Evening star., 1870-03-02

THE Church in this city nnmbers 3.!, or whom
"a are probatoners. 1t is nc" Ia O. Po, VI p;h .he
ard HinkIe The Sunday school hss So9 Ieach-
ers and scholars. OF the scholars about - are
communicates in the churches. III mas twenty
valued at sos. .oe0. During the last two weeks
5000 have been raised toward debt on this
property.
Freda-..ck has II, 900 people and at least eight
Churches. Great interest is manifested IN TINS
religic as meeting, such assemble, NOT hippeh-
ing as frequently as in the great cities. **A
The Courts.
ORPHANS Court, Jud7e Purcell Yesterday,
John Il. Donnelly qualified as administrators on
the estate of Elizabeth Dopneliy: bond, Sa,5R.
orphan OF Thomas Blagden, deceased; bond,
$500. The widow OF the late q. W. BoteleSre
signed her right to 2dminstrate on his estate in
| favor Of w. II. Clagett, to whom letters of ad-
miDistratiOn were issued; bond, SO, 900. Anthony
Bowen qualified as administrator with the will
annexed Of Townley johnson; bond, s3,OC0
CIRCUIT COURT, Jadge Cdrtter.-Yesterlav. in
| the case Of Taylor VS.. kimball, verdict was
| rendered for plaintiff, nominal damages.
To-day. number of judgments by default
| were entered. Catharne Simmons VS.. the Cor
roratiOn of WashingtOn action for damages oc-
1 casiOned by plaintiff falling in an excavation
| made by defendant, by which she broke her
| arm, was taken up. Dove for plaintiff, Cook
| for defendant.
| TIE EIGHT-HoUR SYSTEM OF LABoR.-Cien.
| A. N. Winn, the President OF the National
Eight-hOur Executive Committee. has just re-
| turned from a visit to representative officers in
several of the Northern States. His position
| necessarily gives him good opportunity to
| learn the movements of the various trades in
every direction, TO the question OF eight-hOurs
| for a days labor. He says there seems to be no
! difference of opinion, all in favor of the meas
| ure, and all express feelings of Indignation to-
| wards those public men who are receding from
| lerptOfOrt. advanced nOSltiOQ b.
ject.
' The Order of United American Mechanics
is on the increase in every direction. In New
York there over three hundred labor socie-
ties working in harmony with each other. Sc
cret organizations are now the order OF the day
among the mechanics and labOrers of the
Northern States. Many of the manufacturers
begin to take sides with their journeymen.
At Smithville, in New Jersey, Gen. w. found
mechanics. II. b. Smith, a fine mechanic him
self, owns the village, has fine water power
carries ON the business OF making wood work
| ing machinery, and works about one hundred
| and fifty hands. For his men having families
he has built fine houses, which he rents at very
low prices. He has built for his young men
without families bOarding-hOuse, costing over
$4,000, in which he has a reading room, with
| all the prominent newspapers and magazines
and to which he will add a library, the first out
lay for which, he says, will cost him 81, 900
| He has purchased seventeen instruments OF
music, with all the sheet music necessary to
make up tirst-class band. He is bent upon
\
no lawyer, no doctor, no drinking house, nc
gambling, and if man dissipates he at once
discharges him. His men all speak we'll of him
| and all are content He sends his machinery Ia
| every part of the United States, to England
Australia, France, Russia. Turkey, and other
countries, showing the superiority of his work,
| manship. The General was delighted with the
prospect of such improvement among the me-
chanics of Smithville, and spent a full day in
taking notes that some day will be given to the
public.
THE FRUIT GROWERS AssOCIATION.-A
| monthly meeting of this association was held al
the Board OF Trade Rooms to-day, at which Mr.
| ). r. Snodgrass presided and in opening he al
iuded to the Importance of these meetings and
expressed the hope that the press would be in
| terested.
A number of specimens of apples were pre-
| sented
Friend Dillingham;, of Loudon county, read a
| paper on apple growing in this vicinity. Tha
| products of orchards in the country amou nj
to fifty million dollars per annum. He spoke OF
number OF varieties, giving his experience OF
| nearly 40 years and much valuable information
A vote OF thanks was unanimously rendered Mr.
Prof. j. X. III. Wilcox read a paper on Craps
Culture in Europe, stating the manner of cult
| vatlon and noticing the varieties cultivated. A
vote of thanks was rendered Prof. Wilcox.
| discussion followed on the culture of the
grape and its value as food, i'm which Messrs
Saunders, Dillingham;, Chamberlain, Bramhal
Daniels and others participated.
SALE or THE GOLD CAPITOL HILL MARKET
The building known the old Capitol Hi
Market, on the southeast corner OF Sd stree
east and street south, together with the lot
upon which it is situated, containing I, 20
square feet, was sold yesterday by Green x
Williams, auctioneers, by order of the Boarc
per square foot, (S4,215,) to James Walters
The building is well known to all the OLD resi-
dents of Capitol Hill as a market, but was giver
occupied by the Trustees of the Third Distric
for school purposes.
STOLEN BoOKs.-Officer Alder, about moor
| to-day, spied colOred man, named Amos Cor
| den, near 18th street and Pennsylvania avenue
with a collection OF valuable books i'm his pos
| session, and, questioning him. discovered tina
he was on the way to some secondhand store Il
sell them. He arrested him and took him be
fore Justice Clark, when Gordon stated that ht
| got the books as a present from negro woman
| near Willards Hotel. Justice Clark held the
books for identification and the accused for q
| hearing.
| ANNUAL CoMMENCEMENT.-The fOrty-eightl
annual commencement of the Medical Depart
ment ct Columbian College took place at Lin
coin Hall this afternoon, and was very largely
attended. After appropriate music, PRAYER wa.
offered by Rev. DIR. q. w. Samson, President OF
the College, and the degree of NJ. ID. was con
ferred on each OF the graduates, whose name.
were published in THE STAR Of yesterday DIR
John OrdOnaux delivered the address to the
graduating class.
On FOURTEENTH STREET there is no regular
rule as to the driving Of vehicles along the sim
gle railroad track on that thOrOughfare, and
the result is that sometimes vehicles come in
collision. neither party being willing to turn OIL
the track. Some drivers have adopted rule I'm
going nOrthward to turn out for all vehicles
coming southwark, and to keep the track i'm re-
turning. Some such rule should be generally
adopted, SO that alterations may be avoided.
SALES OF REAL EsTATE.-Cooper & Iatimer
auctioneers, have sold lot q in DavidsOns subdi-
vision Of square 24S, fronting ON 14th, bet ween
X and streets north, to w. s. RoosA for
| o., ,OS7 40, or II cents per square foot.
Green & Williams, auctiOneers have sold part
of lot Is, square 367, fronting q feet on North