived at
Charleston.
Three-mast schooner Olive Pecker has arrived
at Boston and reports that off Barnegat on Au-
gus: ii she passed three-mast schooner with
two tattcred jibs set and otherwise disabled.
The only ice carrier on the river front is the
Haggett. This i, the slinimest showing since
the reason opened. large feet is due for the
Independent. American. Great Falls and Ma
tional Capital companies
John l. Giyens has several cargoes Of coal on
the way.
Barge Miller, No. 2. will be launched today at
BENEFITS shipyard.
Barge Philadelphia and Reading, No. S, is
discharged.
Barge Ely of the Philadelphia and Reading
railroad discharges today.
Mr.. Ferguson of the harbor Office headed n
little party to River View this morning.
Schooner Amelia has shifted to the west
Riley's dock
SchOoners Ida and Oriental have made dock.
Steamer Mary Washington is at Ritche's pier
Steam launch Nellie has been fitted with
boiler and engine at Ragan's boat house and
her upper works will be put on in few days
Mr.. Cooksey OF the Washington Steamboat
Company will spend his vacation in Charles
county, Nd