New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-08-28

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five years old, and Miss Mckinney two years and a
half Bless the babies to be Initiating grown people
| at their time Of life
ON RUsH-There was false alarm Of fire vez.
terday. One Of the masheens" laundering its way
up Royal street, opened its way at the corner Of
Canal-that redOnbtable eorner-in the most mag.
nifcent style. It knocked rival g masheen into
gutter, leaving it locked against crossing stone
on the side, whilst on the other It split bread
wagon. The scattering of the bread and the swear
ing Of the remen, separately and together, was su
blime. The rushing machine never stopped torectify
matters. If it had our item might be considerably
longer; for there was fight to be had around Goodys
corner just then.
CoBoNER's IEQUEsT.-Ihe Coroner yesterday held
an inquest upon the decomposed body yofa man. found
among the weeds back of the Racket Ground in the
rear Of the Third District. The decomposition had
reached such stage, that it was impossible to tell
whether the body had been black or white, nor was
there any clue upon which to hang any kind of def
mite verdict; yefdict was rendered beyond that
Of an unknown man, found deadn The body had
| probably lain there a week.
/ SECOND DISTRICT soHooL BoARD.-At the meeting
Of this Board, on Thursday evening Mr. Iamulonfere
was elected Principal of the Basin street School and
Mr.. Thornton, English Principal of the Biengille
| Boys School.
The Board, by resolution, postponed the opening of
their schools to the 10th Of September and if the
state of the public health should be such as to forbid
the opening then to further postpone to the 4th of
October.
| The contract for building a new school-house on
Barracks street between Dauphine and Burgundy,
was ratified Messrs, Cox & Co., are the builders,
and the price is SI6,8OO. 1t is to be large two
story brick building, with side verandas and play
ground underneath pretty much on the model of the
Fillmore School of the Third District. When built,
it will be the greatest schoolhouse in the city.
BOARD OF ALDERMES.-This body failed to hold its
adjourned meeting last evening, only four members
being present. After waiting an hour, and sending
the Sergeantat Armes on frutess errands after ab.
sentees, the members present. being assured by one
of their number that quorum could be got together
to-day, adjourned to IL o'clock this morning.
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERarEx.-Ths Board
held called meeting last evening quorum being
present.
A message from the Mayor was read, stating that
he had convoked the meeting at the request Of Mir.
E. a. Patterson, one of the wharf Iessees who wished
to substitute another gentleman for one of his secur
ties.
A resolution was offered for referring the message
and its subject matter to the Finance Committee
with power to act. Adopted.
Mr. Phelps then offered resolution for paving each
member of the Board $25, as remuneration for being
called together as he considered it, without sufficient
reason Referred to the Finance Committee with
extraordinary powers to act or not as they mightfeel
disposed
The Board then took recess, and retired to par.
take of some gooseberry jam their idea of re.assem
bling being based upon rumors from the upper part OF
the building, that several Aldermen were on hand
waiting r quorum, and a snpposition that il Z
quorum did arrive, they would do something tha
| would have to be done over again below.
Upon re-assembing, it was asCertained that th
Board of Aldermen had not yet drummed up quo
, rum. After an Intellectual attempt to get up som
new business of some kind, motion to adjourn wa
made and unanimously adopted.
RECORDER SUMMERS CoURT.-The trouble betweel
the Forestals and Burkes, of St. Joseph street nea
TchOupitouas was inquired into Yesterday: Edwart
FOrestall and his wife being charged by Mehae
Burke with torcihly keeping him and his wife out 0
their house, and FOresall further charged with vic
lent assault upon Mrs, Burke with intent to violate
and FOrestall further charging Burke with outrage
ously insulting and abusing Mrs. Forestall. Iht
trouble appeared to be that the Burkes were behind
hand with their rent, due to the Forestais and tbs
latter wanted to get them out Of the house any how
they as owners or first lessees having prior claim
to the premises. Mrs. Burke failed to appear and al
} there was nothing much to show on either side
the whole case was dismissed.
! A police officer was examined on q charge of bay
ing been unduly rough with woman whom he mis-
! her mother having been an Indian and her father
: Dutchman. Her complaint was, that whilst she wa!
sitting on doorstep, (the house of the fan
Cy GrbS) the officer ordered her in and because She
didn't obey, he seized her and gave her rough jerk
The woman being very dark in color, and the oiceri
: mistake very natural one, he was discharged.
Daniel GummiAs and Mary Fahy were up on
charge of sadly pestering Mrs Bridget Dalton at he
residence No. Poeyarre street. Daniel was charged
with putting her in mortal fear by his savage threats
and with running her dinner the other day. by dash
} ing some water into the furnace upon which the din
ner was cooking. Mary was charged with slappnl
of her children and throwing water over another
Both are to be oYerhauled on the 8th prox.
:, Terence Boyle, for putting John O'Brien dow
stairs and promising to shoot him. and John 0'Brier
for going at Terry Boyle with an ak were fined an
. made members OF the peace society. Bddy Sha
! was fined $40 for playing drunken Indian in th
streets and Biddys partner, Kitty Hickman, fo
Initiating her little, was fined 50 so. Louis Pellael
for being an unmitgated Vagrant, was sent to tn
Work-House for six months
John McROberts, charged with knocking dow
y Charles F. Mccormack and choppng at him with
hatchet; Thomas Ferguson, charged with trying hi
20 grip on Pat COnner's thrOat; and Daniel Hoidrett
- charged with selling liquor without license weI
~ severally arraigned and decketed for examination
J. RECORDER W1LTzs CouRT.-Lous Frgerio, 81
II and Louis frgeri0, Jr. were yesterday examined 0
a charge OF having got SO full Oftghtng glory th
lth Of July as to go into the yard of Antoine Vale
on Hospital street and give the said Wallet an al
D lEtu MIdlnS. Inc cuaFge being tuly proven, Dot
the old block and his hopeful chip were sent befpl
= the First District Court They gave bail for their a
i pearance before that august tribunal.
VI Eliza Williams and Margaret Forbes were ordere
II to hand over $40 each, go into Oaknm-picking r.
4 tirenent; all for threatening to fight and to pu
the eyes out Of the fair Eliza Lara at No. 272 Ran
e part street.
Mike Burns, for letting his horse whip fall upon I'll
a respectable shoulders Of Mrs, Winnifred Giroy, q
Claiborne street, made give IS for corporatio
purposes, and take certificate of membership in Il
It peace society.
d Martin Graf was arragned on charge of havn
ID perpetrated an assault and battery with intent
"a murder upon Robert Hart, at the Old Basin,
y Thursday evening in other words seized him |
" the collar and the seat of his breeChes and heavC
i, him" ca-chunk y into the basin, all with intent
e. make him very wet and to drown him, Graf ga
ID bail to come up and explain the matter WHIT
notified.
eS Antonio Ponse gave bail to answer charge
having wallOped John Costa, on the evee, betwe
Main and st. Philip streets
Eliza, t. W. c., gave bail to answer charge of ha
I'd ing slapped the face of Christina Hampel, a VIII
d. neighbor, at the corner of Customhouse and D.
y. bigny streets
as RECORDER LoNG s CouRT.-Joseph Scott, amin
catcher, yesterday held to bail to answer char
OF having Illegally caught and impounded Mrs. Mao
ly lima Stocks horse.
he J. Beranger was, charged by Jean Molaison wi
re having given him beating, and threatened to mi
- der him with a double barrel gun, at the corner
Vi Bayou road and Laharpe street AWarrant was Sc
n, out after him.
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