New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-15
City Intelligence.

FIREs.-About one o'clock yesterday morning,
fire took place in the Fourth District in an outhouse on
Magazine street, between st Mary street and Felicity
Road. The house was two stories high owned by Mr. X
b McAlpn and occupied by Mr. Fitzpatrick carpenter
The furniture, which not insured partially saved
in damaged condition. The building is supposed to,
have been insured The states that the fire be-
gun accidentally in the kitchen servant girl who lived
in the house, lost 1925 in gold and silver.
Another fire broke out yesterday morning between4
streets in the Second District. 1t by Marcel
Duet and occupied By Mr. Jean Three old sheds adjon
The property was insured at $500.
OUTRAGEOUS ATTEMPT on TIE LIFE OF A Boy.
Daniel Neal last evening arrested by the First
trct Police for an attempt to kill small boy named Jas
Moon appears that the parties in the vacant lot
Baronne recently occupied by the Star State
Circus, when for some cause, Neal picked up heavy
piece OF cantng about four feet long and at the boy
intendng to strike him The boy fell forward on his lcc
and when in that position Neal struck him several
blows with the piece Of scantng between the shoulders
directly over the spine injuring him very severely 1t.
thought that the boys bruises serious if not fatal
Meal arrested and locked up to await his trial
charge
PETER FrNKfsM.-An affidavit was made yes
terday before Recorder Gcno by Henry Pope stated
that about ten O'Clock in the morning he stepped into
auction store at No Old Leyee street when number
pairs OF pantaloons were exposed to sale A man pro
posed to the verdant Mr. Pope purchase them in part
knocked down at 81 so for the lot The stranger then
invited Pope into side room to to II divide"
where after selecting half of the lot Pope handed thu
agreeable stranger 81 30 his share the purchase and
saying that he did not for the change turned walk
out with his purchase when the auctoneer natched
pAntaoons from him. and threatened to have him
he did not for the whole Finding that he had got
INTO foul crowd he proceeded to the Recorders office
"bele he obtained warrant for the arrest of the Funk
FIRST DISTRICT CouRT-Judge Lo,ue.--In
TINS court yesterday there six dismissed
sau and battery James Larkin tried for larceny
and found guilty: Samuel Wood boy u charge Of
larceny was sent to the House of Refuge, and Jas Chap
man and Charles Burger separate charges larceny
were adjudged not guilty
STEALING JEwELRy.-JOseph Coiniby made
Al, yI,,T,-n
$40 Old Levee street robbed the 18th inst of lot
Of ieIy@lry containing three gold breast-pns
miniature, shirt buttons etc. the whole worth $50
ne further rpoed that he suspects on: Catherine
the thief search warrant was Issued and a warrant
for the arrest Of the accused
THREATENING TO kILL.--Bill Griffin alias Bill
Johnson arrested yesterday in the Third District ON
the charge Of threatening to take the life of Antoine
tontaine, Bill had knife and very murderous looking
stone concealed about his person.
Charles Uuuert arrested also. for threatening to
Kill Louisa johnson, and Tim and Kate Sullivan for a like
demonstration on the vital existence of c Patterson
STEALING A MAsT.-Au affidavit was made YES
terday before the Recorder Of the Second District by
Wm white Stevens in which he charges that spar be-
longing to him stolen from the foot of St Lou,
street and that he had found it in possession of man
who was arrested The of the accused is Antoine
Ayrra.
FOURTH DISTRICT ScHooIS.-Erom the quar-
tery report of the Board Of School Directors perceive
that the total number of scholars in attendance in the
several schools of the Fourth District the lh was
1854 of whom 1856 were boys. and 729 girls
CHARGE or FRACD-A. VI. Ball0u Yesterday
made affidavit in the First District Police Off e.
charging F Warner with obtaining quantity of groca
res from him under false pretences Examination fixed
for the 18th inst
OMNIBUS THTEF--James Dunn was brought
box from passenger in Of SlaEson's omnibuses
He was sent to the Parish Prison.
llARBoRING EAGRANTS.--J Cottngham was
examined yesterday the charge of keeping general
rookery rootng of certain foul specimens Of
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