Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-22
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Decrease in Tonnage on O. and O. Canal the
Past Year.
SEEMING the Canal for Bass-Sales
Mt Stock Yards-General
and Personal.

Inc season of 1897 on the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal has closed, and all boats are
tied up either at this end or the Cumber-
land end of the waterway, waiting for
spring. very few boats are moored at
points between the two places. The last
cargo of the season was loaded December
IL, and the boat which received the load
has reached Georgetown, discharged its
cargo and is tied up with the others.
During the past season. which opened
about March H. and closed this month, the
total tonnage of coal and other articles car
ried on the waterway amounted to 100000
tons in round numbers. The great bulk of
this, OF course, was COAL The total ton
mage figures represent a decrease over the
showing made by last year. The local
trade on the canal the past year was very
good, but the coastwise trade was not up
to the standard of former years.
The water in all of the levels of the
canal except the Georgetown level, was let
out from December IL to 10. This will re-
main the case until about the middle of
next March, when the season Of 1898 will
be commenced.
This morning the work of SEEMING the
canal for bass and other game fish COM
menced, the work being pursued on the
same lines as last season. The work is car
ried on under the auspices of the United
States fish commission, assisted by the
Maryland Game and Fish Protective Assoc
citation All of the fish thus caught will be
dumped into the Potomac 10 restock that
stream The work last year practically
saved 1900 bass, and this year the work
is commenced sooner than usual in order to
permit as much SEEMING as possible to be
done before the water freezes hard.
Sales of Live stock.
At the Arlington stock yards, Arlington,
Va, Monday, some few cattle We're offered
and oil coll a
per pound; good, 3D. and cents; medium,
and 3i2 cents; common, and cents. A
number of sheep and lambs were sold at
the following quotations.: Sheep. and 3'a
cents per pound; lambs, and cents
calves, and 6ia cents There were ten
cows and calves that sold from SO to SO
per head. The state Of the market was
fair for all kinds of stock.
For One Day of Rest.
A movement is on foot among the clerks
of Georgetown to secure an all-day closing
OF the different dry goods, clothing shoe,
grocery, hardware and all other places Of
business, to give the employees a full rest
after the busy rush incident to the holiday
trade. A number of merchants have agreed
to close their stores during Christmas day,
and it is expected that a majority of them
will be in favor of doing The movement
has been started by the members of the
Clerks Assembly of this place.
Very Small Blaze.
A local alarm was turned in yesterday for
blaze in the dwelling house at 1904 JEFF
ferson avenue. The fire engines quickly
responded, but the fire was extinguished
without their going into service. The
house is occupied by William Tascoe and
owned by James Kuhn. The damage did
not exceed s..
Charles NichOlson's Funeral.
Mr.. Charles Nicholson died Monday after
noon shortly before 2 o'clock at the resi-
dence of his sister, Mrs. Susan Pascoe, at
1925 Jefferson avenue. The deceased was
in the fifty-third year of his age. He en-
joyed large circle of acquaintance. The
funeral was held this afternoon at O'Clock
The int erment was at Rock Creek ceme-
terry.
Brief Mention.
Mrs Dr. John E. Miller of Willow Glen
Manor, near Front Royal Va, is stopping
with her sister. Mrs. H. G. Wagner of
Dumbarton avenue.
Miss Julia A. Memmert, who has been
the guest of Mrs. Miller, near Front Royal,
Va, has returned home.
The funeral of Mrs. Martha Hardesty.
who died Tuesday at the advanced age of
lightweight years, was held this morning
at 10 o'clock from the Gay Street Baptist
Church The remains Were shipped to
Rockville for interment
Mrs. William Balckman and daughter
will be at home to their friends at their
new residence, 1524 18th street, after Janu-
airy l.