Evening star., 1900-10-17
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
TUG BOAT MARYLAND ADDED TO
THE LOCAL FLEET.
COiOred Man Twice TumbIes Into
POtOmac-yesseIsW With Freight
Fish and Oyster Trade.

The tugboat Maryland, recently pur-
chased at ANNAPOLIS by Mr.. John Miller of
this city. has arrived here, her contract
for towing at Annapolis having expired.
The Maryland will in future be used by
Mr. Miller in his sand and brick business
on the river. She was built in Baltimore
In 1884. and is 51.3 feet long 1873 feet wide
and 81 feet deep. She is of forty nominal
horsepower and is Of twenty-five tons
burden. The vessel is at present lying a
Mr. Miler's wharves in the Eastern branch,
and will at once go into service.
Chas. Dyer, a colored wagon driver, Sun
day evening last in crossing the gang
plank of the steamer Samuel ]. Pentz al
the River View wharf foot of 7th street,
fell. as was supposed. into the dock be-
tween the boat and the wharf and was
.tished out by Mate Pink Hart of the Pentz.
Monday night he again went overheard,
this time into the Alexandria ferry slip, and
wa. was pulled out with boat hook by Beverly
Smith and other bystanders. He came
near drowning on this occasion, and con-
siderable trouble was experienced in re-
sUscitatjng him. He refused to give any
explanation, and stole away after SmItn
had gone for the police.
Yesterdays warm weather had a very de-
pressing effect on the oyster market. The
demand for the bivalve was light and prices
weather of today has revived the market
and the demand brisk this morning
and prices were advancing at the wharf,
ordinary grade of oysters selling at 80 cents
per bushel, while selects brought 50 cents
per buShel. Since yesterday 1,S23 bushels
have arrived at the wharf in five vessels,
the Kathleen bringing up 4Io bushels from
Colonial Beach and the Amanda Lewis,
with 400 bushels; the Lucille Western, with
800; the NJ. j. Stevenson, with 800, and the
Mazeppa, with $50, all coming from Black
tstone Island The Norfolk and Washing
ton line steamer also brought UP twenty
three barrels of Lynn HaVenS for the local
dealers.
The Norfolk and Washington line steam
er this morning brought up seventy-seven
barrels of salt water fish from the shores
about Norfolk. Old Point and the eastern
shore for the dealers at the wharf. and the
steamer Wakefield brought up eight bar
rels from the nets in the river. The cool
weather will cause an increase In prices.
Trout this morning sold at 81 to $6 per bar
rel; mackerel, 10 cents per pound bluefish
and tatlOrs, to cents per pound: pan
rock. to cents per pound; boiling rock.
10 to Is cents per pound: white perch, 3 to
I'D cents per pound; spot, cents per pound:
bass. 8 to 10 cents per pound; butter fish,
cents per pound; porgies 3 to cents per
winter shad. 15 cents per bunch: mullets,
10 cents per pound, and eels, 15 to 20 cents
per bunch
Vessels Bearing Freight.
The schooner Sidonia Curley, Capt. Cur
ley, has arrived In port with a cargo of
125,OOO feet of pine lumber from the James
river for Johnson & Wimsatt
The schooner Alice Carlisle is discharging
cargo of about 10000 feet of lumber from
Pope's creek. Va, at the wharf of Thomas
r. Riley. foot of 9th street.
Dougherty's tug Peerless arrived In port
Monday evening with a tow Of three
barges from Philadelphia via Chesapeake
City One was docked at VIM A. Smoot's
wharf. Alexandria, and the others brought
up here.
The schooner Edwin C. has arrived at AL
eNandrfa with cargo of 4,400 boxes of
canned goods. Part Of her cargo was
landed there for VIM. F. Brooks and the re-
mainder brought here for c. n Sioussa
The hatie Cecilia. having sold her cargo
of oysters. has sailed from Alexandria for
the lower river to reload.
The handsome little sailing sloop Ella
Treadwell arrived up from the lower river
last night
The tug NJ NJ. Davis will sail this even
ing for Baltimore with the schooner Edwin
r. Hunt. which has just finished discharg-
Ing cargo Of ice here. The Hunt will
load coal for an eastern port.
The schooners Madeline Cooney Edith
Olcott, James G. Beecher and r. D. Bibber
which have discharged cargoes of ice here
recently, arrived Sunday in Boston with
cargoes of soft coal.
The schooner A. H. Quinby has arrived in
d
river lumber port
The Earl Biscoe and Mayf1ower have
gone up to Georgetown with cargoes of
cord wood for the dealers there
The Benjamin Franklin and Mary r..
Candy have sailed for the lower river for
cargoes of oysters for this port.
The revenue cutter Window sailed Mon
day evening for a cruise on Chesapeake
bay. ending at Baltimore, where she ar
rived yesterday.
General and Personal
The War Departments steam launch Mer-
cedes has been taken out on a trial trip.
She made good time, but is expected to
make much better. The Mercedes is by far
the handsomest vessel of its kind that is
in the Potomac river fleet of small steam
craft
Quite a new industry has sprung up along
the river front, the catching of smeIt for
live bait for the bass fishermen. Bass bite
better at live smelt or minnow than at
any other bait, and thea small boys are
making considerable pocket money by
catching these fish and selling them
The steamer Samuel j. Pentz which is
temporarily On the Gly mont route is under
the command of Capt. Harry S. Randall.
with Mr.. Pink Hart pilot and Mr.. VIM
~ Moore in charge of the engine room.
Capt. Thomas Todd and Engineer Martin
kaupp are experimenting the overhauing
OF the steamer EsteIie Randall at Alex
asdria.
1t is reported the schooner George F.
Wright has been sold by Miss KintZ to par
ties on the eastern shore of Maryland.
Two barges laden with poplar wood for
Philadelphia have been taken out of Occo-
auan hay and Aqua creek since Sunday.
Mr.. G.. +. Townshend has the contract for
the building of sixteen-foot skipjack for
DR. Brosius of this city.
fhe hugeye Silver Spray. which is being