Evening star., 1901-06-12

pound: catfish. Is to 25 cents per bunch
mullets and yellow perch. 10 to 10 cents
per bunch; sOft-shell crabs, 30 cents per
dozen. and hard crabs, 80 to s. per bar
rel.
The four-masted schooner Lydia NJ. Deer
Ing completed the unloading of her cargo
of ice and left here this morning in tow of
the tug Davis for Baltimore, where she
will go to a shipyard to have repaired the
damage done her In the collision with the
British steamer Siberia off the capeS OF the
Delaware. While the injuries are not seri-
Gus, several of her deck and side ttmbers
were cracked and slightly pushed in by the
blow. These will be removed. When the
collision occurred d thick fog prevailed and
IT is said objects fifty feet away could not
be seen.
Movements of the Craft.
The slOop Lena, which has been employed
fishing in the lower river, returned to port
yesterday evening
The sloop Sadie is at the King street
wharf Alexandria, with a cargo of foundry
iron for the dealers there
The steamer Northumberland. which sail
ed for the lower river landings and Baiti-
more yesterday evening. had large num-
Der of passengers and a good freight.
The steamer E. Jos. Tull will complete
the discharging of her cargo of lumber to-
day and will go to Alexandria to load
The schooner John A. II. Dixon is IN port
with cargo of Virginia pine lumber from
the Rappahannock river for the local deal
erS.
The schooner c. r. Lewis has arrived
with cargo of 1900 feet chestnut lumber
for Johnson & Wimsatt.
The two-masted schooner John H Sterns
Is in port with full cargo of Virginia pine
lumber for the local dealers.
The bugeye George B. Faunce, with a
cargo of cord wood for Carter & Clark,
arrived yesterday afternoon
The schooner Alice Moore, having COM
pleted the discharging of her cargo, has
called for a river point.
The steamer Wakefield yesterday even
ing brought up from lower river points
heavy cargo of berries and spring vege
tables, stock and country produce.
The sloop Annie Gertrude is at the wharf
of Thomas r. Riley discharging her cargo
of lumber.
The schooner H. A Wise with a large
cargo of cord wood, has arrived in port
for the local dealers.
The schooner Rebecca Taulaine. with
cargo ot over l.HO tons of plaster, has
sailed from Windsor. Nova Scotia for the
Alexandria Chemical and Fertilizer Com
pauy.
The lougboat Mayfower. laden with
cargo Of wood. is lying in the stream await
ing berth at the wood wharf TO unload.
The large barge Maryland completed the
unloading of her cargo Of fertilizer ma
teriai at Alexandria today and awaits a
tug to take her 10 Chesapeake City en-
route To Philadelphia
The Rose f. Chiffon. with $4,000 feet of
pine lumber from the Rappahannock for
johnson & Wimsatt, is in port.
of General Interest
The tugs James Jackson and ]. T. Select
man. belonging to Mr.. John B. Lord, were
given their annual inspection by the United
States inspectors yesterday. The tests
were made by Inspector Wright as to hull
and boats and by Inspector White as to
boilers The inspection was satisfactory
and the tugs Will shortly be turned over
to the Columbia Sand Dredging Company,
which recently purchased them.
In the rearrangtng of the main deck of
the steamer Arrowsmith preparatory to
putting her on the route to the lower river
the kitchen has been transferred to the
rear end OF the dining room on the main
deck and the bar has been enlarged to
take in the old kitchen.
The two-masted schooner Freddie l..
Hamblin. laden with building brick from
this city for North Carolina, left port yes
terday evening, outward bound. In beating
down the river she made a tack too Close.
into the wharf at the naval magazine and
ran aground on a bar about twenty yards
from the wharf The accident occurred at
the first of the ebb tide and the vessel re-
Inained aground until high water this
morning.
MIR William Wattles the agent of the
Norfolk and Washington line at Alexan-
dria. has had the lower floor of the big
warehouse building at the foot of Prince
street fitted up the waiting room and
freight office Of The line
The repairs to the tug George W. Pride
have been completed and she is again in
service
The yacht Lawrence is TO be hauled out
to have the bottom of her hull scraped
and painted She Is also to have some al
teratioUs made in ler rig before going into
commission again.
The new stack Of the steam yacht Gia-
Nata has been placed in position and the
yacht is ready for cruising.
1t is understood the steamer Harry Ran
dali will he placed upon the Colonial Beach
day excursion route this summer, and not
the steamer T. V. Arrowsmith, as was ex-
pected.
II Is stated a new wharf will shortly
be built at point between Bryan's Point
and Marshall Hail
Capt. Frank Taylor. it is stated. will be
In command of the tug VIM. II.
Ierkes. Jr-. when she goes into service
early next week The tug will be brought
direct from Baltimore 10 this city.
Mr.. VIM Cumberland has taken COM
maud Of his large steam launch Bartholdi,
succeeding Capt. Jas. Baker.
II IS stated that Pilot Theodore Keene Of
the steamer Harry Randall will be the
captain Of the steamer Kent, when she
takes her place upon the river route next