Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-19
ALONG THE :RIVER FRONT
ARRIVALS OF VESSELS AND PRO-
DUCE ATTTHE PORT.
First Potomac F1sh Get Here-Fruft
and Vegetables Becoming Plentf-
ful-Other News of Interest.

| The four-masted schooner Alice Holbrook,
with cargo Of ice, arrived in port on Mon
day evening last, and is discharging cargo
at the wharf foot, of 10th street. She
| sailed from Bangor Me, on July. u, and
was eleven days on the trip. Light head
winds, her officers report, prevailed during
| the entire voyage and account for the
slow time made. Nothing of interest in the
voyage is noted In the log book.
| The new twelve-horse- power electro-naph-
| tina engine for DIR. Rauterberg's launch
Alert is expected to reach this city next
| week 1t will be at once placed in position,
ana the launch will again go into com
| mission.
Mr. w. T. Motherall is building, in the
| shed foot of NJ street another and work
| ing model of his air cushion boat, en-
bodying new ideas gained with the expert
ments IN the old model. The new boat is
ABOUT fifteen feet long, and if the ideas Of
her designer and builder are materialized
she VIII make phenomenal speed.
Inc schooner Young Brothers, in tow Of
the tug Murray NJ. Davis, sailed Tuesday
evening for Baltimore, where she will load
coal Tor an eastern port, and will then pro-
coed to the Kennebec to load ice back to
this port or Baltimore.
The pungy McNamera dropped anchor
tuesday evening in the channel off the
Cilted states naval powder magazine, and
when her crew attempted to raise it they
found 1t fouled in the wreck Of the old
schooner that sank there about two years
ago and it was only after two hours work
that 1t was released
The first barrel of Potomac river fish to
arrive at the wharf here for several weeks
was received Tuesday evening from fish
erman at Fort Washington on the steamer
EStelle Randall
Reaches and tomatoes are now coming to
market from down the river in large
quantities. Yesterday evening the steamer
Estelle Randall had in her cargo $50 boxes
hnYac for at
ries and 81 crates plums for the local mer
chants.
Mr.. G. P. Lohr, manager for johnson &
Wfmsatt, lumber Dealers has gone to
Chapel Point, Nd, to spend two weeks.
Inc schooner Estelle Phinney, Capt.
July IL.
The schooner Zaccheus Sherman, Capt.
Iulloch, is in the Kennebec loading ice for
this port.
Mrs. J. Frank Carlin. daughter of Capt.
n: 5. randall, has returned after a visit
or Two months to northern New York.
Inc condition of old Captain Bushby
Grlgsby, who was badly injured by being
struck by a car Water street about
week ago continues to improve.
Mr.. Patty O'Donnel has resigned the
chief engineership of the Motley Hall ex-
Gurslon steamer River Queen, and Mr..
JACK White has been selected to succeed
nm Mr.. . Donnell returns to the steamer
Wakefield as second engineer.
The schooner Magnolia has arrived IN
port with cargo of lumber for johnson &
Wimsatt.
The schooner Willie Marshall arrived here
this morning with a cargo of lumber and
laths from st. Johns, N B., for Thos. X.
Riley.
The light house service has issued notice
that the red light on piles on the south
side of the middle ground off McWiliams'
Point, Pimlico, near North Carolina, has
been carried away by passing barge col
liding with 1t. The piles will be replaced
and the light re-esta blshed as soon as pos
sible, and notice will be given. The light
was destroyed by the barge Carolina, owned
in Baltimore. This notice is of interest to
the masters Of vessels running lumber
from Pamiico river ports to Washington
and Alexandria.
All the watermeIons on sale here now are
brought by rail from Georgia, but the
dealers on the wharf say that in a few
days vessels with cargoes of melons from
North Carolina and southern Virginia will
begin arriving in port. Last year the first
cargo reached here July u, but this
year, in consequence of the cool spring,
they are expected to be few days later.
Melons are now retailing at 10 to 40 cents
each, according to size.
The handsome little sailing sloop Lily
Lynn, belonging to Mr.. Ned Lynn. is being
rebuilt in PowelIs creek, Va. New decks
have been placed on the vessel and con-
siderable work has been done on her hull.
She will be ready for service in about a
week.
Cumberland this morning launched at his
bSdI Siid Ipol VI Sllil street. SHldIl
scow, built for Mr.. William Norton of this
city. The launch was a success and was
witnessed by a small gathering. a big
eighty-foot scow, which he has on the
stocks for the National Sand Dredging Com
pany, will be put overheard within the next
four five days
is having her deck house and waist re-
The brig D. NJ. Key of Taylor Bros fleet
painted.
The Norfolk line steamer will this morn
ing bring up n company of marines from
Norfolk route to China.
Passengers on the river boats between
this city and Alexandria yesterday evening
schooner lying on the shore lust
above Alexandria, burning fiercely and no
effort being made to put out the
flames. 1t was the hull Of the old schooner
julius Drifuse, which was being intention
ally destroyed to get the copper and brass
out of her, fire being the quickest and
cheapest agent to wreck her that could be
used. The Drifuse was built by the govern
ment for the coast survey service but had
outlived her day of usefulness
The receipts of fish at the wharf this
morning from the fishing shores at Vir-
ginia Beach and about Old Point were
forty-two barrels mostly trout mackerel
and taiors. The hot weather still keeps the
price Of fish very low. This morning trout
sold at from $1.T5 to 1918 per barrel ac-
cording to condition. Tailors brought from
81 to $3.50 per barrel, and mackerel 81 cents
per pound. No bluetish, tailors or croakers
We're offered for sale. Four barrels ard
thirty-five punches of Potomac river fish
We're also received on the wharf and