Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-05
An ApDeaI to the Public

!eStlVal tonight. to continue Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday evenings.
An Appeal to the Public.
The Labor Exchange finds that notwith-
standing it has made every possible effort in
this city, adjoining states, and more distant
localities. to secure with its limited means re-
muneratiye employment for the large number
ol unemployed persons in the District who
ask W0r rather than aims, there is a daily in
crease III the number of such applications.
and they Outnumber today by not less than
600 the applications made by employers:
Trusting that the pressing necessities of the
large number of wOrkngmen suffering from
enforced idleneSS would be relieved by an
early and extended resumption of work upon
the pub!lc buildings and grounds Ofthe nation
capital the Exchange two months ago as a
measure OF temporary relief, set apart about
One-half OF its funds to assist in the support of
some 200 of the most neceSSitOus families ac-
cepting III return voluntary labor, not for
itself. but for the benefit of the public large
In filling up the peStierOuS canal and imprOv-
exhausted and these industrious and worthy
men clamoring to work at any price rather
than beg, are thus cut of from even. this last
resource to save themselves and families from
pauperSm and starvation.
In view OF these facts the Labor Exchange
appeals to all who have work that should be
done, to call without delay at it's Office. 626
Louisiana avenue, and they will be promptly
supplied with willing hands from the fol
lowing long list OF unemployed persons now
registered:
rudry 1st, 1873.
Boys g. auctiOneers l, bakers T. BARRIERS s.
bartenderS l, blacksmith and helpers 40. boat
men 2, boiler makers ). book binders l. brass
tinishers ], bricklayers II, broom makers 2
butchers I, cabinetmakers l. carpenters 81
carpet WeaverS /, caulkerS 4. chair-caners g.
clerks and statesmen l05, cigar makers l, coach
man and drivers l29. c0nfectiOners 2, cooks a.
cotton manufacturers ], cloth cutters l, coop
ers l, dalryman and farmers 81 draughtsmen
1, engineers %, firemen g. florist and garden
] harness hpStlnrs
~, iron-wOrkerS ), laborerS SO6, machnistS $.
mlllerS2, model makers l, mOulderS i, painters
81 %oPs paper hangsrs = PAYERS L pasterers r.
photographers l, pOrters 19, plumbers L. rig
gers l, servants (generaD IL, steam filters 3
stewards 2, Sc.Ol sawyers t. shoemakers l.
StOne-cutterS !, stone maSOnS d. tanners |, tin
ners $, walters l3l, Wagon-makers l, watch
men and messengers ii, well-diggers 3, wheel
Wrights l. WhitewaShers o.
List OF UNEMPLOYED, Female Department.
fe6rudry 1st, 1873.
Apprentices l, artistes l, book binders l, but
t0nhole workers !, canvasSerS l, chair Gamers 2,
diShwaShers 2, dreSsmakers 10, furliners /,
g0yernesseS ., hOusekeeperS 81, hOusewOrker
general 4i5, lady'S maid 2, laundresseS A. mid
wives :: chlldrenS nurses 80, sick nurses 8, wet
nurses |, qullterS |, SaleSWOmen u. ScrubberS >,
SeamstresSeS q, shirt makers l, StenegrapherS
., tailOresseS 3.
By order of the Board of Managers
JANE e. HITZ, Superintendent.
SINGULAR SCENE IN CoURT-Abrupt Ad-
iO'trnnient Of the Court in General TERM
ms morning In the Court in General Term,
Judges DIN, Macarthur and Humphreys-the
cast. of Wood agt. Wood was called MessrS
Dayidge and Mussey for the plaintiff, and
MeSSrs: Shelabarger and kimball for the de
Iendant. MS case came up on motion of
defendant for a rule on plaintiff to show cause
why he should not be adiudged in contempt
for falling to pay alimony to defendant. in
obedience TO the order Of the court. and the
case having been called, the counsel for de-
fendant read an affidavit, in which it was
stated that plaintitf had paid SIS to his coun-
sci, Gen. MuSsey, to be paid over to her on
certain conditions, and that notwithstanding
demand had been made upon him he had neg
lected to turn over the money.
Gen. MuSSey was about to reply that the con-
ditions had not been complied with. when
Judge Humphreys remarked that he would
an imputatiOn on the conduct of counsel, and
left the bench.
Judge Macarthur at once went down to see
the Chlef Justice, and on returning to the
room Judge Ohm and Judge Macarthur re-
marked that they could do no business. and
adjourned the court.
SERIOUSLY BURNED BY COAL OIL.-About
noon to-day, Mrs. Gee, living at No As street
northwest, on lighting a fire to get dinner used
coal oil, which took fire and, getting on her
dress, she was very dangerously burned. Drs.
Herbert and Franklin were called in to attend
her, and they have very little hopes of saving
her life.
THE POOR CONVICT ACT.-Yesterday Mrs
M. Nj: Kicker had James Cam (whO was con-
Vlcted about seven months since of an assault
and battery, and sentencedtO jail for $50 lays,
and in default to $50 days MOre) brought out
before John 4. Clarke, U. S. Commissioner
and he was discharged.
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to
Henry Watts and Sarah Jackson: Anthony
HENDERSON and Ophelia Burke; Christopher
Mead and EStela b. King; l.. +. Carter and
Viola Turner, OF OccOquan, Va. ChaS. Shelter
OF Prince Georges county, Nd, and Emma
SOrrell.
REAL ESTATE SALBs-Messrs Duncanson
Bros, auctioneerS, sold yesterday afternoon
Tor 5. 4 Bond and w. B. Webb, trustees, part
house. situated corner 9th and streets north
west, to Lewis Behrends for 500.
20 6,The Pacific Dairy company, - for the
manufacture of butter and candles has
begun operations at San Francisco.
As-Mr. Murat Halstead was i'm washington
last week laboring in behalf of the silver bill
we missed the usual thirteen articles day on
silver in the Cincinnati Commercial.
&C evansville, Ont, boasts of a bride who
was recently led to the altar for the fourth
tine, and who is not over eighteen years Of
age.
aSDan Voorhees, is disturbing to the rest of
Herald. t
mere is a touch of severity in Brother
Boanerges Fulton's description of Beecher as
dso-caiied Christian minister"-(N Y Sun.
.ABy a friendly agreement between all in
lerested, the reading of the Bible has been
tuck, Conn. -
gLieut. FHpper, the only colored graduate
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