Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-17
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
PUNGY, WITH PLEASURE PARTY
ABOARD, GETS AGROUND.
Light House Tender on Cruise-Supply
Of Fish ut wharf Largely
Increased-PersOnal

Unconstitutional.
The large pungy, B. e. Chase. hailine
from Onancock, on the eastern shore OF
Virginia. which has been in port here fol-
several days with q large party OF visitors
aboard, started for home yesterday. Near
Fort Foote she ran ashore on the mud
fats and stuck fast. and the falling tide
left her there. When the steamer Estelle
Randall passed near the Chase her captain
requested Captain Todd to send him a tug
beat to pull him on. This was done. and
the pungy was released at high water last
night She continued on her trip down the
river.
The United States light house tender
Holly sailed today on cruise among the
light stations in the NTH district. She had
aboard a newly charged gas buoy. which
will be taken to the Point Lookout station
and held in reserve until one of the beacons
In the river burns out, when this will be
used to replace 1t. These lights burn night
and day, and the charge in them is suffi-
Client to last about ninety days
There was q largely Increased supply OF
fish from the fisheries about Virginia
Beach and from the nets on the Potomac
on sale at the 18th street fish market this
morning, and the demand was good. Prices
stu keep up. gray trout selling this MORN
ing at $ to IS per barrel; snap tailors, s.
to 81 per barrel: blueflsh. Sc to SC. per
pound: weak fish, &c. per pound; rock. pan.
12c. per pound; rock. boiling. 15c. per
pound: white perch, 1Oc. to 15c. per pound:
catfish. 25c to 35c. per bunch: cells and yell
low perch 15c. to 25c. per bunch, and carp.
15c. to 20c. each Hard crabs continue in
demand. and are selling at $50 to 81 per
barrel
But few clans are coming to the oyster
wharf the main supply being brought up
by steamer. This morning the Norfolk
line boat had about thirty barrels aboard
for the dealers here.
SchOOners, Tugs and Other Craft.
The big four-masted schooner Thomas 8.
Dennison sailed yesterday evening in tow
Of the tug VIM. H. Yerkes. jr.. for Balti-
more to load a cargo Of soft coal for Bos-
ton.
The schooner Eliza A. Scrivener has gone
down to the Alexandria shipyard to COM
plete the loading Of her cargo Of railway
ties.
The schooner C. r. Flint. having COM
pieted the discharging of her cargo Of
laths at T. w. Smiths. has sailed for Bal
timore to load.
A scow laden with railway ties has ar
rived in port for Carter & Clark.
The schooner ]. P. Robinson is at Alex
andria. loading cargo Of general stores
for Upper MachOdOc creek.
The bugeye c. J. Thompson loaded a cargo
or lumber at SmOOt & Co.'S wharf at Alex
andria yesterday and sailed for Chapa-
wumSiC creek.
Alexandria. discharging a cargo of pine
wood for the dealers there.
The Martha A. Walston Is in port will
a cargo of foundry iron from the Colonial
Beach netghbOrhOod for DrifuSe & Co.
The longboat Silver Star brought to port
yesterday a large cargo of railway ties
from the lower river for Carter & Clark.
The steamer Potomac, which sailed yes
far fha riIrar Inn 4 truc
Baltimore. took a large number of pas
sengers out for river points.
The schooner Annie NJ. Willett has ar
rived at Alexandria with cargo of scrap
iron for the dealers there
The United States revenue cutter Win
dom Is In port from a cruise on CheSa-
peake bay.
OF General Interest.
Several large black bass have been caught
with hook and line off the boathouse
wharves at the foot Of 7th street in the
past day or two. One caught yesterday
with smelt for bait weighed nearly five
pounds. The catching Of bass In the mud
dy water is something out Of the ordinary.
A large scow laden with pine lumber
from the sunken schooner John r. Dixon
while lying at the wharf Of Thomas r.
Riley, foot Of N street southwest, yeSter-
day. sprang aleak and sunk in the dock.
Her load Of lumber is being removed and
the scOw will be raised and repaired
The roof Of the dancing pavilion at Not
ley Hall, which was blown off in gale
about ten days ago. has been replaced and
the pavilion is again in service.
The sloOp Sea Gull. belonging 10 Mr.
Jacob Deemer, Is to be fitted with a new
mast. the old one having been broken in a
blow.
The little schooner Rebecca Smith. Cap
tain Jos. Elliott. has gone to the lower
river with a party aboard on a ten-day
cruise. While away Colonial Beach. Piney
Point and the other resorts will De Visited
The schooner Edward E. Briery. which
came into port Monday morning with ice
for the American Ice Company, has been
locked at the 9th street wharf She sailed
from the Kennebec July 4. and had a slow
passage down the coast. with light head
winds almost the entire distance.
The schooner ]. Manchester Haynes.
with 1.088 tons Of ice from Bath. Is ex-
pected to arrive here by the end Of this
week.
The schooner Edna A. Pogue. with a.
cargo Of hard coal for the naval proving
grounds at Indian Head. which sailed from
Philadelphia Saturday last. passed through
the Delaware and Chesapeake canal yes
terday.
The bark Doris. which is to load asphalt
at Port Spain. Trinidad, for this port
sailed from Pernambuco on the 18th in
slant.
The steamer E. James Tull, while down
the river on her last trip was handsomely
reprinted and put in order for summer
service.
Three large barges were laden with coal
from the cargo at Shepherds landing Tues
day and brought to this city. Two other
barges laden with coal are at Shepherds
wharf to be brought here
Cumberland & Son are building a new
frame for the dredge Fannie belonging to
Mr.. John Miller.
The overhauling Of the two wharyas al
Colonial Beach by the new owners of the
property has been completed. They viii
both be rebuilt before the next summer
season opens
Messrs. J. 8. Douglass and Anthony E.
Smoot are guests Of Captain Joseph Sim
mons on the steamer Dennis Simmons on
trip to North Carolina through the pis-
NAL Swamp canal
Mr.. Charley Posey has been made second
officer Of the steamer Harry Randall on the
Colonial Beach excursion route
Gordon Phillips has been appointed GUAR