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GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The steam yacht Gretchen, Capt. Theo.
keene, belonging to Mr.. J. Z. Reyburn, Is
being housed in with canvas in prepara-
ton for spending the winter at her dock
here. The Gretchen is the only one of the
large fleet Of steam pleasure craft that
visits this port every season that will
main here this winter, all the other vessels
having gone north again having been
sold away from this port. The yacht VAL
cour. belonging to Mr.. Joseph Sibley which
was here for several winters, Is this year
laid up al the summer home of her owner.
on Lake Champlain. o. G. Staples yacht
the Neriad. is on the St. Lawrence, and the
yacht Giavota. formerly belonging to John
R. Dos Passos.- is now at Baltimore. Gen.
Crozier's big launch the Diane. will winter
here, as she has done for several years
past.
Arrived: Schooner Sidney Jones'. cord
wood from river point for dealers:
schooner Susan Lambdin. oysters from
Potomac beds; tug Dixie. with tow of two
coal-laden barges from Philadelphia:
schooner ]. p. Robinson, grain and wood
from Upper Machodoc creek; barge Mary
s. Brady. coal for this city; barge Marjorie.
coal from Philadelphia for Georgetown;
tug Camilla. with a tow of small vessels
from down river.
Sailed: Schooners Amanda Lewis, Eta.
Two Sisters and Lady Franklin, for oyster
beds In the lower Potomac, to load back to
this city; steamer Mary Francis, for q
river point to load cordwood for this city;
schooner Edna and Nellie for the lower
river to load; schooner E. r. s. Dougherty,
light, for river point; schooner Edith YER
rail-. light for Pohick creek to load back to
this port
Memoranda: Steam barge Dennis Sim
mons is loading at a North Carolina port
for this city: schooner Fred A. Small is re-
ported at Norfolk. bound to this city with
a cargo; schooner Mary A. Hall has been
chartered to load lumber at Jacksonville
Fla, for this city; schooner Nettie has
sailed from Annapolis for the Rappahannck
river to load lumber for this city; schooner
Samuel Wood is reported in the lower river
with cargo of cordwood for dealers here:
schooner Frank Kreger has arrived at Bal
timore. light from Alexandria to load for a
port in the north.
The dredging machine of the Columbia
Sand Company, which was making tests
last Monday at the pier of the new steel
sand in the fats i'm front of the pier has
ABANDONED the work Sand was found, but,
1t is stated, 1t was mixed with mud as
to be unfit for building uses. A regular
in the work of deepening the water about
the pier to make landing for the ferry
steamers that will touch there on certain
trips each day.
The big derrick mast. which is being
built at Cumberland's boathouse foot of
9th street, for building firm in this city,
is about completed, and as soon as the
iron attachments can be placed on it IL
will be completed and ready to be turned
over to It's owners The mast is about
seventy feet long and will be used In build
Ing operations going on in this city to lift
heavy beams and other material The spar
Is built to raise heavy weights without
danger of breaking.