Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-22

Lieutenant j. C. Johnson. the post quar-
termaster at Fort Hunt, Va. was recently
ordered to rejoin his command at Fort
Washington, Nd, on the opposite side of
the river. A scow belonging to the army
posts was Tuesday evening laden with his
household effects, consisting of furniture,
books, etc. and in tow of rowboat started
across the river. When well out in the
stream the craft was caught in sudden
squau and filled and sunk, throwing the
books and furniture into the water. Nest
of the goods were recovered and taken
back to the wharf at Fort Hunt, but they
were all badly damaged, and Lieutenant
Johnson's loss will amount to several hum
dred dollars. The remainder of the fur
niture was yesterday taken across the
river on the steamer Estelle Randall.
The oyster market was fair this morning,
though the supply is stfll small, the boats
now coming into port having but small
the figure of the past ten days, the smaller
oysters selling low as 40 cents per bushel
and the larger, which are used to serve on
the half shell, bringing as high as 50 cents
per bushel
Herring are becoming more plentiful in
the river the Edna and Nellie bringing UP
800 from the Passipatanzy fishing shore for
Neitzey & Ballinger. The market this
Roe shad, IS to 75 cents each; buck shad,
IS to As cents each; herring, tbs to sl.5e
per hundred; rock, Z to 10 cents per pound;
white perch, to 9 cents per pound; pike.
cents per pound; sheephead, cents per
pound; jumping mullets, cents per pound;
eroaker, 3 cents per pound; founders, B
cents per pound; eels, Is cents per bunch
river mullets, to 10 cents per bunch;
yellow perch, 10 to 20 cents per bunch.
The steam launch Halcyon WIS put over
board yesterday after having been hauled
out for the winter at Cumberland's boat
yard She has hadsa thorough overhaulng
during her lay-up, and win be run this
| season by Ross L. Fryer and Don E.
Clarke. Mr.. Clinton Smith is the owner
OF the vessel.
The tug Mitchell NJ Davis has sailed for
Baltimore with the American barkentine
kremlin in tow. The kremlin Will there
load spruce lumber for Buenes Ayres, South
America. This is the second time this
vessel has been in port here with a cargo
OF asphalt in a year On her former trip
she reached here in May. 1900, and was Ia
port about two weeks. Under the terms
of her charter she is to receive S11 per LEGO
feet for her cargo to Buenos Ayres. From
there it is understood. she viii sail to the
Island of Trinidad aud will again load as
phalt for an American port.
Here and There.
The two-masted schooner BERTHE, having
finished the unloading of her wood cargo,
has sailed for her home port on the Rap
pallannock.
The fatie Fife X. yesterday loaded a
cargo of brick, lumber and other building
material at H. K. Fields wharf In Alex
andria and sailed for river point
The schooner Louise 8. Lowe Il In port
with a full cargo of cord wood from the
lower river for Carter & Clark.
The Julia and Annie has sailed for q
woodworking point ON the river, and will
then take on a cargo.
The Maggie L, having completed the dis-
charging OF her cargo, has 1saiied for q
bay port
The steamer e. James Tull. after loading