Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-02
ON THE RIVER FRONT
THE BAND OF TRAINING SHIP
PRAIRIE Is SARCASTIC.
Plays Gin the Good Old Summer Time"
While Snow Falls-Other
Matters.

The officer in charge of the band aboard
| the training ship Prairie must be something
| of Joker Yesterday morning, while the
snow was coming down so thick that the
vessel could not be made out from the
Alexandria wharves, the band aboard the
ship struck up I'm the Good Old Summer
Time and the music, as it came ashore
through the snow, had a sarcastic cadence.
Owing to the thick ice which surrounds
the ship but few of the men aboard her
have been allowed ashore, and there have
been visitors from the shore to the ship.
In spite of the bad weather yesterday
there We're many visitors to the Alexandria
wharves to take look at the big white
ship as she lay at anchor in the ice-covered
river.
The demand for fresh fish at the whole
sale fish market on the 18th street wharf
was fairly heavy this morning and there
was a fair supply of shad and herring, both
from Florida and North Carolina, mackerel
drum and other varieties of fish on sale
In consequence of the heavy demand ex-
pected for the inauguration time prices kept
up at high figures. Shad and herring from
the vicinity of Old Point are expected to
arrive here within the next few days
The supply of oysters on sale at the
wholesale oyster wharf was ample to meet
the demand and prices remain unchanged
from last week, oysters in the shell selling
at 81. 20 per bushel and shucked from $1.31
to $13O per gallon. The entire supply now
on sale is coming from Norfolk The few
wild ducks CO sale are commanding good
prices and the demand is excellent.
The steamer Newport News will leave
here this evening for Fort Monroe, and will
sail from there tomorrow to bring large
contingent of soldiers from the fort to this
city to take part in the inaugural parade.
While in the city the soldiers will make
their quarters aboard the steamer.
The Randall line steamer Estelle Randall
will leave here tomorrow evening for Fort
Washington, and willolay over night at the
fort in order to start early Saturday morn
ing for this city with the coast artillery
men who are to march gin the big parade.
She will take the soldiers back to the fort
Saturday evening. 4u-z D.
The Richmond steamer Pocahontas is ex-
pected to arrive in the sharbor Friday even
ing or early Saturday morning with the
list Virginia Regiment aboard. The steamer
will berth at the 9Th street wharf of the
American Ice Companyae
General River News.
Two launches belonging to the United
States coast survey service which have
been lying at Bennett $, boat yard through
the winter were hauled out on the railway
for general repairs to fl them for work on
the river during the, summer They will
be employed in the survey of the shoal
tributaries of the Potomac below this city
The Maryland oyster police steamer Gov
ernor McLane is at Baltimore, taking
aboard her supplies of coal and stores, and
it is expected will sail in a day OF two for
the oyster grounds on the lower Poto-
mac in order to be on hand when the oys-
ter dredging boats resume work The Nc
Lane has just returned to Baltimore from
a cruise of several weeks in the bay, during
which time she aided a large number of
oyster boats which were imprisoned in the
icebound creeks and rivers tributary to
Chesapeake bay.
The tug Defiance is reported to have sail
ed from Norfolk yesterday with the lum-
ber-laden schooner w. p. Hood and the
barges Reliance and Baltimore in tow for
this city.
The fish packing houses at the fish wharf
are being placed in readiness to begin work
rs soon as the shad and herring begin to
run. Sailing casks are being arranged.
barrels and kits secured, packing salt pur-