Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-08
Matters of General Interest.

matters OF GENERAL interest.
The schooner Julia and Annie went into
Alexandria Wednesday to load a cargo of
brick and building material at H. K. Fields
dock. After taking on her cargo she started
down the river, but had gone but a short
distance from the dock when she ran upon
q bar and stuck fast. She remained
aground until last evening, when a high
tide fioated her. and she resumed her voy-
age to the lower river.
One Of Millers large mud dredging ma
chimes has gone to work deepening the
channel leading from the main channel of
the Eastern branch to the wharf Of the
United States Government Insane Asylum.
This wharf Is used to receive coal and wood
from vessels for use at St. Elizabeth's.
The United States training ship Hart
ford has been discharging ashes on lighter
for several days past. Yesterday she was
engaged all day in taking on coal and stores
preparatory to sailing today.
Captain Rutledge of the wrecked schooner
Gen. Merwin. who is now In Norfolk, hopes
TO be able to save a portion Of his vessel
The vessel is reported to be breaking up
rapidly.
Numbers of the members Of visiting Or
ganiZations here early in the week from
the interior portions of the country, had
never seen an oyster In Its shell, and at
the wharf the shuckers were constantly sur
rounded by groups of soldiers watching the
operation of opening the bivalves.
Considerable ice made in the river
was soon broken up by the moving steam
ers and quickly blew ashore.
The tug Rosalie belonging to Mr.. Louis
Smoot, which has been on the marine rail-
way at Alexandria for several weeks be-
ing overhauled, has been launched, the re-
pairs having been completed.
Three fiOcks of ducks. numbering in all
two or three hundred, were seen in the
river off Daingerfield's Island between this
city and Alexandria yesterday evening.
Navigation on the Delaware and Chesa-
peake canal has been resumed the ice in
the Elk river, the western approach to
the canal, having disappeared. number
of barges from this port are waiting to go
through the canal TO Philadelphia.
Notice is given by the lighthouse board
that Lower Green Spring beacon, westerly
side of the channel of the Neuse river, N.
C., which was destroyed by collision of a
passing vessel on January %. 1901. has been
rebuilt and the fixed white light thereon
was again lighted on February o. 1901
The bark Kremlin Is reported off Point
| Lookout, bound to this port, with cargo
| of asphalt from Trinidad.
Captain Charles o. Tubman has pur-
| chased the schooner Eugie OF Crisfield.
She registers ninety-four tons and will be
used IN the bay and river trade
| Captain Garfield Of the schooner Kathe-
| rine d. Perry, lying at the 9th street wharf.
/ is in Baltimore on business.
| Captain KintZ will take command OF the
| tug Spray. belonging to Mr.. JOS. McCuen,
| as soon as the vessel goes into commission.
! Purser Aleck Beall is again on duty on
| who was on the Potomac. has been assigned
| to duty in the Weems line Office in BaltI-
| more.
Captain McCracken of this city, the pilo.
| who was aboard the Dixie when she went
| ashore, has returned home. He disclaims
II is stated. any responsibility for the acct
| dent and says the investigation which will
be made will free him from all blame.