Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-08
Washington Markefs-The RBlfug
Prices To-day

HEAT = DeeI porter hOusc,l 2tdT2SC. n n, ditto
slIl0ns) Pei DO roundl, l5c.; do (rOastIng pecez),
,2Sye;; DO; cornell l0gl5e;; do. dried, 2Oc psr
tecrn ad,p 3ttGRp sc pnTk i i2o Do
l5S25e; dried beef, 2oG25c.: hams wh0eJ, l962pc
60, sleel, eSc shoulders, (whole), l3c., cut, II
tongues eGaOc each. iard Taiss. i'' CUT ID
a sSncs e saIm66 t RsTGh 3
T5r tFssh 7 ca sIe ascs r. sheepaead IS2s
&c. Per 6aHeb Cabs maoEeTsi s as Sa'sT &c
do 2 Sg5 ohs6stsT l5c per pound Grabs, 5O,.
eAMzBIscH BIRDS, I 50 n cents dozsn; nrover
25@!) cents each; ducks, (bIue wfng,J 81 > pair;
wi sfs sf 1r-h 40 cents peck
90; es'e s &c peck onions, % cts peck
tcmstcss, sO@lOc. = peck; cucumt ers, nc , dozen
dozen. Egg Plants, s@iOc each; celery, l001l5.
ERUfIS; = ORANGES, 4gd6oc. 2 dozen; Iemols,
IsJS@4o ? peck; DO, teafinsJ { IG66 > peck
esntelouIes 5@2c.; melons, loo. la25c; srspeJ, 10
psek DS9:; 90 peel; dsmsoh n.' 81 ~ PECK
Cpeeie qsc q1S Ies9hs.
lOc. cherries. 9@25c' y 10. -''''
yeTk dTssnsTy, esoIse Te Sc P Fair s SS
75Gs5o. Eggs, sc. p dozen. Cheese, 2O955c. p NJ
P9ULTsy;1C Chickens, live, 6oc.@sl-2s p pair;
Wholesale MARKET.
FLOUR AND FRED.-BeAvans& Shaw, cornrnfssi ON
merchant and wholesale dealers in flour, feed, IL
auors, and groceries, corner q nth and B streets
s2 st tSs ti FlGEr-Fsmy aGpgT g s77S
slid. Brown stun, $40 tor. s6 pstuT +, s.
@9c. Sbrshel. MiddIings, 5sg6Oc. 2 busheI. Sales
Prices at the wholesale MARKET as furnished by J.
"a mankin, general CO. non merchant,
PsS dIisss sD Sgts9;
lambs, ssgi So CAVES, ssSs7 H hens. @ds ozeS;
81 s9SsfS' s2sss So d1eEs5 $40. Wool
ter, ESQ SOC; common, H9lS eggs, 23GS0c cabbage.
Sctstoes' 81 so ca Is barrei OATS sss cts
Corn, Slo5al TO- Whest.white, 81 2O4 81 30; do. :;
sS,0ps Of hay and straw were sold during the past
week; new bay, $50. "a d. and straw Sc 6l7Oc .
hundred. Offerings IIsht.
THK BOARD OF HEALTH met Tuesday evening.
The registrar Of vital statistics submitted his
n,Ortuary report for the week ending October 8.
showing the total number of deaths 81, 80
white and % colored; IS males, 50 femaleg:
adults. go; minors, 2; still births, Z; white s
cOiOred. The causes of death were various, the
largest number dying from any particular dis.
ease being u with phthisis pulmonalis. One
hundred and five births occurred during the
week. The report indicates a considerable de-
cre2ce in the death rate as compared with the
previous week and large increase in the num-
Der Of births.
a communication was received from the
District Commissioners declining to increase
the pay OF garbage collectors from 81 40 TO IS
per diem. as requested by the Board of Health.
The special committee TO whom was referred
the proposition of the Homeopathic Society To
furnish attendance and medicines TO such sick
poor as prefer their treatment, establishing for
that purpose adispensary in a central location,
provided the Board Of Health would appropri-
ate $500 for their use, reported the approval of
the proposition recommending that the same
be referred, through the committee to the
Commissioners for their approval and the neces.
cary appropriation. The report was adopted
| The board went into secret session on the snb-
ject or awarding the contract for removing the
plight SOIL ard after a consultation of near an
| hour the door were opened, and il was An.
nounced that contract had been made win
the 0dorless Excaysting Company for three
years.