Evening star., 1901-08-14
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
TUGBOAT MITCHELL, uAyIS SOLD TO
NEW HAMpsnIRB PARTIES.
EousebOat Nearly Completed to he
Used During Shooting Season
Fish Markee4 Quotations.

The tug NJ. Mitchell Davis. regarded az
| the largest and finest boat of her kind on
the Potomac river, has been sold by her
owners, Messrs. A. j. Taylor & Bro. of
TINS city, to Capt 7. B. Hoyt and others
OF portsmouth, N. H, for use in that port.
The sale has been pending for several days.
Ii was finally concluded this morning and
the Davis will perform her last service for
her old owners when she takes a schooner
from here to Newport News today. Capt.
Ollie Crowder, her commander, will, at
Norfolk, turn her over to her new captain
and pilot, who will take her north. Her
present engineer and fireman go north In
her, but win return home from Portsmouth.
The Davis was built in 1897 on Solomon 8
Island.
The houseboat being built at Townsend s
boat house at the foot of 7th street for Mr..
J. L. rawlings is rapidly nearing compile
ton, ana IT is expected it will be ready for
fitting up In about ten days or two weeks,
and that it will go into service early in
september The new boat succeeds the
| older Arcadia, which was partially de-
stroyed by fire while lying In Four-Mile
run last fall. The hull of the Arcadia was
used for the new boat, but new house,
much larger than the old one, was built,
with wide, overhanging deck on all sides.
ably fitted out and it is expected she will
be in commission in time for the shooting
season this fall.
The fish market at the 11th street wharf
was fairly well attended this morning, and
the demand for fish was good. The supply
received by the dealers from the fisheries
about Norfolk was small about thirty bar
re1s having been brought up by the Nor
folk line steamer and but few river fish
being received. Prices this morning were:
For trout, "a to s. per barrel; butter fish
and spot, s. to Sc per barrel; croaker, s.
per barrel; bluefish, 314c. to 4c per pound;
boiling, 1Oc. to 12Ac. per pound; rock, pan.
sc. to SC. per pound; white perch. DC. to
12c. per pound; sturgeon, &c. to 1Oc per
pound; sea bass, &c. per pound; catfish, 20c
bunch; porgies, 15c. to zoe. each; drum. 25c
to 30c each; carp, 15c. to 2hc. each. Hard
crabs sold today at 81 to $l.50 per barrel.
There were for sale in vessels at the
oyster wharf this morning about 1900
watermelons, but in consequence Of the
cool weather the demand for them con-
tinues light. With warmer weather the
dealers look for heavy increase in busi-
II. Gibson, with 5000 melons from the
Nanticoke river. Nd, has arrived in port
for A. Frank Evans. and the Kate Will
son, with 4000, and the Mary Parker, 2,0O0,
for ]. H. Richardson. Prices this morning
were for selects, s12 to SIS; for primes, IS
to IS, and for culls. 81 to s4 per hundred.
Passing To and Fro.
The steamer E. James Tull, with cargo
Of flour in barrels from the mills at Deco
quan, arrived at Alexandria yeste- ay.
After unloading she took on a cargo OF
general stores and sailed last night for
OccoQuan.
The large schooner Massasoit sailed today
in tow of the tug Davis, for Newport News,
where she will load Pocahentas coal for a
port in New England.
The Regulator loaded q cargo OF lum-
Der and building supplies at Alexandria
yesterday and sailed for Conart wharf.
The schooner Ada Ballinger, with a load
of fertilizer, sailed from Alexandria yes
terday for port on the lower Potomac.
The three-masted schooner Zacheus Sher-
man was yesterday evening taken from
the Purity ice wharf to Georgetown to
load coal for an eastern port. -.-
The schooner Mary A. Irwin, having fin
ished unloading a cargo Of lumber here,
has gone to the lower river and will again
load for this market.
F. Kirwin at t. w. Rney's wharf, is
consigned to Galliher & Bro. H.-
The schooner William Donnell has un-
loaded cargo Of coal from Georgetown
at Boston, and has sailed light for Wind
sor, Nova Scotia, to load plaster for Alex
andria.
The sloop Mamie Gertrude has sailed
light for the lower river and will load
lumber.
The steamer Lily and Howard has ar
rived in port from Aqua Creek. Va, with
a cargo of cordwood. She unloaded num-
Der Of railway ties at Alexandria. 50
The bugeye A. Geoghegan loaded a gen.
eral cargo at Alexandria yesterday and
sailed for the Rappahannock river.
The bugeye Curlew has sailed for a lower
river port and will load watermelons.
The schooner independent from this port