New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-03
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CONTRACTS ADJUDrcATED.-Th City Comptroller
yesterday sold the four contracts for repairing the
ballast roads Of the city, for year. as follows
First District to Patrick Cummings, at 1886; Sec
ond District to g. Corejoles, at 1865; Third Dis
trict to F. Borge, at $500; and Fourth District to
G. Cronan, at $500.
Why Nor LET THE CHILD AXusE ITSELF Luke
scuIIy, a boy (hairyfaceD living in the back part
of the First District arrested Poydras street
night before last, whilst he was enjoying his inno-
cent sport with several Of his playmates. Officer
Stanmeyer grabbed him because he heard him say,
7" Now, boys, now's your time " d remark which
had reference to cutting the ropes which held up
the stakes and poles Of Smiths Circus, and which
ropes, had they been cut, would have let the tent
down and made chaos of circus and spectators,
and probably have sacrificed limb and life. The
child Luke, whose sport had been thus ruthlessiy
was mach hurt yesterday morning at
the luke-warm reception Recorder Summers gave
him, and at the Recorders barbarity, in requiring
him to give bail to appear for examination
AN OPERATION IN SUGARS. - Mesars. Samuel
Ewing, Theodore Frederick Well and James W..
Demarest, severally depose before Assistant Re-
corder Jules Benit, Of the. Second District. that
during the month of March last past, one 2. A.
Rosenthal swindled them out Of sugar to large
amount; pretending to make bona fide purchases,
and after obtaining possession of the property,
making way with it, and rendering no account to
them, as he had agreed to and should. 1t is de-
posed that on the 18th of March, Rosenthal thus
obtained from Mr.. We'll twelve hogsheads Of
the saccharine, valued at $1,000; that on the 10th
of March he got Mr.. Demarest for eight hogsheads,
valued at $500; and that on the 26th and 27th he
took Mr.. Ewing for twenty-nin hogsheads, valued
at s2632. The accused was required to give bond
to appear and answer the charge Of obtaining
goods on false pretenses, on the 9TH.
RouGH TREaTMENT.-rWm. Mayors was before
Recorder Summers yesterday, on the charge ot
having knocked down and kicked w. f. Adams, in
the bar-room of the City Hotel. on Thursday morn
ing last; kicking him after his collar bone had
been broken by the fall. The case was fixed for Q
hearing on the 9Th inst.
MORE MYSTERIES FOR THE CoRoNER.-A young
man named Paul Guerin, native Of this city, aged
% years, died suddenly yesterday morning at half
past one o'clock, in house on Cont street The
Coroner was called, and post mortem examina
U0H Iliduc, which Iefcuicu 81 UiAuoiDh ~ oAva =
the brain, caused by some blows received on 'ne
right side Of the head. y appears that ne cailt
home at half-past eleven O'Clock. complaining 9
his head, which was swollen on one sue an.
stated that he had been peaten py some lelloWs Z,
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e,.,;n ,ha hones Of n deeomnosed faetus of five Z
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DOUBLE DISTILLED fll'hANf. i..e oiioe
Messrs. A. =. gilmore pro'' eo'ton nroheis' y
Ia Common street, was eh'ereo yesaeiuay ,uo,l
ing, between ana O'CLOCK oy some raseai WI
probably expeeteo TO hnu monsy' anu Nno, Is
ransacklng the drawers anu nnolns ele'l e-i's y
| set fire to the packages Ol SdlHpltS.