Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-27

Each huckster shall have his name and the
wordf' huckster' on his stall in large letters
That they be prOhi bited from dealing in an v
articles Of merchandise; b.
That the license Of huckster be increased
from SIS to SIS:
That the market master shall designate a
place in each market for hucksters, and that
he shall also direct in what part of the mar.
kets melons shall be sold: ~ = :
That portion Of the markets shall be sp.
proprfated for country people free of charge
- Does Not the honorable Board of Common
Council see that the effect of such q law will
be TO iscrease the price of provisions? If Il Q
hucksters are made to pay an increased license,
as matter OF course they will make it up out
0i the consumers, and the country people, who
are to be admitted to a portion Of the m ket
free OF charge, will continue to sell to the
hucksters according to their interests Leyis.
lation will be best applied in not attem ptips
impracdcable restrictions and regulations.
fHE PRfcE OF MARKETING -Isit not enough,
says the lntelligencer, to provoke auy poor
man, however good natured he may be, to read
In the Eastern papers of the sale of potatoes a,
si1ty-seven cents per bushel and of apples a,
one dollar per barrel, land apparently plenty
At these prices,) whilst in this city, surrounded
by large agricultural region, he is paying
two dollars per bushel for potatoes and the
same price for apoles, being at the rate of fvs
dollars per barrel? Why do not our Eastern
friends send their surplus produce to this mar.
ket2
The Springfield Republican says that good
potatoes are being delivered at the depots in
- that vicinity for sixty-seyen cents busheI.
Apples are abundant. Good fall and winter
apples are sold in that vicinity BY contract fol
one dollar barrel
The Meredith Bridge IN H Demecra at i,
informed that the price of potatoes has
fallen to two shillings a bushel. These vese.
tables are still growing in that region with
green vines 90 ---.t-.
The Hartford coursnt says ~ We are glad
that for once there is some other cry in refer
ence to this vegetable than the "rot." We
have not in a single instance seen an account
OF the prevalence Of the ''rot" this year. Such
accounts may have been published, but they
have not met our eye, while nearly every pa
per We open gives a favorable account of th e
state OF the crop. In this vicinity we think
We may safely say that the crop is turning out
better than was expected, and prices have &C.
oordingly fallen considerably.
NooD AND CoAL.-By reference to our ad-
vertislng columns, our readers will be enabled
to lind the most desirable places to Law in their
winter stock of fuel. Sheriff, on the Canal at
Four-and-a-half street, is particularly well
stocked, his place of business having the ap-
pearsnce OF vast depot fer these indispensa-
bic articles-Eood piled Pelion upon Ossa, and
coal al tEJfs.tnnr. A clever, agreeable, and
enferprising young man is Sheriff, and We ad-
wise our friends to " look in upon him"
WINTER APPROACHING As winter ap
proaches, those unfortunate persons who travel
on foot from one end Of the country to the 9th.
er, seeking food and shelter at the farm houses
and dwellings on their routes, when they ar
rive IN this city, apply at the guard house for
shelter. These are termed dodgers" The
cool nights begin % send them in, and the
captains generosity will be very frequently
taxed after e few days. :.