Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-28
ALONG THE river FRONT
THE FISH MARKET WE'LL SUPPLIED
u(
THIS MORNING.
Demand Good at Fair Prices-MOve-
ments of Potomac Craft-Gen-
eral Matters.

The market at tbeU11th street wharf
was this morning fairly well supplied with
fish, the Norfolk Zine steamer having
brought up 100 packages of bay and sea
fish from the fisheries about Virginia
Beach, and fifteen packages were brought
up by the river boats The demand for
fish was good. and they sold as follows:
Sturgeon and blue fish. &c. per pound; sal
mon trout, &c. per pound founders, 4c.
per pound; pan rock, loo. per pound; boil
ing rock, 1212c to 15c. per pound; white
perch, to l2c. per pound; gray trout 81
to 50 per BARREL croakers, 50 per barrel
catfish and eels 10 to 15c. per bunch yell
low perch, to Toe. per bunch, and mullets,
II to 15c. per bunch
The sloop Nymphaea belonging to Capt
BOD frost OF this city. is under repair at
the foot of 18th street southwest. She is
being redecked all over and has had con-
siderable work done to her hull. 1t will be
several weeks before she can be made
ready to go into commission.
The new naphtha launch Marion, which
mas just been fitted with an engine, has
peen put overheard at the foot of 18th
street The Marion is a handsome little
craft, and will be an addition to the river
fleet.
Mr.. e: T. Dern is fitting out his steam
launch Nora and his house boat and will
shortly take them to Colonial Beach for
the summer months
one of the large sand and gravel diggers
o. the National Sand Dredging Company
OF thls city is at work in the swash chan
mel not far from Motley Hall. The finest
OF building sand is now being gotten from
the river bottom, and thousands Of yards
are now stored along the James Creek ca
nal and the Eastern branch
Niuch OF the heavy current which has
peen coming down from the upper river for
several days past has now run off, and the
a h 10 to ,;,,,%
1t. A number of small wood-laden vessels
winch nave been lying in the river for sew
eral days, unable to make any Roadway
against the current, took advantage of the
nood tide yesterday to come into port.
Movements of Vessels.
The twomasted schooner Sarah B. Put
nam has arrived at Alexandria with
bert, Bryant & Co.
The United States lighthouse tender Ar
meria, which has been lying off Alexandria
for several days, sailed yesterday on
cruise
The handsome black sloop Ella Tread
well arrived in port yesterday evening from
a cruise on the river.
The schooner VIM. l.. Powell is in port,
with full cargo of cord wood from the
lower river points.
The steamer Harry Randall brought
heavy cargo from the lower river last
night
The longboat Belmont, with a cargo of
railway ties was anchored In the river off
Alexandria yesterday evening. She came
into port this morning.
The schooner Bertha Dean, which sailed
from the kennebec for this port Nav H. Is
looked for at the capes of Virginia at any
time
The schooner Henry L. Peckham, now in
port here, will be taken this afternoon or
tomorrow to Georgetown to load coal for
New England port.
The schooner William C. Tanner, from
this port, has arrived at Philadelphia.
The bugeye Annie E. Mills is unloading a
cargo of scrap iron at the 18th street
wharf
The schooner Charles G. Joyce has ar
rived in port with cargo of lumber from
Baltimore for Ryand & Brooks. She will
discharge her cargo at the wharf Of T. w.
Riley.
The schooner Elenora Russell came into
port yesterday with a cargo of about 25,-
600 feet Of lumber from the Rappahannock
river for Johnson & Wimsatt.
The pungy Carpinter, with a full cargo
Of cord wood for Carter & Clark, Is in port
A Baltimore tug, with three coal-laden
barges from Philadelphia in tow, came into
port yesterday evening.
The schooner Sidonia Curley will load
lumber in the Rappahannock for johnson
& Wimsatt.
The schooner William F. Donnell has
been chartered to load plaster at Hillsboro,
N. B., for Alexandria, Va, at 80 per ton.
The schooner Mary V. Duncan, which
with cargo of lumber for Frank Libby &
Co., is expected to arrive here at any time.
Matters Of General Interest.
The new sailing yacht, Joseph H, which
was launched at the foot of 18th street
several days ago, has been fitted with her
spars and was yesterday taken out into the
stream.
The naval tug Tecumseh came up from
Indian Head yesterday evening having in
tow the gun barge on which was a part of
a narrow-gauge railway locomotive, which
looked like it had been lying in the bottom
of the river for some time. The engine
was taken to the navy yard, it is supposed,
for repairs.
Mr.. Faunce, who has the boat house
near the bathing beach, had a batteau
Of young men to whom he had hired it.
Yesterday he was at Alexandria on hunt
for it.
The schooner William Oliver bound to
Alexandria with a cargo of hard coal from
Philadelphia for VIM. A. Smoot & Co., got
ashore in the mouth of Pohck creek near
Gunston, Va, yesterday and remained
aground until the rising tide fioated her off
in the afternoon. She was yesterday even
ing brought into port by the tug Camilla.
In consequence of the extremely muddy
water both here and about the Great Falls
there will be but little opportunity for
fishing on Decoration day.
The tug Eugenia has resumed the towing
of sand-laden scows from the dredges IN
the lower river to this port.
A flock of ten or dozen disabled ducks
were seen on the river off the Buena Vista
wharf yesterday evening. These birds have
been shot by hunters and so disabled as
not to be able to fly any distance.
The steam launch Jennie Irene, lying Off
the boat house at the foot of street
southwest, is being overhauled and put into
condition for the summer.
1t is expected the overhauling of the tug
Transfer at Baltimore will be completed
shortly and she will soon return here and
resume her operations on the Baltimore
and Ohio railway.
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