New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-27
NEWS OF THE CIT Y.


MoRruARY.- THE following is the report Of
the interments in the different cemeteries of the
city, for the week ending on Sunday, June 25,
at o'clock, P. NJ. The Catholic Cemetery No
l, which reported last week, has made no re-
port this week:
Protestant, Grod street. Catholic No 2...,....1o
odd Fellows Rest. St.. Vincent de Paul, -. %
cypress Grove No. 1... Lafayette 18th District. 80
Charity Hospital IA
st. Patrick's.. ..........4s Total ITO
The number Of interments for the three pre-
vious weeks We're: June4, 1914 II, 1874 18, 189
AN OuTRAGE.-On Sunday afternoon, while
a poor widow was walking down the New Shell
Road on her way to Ridge Cemeteries to visit
the grave of one of her children, lately deceased,
she was met by monster negro, who accosted
her and after asking her few questions, seized
the unfortunate woman and attempted to out
rage her person. She struggled with him for
some time when the approach of some boys
frigh tened off the villain and rescued her from
his arms. The fend fled to the swamp and has
not yet been arrested.
| MELANCHOLY OCCuRRENCE.-A young man,
named Parker Andrews, clerk in the employ
of Messrs. Hall s. Rodd of this city, lost his life
on Sunday at Bayou DIES Allemandes, whittier
he had gone on pleasure excursion in the Ope-
lousas cars, in company with several of his COM
rades, by the upsetting of small boat made in
the shape of an Indian canoe, in which himself
and young man named Pitcher were padding
around in the bayou. When the boat capsized,
a skitf left the shore and went to the assistance
of the young men. Pitcher was rescued, but as
Andrews was being taken in the boat he sudden
lY and most unaccountab1y sank into the water,
and has not since been seen. tits supposed that
he was dragged under by an alligator. He was
a very estimable young man, about 20 years of
age.
FIRST DISTRICT.
HoNoRABLY DISCHARGED ohm Earles was
examined on a charge of arson. He was ac-
cused of setting FIRE to his grocery store at the
corner of Annunciation and Race streets, which
was burnt to the ground on last Saturday
morning. There was not particle of evidence
against him; but it appeared that he had been
very unfortunate and lost every thing, not
having been insured and accordingly he was
honorably discharged. ...m 49,. .&
FINED. Jim Williams, accused of having
drawn a knife on J A Reid, with intent to cut,
was examined and fined $5 for breaking the
peace.
Mary Foster, for kicking up general muss in
the street, and using indecent language, was
fined $40.
mber of trivial cases, aside from
the above, were properly disposed yesterday
by Recorder Summers.
SECOND DISTRICT.
INSTRUMENTATION Sunday evening last the
Coroner held an inquest upon the body Of n
child found dead in o house on Bourbon street.
A verdict was returned that the child came to
its death from i'll treatment and neglect on the
part of its mother. Yesterday the mother, who
goes by the name of Maria Bascona, was ar
rested and examined before Recorder Filieul
It appeared from the evidence that she had been
continually drunk for about two weeks, and
during that time had beat and maltreated and
neglected the child, which was about Is months
old, in most shameful and brutal manner. The
Recorder committed her for trial before the
Criminal Court on a charge of mansIaughter
DESCENT UPON GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENTS.
The Chief of Police and several of his picked
officers entered couple Of gambling establish
ments on Sunday night Zone at No. Bourbon
street and the other on St. Philip street, and
created quite u sensation among the sporting gen
tlemen, by selling on their properties, tools and
implements of trade, and even their persons, and
bearing them off to the guard house, Yeater-
day morning the gents gave security for their
appearance and were released
PAUL PRY This impairment individual was
arrested yesterday for intruding upon Lewis
Lafayette, +. m. c., and Shaping him in the face.
LARcESrEs, Henry Rice is under arrest for
having made rather free with the wardrobe of
one Jules Goudousky, Fritz Cape is charged
with stealing colored shirt, worth 81 so, from
John Quincy. And Michel Chambeny has been
arrested for carrying off, with felonious intent,
sign from above the door of Jean Baptiste Iga-
Guard, at the corner of Customhouse and Bour-
bon streets.
THIRD DISTRICT.
HOUSE BREAKING Joseph Smith was arrested
on Sunday night, and awaits an examination, on
the charge of having feloniously broken into the
store Of Moses Meyer on New Levee street
Several arrests have been made since our last
report, in this District, for assault and battery
and other misdemeanors, which are not of sufi-
Gent Importance to merit notice.
FOURTH DISTRICT
BURGLARY. "A man, named Phillip Mehen, is
under arrest on a charge of having entered the
dwelling house of Mr. j. G. Aull, on the night
of the 23d instant, and stolen pocket-book
containing $91 IS therefrom
ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPoN.--John Melli-
ger was arrested last night for drawing pistol
on, and threatening to shoot, George Kelly
FIRST DISTRICT COURT
TRIAEs,-Adam Gardner and his wife were
put upon their trial yesterday for selling liquor
to slaves. The wife was found guilty, it having
been proved that she sold the liquor Judge
Robertson fined her S400, in default of paying
which she will be committed to prison for six
months.
Jean Bodard was to have been tried for muir.
der, but jury could not be empanneled, and the
case was continued indefinitely
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