Evening star., 1901-12-23
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
THE POTOMAC. .RRAaFIeALI.YC CLOSED
TO sAIIINUvEssELs.
solid lee CoNfrs Surface Between
Washington dand Colonial Reach
-Genfral Matters.

! The Potomac riYer is,praetically closed to
sailing vessels. ice from three to four
/ inches thick cosfring,at from this city as
| far down as Colonial Beach The steamer
] Harry Randall. wlliclBrcame into port last
night about ~tweo3hoars late, reports ex-
/ tremely heavy ice inrGurriomen bay and
/ Non1ini creek In sboth places Capt. Bar
ker. her commander. reports having broken
| ice over five inches thick. The ferry line
steamers We're idle yesterday, but the
! steamer Columbia is making trips every
| two hours today, between this city and
| Alexandria. The Officers of the Norfolk
| line steamers report the ice heavy and
! gorged in places, but. not sufficiently OBJ
| structive to greatly impede their progress.
! The steamer EStelle Randall left this
| morning on her regular schedule to GIy-
| mont, and all the river steamers will en-
| deavor to keep their routes open until after
! the holidays RfNermen are looking for
! warmer weather, the wind this morning be-
/ ing from the south The wheel houses of
| the incoming steamers are solid masses of
! ice, leaving but little space for the big
| wheels to revolve.
| The freezing weather has made the re-
| ceipts of fresh ffsfsat the 11th street wharf
| very light and this morning there were
practically no river fish in the market and
the salt water fish We're scarce. The de-
| mand, however was Eight. Prices are ad-
| yancing. This morning white perch sold at
| &c. to Toe per pound; jumping nulIets, &C.
to 4c. per pound; boiling rock 20c.- to 2oc.
per pound; medium rock, Ioc. to 11c. per
| pound; pan rock, 16cs to 12c per pound;
black bass, &c. toS10c. per pound; salmon
trout, &c. per pound; green pike. Sc. to. 10c.
per pound; small drum &c: per pound; win
t ter. shad, 81 to go per hundred; yellow
| perch, 10c. to 3Gc:s per bunch; catfish, 15c.
| to 40e. per bunch; eels f5c. to 25c. per
bunch, and river Inuliets, 10c. to 35c. per
i bunch.
! Game of all kinds continue to be, Quit q
| scarce at the wharf market and is in de-
mand for Christmas Ducks and, wild tur-
keys find quick salessand prices are as fol-
! lows: For white or. eanyas-back ducks, SO
to IS. 80 per pair; red heads, 81 to s. so per
/, pair; mallard, 81 per. pair; blackheadss soc.
| per pair; widgeons-30 30c. to 70c. per pair; dip
pers, 4oc per pair; wild turkeys, 10c. to 12c,
| per pound; wild geese, soc. to 75c. each;
swan, 81 to $50 eaehs and quail, 81 to $3.50
per dozen. Rabbits, squirrels, 'coons and
| such game are more PLENTIFUL but are
| bringing good prices -N
The small and inferior oysters were SELL
ing this morning at 50 to .5c. per bushel;
medium grades at 90 to Csc. per bushel, and
the large selected stock Were in demand at
wharf since Saturday, are the Zephyr and
Lucille Western
Passing To and Fro.
The tug Favorite, with barge laden with
oil in tow, arrived in port this morning
and went up to Georgetown with her tow.
The schooner Annie Coward has cemplet-
ed the unloading Of her cargo of lumber
and has sailed fer. a Virginia lumber port
to load. su{5t ~
charging of her earge. of oysters and sailed
Saturday for bay point to load.
The schooner Cunningham has gone to a
lower river pointi and will take aboard
cargo for this eity.lJShe will return after
The longboat fai.ahhg fgaiah5 5H1orner is laid up at
the wharf of JohR r. Zimmerman & Co, at
Alexandria.
The Lizzie Burkeis ataAlexandria and will
sail today in compana with other vessels
in tow of the tug1Pride for Dividing creek.
The Kathleen sKas gone to a lower river
point and will foHd1 oysters and come back
to this point as shoaIss the ice will permit.
The Agnes left perteyesterday in tow of
tug for the lewer Flyer, but in conse-
quence Of the iosegot Hnly as far as Alex :
|. The schooner shining & Light, Capt, Keith
Davis, which sailed from this port a day.
or two ago, has gone to the Great WI
comico river for a load of oysters.
The steamer Dennis Summers from this
city has passed through the Dismal Swamp
canal en- route to. Williamson, n. c., for
a load of lumber. <
The tug Spray is reported in Occoauan
with a tow of stone-laden barges for the
dealers here. l 5.5t.,s.
1He NeUeccd Smlln mas COmpieteO the uh-
loading of her cargo at Alexandria and " ill
sail for Jackson creek, in the first tow that
leaves port. -
General Port News.
The ice-breaking plow Of the steamer
Estelle Randall, which runs upon the Gly-
mont mail route, has been placed in posi-
ton on the steamer and she is ready to
| make hard fights with the ice in getting
the malls through to the river post offices.
Capt Chas. Posey has gone to Newport
News, and Is expected to leave there to-
night with the steamer Newport News,
which has been at the shipyard there hav-
ing her machinery rebuilt.
the Weems line between this city and Bal
timore goes into effect tomorrow evening.
The steamer Potomac will run the route.
Large focks of ducks of all kinds were
feedlng In the open spaces in the ice be-
tween this city and Alexandra yesterday,
but 1t is Impossible for gunner to get
near them.
The naval tug Triton, having in tow the
ordnance foundry, barge on which was a
rapid-fire 6-inch gun from this city, went
through the Ice to Indian Head Saturday
evening. The gum will be tested at Indian
Head. ~ .
The United States light house engineers
steamer Jessamine Is on an inspection tour
among the light houses on Chesapeake bay.
All the vessels coming into port have
Christmas eyergreens festooned about
their masts and fiagpoies.
The coast survey steamer Blake has
sailed for Porto Rico. where She VIII en-
gage in survey work during the winter.
/ Good skating is reported on the flats of
the Eastern branch, from the Navy Yard
bridge to Buena VISTA i' f'9