Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-02
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
THE BARGE McNALLYs SUNK IN ST
MARY's RIVER.
Cargo of Fertilizer Lost - Fish and
Oyster Market-Matters OF
General Interest.

The large barge Thomas McNally, ire
ouent visitor to this port, lies sunk IN ST.
Mary's river near the mouth Of the Peto-
mac. with her decks awash. The McNaliy
left Baltimore November ,22,with tow Oh
barges bound for Petersburg, Va, and laoeh
with fertilizer, but had to go into harbor
on account Of the heavy gales. She again
started November %. but in heavy gale
next day, she broke loose from her tow
and Captain G. F. Seward anchored her
under Point No-Point. 1t was afterward
found she was leaking. The tug j. s. Hos
kins came along and took the Mentally in
tow and beached her in the St. Mary's river
The fertilizer aboard the barge will be lost
The barge will be raised and taken'to Balti-
more.
The two-masted schooner Chase, which
had her hull repaired at the Alexandra
shipyard, was Saturday put overheard, all
the leaks having been stopped. Her cargo
of railway ties, which are on the wharf at
the shipyard, will be reloaded and the
schooner will be taken to Stif's wharf, on
the lower Potomac, to complete loadlng.
The lighthouse engineers steamer Jessa-
mine, which has been anchored of the
Lower Cedar Point lighthouse for several
days past, doing some repair work TO the
light, has completed the work and returned
to her station at Baltimore.
Prices at the fish market, foot OF 11tn
street, today are as follows: For small
bluefish, &c. to SC. per pound; pan rock, &c.
to &c. per bunch: medium rock, lie. per
pound; boiling rock, 121ac. to 15c. per pound;
black bass &c. to 1Oc. per pound; green
pike, &c. to SC. per pound; carp, &C. TO &C.
per pound; gray trout, &c. per pound' sal
mon trout, &c. to &c. per pound; river null
lets, 10c. to 30c per bunch; cells, 15c to 2oc.
per bunch; catfish, 15c to soc. per bunch,
and yellow perch. Toe. to 40c. per bunch
The prices of oysters at the wharf today
tI-nr q
sequence of the warm weather. the smaller
oysters selling from 40c. to SOC. per bushel
and the larger ones at roc. per bushel. The
recent arrivals are the seabelle and J. A.
Holland.
Passing To and Fro.
The schooner Grace G-&Bennett has sailed
from Newbern, N. c., for this port with
cargo of pine lumber.
The schooner Sidonia Curiey has arrived
in port with cargo Of about 10000 feet OF
pine lumber from the Rappahannock river
for H. L. Biscoe.
The steamer E. James .Tull has arrived in
port with cargo of about 10000 feet OF
Virginia pine lumber from Aqua creek for
Church & Stephenson
The tug Camilla has taken the barge Cen
Wistar to Occoquan to complete the loading
Of her cargo of poplar wood for Carter q
Clark for shipment to Philadelphia
The sloop Emmett Arthur has gone to the
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this city.
The Elenora Russell has returned to the
lower river and will load a cargo OF oysters
for this market.
are in port with loads of hard coal from
Perryville, Md. for Stephenson & Bro.
The Volunteer has sailed for river point
and will load cargo for this market.
ing for a tow Of ,lutrper33laden schoooners
bound here. 10
The VIM. Turner haa unspaded and sailed
for Potomac riyerabpft TO load for this
The barge Cecil, with a Cargo Of about 400
tons Of hard coal, has arrived at George
town.
with tow OF four daaaladen barges Tor
=: The pungy Jas. H. Hesash. in tow of the
tug Geo. W. Pride. has gone to the Colonial
Beach neighborhood teffoada cargo for Al
The Iongboat Susan, Brexer has gone to
the Pohick creek nelghb1rhood and VIII
load, cargo of cofaaR ~ ps1 for Carter &
The barge columbiasaas arrived in port
with cargo of hardIooalsfor the George
town merchants. n %:
Matters of General Interest.
The hull Of the little steam launch Della
Is at Moore's machine shop dock at Alex
andria and will, 1t Is stated be overhauled
and have an engine placed in her for par
ties living here.
It is stated the tug Joe Zane, now laid up
in the basin near the bathing beach. is to
be given thorough overhauiing and win
be placed In commission by her owners,
the Columbia Sand and Dredging Company.
in the early spring.
The steamer Harry Randall, on her last
trip up from lower river points, brought
about $40 bushels OF grain and 81 barrels OF
oysters to Alexandria, and about 100 bar
rels Of oysters to this city.
The three-masted schooner Hattie T.
Giles, which was Saturday hauled out on
the marine railway at Alexandria to be
cauiked. has been launched and sailed for
the Kappahannock river. where she via
load lumber.
The steamer yacht Garvota belonging to
MI John r. Dos Passos has returned to