Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-01
ON The RIVER FRONT
FLOCK OF HU0KS REPORTED ON
CRANKY ISLAND.
Fish and Oyster Narket-Light House
Steamer Binder Construction
Other River News.

The officers of the steamer Estelle Ran
dali report having :neen a flock Of several
hundred ducks on GEaney Island, near ely
mont, while she WIS on her last trip up.
In the flock were white or canvas backs,
mallard, red heads and smaller varieties.
This Is the first large bunch Of ducks seen
on the river in several weeks. The present
season has been a very poor one for the
sportsmen and but little success has been
had
The new side-wheel steamer Middlesex OF
the Weems lfne which was recently built
at Philadelphia, has been completed. She
Will, 1t Is stated, go into service at once.
Captain Gourley, the senior captain in the
Weems service, is in command Of the new
steamer.
Prices for fish today at the 18th street
wharf are as follows: For Spanish mack
erel, II to 12c. per pound; bluefish and tai
Tors, to 10c. per pound; salmon trout, to
&C. per pound; gray trout, 6 to &c. per
pound; pan rock, 8 to loo. per pound; me-
dunn rock, IL to 14c. per pound; boiling
rock, IS to zoe. per pound; Potomac and
North Carolina black bass, 12c. per pound !;
founders, to &c. per pound; green pike, z
to 1Oc. per pound; sheepshead to 1Oc. per
pound; white perch, 10 to 12c. per pound !;
white perch, small, 10 to 15c per bunch;
yellow perch, 10 to 40c. per bunch; catfish
large, 20 to 35c. per bunch; catfish, small
II to 25c. per bunch; carp, Is to Soc each,
and cells, &c. each.
Oysters were in fair demand at the 18th
street wharf this morning, but the supply
continues light. The stock on hand is Of
good quality and ordinary grades are SELL
Ing at 60 to Csc. per bushel; medium grades,
~ to Toe, and the selected stock selling as
high as s1.25 per bushel
Mr. s. d. Lewis of the harbor police force
is confined to his home, 1898 AZ street by
illness.
Capt. John Robey Of the pungy Ada Bal
nnger is at Alexandria, disabled by an at
tack Of pleurisy.
General Matters.
Four small rapid-fire guns, built at the
navy yard here, have been taken to the
naval proving grounds at Indian Head since
Monday last, by the naval tugs They are
to be tested before being sent to the ships
for which they were built.
The schooner Sidonia Curley is to be haul
ed out on a marine railway to have new
keelsons put In and to have other repair
work done. The Curley may also be en-
larged during the winter.
The blocks have been laid and the active
work Of building the new lighthouse steam
er Magnolia will be started early in the
year by the contractors at Baltimore and
the vessel will be ready for service in six
or eight months from this time
The three-masted schooner Mary Lee Pat
pine lumber, from Pensac cola, Fla, came
into port yesterday evening, In tow of the
tug M. Mitchell Davis, for Johnson & VIM
satt.
The tug Rosalie, having in tow three
scows laden with sand from the dredges on
Greenway flats, arrived here yesterday
evening for Mr.. Louis Smoot.
The schooner Clara Leonard, laden with
cord wood from Nomini, is reported in the
river bound here.
The schooner Chase is lying at Nomni
and will load wood there for the dealers
here.
The two-masted schooner Urbanna has
completed the unloading Of a cargo of
lumber at the wharf of Thos. r. Riley. and
will load fertilizer at W. w. Rieys wharf
for Norfolk. ~
The B. H. Lambert has brought to Alex
andria load of Potomac river oysters for
the dealers there.
The steam-yacht Giavota is back in port
from a weeks cruise on the lower Po-
tomac.
The tug Volunteer, with a tow Of four
laden barges, came into port yesterday
evening.