Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-20
District Government Affairs.

Upwards OF three thousand names OF labor
efs nave been entered on the rolls at police
heaQquarterS for work on the old canal.
Inc District Commissioners have issued an
Order that In pursuance Of the proclamation of
1ne lreSloent flXing saturday as public holi-
DAY, the Offices OF the District will be closed on
that day. va
Judge Cartier, of the District Supreme Court.
yesterday sent note to the Dis! riot Commits
sioners stating that the laws of the District I'M
pelatlVeiy require revision, and anything that
the commissioners may be able 10 do In the di-
rectlon or cooperation should be done A cOpy
or II Is TO be sent to the Senate committed
THE CoLoRED FAMILY WHO WERE SHOT IN
FAIRFAX, NA.-The QuanderS, a cOlored family
who were shot by constable and his posse Of
Fairfax county, Va, on Sunday morning last
are all In the city at 4l6 Temperance hall alley,
that one or the family had died from his wounds
is incorrect. Felix Quander, the father is
pretty badly neppered with shot in the side of
the head; Felix, Jr., received shot in his head
and will lose one eye: Julia was peppered in
the arm and neck, and her daughter was slightly
injured. They state that after their arrest here
on Friday and dismissal by the Police Court,
they returned home on Saturday night; that
ABOUT five o'clock the next morning they were
awakened by some one calling "Felix Quander,
I'm going to take you dead or aiive;;" and they
mao parley With those outside, who num-
bered 33 men. He asked for the warrant and
protested lie had been tried and acquitted The
ConStableS SAID they would burn the house and
they set it On fire, and when Quander and his
family went out they were shot at With the
above result. They were all taken before JUS
tlce and gave bail, ard then came to this CITY,
THE RECEPTION OF GEN. LoGAN-Gen. John
Logan. recently elected Senator from the state
OF Illinois, VIII arrive at the b. Il p. depot at
6:50 o'clock this evening. The general COM
mlttee met last evening and adopted the fol-
lowing order as prepared by Maj. L. b. Cutter
chief marshal:-The procession viii form on lst
street west and Pennsylvania avenue, at SIX
O'clock sharp, as follows: - Mounted police
marine band, Chief marshal and staff, Illinois,
ans Hon John A. Logan and reception COM
mfttee, Veteran Club, soldiers and Sailors
Organization, band, southern republicans. Civic
societies. On arriving, Gen. Logan will be eS-
corted TO the carriage assigned him, and the
procession will march to Wizards Hotel, where
the address Of welcome will be made by Hon.
A. NJ. Clapp, and Senator Logan will respond
A general reception will be held in the parlors
OF the hotel. A salute of thirty-eight guns will
be fired upon his arrival at the depot, and pre-
paratioES have been made for a pyrotechnic
display on Pennsylvania avenue.
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to Chas.
L. Padsett, Of Charles county. Md, and Jennie
E. Smith: Charles Gref and Anne Buhler John
Rose Magruder, OF Leadville, Colorado, and
Kate Moorhead Cooke; John l.. Jordan, Jr., of
Frederick county, Md, and Amanda Lyons;
John JanGifer and Anne Hawkins: Edward
Bonner and Keziah Johnson.