New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-07-26

The BoDY Of Henry or Harry Bluff, the isherman
WHO was drowned on Sunday evening in the lake,
rose to the surface and was brought ashore at II
o'clock yesterday. The Coroners report upon the
matter had not reached bis ONCE last evening.
JOSEPH scHAYFER, German, SO years Of age
died suddenly yesterday morning, at bis residence on
Greatmen street, between Spain and Poet. Deputy
Coroner Weyaham held aa inquest, and returned 9
verdict Of death by disease Of the heart.
Hot WEATHER AND BAD WHTsHY don't seem to
Set well together with some people. To illustrate:
on Saturday evening the ilustrious belle and fight
ing woman Of Dryades street. Adelaide BalfouY, step
pea 10 Poydras market to get watermelon or two
| on tiek. lberaEminded gentleman went her se-
curity, and she took the melons home and rolled
them in at the door. It appeared shat the Amazon
had been throwing herself astride Of divers and sum
dry drinks, and didn't exactly know what she
wanted. In her caprice she concluded to 20 back
and get some cantelopes. Something that was said
or done by somebody in trfing way set her steam
| up, as she went home with four cautelopes in her
arms Reaching home she began wreaking her ven.
geauce on her fancy man, or pal, who was snoozing
on the floor. She is very large and very active and
muscular woman.
Bang went one Of her cantelopes through the
| glass over the door bang went another through
the same place and down came the glass with
crash. Smash! went the window, with the remain
iag melons. Adelaide then kept up the work with
bricks and other sach light tries as she could find
lying about loose. Finally she charged into the
house, and made at her pal. He frightened, Tended
her of with rocking-cha and managed to get out
at the door and escape. The noise reached the po-
lice, and two Of them came to investigate. Adelaide
lAGn nd AhNyn - - IT.
seized her magnificent was the rough and. .tsmble,
and great the crowd who assembled to see the sport
Finding they could not well manage her, the off.
GERS called for help but none offered to assist. As
last resort the officers called furniture cart , but
they were unable to get her into it. They had her
duly nippered, but her strength and her great
agility bafied them. Again was help vainly
called for. The officers begged some one to
come and hold down her dress, for which she
had no care in her mad struggles. They had to dis
pense with further decorum, and after long and
violent struggle managed to get her into the cart.
They had to hold her down and as they did so, she
drew up her legs, and letting them fly, gave the
driver two-footed kick in the face, which came
near knocking his head of. At last the help Of an
outsider was obtained, and the fighting woman was
successfully trotted in to the lookup.
This screaming feminine, who, under the influence
Of whisky and hot weather, was able to defy twice
her weight in masculine bone and sinew, is to have
her chat with the Recorder today. Being sober, she
will look as smiling and harmless and pleasant as an
angel. W4ae r
Another effect of weather and whisky came off in
the Third District Sunday afternoon. Charles De.
cour laundering great big free negro living on St.
Anthony street, let himself loose. The police heard
that he was wild and raving mad from hydrophobia,
and terrifying his family and the neghbors out of their
wits Two officers went to the place. They found
Decour in state almost of nudity, charging around
on allfours, bowling, barking, growing and other.
wise making terrible beast Of himself His wife and
children were screaming aud jumping around out Of
bis way, whilst the neighbors looked on breathless
and ready to run at seconds warning.
As the officers entered, Duceurs fit subsided, and
he became rational, or partially so. He said al
know you, gentlemen, and respect you, and don't
want to hurt you but I've been bitten by mad
dog there' pointing to spot of dirt on one oil
his legs; "and feel the fit coming again! I shall
bite if you come near! Keep away, gentlemen fol
Gods sake keep away!'' And on came the flt Such
antics and howngs! But the mad man never came
near the officers who stood STILL having at first been
in doubt, but debating to whether the darkey
had the red.monkeys after him, was only trying to
carry out an innocent sham that be had started fol
the benefit Of his family. He is making Jack asses
of u.s." said one officer. think SO toon said the
other. Hearing this the dsrkey became more furi
ously crazy than ever. One of the officers, Just to
try him, poured some water into China wash basin
and carried it to him. He didn't get worse at sight
of the water and the officer dashed it in his face
and set the basin on the floor Decour seized the
basin in his teeth, and slung it around till he broke
- a. -
again. and expressing the most inexpressible misery
# begged the officers to kill him.
He asked if they had pistol. One answered thai
he had "Then shoot me, kill me, must die !" hi
= | raved The officer declined. "Ahha !" he shouted
you mad Ah-ha! You are id scoundrels ant
0 thieves! You are towards! You are sons of BIS !!
n and SO on The officers concluded they had foole,
l. him long enough, and approached to arrest him
n He offered fight. The biggest officer handed bin
d one on the nose, and down he went. Before b
could get up they had him tied with clothes.line
and hustled him of to the calaboose.
It Yesterday morning Decour was sober and yer
penitent. He begged for the sake of his poor faily
who depended on him said he had never been bite
by mad.dog, and was only crazy drunk, and woul
a never get so again, etc. AS he had not hurt an,
l. body, and had been up before, he was permi
d ted to depart.
g RECORDER SUMMERS CouRr.-Assistant Recordt
!, Monroe presided yesterday. Several Black Mari
loads of greasers, he and she, black and white wei
o sent Off
e. ratrick O'Donald, the youth who stabbed A,
!, guste Peppercorn at the Carroton Railroad depot
Sunday evening, was sent to prison to await the
suit.
a Nicholas Barton, charged with poking revove
of nh atf ha Of md T1tp
y tonlas streets, gave bail to appear on the 9th
s. Mrs. Kelley, charged with kidnapping r. H. Simm
n ward Margaret 10 years DID, from his residence, NJ
n. proximo
s. Schatz, or Schaz, charged with obtainin
1904 3S worth of goods from Gruman l. Co., hatters
corner of Magazine and Gravier streets, the 1st
of November last and slS4 so worth of goods th
4th of January last, all by means of false and fraut
ulent representations, gave bail to appear for exam
'e tion today.
RECORDER LoNG's CouRT.-Mrs Garland gave ba
yesterday to to the charge of having punche
her fair fist wickedly into the mug of Pat HOLLAND
v on Craps street, between Spain and Vaudeville.
!, Emile Gardner gave bail to answer to the charg
Z, of having shot at r. Naigeon, in his own house
re Love street, on the 18th inst.
1t Jean Flick had some unnamed person sent afte
on charge of having picked his pocket of the SUI
~ - of So 25.
~ Michael Bart, for drunkenness on Greatmen stree
I'd and insulting ladies they passed. was fined SIS.
The fancy white slave Dick Barnes, who was
:, rested last week on suspicion of being runawa,
u was discharged. The pass he had, signed as by h
ly master, Mr.. Rlount, in Texas, and authorizing h