Evening star., 1901-06-20
ALONG THE. RIVER FRONT
TARGET PRACTICE AT ARSENAL
CAUSES ALARM ABOARD VESSEL.
Frefxht Steamer Given Annual In
spectfOn-Yacht Gretchen Nearly
Rebuilt-Fish Market.

The singing of rifle balls and the sharp
| crack they made as they struck the water
tried the nerves of the passengers on the
| ferry steamer Columbia on her $50 trip
| from this city to Alexandria Tuesday
| evening The balls came from army rifles
! in the hands of soldiers, who were firing
| from the arsenal wharf at one of the bouys
in the Eastern branch, and while the
steamer was crossing the mouth of the
branch they could be as plainly heard as If
| fired at the boat. Several of the balls, it Is
said, struck but short distance from the
steamer and passed over her on the re-
bound from the water.
| The freight steamer Lily and Howard
was given her annual inspection at Aitche-
| sons wharf, Alexandria, yesterday by the
| United States steamboat inspectors from
| Baltimore. The boiler inspector recon-
mends some little repair work to be done
| and the steamers license was renewed for
| another year While laid up preparing for
| inspection the steamer has been repainted
| throughout and has received a general
| overhauling. She will sail from Alexandra
| today with a general cargo for Aqua creek
and will there load lumber back to this
port. The Lily and Howard is owned by
parties residing in Prince William county,
va
| The work of rebuilding the steam yacht
| Gretchen at Alexandria is rapidly ap-
] preaching completion, and under the COM
mand of Captain James Richardson 1t is
| expected she will sail for New London.
| Conn. during the latter part of next week.
The machinery is all in the yacht, and
| steam was gotten on it for the first time
| yesterday in order to test it. All the wood
| work will be completed at Alexandria,
| where the boat is now lying. but the fitting
up and decorations of her saloon and sleep
| ing rooms will be done at one of the north
| ern seaports. The Gretchen is owned by
| Mr.. ]. E. Reyburn, who makes Washing
ton his home in winter.
Supply of deem and river flSh
| on hand at the 11th street fish wharf this
morning was quite small, and as con-
sequence prices keep up to figures above
| those of last week The quotations were:
For Spanish mackerel, 10 to 12l2 cents per
| pound; salmon trout, to cents per
| pound founders, cents per pound; stur-
| geon o to 10 cents per pound; spot, cents
| per pound; white perch, to 10 cents per
| pound boiling rock 12l2 cents to 10 cents
| per pound; pan rock, to 10 cents per
| pound; bluefish, . to 10 cents per pound:
sea bass cents per pound; croakers,
| cents pound; weakfish, cents per pound;
butter fish, s. to "a per barrel; gray trout,
81 to Sc per barrel; porgies. 8 to 1o cents
each: drum. 20 to 25 cents each; carp, ~
| to 15 cents each; eels and yellow perch,
| l21b to Is cents per bunch; catfish, 10 to ~
| cents per bunch. Crabs are still scarce,
| and are selling at 35 to 40 cents per dozen
| for soft and 81. 80 to 81 per barrel for hard
shell.
| Movements of Vessels.
| The schooner Zacheus Sherman, with a
cargo of 1 1,13O tons Of ice for the Punty
Ice Company, has arrived In port ana is
| discharging cargo at the wharf, foot 1874
| street. The schooner Lavinia Cambel mas
also arrived with 1.101 tons of Ice for the
American Ice Company. She Will dlscharge
her cargo in Georgetown. Both vessels
| sailed from the Maine ice fields June 3
| last.
coal-Iaden barges, from Perryville, Md, in
| tow, arrived in port last night The tow
| was about one mile long. for when the tug
| was abreast Of Shepherds landing, the last
large was just above the AleAanorla snip
yard -
The tug Spray has arrived in port with
| a raft Of pine piling in tow for Carter q
Clark. The piling was taken up the East
The steamer Harry Randall, on her trip
| from the lower river Wednesday, brought
up twenty hogsheads Of tobacco for ship
| ment to the warehouse in Baltimore.
The schooner ram, Jennie d. Bell, with
| cargo Of hard coal for Dew. Aitcheson
| has arrived at Alexandria in tow Of the
tug George w. Pride.
The schooner Ida May has arrived In
| port with full cargo Of cord wood for the
The schooner Cherubim, with a cargo Of
bricks for Herford. N. c.. sailed yesterday
evening.
sailed for a lower river point, and will load
cord wood for Carter Clark.
The steamer Occoquan discharged a cargo
OF wood Tor VIM. A smoot q Co., at Alex
andria yesterday and sailed last night for
OccoQuan creek to load
The Annie P. Willetts has discharged a
cargo of foundry iron at Alexandria and
sailed with a load of grain and stores for
river point.
The Peri has arrived In port with a cargo
of wood for Carter & Clark.
The large schooner Independent now un-
loading ice at the 9th street wharf will be
out by this evening. 1t is expected she will
go to Baltimore for a cargo of coal for
New England port.
The schooner ]. d. Bell and the flatie
Seabright are in port with cargoes Of cord
wood for Carter & Clark
The sloop May. with a part cargo Of gen.
eral stores, sailed from Alexandria for the
lower river yesterday.
The large scow Of Capt. Wiley Kintz
came into port last night with a cargo Of
railway ties for Carter g. Clark.