Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-27
A struggle with a Burglar.
CT CNrRY CLERKS MIDNIGHT PEEII-HR
Is BEATEN AND STABBED.


shortly after one o'clock yesteriav morn
ing burglars entered the store of William
Christy. in L2csVilie. a little setfl lmeut
ABOUT i've miles out on the Gratiot roa 4. and
were ranSacHlng the premises, when John
tombstone, clerk who sleeps over The st pre-
was awakened by their operations. He did
rot at first suspect the true cause of the
sOunds IN the room below, but after listening
atleGtlvely for some time he heard voices in
low conversation, and. pulling on his pa1ta-
looms and stockings softly crept down stairs
10 ascertain who the in'ruderS were. As "A
rrerautlOn against possible danger he car
rled r. vOlver in his hand. Just as he
reached the stairs he was fellci To the floor
by a heavy blow from club welded bv one
OF The burglars, vino had evidently heard
him coming and was lying in wait for him
AS he fell Johnstones right hand, which
body in such 4 way that he could not extri-
cFte IL. Meantime. the burglar. who was
kreeling over him with one knee upon his
breast. stabbed him three times with 4
dirk knife, all the blows taking effect
on his left arm and inilicting severe cuts.
struggle for the possession of the knife en-
sued and tombstone got IL by the blaiC. the
Keen blade intiicting some severe cuts as il
slipped through his fingers. JohnStone
nnally turned over 81 that he could release
his revolver and fred upward. the bah evil
IDENTIFY mol taking effect. The burglar then
released him with farewell kick and ran
toward the door, where he was jOiuei by a
companion, who had taken no part in the
fight. tombstone fired a farewell shot AT The
rasCalS, and there is good reason 10 believe
thathe hit one of them. as a subsequent eX-
animation of the premises brought To light
fresh blood stains upon the front steps and
The gate roSt, and drops of blood along the
walk There was also trail i'm the dust in
the middle or the street, as if one OF the men
had dragged his helpless companion rs far as
buggy or light wagon the wheel tracks OF
which were very distinct. JohnstOne was so
weak from loss Of blood that after he fired his
second shot he tainted away, and remained
unconscious for nearly half an hour. BY the
time an alarm could be given there was no
further trace of the burglars. In the store
was found a large package of goods valuei
up. but which they We're compplled to reIin-
quish in the hurry of their hight. So far as
can be ascertained they did not secure any
plumber of value.
a RECENT Discovery AT PoIPEII.-The
fuhgalO, OF Naples, reports an interesting
discovery at POmpeii, consisting of a num-
Der of wooden tablets with writings They
We're found carefully arTan ged in an ivory
box. The backs of the tablets are smooth
ard unwTitten upon, and their faces, upon
which the writing is found, are surrounded
with kind Of frame or border They are
either Serar te or lied together, book shape,
with twiDe Ia bundles Of three and four. On
the tablets thus bound together the writing
is almost always in ink; but the characters
on the single ones. which had been covered
with wax, were engraved, and are still legf-
bic though the wax has disappeared, as the
sharp, point of the style had cut into tire
wood beneath. The separate tablets contain
receipts for payments of money, and bear
the consular date, with the name of the day
ana the month and tie amount paid. On the
outside edge of the center tablet of those
bound up In book form is written an index
of the names contained in the volume. 1t is
entitled "Pers criptiO," and is followed with
name in the geuative or dative. The tab
lets are evidently accounts. and from the
way in which they are kept there con he no
doubt that the spot where they were found
was the site of a Roman bankers house.
lhey were discovered IN excellent condition.
though the damp TO which they had been az
posed has rendered them very fragile. Those
bound together are in the best state of pra-
servation. SigEOr FiOrelli has given an a.
count of the discovery to the Archn0;ogical
Academy, of Naples. and il is expected that
IT VIII throw much light upon the c01Iuct OF
bus mess transactions under the empire.
~ Two men, named Rudolph Schref,sr
ana fhli1p Le%inski, were arre> ted in Bro ok
Ign on Sunday night, charged with passing
count erleit HVe-c cent nicEelS.
~ One of The TWO young women who graf
uated at the University OF Vermont last week
stood second In the class. and theothar eauaI
rank with young man for the third place.
HS-lt is reported that General Benjamin
Harrison grandson OF the late President
Harrison) viii head the republican ticket for
governor of Indiana In 1876 and Hon Wru
:. Holman the democratic.
THE Hagertown News saws thata vounp
man famed Wyland. the Iuck-teuuer at
Two Locks, was drowned in the canal on
thursday last. IL is supposed be was lying
on Inc lOck-beam asleep, and falling into the
canal was drowned.
S-An iuebriatei American took posses
sion OF Chinese wash-hOuse in Sacramento
TIE other day, and tried TO run {. The boss
Chfnaman hurried TO the station house aud
reported: "One Mclean man, too muchee
blandy, catchee my house"