Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-10
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
SCHOONER ARRIVES
FROM BATH, ME.
Yawl Cnpsizes and Dumps Passengers
Sailing SlOop Undergoes Repairs
-PersOnal Mention.

The. four-masted schooner Charles G.
Davenport, with cargo of about LOO tons
of Ice for the American Ice Company
rived In port yesterday evening in tow Of
the tug Templar, and was locked at the
wharf foot Of 9th street The Davenport
sailed from Bath. Me. June % Her Off
GERS report having had calm and hot
weather on the trip. with succession of
thunder squalls coming down the coast. on
Winter Quarter shoals a sunken vessel,
showing two masts above the water, was
observed. and another sunken vessel. with
one topmast above the water, was seen
about two miles east of the whistling buoy.
about seven miles from Cape Henry, in the
mouth of Chesapeake bay.
Both sunken vessels are directly in the
track of passing vessels and are dangerous
to navigation.
AS Mr. H. s. Hood was coming up the
river from trip in little sailing yawl
Sunday last the boat was struck by a flaw
off Alexandria and capsized, throwing Mr..
Hood and a gentleman who was with him
into the water. Both chung to the over
turned boat until the steam yacht Giavota.
Capt. Haney. which was near by. came to
their assistance. The overturned boat was
then rishted bailed out and lowed to this
city. No harm resulted to Mr.. Hood or his
friend.
The handsome little sailing sloop Acme,
belonging to DR.. Miner of this city was
hauled out at Townshends boat hause foot
of 9TH street. last week, and was repaired,
painted and thoroughly oyerhauled She
was put overheard Friday last and her
owner. with a party of friends. left at once
in her for cruise on the Elk river and
upper Chesapeake bay. They will be gone
for several weeks.
The Norfolk steamer this morning
brought up forty-four barrels of fish from
the eastern shore and Virginia Beach fish
cries for the local dealers. In spite of the
low lie
morning trout sold for S225 per barrel; but
ter fish at $3.50 per barrel: croakers 81 %
per barrel: blue fish and tailors, &c. per
pound, and mackerel from sc. to &c. per
pound. Crabs are scarce, and are selling
at 81 to $3.50 per barrel.
Going and Coming.
The steamer E. James Tull, with a cargo
of 800 bushels of wheat and 1000 bushels
OF corn. cleared from Alexandria yesterday
evening for the mills at Occoquan, Va
. The schooner Kate Mueller has COM
pleted the discharging of her cargo and
cleared light for the lower river to reload
Inc tug Jas. o. Carter. with coal laden
barge in tow for the dredges at work on
the Mattawoman shoals, sailed yesterday
evening.
The steamer Kent arrived In port last
night on her first trip from Maddlx creek
She brought up quite a heavy freight.
The steamer Lily and Howard sailed from
Alexandria yesterday evening with mer-
chandise for the stores Aqua creek,
Va.
The steamer Harry Randall had quite a
heavy freight and large passenger list on
her first night trip to the river resorts.
The next ice laden vessels expected to
arrive at this port the schooners Hugh
l.. Pickham and F. e. T. Lupton.
The schooner Eugie arrived in port this
morning, with a cargo of Virginia pine
lumber for w. I. Gallehcr & Bro.
The tugs NJ. NJ. Davis and Camilla of
Taylor Bros. fleet are at the entrance to
Chesapeake bay looking for incoming ice
laden vessels bound to this port.
The scnooners Sidonia Curley and the
Ruth Price have arrived at Norfolk from
this port.
General and Personal.
horse belonging to Mr.. T. W. Riley
dropped dead at the 10th street wharf yes
terday evening. This is the second horse
Mr.. Riley has lost in the past six days.
Messrs. Meades & Reynolds who have a
contract for the erection of several build
ings at Fort Hunt, have large force of
hands al work on T. X. Rileys wharf. foot
of n street southwest. getting the ma teral
out.
The tug Martin Doiman, belonging to Mr..
James Richards, was hauled out at Alex
andria yesterday for a new wheel and ex-
animation of hull.
The longboat Uriah Homer will be hauled
out at Burnctts shipyard tomorrow for
general overhauling.
Mr.. Johansen. agent of the Washington
Steamboat Company, who has been quite
i'll, is now rapidly recovering.
Mr.. Douglass Ross quartermaster of the
steamer Samuel J. PentZ, is confined to his
home by illness. Mr.. Charles Marmaduke
Is filling his place on the PentZ.
Mr. Martin Hart has been appointed sec
ond engineer of the steamer Kent.
Captain Smeed of the schooner Gen. S. f.
Merwin, lying in this port, is in Baltimore
looking for charter for his vessel
Messrs. Leonhardt. Eckloff, Kraemer and
other members of the Revelle Boat Club,
are having pleasant trip on the raging
canal. They left here the launch Re
velle Saturday morning and will Icsurely
make their way up the canal, stopping al
all points of interest. The trip will take
two weeks and possibly longer, and will
end at Cumberland. The return trip will
also be made by the canal.
The sailing yacht built by DR.. Tndall,
secretary of the board of District Commits
soners, is anchored in the basin near the
bathing beach. The yacht Is used fire.
quenty of evenings by the doctor and his
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