The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-22
|Rithn'ond 1llspattll.
wEpNESDAN......AUGTST -. 1877.
PETEk.SSIRG.

RnID BURGLARY ny 4 NEGR0--BACK PAY OF
TIE RAILROAD EMPI0YEES--IHE Trans
FERREn CLAIM S--Tw0 CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT WE'RE FOUND TO RE CoNSECTEn-
TWO MYSTERIES EXPIA1NEp--rnE CITY
CoAL--SoRA AND vENISoN-lIIr OVER THE
HEAD COMPETITIVE DEIIl.--No fAIR-rER-
SoNAL ITEMS, sc.
correspondence oC the Richmond Dispa'ch.i
AvGrST u. 1877.
4 bold attempt was made 10y an unknown
negro last night 10 rob the residence OF Mr..
William Lamb. on Bolinghrook street. y
lady who occupies chamber on the hrS'
floor was awakened about II O'Clock ny the
glare OF light In her room. ana on open
ing her eyes discovered negro IN the act
Of oDening her trunk. The lady cndcaNor-
cd 10 arouse the house, when the robbcr, in
turn. ATTEMPTED L. brighten her into silence
hv Selling her by The arm. She broke away
from him and reused the other inmates OF
the dwelling In The mean time the thief
rscarct He had effected his entrance
through a rear window and had prepared
for his operations BY making open his re-
treat in CASE OF alarm by unlocking TIE
front door. The robhcr secured a consid-
cradle sum ri money from the different
rooms visited hy hlm. The police arc on
his track.
The rayma>tcr> Of The Atlantic. MiSsis-
>ippi and Ohio railroad, on their trip 10
town Yesterday, settled with the employees
oi the compaur for The month OF october,
1915. IL wen Il. foT tha, of July Just passed.
But four months q! hack-pay now remain
10 be discharged ~ the receivers. Bul
there j., a large amount ri transferred
claims Of this kind. for which 40 provision
has vel hccn made by the court, with re-
>prct 10 which the holders are naturally be-
coming Somcw hat concerned.
Sometime ago 4 lady residing in the city
had occasion 10 -ricvr over the mysterious
di.Aupcarancc o! her COW. y week or two
after tins event the residents Of the eastern
end o! Eotl!ngbrook street had occasion 10
hrwail the prevalence OF Il powerful odOr
IN their ucighhorho0d. which made every
body sick and derived The most hearty OF
their usual appriitc>, II might not lac sup
posed br everybody that these two circlm
stances had any h0nd Of common interest,
but they had. For on yesterday the COW
was discovered ut the bottom Of dry well
in 81 deserted 10; on iiouingbrook street.
ra,, end in an advanced state OF dccom-
position. Thus III" mystery OF her ciopc-
ucnt and ihat Of The scent were stimuli
;an,ol!<lv cleared up. Several pounds OF
di>iufrcrnn:> wrr" pitched on top OF tn" lost
animal ana The we'll was tiled up.
The delivery 81 The city coal was con-
rlI,lrd TODAY. the whole job having been
COMPLIED with il 4 Very brief space OF TING,
and with unusual expedition.
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