New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-12
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THE WEATHER continues dry and very hot the
only relief being the breeze which pleasantly pre-
vails with little shade occasionally from passing
| fleets of scattering white clouds and by glimmers
of summer lightning in the evening. Rain is much
needed in both town and country.
Contracts SoLD.-Mr. Comptroller yesterday re-
adjudicated the following contracts, all having
been previously sold but the sales rejected by the
Common Council: ~
For paving Dauphine street, from Canal to Is
| rlanade, with square granite blocks, to N. Ste
phene, at 81 30 per superficial yard of paving, 80
cents per superficial foot Of curbstones furnished
and laid, so cents per running foot of curbstones
taken mp and relaid, II 40 per superficial footbf
crossing stones, - IS per running foot Of tagging
| and sidewalks furnished and laid, 81 90 per run
ming foot Of tagging taken up and relad, and $500
| for iron bridge tops furnished and laid complete.
| For paving Willow street. from Lafayette street
| to Florida Landing, with round stones, to H. Nc
Quinn, at 81 10 per superficial yard of paving, 81
| per superficial foot Of curbstones, and 1896 for
| iron bridge-top, complete--the same bids and by
4 the same contractor, which were previously
rejected.
/ For paving st. Louis street, from Leyee to Basin
with square granite blocks, to John Coleman Il
Co., at "a so per superficial yard Of paving, 81 SO
per superficial foot Of curbstones, furnished and
laid, 81 per running foot Of curbstones taken up
and relaid, 81 d per superficial foot of crossing
stones 50 so per running foot Of tagging and side
walks furnished and laid 81 90 per running foot of
| tagging taken up and relaid, and 1926 for each
| iron bridge-top, compete--the same bids, by the
| same contractors, before rejected.
For laying brick sidewalks, ETC., on both sides
Of GaIyez street, from Hospital street 10 Bayou
Road, previously sold to P. Lane at 50 80 per run
ming foot, but rejected by Council-no bids were
4 offered this time.
The PRIZE RIsG APPEALs TO CouRr OF LAW
FOR JUsTIcE.-About a month ago, as is known to
most people who read the papers, and to 'sthe
fancyt anyhow, that Harry Bell and Steve o'Don-
nell fought at the Oaks for $500 side, and that
after mauling each other through 142 rounds, vic
tory perched upon the head of Harry Bell; where
upon Barry, the stakeholder, (coifeehouse keeper
at the corner of Deord and Tchoupitoulas streets)
handed over the stakes to Bell. And now, on
the ground that the fight in several rounds
was foul, and was SO pronounced on the ground
by competent judges Of the fstic law, (though
not admitted by the umpire on that occasion)
| comes into court one McNett, who backed
O'Donnell, and sues Barry, the stakeholder for the
amount Ol tte btdheS. lHc pcldOH ls ptiVIt Juu&t
Duvigneaud Of the Third District Court As Bell is
backed by his aunt, good and angelic old lady,
who brought him to this country speculation
and got up the fight between him and 0'Donnell
and as the matter interests the whole fstic com.
mnnity the trial promises to be both rich and ex
4 citing. ,a%
ALLEGED WIFE MURDER, But PROBABLY AN AccI
pENT.-Jesse Naye, an Irish laboring man, was
arrested on Levee street. in the Third District yes
terday morning, by officer a. johnson, on the
charge of having beaten his wife Elizabeth tt
death, the night before, at their residence on Man
deville street, near the levee.
Deputy Coroner Soraparu and DR.. Delery yester
day went to the house and made the post morten
examination on the body of the dead woman. The
Doctors report was that she died from an effusol
of blood on the rear part of the brain, the resul
of wound on the left side of the head, from
blow, either inflicted By some person or caused b.
a fall. One side of her face was somewhat bruise
and dseolored, but this had no agency in producing
/ death. There were ne marks of violence on an.
other part of the body. Though the brain wa
found to be perfectly healthy, the bone of th
skull was found to be of extraordinary thicknes
and softness. 1t was impossible to judge whethe
the fatal blow had been accidentally received o
/ wilfully inflicted. @4
Thomas Adams and Charles w. Nivens wer
arrested as witnesses. The former, who boarde
) in the house, states that Mrs. Naye was grea
: drunkard: was in the habit of getting beastl
drunk and lying about the house for days. [Sh
had several times been up before the Recorder fo
: drunkenness.I She had a Sucking infant, abou
. five months old, which she left to care for itse
during her drunken spells.
t On Sunday morning, Adams says, Mrs. Naye 60
q up and prepared breakfast. He noticed a cut o
4 her head, which she told him was caused by acc
dentaly falling against the stove. In the afternoe
she got drunk again. and tnmbled down on til
4 floor in room where he (adams) could see he
e every time he passed the door. In the evening h
4 and Naye went out on the leyee and sat down an
n talked awhile. Naye at last proposed that the
q should return home and feed the baby, which ha
k no one else to look after it. They returned. Adam
took the baby in his lap and played with it, whs
4 Naye got some milk and fed it, and afterwards pr
J. it to bed. Mrs. Naye was lying in the same place
flat on her face and snoring. AT about o'coc
Adams went to bed, in his back room and Naye t
is his bed the woman still lying on the floor an
|. snoring.
Abont2 o'clock in the morning, Adams says b
was called up by Naye, who told him that his wi
a was dead Astonished, he went and looked at he
" but saw further wounds than the one in h,
head, which he had noticed on Sunday mornin
70 He never knew Nayeto beat his wife, but had see
e him shove her several times. He heard no not
y or any sound of disturbance after he retired G
Sunday night ~
" Deputy Coroner Saraparu will hold his invest
N CATION to-day.
,r ANOTHER ALLEGED WIFE MuRDER.-Pat. Eaga
lie a longshoreman was arrested yesterday mornin
O on the charge of having killed his wife CatherI
! on Sunday night at their residence in Leeds Ro,
"a between Constance and Annunciation street
it, Coroner Beach yesterday set about holding i
j, inquest. The post-mortem examination. by d
II Hart, showed death to be the result generally
bruises on the head, congestion of the brain, kic
Id or blows in the stomach, and internal hemorrhag
~ ~ The examination of witnesses was deferred Mil
n. Corners, Mike Mccain. Margaret Mcnamara al
b. John Burke have been arrested as witnesses.
NJ, No. FAST DRIVING ON TIE SHELL RoAD.--We leal
he that shocking, though probably not fatal ac'
he dent, occurred about ten o'clock on Sunday nigl
OF at the toll gate of the New Shell Road. Two ia
teams were racing up from the lake, one beil
lk driven by young man named Ephraim McDowe
p. and each one attempted to pass first through &