Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-22
ALONG THE. RIVER FRONT
MUZZLE-LOADINGS CANNON BEING
SHIPPED TO THE SOUTH.
Presumed to BesIntended for Orna-
mental e,s-Reopening of
Coal TradeaGeneral News.

A number Of old-fashioned Misunderstanding
cannon are being gshipped from Fort
Washington, via Alexandria, to army sta
tions iii the south, it is supposed for orna-
! mental purposes The steamer Estelle
Randall made a special trip to the Fort
last night to bring up one 2,40O-pound gun.
The reopening of the coal trade at
Georgetown means much to several hun
dred men who earn their living by Loading
schooners, and who have practically been
out of employment since the closing of the
canal last winter. Two vessels have loaded
coal for Boston at Georgetown In the past
week, and several others are expected 10
follow.
The schooner John P. Robinson, Captain
Robinson has been launched from the mar
inc railway at Alexandria, where she mas
been hauled out for several days Ior re-
pairs to hull and for repainting Yester
day evening she took on a mixed cargo OF
supplies for the country merchants, anu
sailed for the lower river ports.
The schooner Glimmer, owned by ofncer
Charles Brannagan of the police force. mas
andria, for general overhauling or nun
and repainting of bottom. The Glimmer Is
the vessel that party OF boys look oul
a few days ago, and after gettihs her
ashore twice, deserted her.
The work of erecting the iron fence along
the sea wall at the arsenal is progressing
| rapidly. Already about 300 feet OF IL nave
been erected, and the masonry work on the
| remainder is being pushed.
The new iron fence about the naval mag
| azine between this city and Alexandra, on
completed 1t is understood that the mag
azine will be used as storehouse Tor the
high explosives manufactured at lndlan
Head, and the erection of the fence ABOUT
the magazine was done as precautionary
measure. The explosives will be stored
there until they sent to the various
vessels and naval stations.
VIM. Johnson, colored. deckhand on the
steamer Saml j. PentZ, while Washlng up
| the decks Of the steamer yesterday morn
ing slipped. and, throwing out his hand to
catch himself, showed it through large
window. He was painfully cut above the
hand and wrist and was sent to the Marine
Hospital to have his injuries dressed
The Fish Trade.
Forty-seven barrels Of salt water fish from
the eastern shore of Virginia and about
Virginia Beach and Old Point were received
from the Norfolk line steamer this morning
by the dealers at the wharf. In conse-
quence of the drop In the temperature
prices have gone up, trout this morning
selling for $3.50 per barrel, bluefish and tall
ors al sc. per pound and mackerel at 15c.
per pound. Only two barrels of river fish
We're received, and they show an advance
in price also. rockfish selling at 1Oc., 15c.
and 16c. per pound, according to size. Only
prices remain the same.
The oyster season. which closed with the
opening of the month Of May, VIII reopen
in September. Many of the vessels now
bringing Watermelons to this market will
go into the more profitable oyster carrying
business, and preparations are now being
made to fit the vessels for the trade. Old
river men who have been handling oysters
all their lives say the season should be
good one, the dry weather having made the
water over the oyster beds extra salt. thus
giving the bivalves an especially good ma
vor
Since yesterday three vessels, laden with
watermelons-the schooner /. X. L., with
2, 700 from Vienna, Md. the Thos. j. Seward,
with 5000, from -Nanticoke Nd, and the
sloops w. w. Ward, with 1880 from the
Rappahannock river, Virginia-have arrived
at the fish wharf. The low prices kept
the melons moving briskiy, and 1t Is esu-
mated that about 10000 were sold and
taken away from the fish wharf yesterday.
Today business is slack and prices are:
For selected melons, $3.50 to $40 per hum
dred; primes, So to IS per hundred, and for
culls, 81 to 81 per hundred.
The Moving Craft.
The schooner George A. McFadden sailed
from Bath, Me-, for this port on the 9th of
August, and arrived here yesterday in tow
Of the tug James o. Carter.
The big four-masted schooner Edwin NJ.
Hunt sailed yesterday evening with
cargo Of coal for Boston. The tug M. NJ.
Davis took her as far as the mouth of the
river
The schooner Sarah f. Vickers has ar
rived in port for a cargo of furniture and
household goods for the Chester river Md.
The Kate Muller arrived last night, with
cargo Of cord wood for Carter & Clark.
The lighthouse engineers steamer Jessa-
mine is cruising around the lighthouses on
the bay and river.
The steamer Wakefield yesterday evening
brought up from the lower river a large
cargo Of melons, fruits and vegetables.
The schooner Cemmie Travers, with
cargo of Virginia pine lumber from Nor
folk for H. L. Biscoe, arrived yesterday
evening
The steamer Dennis Simmons, with a
large cargo of lumber and shingles from
Edenton N. c., reached Georgetown yester-
day evening and landed part of her cargo.
This morning she landed So 100 shingles at
johnson & Wimsatt's wharf.
The schooner Manchester Haines, with
cargo of coal from Georgetown, mas arrived
at Boston.
The schooner Woodward Abrams, with
cargo of 944 tons of ice from Bath, Me-,
arrived at Alexandria this morning. She
was locked at the wharf of the Mutual Ice
Company.
port has arrived at Norfolk for coal.
The schooner Benz. G. Prith, having S0S
tons of ice under her matches for the
American Ice Co., arrived in port this morn
ing In tow of the tug Camilla and was
locked at the 9th street wharf. No more
ice laden vessels are now looked for at this
port until after the LIST of September.
The schooners Mary A. kirwin and Katie
have completed the discharging of their
cargoes of watermelons and will sail this
evening for the lower river and bay points
to reload.
The bark Ethel v. Boynton has completed
the discharging Of her cargo of asphalt and
will sail in tow Of the Camilla for Norfolk
to load coal to a New England port.
The schooner r. d. Bibber has received
her cargo of coal at Meredith & Winship's.
Georgetown, for Boston, and sailed this
morning The tug Jas. Q. Carter will tow
her as far as the Kettle Bottoms.
The schooner Stella b. Kaplan will COM