Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-20

AN EXAMINATION FOR PLACES IN THE CITY
POST OFFICE.
Messrs. Springer, TulIock and Bell, the board
of civil service examiners for the city post
Office, will at the request of Postmaster Conger,
hold an examination of applicants for appoint
ment in the city post office clerks or as car
riers November I'd. The examination will
take place usual in the rooms of the civil
service commission in the Agricultural grounds.
This examination is made necessary by the re-
cent ruling OF the civil service commission, that
All persons who have been on the list of eligi-
bles for a year on November LIST shall be dropped
on that date. The effect OF this ruling at the
city post office will be to clear off the list of eli
gibles entirely About fifty applicants already
have their papers on file waiting for examine
ton, and all those now on the list of eligibles
will, Will De notified = appear for denomination If
examined III has been apparent in
that some ladies e Si,se the
merely for the purpose of getting 'the hang of
II, and subsequently entered the examination
substantially the same as that for clerkships in
the city post Office, As the city postmaster
never calls Tor any but male clerks, liz is deemed
unnecessary To go through the extra labor of
examining female candidates. "Of course -
said ore o, the examiners to a STAR reporter,
applied to the Equity Court, 1 suppose she
sould com pei us to admit her II the examina.
IIon-
SENTENCED FOR THROWING SCALDING
WAITE: On A NAN--The case of William
Brown, the coiOred man employed at Jarvis
confectionery establishment, charged with
scalding Eliza Tolliver, also employed there,
was called tor trial in the Police Court to-day,
DIR. Thomas appearing for the prosecution and
Messrs. Darlington and Moss for the defendant.
Tolliver testified that on Wednesday morning
ne was late getting To work, and Brown had
made the coffee. Witness said he had q dis
Rute with Brown, during which witness called
Brown a liar, when the latter threw a bucket
OF scalding water on his fTolivers) head
Brow testified that Tolliver raised a pitcher To
Strike hiin tBrown), when he threw the hot
water on him. The court imposed fine of lot
or 30 days. Appeal noted
JURORS ACCEPTED. = In Circuit Court No
to-day the following We're accepted as juror
70 fill vacancies: Jasper VI. Jackson, Abraham
". Dyer, W. r. Keyworlh, 5. ). Kearney, JOIN
h Ferguson, Albert q. Hall, j. McH. Holling
worth and James H. Weeden-
DIED IN THE HosPITAL.-Peter Grayson
colored man about forty years of age who va
Catherine Shreeve, with intent to commit :
rape, died sunday at the Washington asylum
hospital Grayson, when brought into court OIL
September 25th, pleaded guilty, but ON Octobe
3D., the court having learned that there wer
doubts as To his sanity, directed that the plea b
being satisfied that the prisoner was non com
pos mentis, certified the case to the Secretary @
the asylum. Before this could be done Grayso
was taken sick, and last week was sent TO tn
Washington asylum hospital, where he died.
MARRIAGE LICENsEs.-Marriage license
have been issued by the clerk OF the court &
Albert NJ Wise and Julia A. Hessian; Charlie
Butler, OF Fairfax county. Va, and Emm
Williams. OF Alexandria; W. X. Sherwood an
Ella Gingiil, OF Montgomery, Md; DIR. +. {
Ewing and Matte Macdonald; j. w. Ryan an
Lula J. Duckett, both OF p. q. Co.. Nd; II.
Bauer aud Emma NJ Balloch; James McCar
ney and Margaret Davidson; Arthur Paddelior
and Elizabeth G.. Ordway; Thongs Carter an
Emily Parker; George Kendall and Mar
Streets: ThOs. +. Myers, OF Frederick Md, an
Carrie q. Hopkins.
THE MARYLAND STATE FAIR.-The Marylan
state iair in conjunction with the exhibitions
Washington and Carroll counties, Md, Franl
Lin county, Pa, and jefferson county, w. Va
will be held al Hagcrstown, Md, October 2Otl
21st, 22d, 23d, 1885. Over $4,000 In prem
ums for the best machinery. live stock, flrl
and household products. and $4,000 In purse
tor the steeple, trotting and running races al
offered This exhibition should draw the fa
mer, manufacturer, mechanic, laborer an
professional gentlemen, with their wives an
children. to spend the day, as all classes wi
md something To interest and instruct then
The Il. & o. will sHI round-,rp tickets fror
Washington. good NJ the week at $3.50, II
Guiding admission. On Wednesday and Thur
Gay, October 21st and 22d special train wi
leave Washington station at 7:20 am, arrivin
at Ha-erstown at 1880 am Returning, Ieay
daseFs,oyn al pm. Tickets for these train
VIII be ~old at s2.O5, including admission, AN
good cor the dag orly.