Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-17
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
NOTICE PROMULGATED OF CHANGES
IN THE BUOYs.
The Trade in Oysters and Fish
Freight-Laden yessels-Gen-
eral and Personal.

The following notice Of changes in the
buoys in this, the fifth, light house district
has been issued by the light house board:
In Evan river, Va, the gas buoy marking
the entrance to the river, which has been
unlighted, has been replaced with new
buoy.
The sixth and seventh buoys marking the
channel through the Kettle Bottom shoals,
which have been adrift since October Is,
have been replaced.
The buoy marking the edge of the Duke
hart channel in the Potomac river, a red
spar, is reported adrift and will be replaced
as soon as practicable.
The Tangier Island shoal buoy, which
was reported missing on October 81, was
replaced in position on November g.
Since yesterday morning 600 bushels of
oysters have arrived at the wharf in three
vessels The oyster market was very light
this morning and prices show a tendency
to decline slightly. many of the vessel cap
tains being anxious to sell out ana get
home. Prices this morning ranged from 40
to so cents per bushel for the small oysters
and the larger ones sold at GO to IS cents
per bushel. The Fair American, which ar
rived last night, has 25O bushels Of Black
istone Island oysters on board; the Lott1e
Thomas brings 2u0 bushels from Wicomico
and the Romeo $50 from the Eastern Shore.
The Norfolk line steamer brought up 10
barrels from Norfolk and the Harry Ran
dali 80 barrels from the lower river.
The dealers at the wharf this morning
were but poorly supplied with fish, the
Norfolk Washington line steamer bring
ing up but twenty-one packages from
the shores about Norfolk and Old
Point, and the steamer Harry Randall
bringing up nineteen packages from the
nets in the lower river. She also brought
up several barrels for shipment to dealers
in New York and Philadelphia. The mar
lot hJc riper
ing at 81 to So per barrel: sea mullets, 81
to 50 per box; boiling rock, Is cents per
pound; pan rock, B to cents per pound;
bass to cents per pound: white perch
pound: pike, cents per pound; carp, 3
cents per pound: bluetish and tailors, to
8 cents per pound; salmon trout, to 6
cents per pound; winter shad, 10 cents per
bunch; cells, 10 to 20 cents per bunch: cat
fish, Is to 20 cents per bunch, and river
mullets, 10 cents per bunch.
The FreiEhters.
The schooner Maria l.. Widmore, which
arrived in port Wednesday, had on lumber
for Sheehan & Co. and shingles for Libbey
& Co. from the Pocahontas Company of
Norfolk
The schooner Oliver s. Barrett has ar
rived in Baltimore from this port in tow
of the tug Majestic. to load coal and steel
rails for Jacksonville, Fla.
The schooner Edwin r. Hunt, which dis
charged a cargo of ice here recently, has
arrived at Portland with a cargo of coal
from Baltimore.
The schooner Beulah Land has completed
the loading of her cargo of fertilizing ma
terial, and has sailed for the James river
The schooner Silver Spray has completed
the discharging of her cargo of lumber, and
has sailed for the lower river to load back
to this port,
The schooner A. H. Quinby has arrived
in port with full cargo of Virginia pine
lumber, and is discharging at the wharf of
T. r. Riley.
The ]. ]. Underhill, Fair View and Ada
BaIlinger have sailed for the oyster grounds
about Backistone's Island to load back to
this city.
The schooner Murray Vandiver Is at the
wharf foot of 14th street discharging
cargo of lumber for johnson Wimsatt.
/ The schooner RuthsA. Scrivener has ar
rived at Georgetown with cargo Of hard
coal from Philadelphia.
The sloop B. H. Lambert and the pungy
Shining Light are at Alexandria with car
goes Of oysters.
The schooner Grace q. Bennett, from this
port, has arrived at Norfolk to load lumber
back to this city ~
The Earl Biscoe. Harry {; and Charley.
Isaac Solomon and Ida May have all ar