Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-02-27


mas an office IN The honse. The doctor was
NOT ln, ana the young man requested the ser
ssnt va eirl 70 obtain piece Of paper for him, as
ne oesired 10 leave his name. As the girl de-
seenoed the stairs In the basement the young
man followed her, and after leaving the name
OF II thompson, departed through the base
ment door. huring the evening, when Mrs
Plunkett ascended TO her bedroom, she found
tnat me door had been forced opek and the
property mentioned stolen. There IL no douot
tbat the polite yeung gentleman who left his
eupbonious name for the doctor was an accom-,
phee OF the thieves, and as soon as he servant
girl started 10 60 down the basement stairs ne
aououess nolselessly opened the hsll door aad
lei the thieves in. BY following the girl down
stairs and making his exit by the basement. he
precluded the necessity OF gcing 20 the hall
door agaln, which would doubtless have had
tne enect OF discovering the thieves entering
the house. Information Of the robbery has
been logged at the detective office. House rob-
berry has been alarniBgly frequent OF late
ana are almost always accomplished while
the families are at dinner in the lower part of
the house. The front hall door should never
be left unbolted.-N. Erprsss
How To AvOID STRIKES The rsport of The
Board Of Arbitration OF the Nottingham Eng
lahd) hosiery trade, just issued, states that tue
"boaru having now had six years experience
OF the practical working OF the system ofarhi-
uailon, as opposed 10 strikes ana lock-outs, Is
thoroughly convinced that in a free country.
where workmen and capitalists have perfect
rlght 10 enter into combinations, the simplest.
post humane and ralonal method OF settling
all disputes between employer and employed
ls arbitration and Cancellation. The board Is
strengthened az this conviction by the fact that
during the past TWO years the demand for
hosiery has been In several branches OF an
exceptional character and labor, in some de-
partnehts. nusGally scarce; and notWIth-
standing the wOrkmen have preserved their
trades unions by having a central authority
10 appeal 70, composed equally OF EMPLOYERS
ano employed all questions calcula.ed 70
produce Irritation and 10 lead 20 als n utes have
b. en- promptly settled; al inequalities in the
rates OF wages have been adjusted. the manu-
lacinrer mas been enabled 70 accept his con-
tracts without apprehension and execute them
without delay, and the rights OF workmen
have been Jealously looked after and strickly
preserved; whereas, in neighboring counties
and throughout the country, chronic warfare
has existed between labor and capital TO the,
great injury of both, owing 70 the want of some
court OF appeal commanding alike the confi-
dence OF employers and employed"
SCARCITY eY LABeR.-The cry continues TO
come from the surrounding counties OF the
great ana increasing scarcity OF labor. The
sprlng is upon us, and yet there are many. IL
not majority Of our farmers, who have MOI
succeeded In hiring enough hands 20 work
tnelr 1arms--and some have hired none a. all
The city rs filled with idle negro men, but n IA
folly 10 ask them TO go TO the country. They
prefer TO live as best they may in the city,
rather than TO enjoy competence earned by
the sweat OF honest toll A eentlemap who
wanted only two hands, told us yesterday
thai be had approached no less than dtty diff
Ierent negroes on Monday, and offered them
$40 per month, payable monthly. with ratious
ana quarters, but they positively refused 10
eccept his proposition. and he dad not contract
with single one. We see no remedy for this
STATE OF analrs unless IL be found in a yagrant
law, and we think that the LEGISLATURE has not
done IL duty TO the State, and 70 the negroes
themselves, an failing TO re-enact the law set
aside by IelTy last winter. 1t Is not too late
10 take this matter up now, and we hone IN
Will be done. The negro, as well as the wAite
man, should be forced to earn what he eats
Lynchbuvg AelOs.
MURDER oP A LONELY OLD MANA TRACE
dy similar ID that enacted At Francsnia N. II
uanspired al DekaIb, N. Y, on the sth instant.
ON that day, an old man, name Thos Hand,
was found dead in the cellar OF his house.
where be had been thrown after being muir
dered. MIR. Hand was a bachelor and lived
alone. he owned farn and kept stock On
FRIDAY the oeighbors' attention was attracted
Dy me osfxing h, OF dog. and upon visiting his
CONDITION. net oaying been fed in several daye
IheTe were no indications that he had been
aoout since he last snow storm. Search was
then made, and his dead body found thrown
IN the cellar. and the hatch way. through which
AZ was put there, closed. On the floor above
was found an axe with which his brains had
oeeA split out Mr.. Hand was an old, mi.era-
Die man, who led a sort OF hermit life and had
recently been disposing OF hay and prod ucs
and probably had in HE possession some mon
and lsadore Levine, have been arrested ON sus,
pion OF being the murderers. f..---7 : =.
COLONEL JoHN O'CoNyoR- VINO 4. ,sno,,-
ed TO have commanded the Fen ians I'm tbeir
Iecent outbreak In Ireland. was formerly i'm
the United States service. OConnor entered
sergeant, al the age OF eienteen vears az
ser wed with the regiment through ali its ar
Suous % campaigns In the department of the
Soutn, under Gen. Burnside in his North
Oaroina campaigns, and afterward with the
regiment when brigaded with the regiment
or me IRISH brigade, under Gen. Meagher.
UConsor eIhibtted his galIantry in the dIsas-
t,ous nsnt or focotalige. when the 2sth Massa-
chesetts was nearly cpt TO pieces In per
sohal appearance O'Connor Is quite prepos-
sessing, star ding about Eve feet eleven inchss
hair and light complexion with fair b1ue
eyes. he has an excellent education ana
speaks the English tongue with a very masi-
comma and OF the 2sth Massachusetts as ranking
captain, and since that period has been in Ire
iand.-BOston Herald.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A NRRcHANr-ms Be-
Sothed Becomes Insane in Ccnseqnence }eo
fd brown. 10 OF une hfm OF I;C. q. brown, dry
from disease Of the heart. while cony.rsinS
with friend in relation to his approachfnS
marriage, which was TO have taken place
on Thursday afternoon. Another sad IN cideut
connected with the affair rs that a friend who
was called in went at once 20 inform me
parents OF ne young lady to whom the de-
ceased was engaged. and she, overhearing the
conversation, the kno wledge OF her betrothed's
death coming TO her so suddenly, nad the effecf
70 destroy her reason. II rs hoped her insanity
there are no Indications of retrrnfnr reason
". Il. Ezpvess. 26th. 'i' ~ n 80 =
DEATH or MIsIsTER.-Ths Rev. Dr c,h..
B TippctI OF the East Baltimore Nethoi1st
Episcopal Conference, died on Monday night
,asI Al nae country rssidsnce, Hookstown.
NC an the 10Th year Of hts age and 47th wear
OF bis ministry. coils 80 80 :
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