Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-28

the best means or carrying on the strike.
PROTECTION To TRAPEzE PERFORMERS
Last evening in the first branch of the CITY coun-
ell, Mr.. Bell, OF the committee on police and
Jail, made areport on the subject of dangerous
trapeze performances, in response to a commu-
nication recently made IA the council on the
subject by Deputy Marshal Frey. The commit
tee concurred in the view entertained by the
deputy marshal, that protection should be az
forded to performers at such entertainments,
and reported an ordinance, which was passed,
providing that the lessee or manager OF any
place OF amusement I'm Baltimore city who
shall permit gymnastc performances, at a dan
gerous elevation from the stage, shall provide a
network to be placed beneath, 70 prevent acct
dents in case the performer should fall. A pen
atty OF 80 for each and every violation of the
ordinance is provided for.-Bdh. Gasette, 2J:k-
woNES's RIGHrs IN NEw YoRK-A bin has
been fayorably reported in the New York as
sembly to incorporate the Young Ladies' Christ
tan association of the city OF New York. The
object OF this corporation Is stated To be the inn
provement Of the temperance, social, mental,
moral and religious condition ina New York. The
nth section fOrbids these ladies to manage their
property except with the consent Of An advisory
committee. named in the charter, and compos-
ed Of ten men. The same section prohibits the
associated young ladies' from INDUCING in wine,
whiskey. ale or lager beer and from gambling in
IN the rooms and on the premises OF the associa-
ton.
A BUSINESS YoUTH--Mr. Emmous Smith, a
youth about fifteen years of age, is putting mp
small store to cost about four hundred dollars,
on the corner formerly occupied by the old Goose
Hotel. lie rents the ground and erects the
building, which is TO be occupied by him as
fancy goods and confectionery store, out of his
own money earned in trade. He began business
about three years ago with a barrel of apples,
and his profits have now amounted to emo ugh
TO build this store He pays his tuition at
school, which he attends regularly when in
SION, and clothes himself like any other indie
pendent man Of busness.-Boston 7rcnscript
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Official advices from Brody, a frontier town OF
Galicia, state that information has reached
there that a Socialist instruction has broken
out among the peasants i'm the Russian provin-
ces OF volhynia and Podolia. The Insurgents
are reported TO be committing frightfal afro
cities. They are numbering their opponents,
and IlunderIng and burning property in ali
directions. force of Russian troops, which
had been sent to suppress the instruction was
defeated by body Of insurgents.
IL THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY Yesterday, a
debate on the report OF the committee OF thirty
was commenced. NJ. Dufayre announced that
mittee's recommendation. The Marquis de
CASTELAR, urseG the proclamation of a constitu-
tonai monarchy. France, he said, was isolated,
the hot-bed OF demagogisin. A Bonapartist.
NJ. Hautjens, opposed the bill, dema nding that
the nation should be consulted as to its choice
"hether LOT republic, monarchy or An empire
Con IN THE CoNsTIrUTIoN.-The national
pose an amendment to the constitution OF the
United States, recognition Of " God Almighty
as the source Of all authority in civil govern
menfs," yesterday adopted a resolution calling
upon the women Of the United States to assist
them in carrying out their work We notice,
however, that they do not promise TO the ladies
the right to vote under the amended consti-
tuition.
LOUISVILLE PUBLIC sCHooLMAsrEG has
nearly killed one OF his pupils, and Cincinnati
ditto has quite killed one of his, by a little too
much energy i'm castigation. In view of the
frequency Of such accidents and the difficulty
OF gauging the power OF pedagogic muscles BY
might be made safer if the logging were done
by machinery. 50 that a uniform force Of so many
foot-Pounds could be applied to given surface
Of pupil.
"A MOVE AGAINST CAPITAL PrNIsHNRSr.-
Messrs. Joshua Nichols, Asa Janney and &. Gil
lingham, q committee appointed BY the Society
Of Friends of the United States, at meeting re-
Gently held in Baltimore, visited the house Of
delegates of Virginia, Tuesday, and through
Mr.. Matthews, OF Loudoun, presented memo
rial praying fer the abolition of capital punish
'ment, and the substitution of Imprisonment
thereof.
New Jersey senate the committee ON corpora
tons were instructed TO report the National
railroad bill passed by the house. In the house
the general Railroad bill was amended, requir-
mencing, and limiting freight charges 10 SIX
cents per ton per mile, and passenger tolls to
three cents per mile.
PAUL MAY, last June, attempted suicide In
london with a young companion who succeeded.
When Paul's wounds healed he was tried for as
sisting i'm his comp anions death. Acquitted. he
was returned to Berlin, and has now been con-
victed Of stealing the money with which the
two started ON their spree.
EATING HIS MoTHER.-A pig-jobber of
Tralee, Ireland, rightly named Savage, was
with his teeth from the arms and shoulders Of
hk old mother. He had knocked her down and
broken several of her bones before beginning to
eat her. He was under LIQUOR, and Is In jail.
A MAINKMAN has succeeded in making very
fair artificial oyster out Of 1our-paste, tapioca,
second hand oyster shells, which ere carefully
giued around the edges, and when q half-intoxi-
Gated customer calls for ga dozen raw on the
half-shell," he gets then fresh from the shop.
A Music MASTER may properly beat time,
his ssS so MASTER
mas been arrested for logging one OF his young
lady pupils who had been guilty. Of crrcrs
that the best way Of making her sting out.
pl TIE WILL q RIcss.s 9, saErrsRD Of
her death Il GOES 70 . graldsoay nov -four vea,s
Old. In the evePt Of Ne DAD TIE whole sstafe
u TO BE divided eeeweea The uQEtAesuand s0dth-
ern homes fos friendiea children. =,
A PoeTnAsrfR AND ms DEPrrY CsARerp
WITH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lowell. on
New Orleans, has been Arrested On Q chsrG e.
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