Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-12-28
Washington Markets.


Aedts,-Beef (porter hOuse), 2ja3lc. per ID;
do (siTloin) 25c. do. (rOund), 2Oc.; do. (roastng
piecesl, 2Oa2jc.; do. (corned), 10a12J2c.; pork
l2k a2Oc; do. (cornedl, sal2 hc.; mutton, 15a20c;
lamb, 15a2Oc.; veal, 15l20c.; dried beef, 2)a2jc
hams (wholeJ, Halle; do. sliced, 25a2Sc.; should
ers (wbole), &c.; cut, 1Oc.; mlddings, Ice. cut
l2c:i peer tongues, 6Oa9Oc each; lard, l0al2jic.
Fish.-Roek, 5Oc. per bunch; perch, 4Oc. per
Ouncn; salmon, &c. per h.; salmon trout, 128
l5c. per ID; lake white fish 20 cents per lib:
shad (sslt or smokey, 20s25c. each; herring do
1c.per ID; pike, DOC. per bunch; catfish, 25c
per bunch; HOLSTERS, l5c. per h.; blue fish,
Oarge,) SlaSl 2j each, 15c. per h.. smelt, 20a25c
founders, 15c. per 10.
Game.-Dlcks, blue wing, 75c.as1 per pair;
MaIard, III 80 per pair; Wifgeon, zoe AL
per pair; biackheads, Al per pair; red head
geese, S1aSl p each; wild turkeys, 81 80 as;
cartridges, (quail,) sly ass per dozen; robbins
I5c. per dozen; rabbits, 20a30c. each; squirrels
l5c. each; prairie hens 81 50aS2 per pair; grouse
sl.50as2; pheasants, S150aS2.
Pegetd6Ls.-Potatoes, Irish, 40c. per peck; DO.
sweet, 5OaGOc-; turDips, 20a2Jc.; onions, white,
81, red, 6oc, yellow, 4Oc. per peck; cabbage,
oaIoe e, Per head; pumpkins, 1Oa25c. each; eel
FTuits.-Apples, (eating,) i0a50c. per peck:
49,, lcooking,) 30aiOc.; grapes, l0a20c. per ID;
chestnuts l0al5c. per quart; cranberries. 15a2Oc.
per quart
Butter.-Ph Philadelphia print, 55c per ID; choice
toll, 45c; fair do, 30si0c. Eggs 3saiJc. per doz.:
Cheese, 2Oa25c. per 10.
P0uttry.-Chickens, T5c.as1 per pair; ducks,
Zoe al'Z5 per pair; turkeys, Slas250 each; %
to 25c. per Id.
The attendance of country people was not up
10 the average, and although prices were the
same as on last Saturday, trading was not brisk
PRICES AT THE Wholesale MARKET
Louisiana avenue, between 10th and 18th streets:
IRISH potatoes, per bushel, s1.15; sweet potatoes
per Dbl, $50; apples, per bbl., S3aSi; onions
peg Dbl, ~; cabbage, per hundred, sl0al2;
chieLens, per dozen S3aSi; ducks, $3.50; eggs,
per 6ozen, 4Oc.; turnips, S1aS1.25 per b6l.;
chestnrts, 80 per bushel; dried apples A. oeJ
cwt.; crsnberries, SIS per bbl.; live turkeys, Der
dozen, $50; geese, SIS per dozen; quails, IS Der
dozen; grouse, - per dozen; pheasants, $3.50
per dozeni venison, $50 per cwt.; rabbits, SD.
pes dozen.
nor" I5O tons of hay and straw have been
sold; prices as follows - Best quality so per cwt.
and second quality 81. 55aS1 60. Straw at 81 40a
sl.75. 400 barrels corn at S3aS4 per barrel; old
corn, 81 go Fresh pork in the carcass, 1913 per
cwt. $50 bushels oats; price 5Oa55c. per bushel.
Supplies this morning were plentiful, espe-
sially in the meat, poultry aud game line.
THE SUIT OF DoDRIDGR AGAINST Mas.
GAINES pKCIDEp-The case of Dodridgo vs..
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, which ha- been tried
here this week in the circuit court TO ts.rj
time, ter minated yesterday by verde, .Ot he
defendant. The action was for fee of So, 900
TO be paid in the event of Mrs. Gaines's success
in her suits and the chief justice instructed the
jury that II the contract was one which was not
compiled within until aiItr Tue eNplIhCOu Vi d
wear from the time at which ii was made, 1t came
within the provisions of the statute Of frauds,
and was void unless evidenced by q memoran-
dunn in writing, and left 1t for the jury to cay
whether the evidence showed that the contract
did or did not show an execution of the c0ntrac;
within a year. In the first Of these suits 8
verdict was rendered for the plaintiff for $3.50
Mr.. Justice Macarthur that the whole amount
| claimed must be awarded and verdict given
| for the defendant.) This last verdict, however
will it IL understood, settle the matter. To-day
the counsel for plaintiff filed motion for q new
| trial on the ground that the court erred in in
structing the jury on the subject of the statutt
| of frauds; also on the subject OF the statute o.
limitations; that the verdict was contrary to tn,
law as given by the court and was contrary I,
/ the evidence.
Snow, Ice, AND THE POLICE. Editor Of til
Star: Is it true that IL Is the duty of polic
/ officers TO see that the sidewalks are cleared o
snow and ice? II 20, why do they neglect tn