Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-31
ALONG THE river FRONT
SLOOP FRANCINA III LAUNCHED AT
HIGH TIDE TODAY.
Lunch to Her Guests to He Served at
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Boat House = General
River News.

The handsome little sloop-rigged one
rater Francina II, which has just been
built at Townshend's boat exchange, at the
lower end Of It'll street, for Mr.. F. T. Raw
lings Of this city, was launched at high
water today. The launching was attended
with appropriate ceremonies, and after
trial spin is had in the new boat lunch will
be served to the guests at the boat house.
The Francina II Is % feet long has 8 feet
beam and draws but inches of water. She
has an immense spread Of sail and her
builder confidently expects her to be the
| fastest sailing vessel on the river of her
class.
The sand digger VIM. A. smoot. belonging
| to Mr.. Louis Smoot Of this city, which has
| been disabled for some days by the break
| ing of her machinery, has been repaired
and Is again at work near Holland Point,
about twenty miles down the river. 1t Is
stated that Mr.. Smoot will shortly begin the
| building at Summers boat yard, on the
Eastern branch, Of a large scoop dredge
/ for digging and separating sand and gravel
| Four large scows, tenders to the new
dredge, will be built at the same time. The
dredge is to be one Of the largest on the
river.
| The Norfolk and Washington line steamer
| this morning brought up thirty-seven bar
! relst of fish from the bay and sea nets on
| the eastern shore and about Norfolk and
Old Point. The Friday market, as usual
barrel: tailors and bluefish, Az cents to B
| cents per pound. and mackerel, II cents to
| 10 cents per pound.
The river steamers brought up five
| punches of bass and four barrels of rock
| fish and perch from the river nets. The
| bass brought II cents per pound and the
| rock and perch sold at 10 cents to Is cents
per pound About twenty barrels Of crabs
| have been received in the past twenty-four
hours They are selling at $3.50 to 81 per
barrel.
l WafA
are rather scarce today the greater por-
| ton Of the large feet lying at the wharf
| early In the week having discharged their
| cargoes and sailed. Prices continue to ad-
| vance, selected melons being quoted today
| at $14 to SIS per 100 and scarce at that fig
ure; primes are bringing 81 to IS per 100
and culls 81 to 81 per 100. Since yesterday
| the sloops Belvedere with 1000 melons,
and the Viola, with about $500. have ar
rived at the whalf. The schooner Rebecca
Smith. with about 1000. is at the Alexan-
| The United States naval tug Triton carried
a new ten-inch gun on the gun barge. to
Indian Head yesterday to be tested.
Boats with Carsoes.
The schooner John,fs. Robinson and the
pungy Lola g. Love- arrived up yesterday
with cargoes of wood TO Carter & Clark.
The barge Macy. F. yMaloney. in tow of
the tug D. M. Key, Sailed light for Deco
guam. to load raalroan ties for Philadel-
phia. no nd
| The schooners nBenH G. Firth, Geo. A.
McFadden and Gen.i s. E. Merwin. from
THU, port have arrived in Philadelphia to
| lead.
The three-mastsff schooner Emma F. An
CELL. with Cargo OF .256 tons Of ice for
the American led Eoppany. arrived in port
yesterday eveningbi IN .fpw Of Woodalfs new
tug Sarah. Sheiswaaa locked at the 9th
| street wharf. She sailed from the Maine
Ice houses on theJl7thOof August. and had
J an unusually long passage caused by light
I winds down the coast.
There are at sea- bound here. with ice
| cargoes the schooners d. n. Rivers. with
| 1,5S7 tons; the H. L. Peckham with 1919
tons; the Normandy. with $40 tons; the
| Young Bros. with 1,2O9 tons: the Iona Tun-
nell with 1890 tons. and the Q. d. With
| eral, with 92O tons. They should arrive IN
port In the order named.
| The longboat Mary Ann Shea. with part
| Of a cargo of cedar posts. has arrived for
Johnson & Wimsatt Cordwood makes up
| the remainder Of the Shea's cargo
/ The steamer James o. Tull has arrived
with a cargo OF about 100000 feet OF lumber
| for johnson & Wimsatt.
| The schooner Gen. Hardcastle has cleared
from Newbern, N. G.. with a cargo OF lun-
J. The steamer Wakefield last night brought