Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-03
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The long overdue schooner f. r. Nc
Namara arrived in port yesterday and is
lying at the wharf foot of 131a street I'M
loading her cargo The schooner departed
from Norfolk nearly month ago and has
been ashore several times since she entered
the Potomac. A large portion of her deck
load of shingles was lost in Nomni creek.
but the greater part of them were picked
up by the crew of the power barge Louisa.
which brought them into port yesterday,
and they will be turned over to their con-
signee here. The schooner. in spite of her
numerous adventures, is reported to have
been but little damaged.
Arrived: Tug William H. Yerkes, jr., tow
ing barge Baltimore. laden with fish scrap
from the Great Wicom.co river for AleXan-
dria; SchOOnerS Mary and Rebecca, Goldie
c., Rena Cox. Fannie Sheppard and c.
Coburn. oysters from Potomac beds; power
barge Louisa, cord wood from a river point;
tug Marion Cameron. with tow of three
sand and gravel laden scows from Piscat-
away creek; barge Tull, with a cargo of
wood.
Sailed: Schooner William Bsbee from
Georgetown, Light, for bay port to load
for a northern port; schooner NJ E. Smith,
for Potomac oyster beds to load for this
city; schooner Gilman Dove. light, for a
river point to load: schooner E. NJ. Skinner,
light. for a Virginia port to load cargo of
pine lumDeT power barge Louisa, from
Alexandria with a general cargo; schooner
Earl B.scoe, for a river po.nt to load a
cargo for this port lighthouse tender Holly,
on a cruise on the river.
Memoranda: Schooner Thelma, laden with
lumber for this port sailed from Jackson
vile, Fla, the LIST instant; schooner Eugie
has been chartered to load at Walkerton
Va, for this city; schooner Charles w.
Strann is under charter to bring a cargo of
lumber from Newbern. N. c.. to this city;
schooner Bertha J. Walker has been char
tered to load cargo of lumber at Jackson
VILE for this city; schooner w. H. Mcclure
is reported loading cargo in Nomini creek
for dealers in this city.
The ram schooner Lizzie Williams which
arrived here few days ago with a cargo
of laths from point in North Carolina,
has been berthed at the wharf foot of 18th
street to unload her cargo. This is the
first visit the Williams has made to this
port for several months.
A large vessel with a cargo of bone
aboard from the Argentine republic South
America, sailed from the Rio de la Plata
about two months ago for Alexandria. The
bones to be used in the manufacture OF
fertilizer, and the vessel is expected to ar
rive at Alexandria about the middle or
latter part of this month The Italian bark
Antonio. the last vessel bring ng bones
from South America to Alexandra, was
wrecked at Cape Henry the early part Of
the past spring.
The tug Rosalie, belonging to Mr. Lewis
E. Smoot of this city and employed in tow
ing sand and gravel laden barges from the
digging machines down the river to this
city and Alexandria. is la d up at AleXan-
dra for a general overhaul ng. While the
Resale is laid up the tug Eugenia. Capt
Isaac Force, will be employed in towing in
her place.
The fall and winter schedule of the wash
ington and Potomac Steamboat Company
goes into effect November IA. when the
steamer Harry Randall will be W. thdrawn
| and the steamer Wakefield will take up the
new schedule