New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-27


GENTLEMAN connected with the City Treasurer's
Office has had bad luck, over the lake. Going over
some days ago. for the first time in several years. to
take several weeks recreation, he met with mishsp
which has confined him to his room. Going into the
lake, to take his first bath, he wounded in the
leg by stingaree; wound at once painful and
dangerous.
AN IR1sH LABoRER, name unknown, died Of sun.
stroke on Thursday evening, in the Steamboat Hotel,
at the corner of Girod and Front streets. The
Coroner yesterday morning inquested and verdicted
accordingly.
A HORSE had one of his legs cut off yesterday
afternoon by the cars on the Pontchsrran railroad
1t was Dobbin's own fault, as he had received ample
warning from the locomotive whistle.
AN AuDAc1ous HIGHWAY RoBBEaY was perpe.
trated at about o'clock on Thursday afternoon, on
Camp street, near Poeyfarre. Mrs. Isaac Evings was
walking along with reticule hanging from her arm,
when man, dressed like laborer, coolly walked up
to her with knife in his hand, cut the strings Of the
reticule took the article and cooy walked round
the corner with it. The lady was too much para
lyzed by the incident to offer resistance or raise an
alarm; the last of which would have been useless,
as nobody was near. The reticule contained $25
and an embroidered handkerchief.
| JACOB HALE, alias Dutchy, was yesterday arrested
in the Fourth District by officers Boullosa and Ross,
of the Second District the man who 80 badly stab
bed Jules Strauss of Louisiana Fire Company No. 10,
on the night of the 5th inst at the fire on board the
bark Saragossa, opposite Hospital street; Strauss
being still laid up at Charity Hospital The officers
had long been on Jacobs trail, and captured him at
last, in an engine-house, where he was hanger-on
He was locked up to await the result of Strauss
wounds
]. WILSON ALIAS BLACK BALL, was yesterday
sent before the First District Court, by Recorder
Summers, for venting his pugnacity upon Thomas
Flynn and his cofeehouse, at the corner Of Giroi
and Fulton streets trying to finish Thomas with .
razor and afterwards taking perfect satisfaction b.
smashing the bar.room mirrors. Wilson's friend
had offered to pay all the damages and make all suit
able amends but Flynn, being touched, was incol
ruptible, and Mr.. Wilson had to be entered on tn
list Of the fall term of the First District Court.
RICHARD CUSHING, one Of the parties accused Wit
stealing away bedstead from W. P. Coeman's pr
misses at Kenner, was mp yesterday before Recorde
Summers, on a new affidavit, made by Mr. Coleman
charging him with being dangerous and suspicion
character by reason Of his having threatened to &c
fire to the Coleman corn and flour mill manufactor
at Kenner. The accused was docketed for anothe
" examination.
= CAROLINE GUNTER has been bringing odium on
name renowned for correctness and integrity She wa
= up before Recorder Summers yesterday on charge
having entered the room of w. Marthe, at NO.
Gleisses Row, Poydras street, on Thursday nigh
onened the arnoir with false key, and taken theme
- a valuable gold neck.chain. Caroline was held for
=. bearing on the 3lst.
4. The INQUEST in regard to the mysterious death
# John Delaney, found dead in the bushes back of
n press Grove Cemetery, was concluded yesterds
i There being no marks Of violence discernible up
v the body and nothing to throw any legitimate sus
e. cion upon the young men, Simpson. Mouney, a
Il Fitzgerald who were the last with him before his
appearance and death, the jury returned verdict
"a death from some cause unknown; and the three m
4. named, who had been re-arrested and placed in
); rance, were discharged. The deceased was natl
e. Of Ireland, "a years Of age His father buried
body.