Evening star., 1901-04-09
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
CHANGES IN BUOYs ANNOUNCED BY
LIGHTHOUSE BOARD.
Fish and Oyster -,Iarkets-MOvements
of VesseIs-GeneraI and
Personal Items.

the buoyage of the fifth lighthouse dis
trict by the lighthouse board:
Upper part Chesapeake bay-Pooles Is
land flats buoy No 1, a black spar, report
ed. carried away by the ice March 81, will
be- replaced as soon as practicable, of
which due notice will be given.
Hampton Roads, Na.-Horseshoe shoal
buoy No. g a red >frst-class nun, found out
Opposition, was replaced March % 1901.
Elizabeth river, Va.-Channel buoy No.
14,f red spar, found out of position, was
replaced March, 2S, 1861. sc. -. 4..
James river, .Va.-Newport News middle
ground (east end) buoy, and Newport
News middle ground (west end buoy, red
and black horizontal stripes, were changed
from spar to first-class nuns for the sum-
mer season, on March 90, 1901.
Potomac river. Md.-Jenifer fats (upper)
buoy No. II, was changed from spar to
red first-class nun, for the summer season,
on March 80, 1901. Maryland Point shoal
buoy, red and black horizontal stripes, was
changed from a spar to a frSt-class can,
for the summer season, on March p, 1901.
The receipts Of shad and herring from
the lower river fishing shores by the
dealers at the 18th street wharf continue
light, the muddy water in the river, 1t is
said, having driven the fish back to the
mouth of the Potomac. The receipts this
morning consisted of GO,0OO herring and
about 1000 shad. The receipts of bunch
Prices this morning were somewhat lower,
roe shad selling at S25 to $50 per 100; buck
shad. $40 to $12 per 100: herring. S4 to So
per LOCO; pan rock, to 10 cents per pound;
boiling rock, II to 15 cents per pound;
croaker, So per barrel; white perch 5 to 10
cents per pound: catfish, 10 to 20 cents per
punch; cells. 10 to 10 cents per bunch; yell
low perch 10 to 25 cents per bunch; river
mullets, 10 cents per bunch; founders, &c.
per pound; sturgeon, 8 cents per pound,
and carp, cents per pound.
A fleet Of ten boats, all with oysters
aboard. have arrived at the oyster wharf
since Saturday, but none of them brought
large cargoes, the total amount on sale this
morning amounting to less than 500 bush
els Prices this morning were somewhat
lower than they We're last week the small
oysters selling at 90 cents per bushel and
the larger ones as high as so cents per
bushel. The market this morning was fair
and the sales good.
Moving To and Fro.
The schooner e. P. Evans has sailed for
the Blackstone Island neighborhood and
will load oysters for this market
The Lola s. Lowe is lying off Alexandria
with full cargo Of cordwood for this mar
ket.
The two-masted schooner John McGinnis
mas arrived at Alexandria with a cargo of
sand Tor the Alexandria glass works.
The schooner Murray Vandiyer fs at tbe
wharf Of Forsberg s. Murray discharging
cargo of lumber.
The M. and E. Moore is at Alexandria
with cargo OF shingles for H. K Field
from North Carolina.
The schooner Daylight is at the Alexan-
dria shipyard loading a cargo of railway
'ieS from Seagle Brown for northern port
Ihe schooner Arleville H. Peary has com
pieted the unloading of her cargo of bricks
and anchored off Alexandria, bound down
Inc C. H. Dagger. E. J. Huveth. Urfah
.I,!, noher ana isaac Solomon are all in port
vov int,
& Clark Aoi Nafeef
The schooner Fox is In port. laden with
cordWood from a river point for the local
An unnamed sloop is at the Alexandria
wharf, with a cargo of Colonial Beach ovs-
ters for the dealers there
Ihe schooners Palmetto and Ella Flaher
ty have arrived in port with careoes of
white sand from the eastern shore.
Ihe ). E. Mahoney Is in port with a
cargo of lumber for the local dealers
The sloop Rafting Joe has sailed for q
lower river point with cargo Of salt and
other supplies
The American Patriot is In port with q
cargo Of cordwood for Carter & Clark
The big four-masted schooner VIM. G.
Tanner, with cargo of about ]. 400 tons
Of phosphate rock from Port Tampa. has
arrived at Alexandria for the Chemical
Fertilizer Company. Sne was brought up
by the tug Juno.
The steam yacht Elsie OF the New York
Yacht Club came into port yesterday morn
Ing and sailed again this morning.
The Della "A. Moore, with 5000 feet of
lumber. and the ]. 8. Smith, with $4,000
feet. both from the Cos,n river for Johnson
& Wimsatt, are In port.
General Matters.
As the steamer Lily and Howard, which
Is in port from Quantico creek with a cargo
OF railway ties. was on her way up the
river Saturday last her rudder became dis
Abled 90 that 1t was OF no service A vessel
was procured. however, and dashed along-
side OF the steamer, and with that vessels
rudder the Lily and Howard under her
own steam, was brought into port
Mr.. Robert Murphy, the owner of a large
canning factory In the upper end of Nofn-
ini creek, expects to run the establish