Evening star., 1900-10-08
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
STEAM YACHT wILLARDA IN PORT
WITH PASSENGERS ABOARD.
Her Owner, With q Party, Sightseeing
in WashfngtOn-The Passing
Craft-GRneral News.

The steam yacht Willarda of New York,
flying the pennantg of the New York Yacht
Club, arrived in port Saturday evening last.
She is owned by Mr.. Roswell Eldridge of
New York. and the owners family and a
party of friends are aboard. She will re-
main in port until Mr.. Eldridge, who has
| gone to New York. joins her tomorrow
morning. when she will sail for Richmond.
The Willarda is a splendid vessel and Is
beautifully fitted out. She is large yacht
of her kind.
The steam yacht Marion. hailing from
New York. arrived in port Friday evening.
The yacht is owned by Mr. Theodore Ber-
dell OF Summit. n. j.. and has her owner.
his daughter, Miss Alice Berdell, and Mr..
Charles Berdell aboard. She came direct
from New York to this port, and remained
here until Saturday evening. while her pas
sengers were visiting the points Of interest
In Washington. The Marion is a handsome
white vessel, $50 fet long. II feet wide and
SO feet deep. She is of thirty-nine tons
gross, and was built at Greenpoint, n. T.,
in 1881.
The little schooner Mist, from the east
ern shore. has been sold by her Maryland
owners to Messrs. Ollie Brown and George
Brown of this city. The price paid for the
boat is understood to have been $3.50. The
Mist has been running oysters to this port.
ana after she is given an oVerhaullng Will
he kept by her owners in the same bus
iness. She is 81 feet long, IL feet wide and
has feet inches depth of hold. The sale
OF the vessel was made condition that
her hull is found to be sound
At the Fish Wharf.
Since Saturday nInety-four barrels Of
salt water fish from the shores about Nor
folk and on the eastern shore have been
brought up by the Norfolk and Washing
ton line steamer for the dealers at the
wharf. Ten barrels from the river nets
have been brought up by the steamers
irving from the lower river. Fish this
morning were selling at the wharf as fol-
lows: Trout, 81 to 81 per barrel; mackerel,
10 cents per pound; sheepshead. cents per
pound; bluetish and tailors, to cents per
pound; rock, 5 to y cents per pound; perch,
q to cents per pound; spot. 8 cents per
pound; 1ounder, cents per pound; carp,
cents per pound; catfish. 20 TO % cents per
bunch; eels, Is to 20 cents per bunch, and
winter shad. Is cents A few barrels of
crabs are still coming up from the lower
river, but the demand for them Is light.
The continued warm weather makes the
demand for oysters very light. Saturday
night seven vessels, whose cargoes of oys-
terS had not been sold, sailed in tow of the
tug Pride for the lower river, TO plant
their oysters again to save them. Since
Saturday $500 bushels Of oysters have ar
rived at the wharf. and today they are
selling all the way from 25 to IS cents per
bushel. The vessels in are the ]. ]. Under
hill with 200 bushels. the Martin Wagner
with 25O, the JOS. s. Cleveland with 15O the
with 400, from the Wicomico: the Petrol
with 200, the Fannie Shepherd with 200 and
the Cushion with $50 from Black1stone's
Island; the Ada Bellenger with 300 from
from Colonial Beach. The Norfolk line
steamer also brought up this morning "a
barrels of Lynn Haven bay oysters
Passing To and Fro.
The schooner Murray Vandiver, with a
cargo Of lumber for Johnson & Wimsatt
arrived in port from Norfolk last night
The tug Peerless sailed yesterday evening
with tow Of four light barges, bound for
Philadelphia to reload to this port.
The sloop Humming Bird is at Reardon's
wharf in Alexandria with a cargo of
oysters.
The Mama has arrived at Alexandria
with cargo of cord wood for Dew. Aitch-
eson.
The tug Stella arrived last night with a
Standard OIL barge in tow for the oil stor-
age works on the Eastern branch.
The steamer Kate Muller is in port with
a cargo Of lumber for Johnson & Wimsatt
The Weems line steamer Potomac with a
large passenger list and heavy freight ON
beard, sailed for the lower river landings
and Baltimore yesterday evening.
The Mary Francis Cunning ham, Column
ba. F. c., Colonel ]. NJ. Merrick, Leroy,
Lottie Carter Gilman Dove and ]. d. Bell
have arrived with cargoes of cord wood for
Carter and Clark since Saturday. The
port the wood laden vessels, which have
been detained down the river by head
winds
Dougherty tug Peerless arrived yesterday
morning with four loaded barges from
Philadelphia. One laden with fertilizer
was docked at Herbert Bryants. and of the
others two We're taken UP the Eastern
branch and one brought to this port. These
barges were all coal laden.
The schooner Isaac Solomon sailed Sat
urday evening last with cargo of lumber
for Liverpool Point
The schooner Childe Harold, with a cargo
of coal for Boston from Georgetown, was
at Vineyard Haven October 3.
The schooner Grace Bennett has COM
pleted the dscharginS Of her cargo of lum-
ber, and has sailed for Edenton, N. c., to
reload.
The schooner ]. P. Robinson arrived at
Georgetown yesterday evening with cargo
of grain.
The steamer Occoquan arrived in port
Saturday evening last with a raft of 100
piles in tow for Georgetown;
The steamer f. James Tul will today
complete the dischargng of her cargo of