Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-02
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
LARGE SCHOOLS OF HERRING IN
THE POTOMAC.
Law Forbid. Fishing With Nets-The
= Freight-Laden Craft-Gen-
eral Notes.

move about were seen all over the river in
the past week. As the waters of the Po-
tomac from Jones Point up are in the
District "f Columbia. it is closed ground,
ard the fishermen who drift their nets
above Alexandria liable to arrest and
to have their nets and boats confiscated.
The residents of Colonial Beach and the
property owners there anticipating
susv time for the resort this season. and
preparations for it have already begun.
Tin. anticipation Of busy season is based
on th.- belief that there will be a daily ex-
crrSian beat between this city and the
Beach.
The supply If oysters at the wharf this
morning is uuir. small. less than 2tD bush
els hcing on hand for sale. The little
fattfe Prohibition and the sloop Lloyd
Walker hay.. arrived in port with carSoes
Of Wicomicc oysters since Tuesday The
market this morning was fair the smaller
grades selling at ~ To 80 cents per bushei
and the larger stock bringing as high as
&, u ~ cents per hushel-
Th.. receipts of herring by the dealers at
the wharf from the nets in the river con-
t1nue fair. but shad are rather scarce and
,ISing good prices. Bunch fish are scarce
and prices are. for herring, s. to $50 per
Thousand: roe shad. $40 TO SIS per hundred:
buck shad. 81 t. $40 per hundred; Spanish
Inackerel. ]" 10 12$ per pound; sturgeon.
Sc per pound; carp. % per pound; boiling
rock. 10 t. &c per pound; pan rock. to
~ per pound: white perch. to Zoe. per
pound: catfish. L. to 15c. per bunch; cells
tn loo. per bunch: yellow perch. ) to
Toe per bunch; mullets. IN 10 i3c per
bunch; croaker. 81 per barrel. and drum,
tsc- each.
The FreiGht-Lnden Vessels.
The wood-isden craft have taken advan-
tage of the sout herly winds of the past
two d4ys to come into port in large num-
bars The recent arrivals are the l.. s.
Lowe. Alcxira. Maggie +. Dean Father
'and Son. Harry and Charley, Lola, Ida
Ma Mary \. Shea, j. D. Bell, c. ],
Thompson. Rockaway. c. II. Gibson. S. S.
Jones and the May flower. They all bring
full cargoes and arr consigned to Carter &
Clark.
The two-masred schooner Henry III. Pitts
has arrived off Alexandria. She has Oh
boNrd about 2o tons of hard coal from
Philadelphia. nsigned to VIM. A. Smoot
& 60 she came from Philadelphia by the
inside route.
The schoou.r Sidonia Curley has gone to
the Kappa hammock river and will load lum-
btr for ii. /. Biscoe.
The schooner ram Edwin and Maud is
at the wharf Of T. W. Riley, with cargo
OF lumber and shingles from Newborn, y.
phi1.
The schooner Fannie is in port with a
cargo NJ white sand for Johnson & VIM
SAT-
The tug Emma has arrived with the coal
laden barges 9. ]. McDermott. W. f.
Barker. Jas. \. o Brien and NJ. ]. Naugh-
ton in tow from Philadelphia.
The schooner Petrol yesterday unloaded
cargo Of foundry iron at Alexandria for
II EIader.
The schooner Zephy has arrived in port
4 cargo of lumber for H. L. Blscoe.
The schooner ]. J. Jnderhnl came into
p"ft this morning with cargo Of cord
yuG1 for Carter X Clark.
Th-- schooner I-ayiria Campbell with a
cargo of Ice fol the Purity Ice Company.
from Rock7"rt. Ne. arrived in port this
morning. in low Of the tug Juno
The schooner Jos. 5. Cleveland has ar
fiv"d i'll port with = cargo Of Virginia pine
lumber from -. Mays county Nd, for H.
I. Hiseos-
TIL schooner Emma Virginia which ar
ssred her recently with cargo of lumber
irrm Nswhern y. e., is consigned TO John
son K Wuts,s,t.
The schooner William Donnelly from
PerryvilI" with hard coal. has arrived at
Alexandra and IS discharging her cargo
for VIM \. <rloot & 90.
The Amanda +. Lewis loaded a miscella-
d. neons cargo ~ Alexandria yesterday and
sailed 10y a lower river point She will
losd back La tilis port.
The schooner JOS Y. Dagger is at Alex
andria. loading a general cargo for the
lower river
The tugs NJ NJ Davis and Camilla. which
have been under charter towing fish-laden
vessels. have been released for the season
Tn" buggy r. II. Stuart is loading
fnixe'i cargo for Currioman bay.
'Tha bark Ethel is reported at the mouth
OF tn river bound to this city, with
carg' If humber for Johnson Il Wimsatt.
.Th' cabin "f the pungy Ella Hill Capt
Frank Roberts. living at Reeds wharf was
erGerrd by thieves Monday night and
smth SIM ~ money was stolen.
Of General Interest.
Tn River View excursion steamer Saml
J. Peutz has gone into commission. Her
officers are: Captain. Al Richards; pilot.
Ge"rgr Cock: 4uarIermaster. F. George;
CHIEF eIGiEe,r. Vim. a. Moore: assistant
engineer. Julian Moore, and purser, Stephen
Gardelia.
= The Hited States naval barge is at the
magazine wharf between this city and
Shepherds landing, unloading a large num-
her ii powder boxes. They will, it is
stated, b. stored At the magazine until
Th- water in this part of the river is
rapiiIy depositins its mud. but the cap
Gains NJ III, incoming steamers report it
extremely muddy in NanjemOy reach and
turIl"r down the river.
A large barge laden with railway ties
was taken from Georgetown In Alexandria,
Wherc the ties We're transferred to the
sch"oner Dun. leading al the wharf of
VIM. ~ STnn"t & 20. for Philadelphia.
All tn water has run off the ponds
On thy Potomac Park. into which 1t was
Prmped by IN. dreige digging in the chan
mel at the mouth Of the Eastern branch
and the solid earth remaining has raised
the level Of tn. park from three to seven
feet.
Th. steamer OCcocuan recently arrived In
port with carg" Of wood and a tow of
sb'ut 2fn long piles for Georgetown. The
piles w.re maze up into a raft and were
towei from Dcc"Guan bay. A large num-
-bes' II them viii he used by the United
States engineer corps in the work of
deepening the Georgetown channel
As the Lucille Western. a weli-known
oyster trader AZ this market. was on her
waY down the river Tuesday she ran
upon the flats Just north OF p. Mann's fer
tilizer factory. and stuck fast Fortunately
when she grounded the tide low and
after remaining fast for about four hours
sfR hoated with the rising tide and con-
tuu-d on her trip down the river
The buoy marking the wreck of the old
burned ferry steamer City OF Alexandria,
off Alexandria is So striped. II is said as
u Indicate deep water on either side but
l. Hes or the edge OF the channel bank ac-
cpi'l!US 70 report with very shoal water
On the Maryland side. A day or two ago
stranger 10 The Potomac in small soop
Gam" up IN" river and in trying to go to
Ine eastward Of the buoy put his vessel
ashore twice, ana when he got af1oat the
Second time came 10 an anchor off Alex