Evening star., 1900-10-22
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
HUMAN SKULL DREDGED UP FROM
OYSTER BEDS.
The Fish and Oyster Trade Mt the
Wharf-Generaf and Per-
sonaI Matters.


Captain RObey of the pungy Ida Ballen-
ger has at the oyster wharf the top of a
skull. from about the eyes UP, on which
a number of oysters are growing. The
skull was dredged up from the oyster beds
in Curriomen bay a few days ago and must
have been in the water for many years.
From the shape it is supposed to have been
a portion of the head of colored person,
and looks as if the bone had been cut with
a saw, so even is it all around
During the heavy fog which covered the
river yesterday morning early the steamer
Norfolk. Captain Tull. of the Norfolk and
Washington line ran into the two-masted
schooner Loulie S. Lowe, which was an
chored near Fort Washington, grazing her
stern and crushing her yawl boat, carrying
away the davits and breaking the main
boom. So thick was the fog at the time
Of the collision that it was impossible to
see twenty feet from the steamer, and
when the vessel was sighted it was impos-
sible TO check her headway. 1t was for
tunate the damage was so slight. for had
the steamer struck the bow five feet higher
up she would have cut her in half The
Lowe came up to TINS city yesterday even
ing.
The strong southerly wind of the mast
forty-eigh. hours has brought the vessels
bound here into port in large numbers If
teen oyster vessels having reached the
wharf here since Saturday. The market
this morning was brisk and oysters were in
demand. Prices this morning were steady,
small oysters selling at 45 to 30 cents per
oushel, while the larger selected ones
brought 20 to 50 cents per bushel At the
wharf this morning there We're about 3NpD
bushels, the ]. ]. Underhill having 300
bushels, and the Shining Light COO, from
Nicomico; the Ellmyra Russell 300 the
Raymond Oliver POO, the Mary E. Candy
125, the G. B. Faunce 800, and the Sea-
belle 400, from BlackiStones Island; the
Eta 400. Herring Run; Avalon 300. Upper
Machodoc: Kathene 300. Colonial Beach; b.
n: H.: Lambert 200. Curriomen: Benz. Franklin
12J, Lower Machodoc. and the NJ E. Smith
100. Jackson creek The Norfolk line steam
er brought up twenty-three barrels this
morning and the Wakefield thirty-four bar
relS yesterday evening.
The Norfolk line steamer yesterday morn
ing brought up twenty-seven barrels of
salt water fish and this morning sixty-five
barrels. for the dealers at the wharf from
the shores about Old Point and Virginia
Beach. The steamers Wakefield and
Northum berland brought up about ten bar
rels from the nets in the river. The mar
ket this morning was rather quiet. though
there are but few changes In prices. Trout
sold at 50 to s. per barrel; mackerel. 15c.
per pound; bass, Sc. per pound: white
perch. &c. TO Sc. per pound: boiling rock.
19c. per pound; pan rock &c. to &C. per
pound: spot, 4c. per pound; blue fish and
tailors, &c. to &c. per pound; sea mullets
&c. to 4c.; carp. &c. to Sc: dunn. 25c EACH
winter shad, 10c. per pound: catfish. 20c. to
25c. per bunch. and eels, 15c. to 20c. per
bunch. Golden & Co have also received
100 gallons of shrimps. and they sold this
morning at soc. per gallon.
The Freight Carriers.
The four-masted schooner James W. Ell.
well has arrived in tow of the tug NJ. n.
Davis with a cargo of 1881 tons of ice from
the Kennebec for the American Ice Com
pary. The Ellwell has been docked at
Georgetown.
The Bill Ney and Pearl are at port with
cargoes of lumber for Dill & Co.
The steamer Wakefield arrived in port
yesterday evening with large passenger
list and good cargo of barrel oysters and
country produce.
The steamer Potomac sailed yesterday
evening for Baltimore and the river land
ings with a heavy cargo.
The schooner c. c. Wheeler has arrived
at Alexandria with a cargo of $3.50 boxes
of canned tomatoes from the Choptank
river, Md. to Brockett & Co.
The Sidney Jones, Cunningham, Isaac
Solomon, Silver Star and Louie S. Lowe
| have all arrived since Saturday with car
goes of cord wood for Carter & Clark and
Il. W. Murphy.
The schooner Peri is in port with a cargo
of lumber from a down-river port for John
son & Wimsatt.
The schooner Jas. r. Tell is in port with
a cargo of canned goods for A. d. Brockett.
The schooner \. H. Quinby has been
launched from the marine railway at Alex
andria, and will come to this port to load
fertilizing material for the Nansemond
river.
The tug Carter has taken large scow
loaded with coal to the Mattawoman flats.
for the use of the dredges at work on the
deepening of the water there
The tug Peerless arrived up late Saturday
evening with three loaded scows from Phil
! adelpha Two We're taken to Georgetown
| and one was brought here Yesterday morn
| ing the Peerless sailed with two barges
/ {.anrpatnwn nnniar
| wood for Philadelphia and two light barges.
| The schooners Father and Son and Uriah
| Horner have sailed for the lower river to
| load coal and wood back to this port.
| The schooner Alice Carlisle has sailed
from this port for Sheridans Point with
| cargo of lumber
| The schooner Sidonia CurIey has sailed
| light for the James river to load lumber for
Johnson & Wimsatt here.
The Aexena, Maggie L. and Joseph
| Cleveland have sailed for the lower river to
| load oysters back to this port.
The schooner J. p. Robinson is at Alex
andria loading a miscellaneous cargo for
| the lower river.
| The schooner Mary Ann Shea has arrived
in port with a cargo of lumber for John
son &, Wimsatt.
The Fannie Shepherd and Winnie Wind
sor, having completed discharging their
cargOes of oysters, sailed today for the
lower river to reload
General Matters.
The light house board has issued notice
to the effect that the lower buoy on Dade
shoal in the Potomac river, which was re-
ported missing on September 2s last was
replaced on October Is.
Reports from Westmoreland county state
that horses are dying there in large num-
bers from an unknown disease
| A yawl for Mr.. H. X. Bliss yacht
| Graylng has arrived at Uhler & Co.'S.
| The boat is a cedar one, brass trimmed,
| and is a fine craft.
ha INIT Stata liuht N;o
| let is being rebuilt at one of the Baltimore
yards. She will go into commission again
| about November 10.
| The yacht Seabele which has just been
| rebuilt and enlarged at Benefits boat
| yard, will be ready for service in a few
| days
The little sloOp yacht Priscilla, belonging
| to Mr.. w. H. Alden. has been taken from
| the water at Cumberland g. Sons boat